... third parties can pick up the slack on wallets and such (with some funding provided by the core team)...
So the core team has enough coin to throw at outsiders? Where did they get these coins? Instamine?
Our own damn pockets, like the rest of the close to 200 BTC we've spent on the coin out of pocket (after donations) so far. A lot of that at higher USD/BTC prices too.
Wrong thread though. Unless attack-the-attacker is your actual intent.