3. In case of merged mining (whether NMC or PPC), will they automatically convert altcoin to BTC in future? Because, I guess many miners will not hoard altcoins that are highly volatile. In fact, they are just dumping them after mining. So the question.
This would be a possibility. My impression is that most people are just annoyed by the namecoins and want them removed. Autoselling might be one option.
If there is a way to automate that service poolside the pool would be supporting namecoin without inconveniencing those with no interest in holding nmc.
Just a thought.