Look on the bright side: something like this had to happen eventually. If the attack doesn’t kill BitCoin, which given that TradeHill is still operating seems unlikely, it will make it stronger as people tighten security and figure out how to avoid future attacks.
Probably the BTC community should have a team of good guy hackers continually attempting to attack the system. If they succeed, the hackers then describe the attack and tell the community how to tighten security to prevent that kind of attack in the future.
Look on the bright side: something like this had to happen eventually. If the attack doesn’t kill BitCoin, which given that TradeHill is still operating seems unlikely, it will make it stronger as people tighten security and figure out how to avoid future attacks.
Probably the BTC community should have a team of good guy hackers continually attempting to attack the system. If they succeed, the hackers then describe the attack and tell the community how to tighten security to prevent that kind of attack in the future.