Gentlemen, you just watched finance in the 21st century.
*complete transparency
*community driven
*solution driven
*results
Bitcoin just gained a lot more confidence.
Well said. Whatever the short-term fallout, this gives me *more* confidence in the long-term robustness, both in terms of system design (in that issues *can* be resolved quickly without much user impact), and also in the community to quickly arrive at consensus and execute the best solution.
Bitcoin will no doubt run into issues in the future, ranging from similar issues to outright attacks, and I like seeing this fire drill handled so effectively.