I'm sure it won't be long before Slashdot and a variety of sources start reporting on this event. Bitcoin has been in the media a lot lately, so this story is likely to get some attention. The blowback of this event is mostly psychological, so I think it would be exceptionally wise to start preparing PR comments that can be posted on articles immediately after they go public. This event is likely draw much more negative attention than it deserves, and getting some positive&informed comments posted up front will potentially make a difference in the way the story is received.
Undoubtedly, many articles (and especially commenters) will shape this into "the end of Bitcoin". I would describe it as "there was a short and mostly-harmless lapse in the ability of the network to reach a consensus, causing transactions to get delayed by a few hours." It *really* needs to be emphasized that coins are safe, and nothing anyone has/could do will change that. And that it would've been extremely difficult to exploit for gain. Transactions got delayed while a bug was fixed. End of story. Hell, someone here should submit their own slashdot article about it! 100% chance this hits slashdot -- it might as well be written by someone who understands it. Similarly, we could be sending sources information to pre-empt misinformation being spread about it. Unfortunately, I have to go to bed, so I can't really do much. I just wanted folks to be on the lookout and be ready to respond to the crazy stuff that's going to hit the media in the next 12 hours. -Alan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
