A rumor about the identity of Pirateat40

[CharlieContent]

(Sorry if this is posted in the wrong place, but I looked around and this seemed most suitable. I for one would support a subforum purely for discussion of this matter, as I am sure it pisses non-interested parties off.)

I've been chatting on IRC for the last week or so with a number of people in the Bitcoin community. A lot of you are on this forum, hi!

Now, one topic that frequently comes up is Pirateat40. An interesting rumor that I have heard from two people independently is that Pirateat40 used to be known on this forum as Lazlow, who as most of you know is famous for paying 10,000 BTC for some pizza, years ago.

I'm definitely not saying I have any proof or real knowledge of this, I am just reporting some hearsay and putting it out there for discussion. Has anyone else heard this?

[kwoody]

Pretty sure the folks who wanted to take legal action against him have identified him as Trendon Shavers. A group of forum users met with him in real life, got a picture of him and everything. Search the forum for Trendon Shavers.

[CharlieContent]

Pretty show the folks who wanted to take legal action against him have identified him as Trendon Shavers. A group of forum users met with him in real life, got a picture of him and everything. Search the forum for Trendon Shavers.

I heard this, but apparently there is still a bit of doubt about whether or not that is his real name.  Or it could be Lazlow's real name too.

[repentance]

I heard this, but apparently there is still a bit of doubt about whether or not that is his real name.  Or it could be Lazlow's real name too.

Unless the whole family established social media accounts under stolen identities years ago, Trendon Shavers is his real name and not just an alias he was using.  

Incidentally, today's the day GPUMax is supposed to go offline according to pirate's last communication in IRC.

[b!z]

I heard this, but apparently there is still a bit of doubt about whether or not that is his real name.  Or it could be Lazlow's real name too.

Unless the whole family established social media accounts under stolen identities years ago, Trendon Shavers is his real name and not just an alias he was using.  

Incidentally, today's the day GPUMax is supposed to go offline according to pirate's last communication in IRC.

Well, the site still seems to be up: https://gpumax.com/

[psilan]

I hope it gets more and more entertaining.