To be fair, if it can be done, it should be done, so that we can figure out a way to fix/ protect against it. Even if he's out there for profit, there should be a way to protect against this....
If not, then I guess we lose... time to go back to playing progressquest instead of bitcoin quest...
Better to have one of our own attack us (and tell us about it), rather than some random and have us all very confused.
The funny thing about his attack is he gets to pick the terms under the attack are being done, which puts him outside of the community effort of this or any other project related to bitcoin. If this was a community based effort in testing the network he would have allowed input from the entire community (mainly namecoin supporter) and then go from there.
EDIT: Just because something can be done doesn't immediately make it right for anyone to do it. Example: His wife is giving birth to their first child. Someone in the hospital staff could say well we want to test a new elixir on the newly born child because it could be the cure for cancer for all of humanity and "it can be done so it should be done".
Even if the hospital's motives are for profit there should be a way to protect against this...Guess it the concept is flawed altogether now huh.
Alright, I agree that just because something can be done, it doesn't necessarily have to be done. That's why we have laws and such. But this is an unregulated decentralized process. And it needs to be tested if it's gonna survive the long run. Otherwise, some bigger fish is gonna come along and do the same thing, but be even more evil about it.
Therefore, I will revise my statement that in an unregulated world, anything that can be done will be done. So it's better for us to experience it sooner rather than later so that we can fix it sooner rather than later....
Hopefully, that's better? It's not great, but I believe my intentions are for the greater good (irrespective of whether his are), heh.
