My question to smooth and other Monero developers is, "Has BCX revealed any exploit to any of you?", because the posts I've read from smooth seem to be wordsmithed in such a way as to avoid definitively answering that question.
No. You are reading into wordsmithing that doesn't exist.
rpietilla may not be part of the core team but he is heavily vested and has personal ties to someone that is. As such he has access to insider information and is able to use that information to his advantage. He might as well be considered part of the team.
Who is the person he has personal ties to?
I don't know what "personal ties" refers to exactly, but he certainly is friendly with several of the developers and I think David was going to be staying at his castle for a while. I'm not sure if that is still the plan, but regardless it has nothing to do with Risto's relationship to the project or (non) position in it.
But the part about "insider information" and "might as well be considered part of the team" is complete bullshit.
David (latapie I think is his last name) works for him. One day while chatting in the troll box, he had someone offer to sell him a motorcycle and risto ask this guy to send David the details addressed to his castle. You have someone that is/was (idk which right now) part of the team working for the guy that tries hard to control the monero market.
But the part about "insider information" and "might as well be considered part of the team" is complete bullshit.
Why is he constantly saying things that supports this? Most recently during both recent monero attacks. He comes out and says things that contradicts this statement. Sure you can officially say he is not part of the team but you cannot deny the fact that he has more access to the team than just about anyone else here.