RE: Smart Media Tokens Are The Next DDoS
We need to keep in mind the distinction between steem (the blockchain) and steemit.com (the website/frontend).
A DDoS attack on steemit.com can be handled using already existing tools, and also you're still be able to use busy.org, chainbb, esteem or whatever frontend appears in the future.
SMT does not run on steemit.com, but on the blockchain. You would still build your own frontend where the new coin adds functionality.
Steemit.com would (probably) show the new entries as a post, but I'm not yet sure how that works. I could even see an SMT without any activity showing up on steemit.com.
This means that even an increase in activity because of new SMT's would not be a real big issue, since the blockchain is supposed to able to handle all that traffic.
Here is where it gets interesting. A DDoS attack on steemit.com would not interfere with SMT's, the SMT would not be bothered about the fact steemit.com is under a DDoS attack.
Where it gets hairy is a DDoS attack on the nodes/witnesses. When they go down, everything will go down. Attacking the backbone is the most dangerous situation we face.
That's not compulsory. It's advisable, but not compulsory. We don't know yet how many SMT-powered websites will run on separated websites. The cheaper approach is to start it where you already have a savvy and experienced community, so probably many will be started here, on steemit.com.
I'll dig into this matter a bit more. If you're right then I see no added value at all for SMT 's that use steemit.com as their frontend, unless you're able to also adopt the look-and-feel of steemit.com for your SMT-based app.