Is this a real attack or just exponential traffic growth?
Related:
- http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2013/04/11/mt-gox-victim-of-own-success-as-bitcoins-fall-in-value.html
This is true. I've seen all bitcoin related service suffer the same fate in the last few days, including Rugatu, and I don't seem to understand what is the purpose of this sustained attack.
The purpose is to kill off Bitcoin as a currency and as a community.
What if the mafia or criminal enterprises are finaly looking on Bitcoin as a tool for their shady financial activities. They want some coins for testing so they DDOSed and manipulated the price down, so they can bought a lot of them for cheap.
Mafias, more than anything want liquidity and stability.
They won't enter the Bitcoin bandwagon until both are achieved.
They wouldn't spend money attacking something they don't believe.