First of all , to decide if something is an attack from someone you have to look at the evidence . There's no evidence connecting any of those entities with the "destruction" of btc . If there's any kindly point me to it , i'd be more than happy to change my view if serious evidence exist .
I did not say anything about destruction, but I do see signs of conspiracy. Bitcoin was not destroyed, and I can't with 100% certainty say that it's being attacked, but it's very probable that an attack is taking place. I could use your argumentation and ask you to show me evidence. Can you prove beyond doubt that there's no a attack?
The way I see it, something strange is happening because during the congestion people were willing to pay 10 times the fee needed for a first block confirmation and that wasn't 1 or 2 transactions where someone made a mistake. It was done on a hourly basis. Why would you pay $150 in transaction fees when $40 allowed for a first block transaction and $20 allowed you to get a confirmation in less than an hour? Since nothing happens without a reason and people usually don't like to throw money away, this was done to pump fees and congest the network. Who benefits from high network fees and news headlines telling people that bitcoin is stupid because it costs you $50 to pay while VISA fee is 2%?