I guess that's why they say hindsight is 20/20. If you ask me now, I would tell you yeah I should have just told everyone it was a hoax. Not sure if it would have prevented a panic though. Since BCX would just come out and say that the PM was a lie and that I fell for it.
There's also a small possibility that BCX sent me that PM to give herself a way out. Think about it. If you (if you were BCX) knew that you might not be able to actually get enough hashrate to successfully attack Litecoin, the smartest thing to do is to PM me and tell me that it was a bluff beforehand. If the attack fails, then you can claim that it was all a hoax and that I knew about it all along.
Makes total sense to me!
Seems to me that BCX is a very egotistical person, a person that would not take something like losing lightly.. So in this way BCX would cover herself at both ends.. An attempt to make sure she would win.. Basically a backup plan...
And now another backup plan must be in the works because of that very reason stated above^^
So lets keep on our toes..