@toknormal: Will be interesting if this is the laboratory for a true fork of a sizable network. The only principled decision is to be firmly against the blacklisting and the bailout/reversal of TheDAO's failure. If PoS needs to get tabled for a while/indefinitely, maybe that's what happens.
That was my opinion as well, but the devs seem desperate to save the DAO funds. I wouldn't be so hasty - it's a massive precedent to set. I think they might be worried about that amount of coin ending up in one pair of hands, but - tough.
Doesn't matter. You win some, you lose some but you must be hedged. Thats essential.
Bitcoin has its own problems coming up - Lightning network. Thats gonna be a complete nightmare. Sidechains are also a total clusterf*ck that have nothing to do with good monetary properties.
So I just think people should not get too cocky when watching others slip into an unexpected pool of quicksand because there will be one waiting for them right around the corner.