The CME (and other futures exchanges) avoid "DDOS"-like situations (basically, I'm talking about hyperactive algos taking up too much bandwidth) by penalizing t

The CME (and other futures exchanges) avoid "DDOS"-like situations (basically, I'm talking about hyperactive algos taking up too much bandwidth) by penalizing them monetarily when they go over a limit. The penalties are large. The same could be applied to Bitcoin exchanges and would definitely improve performance. I'm not a buyer of cryptocurrencies, but if you're discounting the concept because of these events, your not considering the system's potential to evolve beyond them.