The Bitcointalk 10 BTC Donators - where are they now ?

[xtraelv]

Some of them have renamed - some were very hard to find.
This is a work in progress - there will be regular edits.

The Bitcointalk 50 BTC VIP club. Where are they now ? Complete list.
Donor list

Narydu https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=21434 Active
Blitzboom - Nekrobios - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=4475 Active
qwk https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=24140 Active
shakaru https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=16160 (scammer lost title) Active
Lord Fog- Lord F(r)og - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=22471 2016
FNIB - dvaic - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=13665 2015
Transisto - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=4532 Active
Gyom - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=41502 2014
molecular - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3771 Active Played this game: 14 BTC challenge you to find the real me - joe23
ribuck - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=392 2015
edd - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=9378 Active
eldentyrell - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=42407 2017
chunglam - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=38991 Active
DeepBit https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=43544 2014
PMX-67-de https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=25274 2013
DeathAndTaxes https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=41048 (bitsimple.com failed) 2015
copumpkin https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=40837 2012
Matthew N. Wright https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=24749 (banned? - untrustworthy tag ? ) 2014 (see clarification below)
Jonathan Ryan Owens https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=22299 2013
cbeast https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=14321 Active
reeses - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=9963 2014
coretechs - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=20838 2016
mcorlett https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=48076 2014
bo2573 – smracer - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=48727 Active
PatrickHarnett https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=26841 (scam tag & lost title) 2012
Meni Rosenfeld https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=5776 Active
Boss – Jon - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=51281 2012
BadBitcoin https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=52366 (bought / hacked account) Active
Seal https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=49269 2017
organofcorti https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=14118 Active
lonelyminer https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=27600 Active
jarsumarsu https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=51211 2017
bitsforcoins https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=49030 2013
aurumxchange – aggro https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=4741 2014
CA coins https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=40143 2017
gnar1ta$ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=30967 Active
bccasino https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=46125 2016
BitcoinExchange - Vasco  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=9730 (defaults on loan) 2016 Account was seized by Gunthar for loan default.
BrightAnarchist https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=694 2015
AndyG https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=10866 2013
Kluge https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=11671 Active
lightlord https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=30541 Active
OgNasty https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=18321 Active
wogaut https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=52504 2014
TheBitLLC - Mendacium - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=53889 Active
deego https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=16540 2017
coblee https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=20651 Active
tgmarks https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=48283 2016
zefir https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=23248 Active
Raize https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=4171 Active
PsychoticBoy https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=54752 Active
AniceInovation https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=35848 Active
packet7 – arby - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=55464 2015
tseale https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=58008 2014
Blaztoize https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=56444 2017
ciuciu https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1438 (scam accusation) 2013
minimalB https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=48856 Active
bitfoo https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=20191 Active
iSellBitcoins – David_Benz -  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=57255 Active
cytokine - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=57882 2013
Jake https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=34472 2017
Fordy https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=50138 2017
nave https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=51413 Active
datafish https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=12164 Active
coinrolls2 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=60228 2013
vescudero https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=58268 2017
miaviator https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=57116 Active
ShadowAlexey https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=44590 Active
DeaDTerra https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=40976 2017
vasgolova https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=59834 2017
friedcat https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=49840 (scam accusation) 2015
Otoh https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=20300 Active
ianspain https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=36021 2015
Soros Shorts https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=15575 Active
bg002h https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=413 Active
ElitePork https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=62207 Active
RustyRyan https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=60038 (Scam tag & removed title) 2013
deeplink https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=59549 (no title) Active
zebedee https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=29784 Active
physicist https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=63892 2017
gllen https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=62755 2013
Jutarul https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=44764 Active
ShadesOfMarble https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=32691 Active
muyuu https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=50688 2017
Kris https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=11921 (Hacked & tried ot impersonate theymos) 2015
c_k https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=21042 Active
lukasbradley https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=67716 2014
Alwaysmining https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=61033 (Scam tag and removed title) 2017
Arto https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=67433 2014
ztex https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=39848 2013
BlackLilac JordanL  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=70557 (sold asics & coins & didn’t deliver) 2014
torac https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=72781 2016
glassuser https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=72377 2014
buybitcoinbycreditcard https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=72513 2015
betbybitcoin thebitcoin.casino  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=77595 2017
Arcurus https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=22705 2017
HorseRider https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=43369 Active
primeasic https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=83539 (Scam ?) 2013
mah87 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=67181 2017
bitsalame https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=26684 Active
rpietila https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=68520 (scam accusation) Active
aristodemus https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=82948 Active
zeroday https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=83045 Active
pierrejo https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=90215 Active
CanaryInTheMine https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=18614 Active
ajk https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=43778 2017
ASICME.COM https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=128651 2014
Hailong https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=125059 2014
betcointm https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=142573 2016
WhiteyAGM https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=74245 2015
BitBet.com https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=152117 2014
Spondoolies-Tech https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=295386 Active
BitmainWarranty (myrig) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=383527 Active
fluffypony https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=94840 Active
Claymore https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=306958 Active

Corrections, comments and additions welcome.

Who on this list is gone? (2013)

EDIT: Added clarification.

Matthew N. Wright https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=24749 (banned? - untrustworthy tag ? ) 2014

He was not just banned, but apparently, theymos changed some settings so that when he tried to access "bitcointalk.org", he is unable to access the forum and is shown a blank page(?).  

MNW and theymos very much did not get along, although he was previously a staff member. I remember seeing his negative rating on theymos show up that resulted from him being on someone's trust list, that said that theymos is just a 21 year old kid who ran an illegal stock exchange.

MNW was apparently banned and temporarily unbanned a number of times so he can post updates in regards to repaying his debts. Although he said at the time he was trolling when he was guaranteeing repayment of pirate40's ponzi, he did eventually pay a lot of money who took him up on his bet.

Some of the donators that were given a scammer tag prior to the trust system being introduced also lost their title when the new new trust system was introduced.

This person was given a scammer tag by a forum administrator prior to the existence of the trust system. This means that they were either a proven scammer, someone linked to a proven scammer by IP evidence, or someone with an account likely compromised by a known scammer. However, this information is very old and maybe not 100% accurate, so use this rating as only part of your trust judgement.

[qwk]

"I'm still here"

[Thanasis]

Most of the donators are busy now in making more bitcoins into their savings and many of the accounts were hacked in 2015 so some of them was donators accounts too.

Can I know why you are searching the donators? 

[xtraelv]

Most of the donators are busy now in making more bitcoins into their savings and many of the accounts were hacked in 2015 so some of them was donators accounts too.

Can I know why you are searching the donators?  

I was researching The most iconic bitcointalk threads. History on Bitcointalk. . Several offshoot topics evolved. The donator page is one of those offshoots.

Bitcointalk history of hacks and vandalism.
Bitcointalk history of MtGox and how a Bitcointalk post caught the MtGox hacker.
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto ? Suspects, frauds and conspiracies.
The Cypherpunks and Bitcoin. The years before bitcointalk.
index to the best posts on bitcointalk
The Bitcointalk 50 BTC VIP club. Where are they now ?
The Bitcointalk 10 BTC Donators - where are they now ?

I'm interested in the history and how bitcointalk has changed over time. Also in the personalities that are involved in Bitcointalk.

Without the founders, staff who run the site and the people who donated - there would be no bitcointalk.

Also I found this: (of which this is an update)

Let me know who else to red-glow out.

Source: https://bitcointalk.org/donate.html

List of VIP Donators (50 BTC)

smart1985 Last Active: September 25, 2012, 04:17:21 AM
Canaca Last Active: April 25, 2012, 03:33:40 PM
casascius
mndrix
Als Pawnshop Last Active: September 04, 2012, 09:41:53 PM
btcx
Brian DeLoach
zhoutong (just gone, for this is not necessarily a scammer list) Last Active: August 14, 2012, 05:34:51 AM
Metabank.ru
BTC_Bear Last Active: August 10, 2012, 02:09:30 AM
pirateat40 Last Active: January 17, 2013, 12:40:18 PM
znort987
jorgen
Graet
gigavps
cryptoxchange
BitAvenue
BTC
Btc4Domains
mrbrown Last Active: December 26, 2012, 01:44:36 PM
01BTC10
imsaguy
cablepair
BitcoinBaltar
usagi
BCB
eb3full
MemoryDealers
augustocroppo
buzzdave
Dustin D. Trammell a.k.a. I)ruid dustintrammell
XMLGold
bitconexfoier
johnascii
Hexadecibel

List of Donators (10 BTC)

Narydu
Blitzboom Blitz­
qwk
shakaru Last Active: July 05, 2012, 08:57:17 PM
Lord Fog Lord F(r)og
FNIB Last Active: November 27, 2011, 04:42:17 PM
Transisto
Gyom
molecular
ribuck
edd
eldentyrell
chunglam
DeepBit
PMX-67-de
DeathAndTaxes
copumpkin Last Active: July 25, 2012, 11:20:13 AM
Matthew N. Wright
Jonathan Ryan Owens
cbeast
reeses
coretechs
mcorlett
bo2573
PatrickHarnett
Meni Rosenfeld
Boss
BadBitcoin
Seal
organofcorti
lonelyminer
jarsumarsu
bitsforcoins
aurumxchange
CAcoins
gnar1ta$
bccasino
BitcoinExchange Last Active: April 13, 2012, 12:41:48 PM
BrightAnarchist
AndyG
Kluge
lightlord
OgNasty
wogaut
TheBitLLC
deego
coblee
tgmarks
zefir
Raize
PsychoticBoy
AniceInovation
packet7
tseale
Blaztoize
ciuciu
minimalB
bitfoo
iSellBitcoins
cytokine
Jake
Fordy
nave
datafish
coinrolls2
vescudero
miaviator
ShadowAlexey
DeaDTerra
vasgolova
friedcat
Otoh
ianspain
Soros Shorts
bg002h
ElitePork
RustyRyan
deeplink
zebedee
physicist
gllen
Jutarul
ShadesOfMarble
muyuu
Kris
c_k
lukasbradley
Alwaysmining
Arto
ztex
BlackLilac
torac
glassuser
buybitcoinbycreditcard
betbybitcoin

[Alone055]

Those donators have all been the quality this forum had at that time and we realize that when we read the threads from that time. They being missing is one of the reasons why the forum is in such a situation where spam is the first thing you see when you open a section to read something good.

[xtraelv]

Those donators have all been the quality this forum had at that time and we realize that when we read the threads from that time. They being missing is one of the reasons why the forum is in such a situation where spam is the first thing you see when you open a section to read something good.

Crypto has gone through stages and this forum has documented those stages.

The initial stage - where the focus was creation of the code and blockchain
The implementation stage - debugging and developing processes and applications - exchanges and payment systems.
The copycat stage - the introduction of alts and development of alternative technologies.
The ICO stage and masternode marketing stage. Where tokens and masternodes are being used to get rich quick.

There is still a lot of good stuff on Bitcointalk -  it is just harder to find.

Watching the patrol page can be a bit disheartening. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=recent;patrol

Just single sentence comments with no substance and bounty replies.

Looking into the "oldies" that were on here - a lot of them are still around.

[Fiord]

I did not expect that a lot of donations were in 2017, it turns out that the minimum donation was $ 7900 and the maximum could be 200 000 $, and in 2018 there no donations at all, although half a year has passed.

Those donators have all been the quality this forum had at that time and we realize that when we read the threads from that time. They being missing is one of the reasons why the forum is in such a situation where spam is the first thing you see when you open a section to read something good.

It seems to me that spam is just a symptom, and the reason is the crazy popularity growth of crypto currencies, everything is changing, perhaps at one time only constructive dialogues were conducted on this forum, but now there are plenty of newcomers, most of whom understand little about smart contracts, decentralization and crypto currencies in general and aims only to earn, is it bad? Of course it's bad, but maybe in a year or so, these people will start to study those things, and in five years they will be able to bring something of their own into the crypto community, in everything there can be positive sides.

[xtraelv]

I did not expect that a lot of donations were in 2017, it turns out that the minimum donation was $ 7900 and the maximum could be 200 000 $, and in 2018 there no donations at all, although half a year has passed.

It is still possible to make a small donation through the copper membership option. I don't think the forum currently needs funding since there would have been some surplus from the early days and the price of bitcoin went up a lot since then.

It seems to me that spam is just a symptom, and the reason is the crazy popularity growth of crypto currencies, everything is changing, perhaps at one time only constructive dialogues were conducted on this forum, but now there are plenty of newcomers, most of whom understand little about smart contracts, decentralization and crypto currencies in general and aims only to earn, is it bad? Of course it's bad, but maybe in a year or so, these people will start to study those things, and in five years they will be able to bring something of their own into the crypto community, in everything there can be positive sides.

All forums struggle with spam.  Bots have made it possible to spam faster than humans can remove it.

The "new crowd" may not understand how things work but do still have an important role. This is the BETA test stage. These people will break what can be broken, make mistakes that were not even considered and do things that are unimaginable. It will result in technology that will become grandma proof.

[Karisma Black]

Can I get my money back?
Kiddin', kiddin'...

[vit05]

People who have been tag as scammer or untrusty is because this occurred before Theymos implement the Trust system.

That is, it was up to him to tell anyone who was not trustworthy. With the implementation of the system, this became decentralized. But it seems that some remained with a tag as is the case of Matthew N. Wright.

Matthew has an interesting story. At one point, he bet that the famous Trendon Shavers, aka "Pirate @ 40", would return the money he had stolen, and then, with the absurd value that the bet would cost, he said it was just a joke.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=101751.0

Don't think pirate will payout as promised?
If you truly believe that Pirate is a scam/ponzi, then this is a no-brainer easy money for you.

Post in this thread how much you're committing and I will double that amount you commit (maximum of 10,000BTC in bets allowed in this thread total) if Pirate does not pay out in 3 weeks as he described in his thread.

He still paid some people. But I do not know how much he has pay for the settlement.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=140654

[xtraelv]

People who have been tag as scammer or untrusty is because this occurred before Theymos implement the Trust system.

That is, it was up to him to tell anyone who was not trustworthy. With the implementation of the system, this became decentralized. But it seems that some remained with a tag as is the case of Matthew N. Wright.

Matthew has an interesting story. At one point, he bet that the famous Trendon Shavers, aka "Pirate @ 40", would return the money he had stolen, and then, with the absurd value that the bet would cost, he said it was just a joke.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=101751.0

Don't think pirate will payout as promised?
If you truly believe that Pirate is a scam/ponzi, then this is a no-brainer easy money for you.

Post in this thread how much you're committing and I will double that amount you commit (maximum of 10,000BTC in bets allowed in this thread total) if Pirate does not pay out in 3 weeks as he described in his thread.

He still paid some people. But I do not know how much he has pay for the settlement.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=140654

That is so awesome that info !

It inspired me to research it and write about it ! History - Bitcoin Savings and Trust and Pirateat40 on Bitcointalk (PONZI)

[Strufmbae]

Is there also a list of current 10 and up Bitcoin donators?  If so the Title can also be revised as Bitcoin millionaires. Imagine when bitcoin peaked almost 20k last year and on that time there is some who donates.  Whew.

[xtraelv]

Is there also a list of current 10 and up Bitcoin donators?  If so the Title can also be revised as Bitcoin millionaires. Imagine when bitcoin peaked almost 20k last year and on that time there is some who donates.  Whew.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4425909.0 here is the 50 BTC VIP list

Hopefully they all kept some bitcoin for themselves.

[OgNasty]

I'm still here.  Running NastyMining, donating funds regularly to NastyFans, helping keep traders safe with escrows, honestly distributing merit, securing treasury funds, creating unique physical coins, offering other silver coins, and more interesting products while also trying to actively help resolve problems and call out troublemakers on the forum to make this a better place for everyone to participate in the Bitcoin community.  

[xtraelv]

I'm still here.  Running NastyMining, donating funds regularly to NastyFans, helping keep traders safe with escrows, honestly distributing merit, securing treasury funds, creating unique physical coins, offering other silver coins, and more interesting products while also trying to actively help resolve problems and call out troublemakers on the forum to make this a better place for everyone to participate in the Bitcoin community.  

It is an honor seeing some of the legends - donators commenting on here.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I could have saved you time & effort by telling you that most of them are rich AF & enjoying their lives hanging out the back of high class hookers & burying their faces in piles of high quality blow.

[xtraelv]

I could have saved you time & effort by telling you that most of them are rich AF & enjoying their lives hanging out the back of high class hookers & burying their faces in piles of high quality blow.

From the early posts that I've read I think it is more likely that they have their heads buried deep into code rather than hookers and getting their highs from high quality innovation.

[Quickseller]

Matthew N. Wright https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=24749 (banned? - untrustworthy tag ? ) 2014

He was not just banned, but apparently, theymos changed some settings so that when he tried to access "bitcointalk.org", he is unable to access the forum and is shown a blank page(?). 

MNW and theymos very much did not get along, although he was previously a staff member. I remember seeing his negative rating on theymos show up that resulted from him being on someone's trust list, that said that theymos is just a 21 year old kid who ran an illegal stock exchange.

MNW was apparently banned and temporarily unbanned a number of times so he can post updates in regards to repaying his debts. Although he said at the time he was trolling when he was guaranteeing repayment of pirate40's ponzi, he did eventually pay a lot of money who took him up on his bet.

[jamalaezaz]

they are busy in blaming themselves to donate 10 BTC to this shit forum. and now crying for their  10 BTC lose. which if they kept with them they would get a huge profit today.

[qwk]

they are busy in blaming themselves to donate 10 BTC to this shit forum.

None that I know of actually ever did that.
Quite a few bitched about forum moderators/admins and left for good, but I've never heard anyone of them lament their "lost 10 BTC".

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.