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We have lost Bruno, Zepher, Hal and many others. All of these users are a big part of our community but they are no more with us, resting in peace for good. Brouno died just three days ago. RIP dear Brother.

Link : https://www.everhere.com/us/obituaries/nv/las-vegas/bruno-kucinskas-jr-10682556
Credit to nutildah (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5236380.msg54198303#msg54198303)

The idea came from pugman


And this is my thinking:

What do you all think? Most importantly you theymos.

Thanks

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Edit:
We have it, thanks theymos

I support it.

I think it is great and those accounts of well known users who passed away should be locked.

I remembered that I read somewhere about such lock treatment on the account of satoshi. To avoid any future abuse from bad guys.
I found that post.

A poll may be a good idea too to see how many supports this idea.
Personally I support it in this case. If a bitcointalker has passed away (+proof?), why not mentioning it in a special topic with a small description + locking the account + custom title

why not, I support this idea, the title would act like a wreath for such users who have contributed so much to the forum and now no more, their account rightfully should stand out(and be locked as well)
The custom title would not go to just any user, it's going to work for just established users, and it's not given on the basis of long period of inactivity, the users OP referenced are confirmed to be either deceased(Bruno, Hal, etc)or no longer on the forum(like satoshi).

This is very sad news indeed he was a very nice community member I'm sure many here will miss him, another good man down.

Rest in peace Bruno and my condolences to his family at this tough time.

I would also support the above request.

Oh man... this is really sad news. Honestly i didn't know about bruno, but from read his history by @nutildah, he his really great members in this forum.
Everyone will miss him from his contribution about fighting about scammer.


Hmm, IMO I believe everyone will support that's idea since there is nothing wrong or bad thing.

I hope @theymos will do this idea :)

Edit :

Here the account Phinnaeus Gage (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=24792)

First, this is unpleasant news because comunity has lost people who have been considered good for years separated by death. I hope that his family will be given patience and fortitude. I am sure no one wants to let someone who has a big contribution to the community go forever, but we must realize that everyone who is here will die someday.

I support the idea conveyed by the OP because with this special title everyone will know that the real Bruno is dead and that a special title like that will protect his account from hacking or other things that could endanger the bitcoin community.

Can someone tell me which Bruno account? Sorry, I just knew him. Bruno account: Phinnaeus Gage (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=24792)

This is Bruno’s main account - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=24792

In response to the OP, yeah let’s get him a customised title & may he rest in peace. Such a shame, enjoy your time up there big man.

I also find the proposal very good.
What sad circumstances these are. Would it be good if the affected accounts were lured and marked for eternity. In quiet remembrance :(

Just a quick after thought it may also be an idea to leave it for a set period of time on the off-chance he has left his family the login info for the account I know this is what I would do under the circumstances.

Ah, fuck.  I thought he might have more time than that based on what he posted.  That sucks.

I'd definitely not be opposed to an honorary rank for deceased members, though bestowing one upon death would essentially be a judgement call about their popularity on the forum, and I'm not sure who'd make that call--I'm sure Zepher and Bruno would be worthy, but how about if some troll like cryptohunter was confirmed dead?  Know what I mean?  Seems like it could be a sticky situation.

The judgement call will be taken by DT 1 and DT 2 members and if that happens it will be a fair decision and there wont be any difference of opinion, in my opinion Hal, Zepher and Bruno should be given a honorary rank.

My rank suggestion is Eternal or Immortal. RIP

one of the good members left again..  The custom title idea is a very good one but it seems like a special thread for good members who have died in this forum must be created.  @BitcoinGirl.Club.. You are a good person, I am very respectful and proud of you for your struggle with Bruno, may God repay your kindness  :-*

Bruno dead? This is confirmed 100%

This is truly terrible news. I have not seen bruno posting for a long time.
I heard suchmoon was holding his account?
Bruno was a real legend and great scam hunter. I believe it was actually cryptohunter that nominated  bruno for most brilliant character on this forum actually.  The title bruno won? Correct me if i am wrong.

Bruno should be entered into a hall of fame for those that have made an out standing difference here. His contribution was noted by crytohunter as the best scam hunter here and a real enthusiast and bruno said he was flattered and thanked him at such recognition in public.

Cryptohunter ?who also fought single handed the biggest scam here and forced them to offer a 2 000 000 000 usd compensation offer to the forum. Who many have stated prevented that scheme knocking bitcoin from top spot on coinmarket cap. Along with his selfless fighting against scammers her on DT including the very same scammer lauda who lied and tried to pump that scam that could have dethroned bitcoin?  The pharmacist laudas lacky and racist sig spammer and fellow supporter of that scammer who is here now calling other real lengends with great achievements trolls while shielding scammers and pushing scams himself?

Zephyr who? Not heard of this member i dont think
Pharmacist?
Lauda?

Tell me about the achievements they have made here. Not scamming achievements of course.

Lol at the judgement of dirty turds 1 or dirty turds 2?

Bring their objective achievements and see if they stand up to scrutiny.

The work bruno did on some huge ico scams and crushed their momentum was HUGE.

The others mentioned except cryptohunter I never heard of them? Can't  just put anyone who dies in the hall of fame or it becomes pointless

People that have made a real difference should be remembered here. Bruno is certainly one of them.

Give bruno special title and hall of fame. I would not support that for many other members.

it would also be nice to have a dedicated thread (in which where everything that they have contributed to the forum is listed) to the valued members of this forum who have passed away or to those who have been inactive from the forum for a long time. having that thread would forever remember the things that they have done for the betterment of this forum, bitcoin and the community surrounding it.

Yup, it's a great idea, I also support it.
I was not close to any of them, but they were important / known members of the community and deserve this.

R.I.P.  :-\

I am also supporting this idea for custom title.
Even if someone from their family can possibly use their bitcointalk accounts, it should be added some special title to honor them,
if we have confirmation of them passing away.

For temporary solution I suggest that BPIP extension and website add this option, if @suchmoon and @ibminer agrees.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5224821.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5213618.0

It be better together with a badge related to a deceased person, might be a black ribbon? under the username just like on satoshi, and those who won on the previous 10th anniversary of bitcointalk, and same thing, the color of the coins might be changed as well.

Wait what the hell. Zepher passed away as well?? oh my dear goodness. I didn't know about this until now.

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Also, can we have an avatar we all can wear for Bruno? Let us all wear a form of Black ribbon or something for Bruno. Also, if a rank is not possible, there could always be a badge. I know Hal has a badge like that. ^[1]

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https://i.imgur.com/jAxZNRF.png

I made a quick sketch of what the badge could look like, I hope this is not taken as something offensive, since it was not my intention.

https://i.imgur.com/ZTwyc4G.png?1

It's a small tombstone with the Bitcoin logo embedded, representing a fallen member of the community. It could be implemented with the number of coins the user had on their rank at the moment in black (VIP/Donator/Legendary could still mantain the purple/green/blue half coin). The black ribbon does also seem like a great idea

I think this could be better:

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This has been also a prediction to us in our local board due to the wallets that has been given, the money didn't go out. Its sad that it was just a waste that he wasn't able to use just like what he plan. I sincerely give my condolences  to the family and friends of Bruno. I hope his burial would still be fine even though the money from crypto isn't touched.

Yes. The Zepher Memorial Thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5114042.0)

I dont think that PG really did not give the private keys to his wallet to receive donations to someone he trusted before he died. I hope he has trusted someone in this matter and all the money he has collected can be used by his family for other purposes. But if PG does not have the opportunity to give his private key to someone he trusts, then all that money will only be in vain. Really this is an unexpected condition.

I support this idea.

You inserted the wrong link, the link you posted  is the Vietnamese discussion thread instead of the Zepher memorial thread here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5114042.0

Thank you. I edited it. Maybe it because of my phone. I did not check link after making that post.

Perhaps the flag system could be modified to allow the DT to vote on such a designation.

A sort of badge would look nice. Or the account name could be boldened to make it stand out more in a thread.
Also, sending personal messages or creating a flag against such accounts should be disabled to avoid unnecessary activity.
Theymos could come up with a list of possible actions and have them voted on. Or maybe a community wide poll with certain restrictions to avoid spamming, just like the one we had during the most iconic thread selection.

The little tombstone icon seems rather playful-- I'm reminded of old shareware rpgs-- for something that should be at least somewhat sombre. Maybe a unicode block instead of an image at all:  █

I didn't know Bruno, but I remember him most by his avatar, which unfortunately I never suspected had anything to do with the disease. Given that he was active on the forum until the last day, and that he wrote messages in very difficult health conditions, I totally agree that the forum should give him some recognition in custom title or badge. I think it's the least that can be done, and it costs nothing but a little effort and time.

After going through his posts, it hit me that it was him who posted several photos of his surgery some time back.

We could create a specific section, Obituary, a thread is opened for each person who sadly dies and therefore there is a full record of his life in the forum and the closest users can say goodbye to the deceased one last time.
It could be divided into two parts, a section for forum members and another section for people related to the world of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.

This might be better off as a dedicated thread than a whole subforum.

This is really a nice idea and is implemented by most social medias. There accounts can be achieved, locked and they be given a special badge of honor! This forum is promised to stay for decades, as long or even more than till bitcoin lives. In this way, these people's legacy will be long held!

Theymos Today at 01:29:34 PM
Can we hear you big man? 😀

I already put in my p.text what I think is most appropriate. It could be used on many different places in a profile.
BTW if you want you can send flowers to Bruno's family...

The logo that you provided in my opinion is very suitable for bruno's account and the word buster starts with letter b which bruno did so many times busting scam projects and Bruno starts with letter b too so, the letter b can be Bruno, Buster and Bitcoin Enthusiast in this forum.

gmaxwell has a point. I believe a custom title would be better than risking trivializing it with a lighthearted icon. I do agree that this is a heartwarming way of saying farewell to our friends, but what would be considered proof for this to be applied? I'm not suggesting Bruno, or any previously deceased members have done this, but would there be an incentive to future users to fake this in order to make their account stand out, and then returning after a while, trying to sell the account or even possibly trying to get out of trade deals. I guess, permanently banning the account when giving the custom title would prevent this.  

I'm terribly sorry to hear the news of Bruno, and wish his family, and friends the best in this difficult time.

Either it will be custom title or badge, I don't see any reasons why it would be bad idea. It's always sad to hear about Bitcointalk member passing away, but that's a life and we can't do anything about it. Members who left their mark in Bitcointalk history, like Bruno or Zepher should be honoured.

The requirement should be that the account is locked so to prevent this kind of incentive. There could also be a requirement that this would only be applied to legendary, high profile accounts who have a long history of contributing to the community.

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I would propose that all of Bruno’s publicly known accounts be banned with a ban message saying to contact theymos if his next of kin wants access to his PMs. I think a custom title such as “Bruno” being applied to all his alts that are public would be enough to honor him.

Objectively speaking, I think Bruno contributed enough to deserve some kind of honor, especially considering the number of years he has contributed.

Good idea, there's no room for abuse for this one. Also, there should be proof the person has gone "home", such as in the news or the obituary if this is applied

Is it 100% confirmed that he died? That everhere.com site kind of looks like a scam... Though based on Bruno's recent posts, it seems plausible.

If he did die, it's a great loss for the forum - one which I feel personally. I didn't know him that well, but I did know him for a long time, and that on its own leaves an impression. He was here since 2011, dedicated to busting scams and to livening the place up. I sometimes say that the early Bitcoiners (including myself) were "mixed nuts", and Bruno really exemplified that culture of fun, active, exciting eccentricity. Since I was only 20 in 2011, in the early years of the forum especially I sometimes viewed him as my senior, a source of wisdom. Years ago, he suggested that he and I go fishing someday: I kind of regret that it never happened.

Rest in Peace.

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In general, giving titles/badges to users who died is difficult/problematic. It's almost a sort of "KYC", since death is inextricably linked to one's physical identity. It also opens several cans of worms: for example, should the account be locked after the person died? If so, it prevents their heirs from accessing PMs or even selling the account (which is allowed). If not, then you'd have users actively posting while wearing "RIP" badges.

I'm not going to do it regularly, but I'll make an exception here and give VIP status & a custom title to Phinnaeus Gage and Gleb Gamow. However, I know that these accounts changed hands in the past, and maybe arrangements have been for this to happen again in the future; therefore, if either account ever posts in the future, I will remove this stuff from the account.

https://www.boersmafuneralhome.com/obituary/Bruno-KucinskasJr

Thank you theymos.

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Yesterday, I visited the statistics center (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=stats) of the forum and saw two accounts of Bruno in the list of top 10 posters. I think it is good to bookmark it for him and for his family because there will be other accounts take place those positions in the future.

Hello theymos, I'm sure all appreciated your kind gesture for Bruno.

May I ask if you can do the same for two other members who passed away and helped the forum in the past? Meaning Zepher and Paraipan.

Yes it is confirmed I would say. I have seen the news in more than one site. So I do not think there will be any confusion.


https://i.imgur.com/EWlgxU5.png  https://i.imgur.com/uPZ3E9Q.png
I feel emotional after seeing such honer for Bruno. He deserved it. I hope after death in the eternal life people can see what we are doing in the earth. Seeing such things hopefully make him feel good if there are such things of course.

When I created this topic to request you, I did not have such thing in mind. I am not sure how we take this if we find out the account is active again and it was by a next of kin of Bruno? Surly that will have a completely different character.

May be for members who are Hero/Legendary and have long history of helping the community, we can honer them. Like Hal, and Zepher too. Extra ordinary personality stands out, handful of users will cry for them. We have seen it in Bruno's case.

There are good number of users who were voluntarily working to spread the news of Bruno's last wish and all of them did it out of love. If Bruno was not extra ordinary and loved by a major group then we would not see such activities from users around.
Ref:
By me and a lot of others in this campaign: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5236906.0
xhomerx10, signature and avatar design: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5236380.msg54131739#msg54131739
nutildah: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5236861.0
TECSHARE: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5236972.0
OgNasty: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5237243.0
Timelord2067: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5239632.msg54223894#msg54223894
A lot of donators in this topic: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5236380.0
and many more.

By the way, thanks theymos to hear the community.

Thank you for this. Rest in Peace, Bruno.

What about the account of Zepher?
I just visited the account and his custom Title is still Copper Member...
I think it should be the same as Bruno's Account.

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For these users who have died, Rest in Peace.

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I deeply suggest to have those account to be permanently locked.

Most probably, as he did post pictures of his surgery prior to his passing. I think you might have come across them.

I am glad to see this new VIP In memoriam title.
It is hard to confirm passing away for every user, so I would not give it to anyone until confirmation.

@BitcoinGirl.Club

I hate to burst your bubble, but that's the very thing I was getting at in my thread: [BitCoinTalk][COVID-19] Grim Reality (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5233954.0) 19 March 2020, 21:40:54 - and it's Honour Roll (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5233954.msg54057451#msg54057451) 19 March 2020, 21:41:32

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Someone else has also decided to do the same kind of thread this week as well.

Sorry brother, I missed you, you have been mentioned in the list. If anyone else deserves to in the list and if I miss it then please let me know.

Thanks

It looks like anyone can create an 'obituary' on there and they don't require legal proof unless you're soliciting donations, but nothing would surprise me with Bruno. When I saw the thread about his imminent death and asking for donations I was a little concerned but didn't say anything because he was clearly ill or at least had been through major surgery. Love him or hate him he definitely was a unique character who left his mark here and probably won't be forgotten about.


Wouldn't surprise me at all if his accounts re-activated again at some point.


The same pariapan that somehow managed to move the money he was holding two years after he died? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1577411.0

I think this is where things become problematic. Was it ever confirmed that he actually died? I never saw anything concrete. Of course it's possible that a family member accessed his wallets but we'll probably never know.

It appears that the account has resurfaced and began posting. Haven't seen evidence yet that it truly is the original owner - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5251074.0

Edit: His alleged proof - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5251074.msg54500907#msg54500907

Back from the dead  ??? ??? ??? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5251074.new#new)

EDIT: Gyfts beat me to it.

He posted a picture dated from 2019 as "proof".

I think someone probably has his phone. Or maybe, he had sent some pictures in his outbox.

is TMAN one of those who died?  ???

I guess you're right about this. There's a zombie lurking around in the forum.

You tell us Sherlock - you posted this sixteen days ago:

hilariousandco, the prophet :D :D

I feel stupid now. What is going on is a big shame and I will need to finish reading everything before having a clue. This is not real please.

Going through all the threads created around him it looked silly and in his defense he did not claim to be dead but others announced his demise  :D

If Bruno comes back and says these, it is a bit silly for everyone who participated in all the fund raisers.


 

As hilariousandco earlier mentioned i was skeptical with all these situation even though nutildah informed about his death because of the pariapan situation where the coins were moved after the claimed death and archived everything in archive.is regarding all the topics created surrounding his health and demise.

I understand the purpose why TECSHARE and OgNasty created topics in Collectibles and a signature campaign by BitcoinGirl.Club and the VIP status once he reappeared claiming he is fine and healthy everything looks silly.

There is no point in locking the account as a family member has every right to use the account after the demise but in this case Bruno came forward and said he is fine and doing well.

The situation here is everyone was gullible to believe the story he was dead.

I vote that the Phinnaeus Gage account should be locked, just like the Hal Finney account when it was hacked, to prevent it from being abused. What do you guys think?

I'm not a prophet. I'm an arsehole remember:


Since the funds moved on the 24th from his donation address I think it's either he never posted the donation address in the first place and it was whoever had hold of his account or his family figured out how to access his funds. I'd go with the former really.


The most likely scenario is he sold or gave his account to someone. Or it was hacked, but the timing seems a bit suspicious. The donation address thread he posted was likely done by the same person given the funds moved a couple of days ago. Seems far too much of a coincidence to me. He used the same sort of old photos before for the donation thread. Bruno probably sent a few pictures privately to people to prove he was in the hospital, maybe to solicit donations himself. One of those people could have then used the pictures for a scam. Maybe he tried to sell the account as he did before, or someone made him an offer for it. Someone finding his phone and then posting on a forum seems incredibly unlikely.


If it's 100% verified he's died then it probably should.

Yes, I agree, it should be locked. Too bad the whole thing had to become such a travesty.

Everything else being speculated upon in the past 12 hours is idiotic and serves no purpose.

That makes me a prophet amen

What if a next in kin uses the account to earn money? We may frown upon account sales, but it's not against forum rules and the account could be part of an inheritance.

It could be locked with the custom title it had before being reactivated, and in case someone can actually prove that the account was sold to him/her or is a family member, the account would be unloccked with the custom title removed.

Definitely an impossibility at this point. Besides, would you really want that?

What we should have proposed from the beginning is that the account be locked with the VIP title. Facebook has this "In Memoriam" feature where you can have a deceased loved one's account locked with those words on the page... or else it says "Remembering Soandso...." All it requires is a submission of the obituary to Facebook. That's all take it takes to prove to normal people that someone has died.

If the relatives of Bruno or anyone close to him could provide the death certificate and wanted to lock his account then why not lock the account. Who ever is accessing the account does know how the forum works as they edited out his threads and locked it and as far as i know his death is confirmed by some websites and i know there are users here in the forum who met him personally and i have not read anyone confirming that Bruno was really posting from his account and he died on the specific date as mentioned in the websites.

I don't think selling his account is consistent with the strong evidence that he died a couple of weeks after he posted asking for donations.

I see threads in the dev and tech sub all the time that are consistent with people being in possession of wallets that don't belong to them, trying to find the passphrase to steal the coin. I also see threads in the services marketplace sub of people offing huge bounties for cracking wallet passwords. My presumption has always been that these are people that purchased old hard drives/computers with encrypted wallet files and they are trying to steal the coin in the wallet files. If people do this with old computers, I don't see any reason why people wouldn't do this with found phones.

I believe the person who moved the coin is someone different than the person who posted the donation address because otherwise they would have no reason to move the coin. If you google Bruno's name, you will find his forum handles, which might lead someone to access bitcointalk on his phone.

Unless of course Bruno (on his death bed) never logged out of anything/apps emails, the phone itself... as he had lost movement in his right arm.  By not logging out the next person to handle the phone could have innocuously browsed the phone's contents (perhaps looking for porn??  Ya never know) and stumbled upon the various browsers, wallet apps/email apps even text files labelled "stuff for my relatives after I die" and passed the phone on to a friend with some tec savy who dug down and found a 2011/12 charity that Bruno tried to get going (ironically, via an account that was banned in 2018 about six weeks before Bruno then sold the Gleb Gamow UID to Suchmoon) and then concocted what we saw transpire over the last 36 hours.

I'd think it's more likely that the person asking for donations wasn't actually Bruno, but the same scammer.


I haven't followed these sorts of threads closely but they're probably scammers or people who have bought a wallet from another scammer thinking there's riches to be found inside.


They probably just kept the money there for as long as possible or until the attention died down on him a bit. Seems a mighty coincidence that the funds move then his account here reactivates. Looks to me like it was just his last ditch attempt to solicit more donations.

If you look at the stilted text of Bruno's Plead it does look as though someone else is typing (not just a "google did it for me")

Perhaps Bruno's phone was taken a while ago, and, being in hospital, never needed it.  A scammer set the "Plead" up, waited a while then came back and said he was cured.

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Is anyone following the money?

Perhaps he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of a brain cancer, started a fundraiser to raise money so his body could be buried near his original home, and died before he had the chance to finalize his plans.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Spam about the same subject in many topics and subs...
Can we stop the useless speculation? If someone has a new evidence then he has to post it [dot]

I don’t see any reason why they would need to move the coin in the first place.

The rest of your post appears to be speculation and I am unaware of any factual basis to support any of it.

Yes that is what I am saying I believe happened. Or he could have logged out and had his password saved in his phone to auto populate.

Although it's more probable than a Bruno Zombie, I still think that's quite unlikely.  The address to which Bruno requested donations be sent (1FkHCFv8PN1kerJct3RsQQpMcRoTnx2vWe) was an old address.  I checked it before sending my donation to make sure the account wasn't hacked.  I recall getting lots of google results with Phinnaeus Gage and was able to confirm that the address had been posted by Bruno as early as 2012.  Doing a search for the address now seems return all the same results, but the address is missing from the messages posted.  I think it must have been in Phinnaeus Gage's signature or personal text.
 

The timing is suspicious, but there may be a reasonable explanation.  Bruno's personal effects were probably given to his relatives only recently, either after his will was read to all his relatives or the trust was disbursed.  It's normal for the state to delay probate to ensure there aren't any outstanding debts.   If that's the case then it would make perfect sense that the funds were moved at or near the same time someone got a hold of the device he used to access the forum.  

I suspect it was one of his relatives that made the recent posts after getting access to his laptop or whatever device Bruno use.  This relative saw that Bruno was respected here and was able to convince the community to contribute to his last request.  Then the greed set in, and the relative decided to take advantage of the situation.    

Is anyone still not convinced that Bruno is dead?

I'm not a particularly mannerly person but this never-ending digging into dead person's matters is making even me queasy. Not that he probably cares much now but can't we just pretend to have some decorum, lock all these threads, and go back to bickering with living people who can at least bicker back at us.

Agreed. I felt that calling the funeral home (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5251076.msg54506682#msg54506682) was taking it a step too far. Even though I like this forum a lot, don't forget it's just an internet forum.

Phinnaeus Gage even called it his exit scam (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5236380.msg54121012#msg54121012). He either has a great sense of humor, or he didn't lie and really planned this. For what it's worth, I'm going with the great sense of humor, let him rest.

Well, I'm still wondering personally--I don't know what to think at this point.  

TECSHARE said he called the funeral home (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5251076.msg54507001#msg54507001) and verified that Bruno had died.  Regardless of your opinions about TECSHARE, I believe he did as he said and unless there was a lie embedded on the funeral home's part, I have no reason to doubt Bruno is really dead.

What a strange situation.  I thought asking for burial donations was kind of weird when Bruno did that, but I wasn't thinking that there was a scam or any kind of shenanigans in his mind.  Most people have family to take care of that sort of thing, and if they don't then they probably wouldn't care what became of their remains anyway.  Then again, I've always had a strange view of what should be done with human remains after death.  Cremation seems like the most efficient way to go, or donation to a medical school.  Anyway.

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Ah, sorry I missed your post before I made mine, because I linked to the same post.  I didn't think it was going too far.  Who really got hurt by TECSHARE calling the funeral home to verify that it was Bruno?  There was a legitimate reason to do it, and it isn't as though it was done as a prank.

Maybe you're right, they are only professionally involved so it's not that bad.

I draw the line at this now:

I don't think that was too far - I think it was a commendable effort to put an end to the speculation.


LOL. I vaguely remember the innocent times when KYC on this forum used to be a joke.

I had a family member die a few years ago and it bothered the crap out of me when I saw somebody logging in to their Facebook account, showing up as "active" in the chat menu. So what I did was ask Facebook for their account to be memorialized (https://web.facebook.com/help/150486848354038). That means that the account is still there yet no one can log into it, kind of like Satoshi, and there's a little message that accompanies it saying "Remembering So Andso"...

The qualifications for the memorialization of a loved one's account is quite simple. It reads as follows:


Nobody here knows better than Facebook when it comes to deciding what to do with a dead person's social media account. I'm sorry -- you just don't. They know an obituary is pretty strong evidence that someone is deceased. That's what I submitted to them, and voila, memorialized account. No more anybody pretending to be my dead relative.

Should it turn out that this person was not dead or faking their own death for $7 grand... guess what? The account can be reactivated! Problem solved.

Now I'm not going to call everybody who thought he was still alive after I posted his obituary 2 days after his death a moron, but Jesus Christ people, I'm utterly disappointed with how many of you are lacking some pretty basic common sense. People don't fake their own deaths for $7k. It doesn't happen. Bruno never scammed anybody, so everyone who decided to whip up some far-fetched conspiracy about how this was some kind of master scam needs to do some introspecting and just be quiet on this issue for a while.

Facebook's approach should be standard for what happens whenever a notable forum member is decidedly deceased. And it won't happen often because almost nobody is as public with their identity as Bruno was.

After somebody presents theymos with an obituary from a website that specializes in such, or a newspaper, or whatever, the account should be locked.

Adding "In Memoriam" is a nice touch if appropriate. Again, it won't happen often, so there's no real reason to argue about the "what ifs."

Now I'm thoroughly sick of discussing the issue - I have been for a month and a half - so this will be my last comment on it. I just beg of people to please have a little more forethought before churning out a post on what is a sensitive issue that we all must face one day.

You're the one with the second account (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2544574.msg40211050#msg40211050), you tell us.

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While you're at it, why does Phinnaeus Gage think he owns the Gleb Gamow UID a year after you bought it from - ?? was it darkstar_ ?? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4542394.msg40900725#msg40900725) - hard to tell given Bruno sold his accounts a couple of times judging by the anecdotal evidence.


I do agree with everyone IF anyone went around phoning funeral homes (and we only have their word on that) then that's crossing a boundary.

Stop talking about a dead person plz.
@OP edit the text with the imposter incident + quote of TECSHARE (phone call) AND lock this shitty discussion please.
If there is anything new and worth talking about, a new (dozen actually) of topics will be created for sure!
Thanks for understanding!!!

I am convinced with other users that Bruno is dead and the account should be locked.

I will lock this topic since it's not serving the actual reason anymore of the thread was created for.


Rest in peace Bruno!

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