http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-network-stress-test-could-occur-next-week/For whatever reason this stress test is launched, I think this is good to see just how resilient the bitcoin network is right now.
Miners seem to be already taking steps to counter the transaction backlog, by (ignoring for a while at least) what look like stress test transactions even though they supposedly pay higher fees (0.0005 instead of 0.0001). For the stress test to be more efffective I think the testers need to create real looking transactions to begin with.
It is a highly strategic battle. The stress test might come after or before (most likely). Regardless, I think it is very important and good in the end for bitcoin. It will shed some light for example on how to determine the max block size.
