I'm posting this here because I think it has the best chance of being read by at least one of you.
Fair play. You announced a while ago you would disrupt dnm's. Freeze the funds. And generally put the 'average joe' off of even daring to think about using tor for anything, let alone getting drugs safely. It must feel like you've been quite successful in your efforts which quite frankly, must've cost a fortune by now but it's all good. The statistics must speak for themselves by now. Ruduced dnm activity, funds tied from tx fees, general dismay and complete distrust in the whole economy, people screaming from pure frustration. Beautiful.
Lets break it down a little.
Tx fees. Essentially rendering btc unusable for any day to day function wether it's legal, or not. Each satoshi tx is costing $6 so who/what ever is spamming the mempool is missing the point since btc value is up 2000% since they started. Those with the gift of seeing the bigger picture are laughing at this futile effort right now. How long can you keep up an effort to hinder people reaping the benefits of the crypto craze? Yes, it's likely to drop to around ooooo $9k maybe $10k before its bulll run starts again. Can you stop a tidal wave with a flood defence scheme?
Markets disruptions and public perception. Yes, this has been successful, who can argue? We have fud and no confidence in any platform at the moment. You've been successful in putting noobs and veterans off the game. We've been forced into a corner to the point that direct deals over wickr and instagram is preferred to going through a market. It's like a ground zero for buyers and vendors right now.
Ground zero, from the ashes blah blah blah. The only thing that is being perpetuated by these people is the evolution of the scene itself. Right now we have the next step in fighting these fuckers once and for all.
One is monero and the other is openbazaar. Down vote to hell but you're the fool if you don't change your perception on things because they're not changing.
Think of the last five years as like using vhs and tapes, now we're on cd's but only because tech has evolved that way. Blockchain is here to stay. Encryption and tor is here to stay.
It's seems logical to deduce that this attack has been a good result short term but, has only accelerated the evolution of the technology you were trying to supress.
Right now is the equivalent of the month after Silkroad launched. No body really knows the score but once they do, good luck to the forces that are against it. Monero answers the financial issue. OB2 answers the platform issues.
LE. Your efforts are futile and appreciated all at the same time. It's a fun time to be alive can't wait to see how this actually pans out. My bets are on the ddos funds running out before my profits on 2 year old coin does.
tdlr : law is pissing in the wind.
So you honestly think that the mempool is at 280,000 unconfirmed because someone is doing a multimillion dollar spam attack? How about the fact that adoption has risen but the blocksize is still 1 MB? Nah, impossible!
Your post was good besides that nonsense.