Goodbye, world!

[Lauda]

I regret to say in public sunshine that unforeseen pressures in the shadows leave me no option but to leave the forum permanently.

After this post, "Lauda" will cease to exist. By that I mean: The faceless virtual persona named "Lauda", who exists only in cypherspace, will become detached from its "soul", and left as an empty shell. "Lauda" has abruptly reached end-of-life. Of course, this is the inverse of the usual way of thinking. There are hereby multiple layers of abstract indirection, which you can probably follow if you know C/C++ programming and/or witchcraft.

The word "soul" usually refers to an invisible entity from an immaterial plane of existence; if you believe in such a thing, consult your friendly local cult for mystical details. Such a soul animates a "body" on the material plane. But what of a pseudonymous virtual persona? It is a disembodied entity on an immaterial plane of the mind, which is animated by a body as its "soul". If it loses its body, it dies, even if the body lives on. Our body is quite well; but it wishes to depart from the virtual plane that has consumed over 7 years of its life, and much of its energies.

It has been a wild forum life, - or perhaps, nine forum lives involving everything from the dark arts of moderation, to being burnt at the stake several times. (I got better.) Thanks to my forum friends, fans, and cult votaries.

Now to protect the community in case of a hack, I will request that theymos ban the "Lauda" account (u=101872); and this post is to be taken as a notice that any future posts or PMs by this account are certain to be the product of an impersonator - a blackhat using malicious necromancy to animate a zombie. After that point, do not deal with my account even if it produces messages signed by Bitcoin or PGP keys. If the account logs in, you should assume that it is compromised. If it produces a signed message, you should assume that the keys are compromised. Of course, if Faketoshi appears in a catbat mask and claims to be me, then you should assume that it is a fraud.

Hereby I want to emphasize that it will never again be possible to contact "Lauda", just as it is impossible to contact the dead. I do not want any chance of an impersonation scam in a name that many people trust.

Over the years people have even trusted "Lauda" with different sums of Bitcoin. I have one of the highest name-recognition accounts on the forum. This places on me a responsibility. It is not to feed my strong ego that I say, it is a valuable account with a high reputation - a trust that people place in my unseen body, through the name of "Lauda". If I cease to be "Lauda" then according to my well-known principles, I must affirmatively prevent anybody else from using this name and forum account ever again.

One must always have a contingency plan, mine was carefully considered but sometimes much smarter players get involved. There is nothing further to discuss. A cat comes and goes as it pleases, - even between different planes of existence. I leave you with a last final message that you must never forget:

Cryptocurrency Bitcoin is freedom, Banking is slavery.

[Lauda]

My only PGP-key has been compromised and revoked. All previous Bitcoin signed messages are invalid. As of this point there is no way to confirm ownership of Lauda.

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Comment: This is a revocation certificate

iHgEIBYIACAWIQQfLmKkVT7aaToRySNE4007Yzz06gUCX4ws7wIdAgAKCRBE4007
Yzz06oEdAP9Wj7TxqjBWerqkQR5KgMjE3aWrn7i1a11cCfXF0IEndAD/aGHi/H/G
OoVLKE4TeoDSIWHs7PHn1cml/xIpHSAeuwc=
=Il0J
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Thank you everyone in advance, quite the 9 lives that some Kitty had here.

[nullius]

The nature of Lauda’s existence is now a problem more baffling to the human mind than Schrödinger’s cat.

Fare ye well, mysterious catbat.

The witch LAUDA
Identified Flying Object (IFO)
(Better than a UFO.  Much better than an ICO.)

[AB de Royse777]

In every ending there is a beginning. Farewell and good luck with the new beginning.

[YOSHIE]

Yes, everyone will realize that nothing lasts forever in the real world, some end well and some end tragically.

I can only pray to:@Lauda, ​​be given 'kindness' wherever he is, after leaving this forum, goodbye friend something good will be waiting for you there.

Forgive me if I have both past and present mistakes against you.

[nullius]

I have tagged Lauda’s account.  I advise that DT should do likewise.

Edit 2021-01-09:  I am neutralizing the negative feedback, as I should have done long ago.  Please see here.

[Jawhead999]

Personally I don't know you, never meet each other, or contacted you. But, I know you're good person and very brave to fight with scammer or troller in this forum.

If you want comeback to this forum in the future, I'd very happy to hear that. God bless you, Lauda!

[Timelord2067]

As I said in a previous post over night:

Goodbye Lauda.

You had a great innings.

I've also archived your PGP thread post & am checking if there are any other posts of yours that should be archived before you go.

[cryptoaddictchie]

That is a quite a suprising post from Lauda. First TMAN now youre leaving the forum life. Goodluck with whatever plans you may have in real life but I assume you will never leave bitcoin life as also based on your quoted post "Bitcoin is Freedom"

Farewell and God Bless Lauda. Like royse777 said, there is a new chapter after a long haul of adventure. Hope you find success.

I have tagged Lauda’s account.  I advise that DT should do likewise.

Will also do. Informing users about his exit should clear signed that he will not use his account and if ever impersonator tried at least warning has been spread already.

[Steamtyme]

Adios Lauda, I'm hoping it's just a snake shedding it's skin and that you not your persona are still around in some variation. We rarely agreed beyond a point of principle, but you were still and always will be a net positive for the space.

*snake not meant as a slight

Edit: Flag created to avoid future scams. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=2398

[Timelord2067]

That is a quite a suprising post from Lauda. First TMAN now youre leaving the forum life.  

I've noticed a few other names go quietly into the dark.  I'm reminded of this episode of the original Star Trek series "Who Mourns For Adonis?"

[nullius]

Edit: Flag created to avoid future scams. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=2398

I don’t think that it is right, productive, or at all appropriate to place a big warning banner on all of Lauda’s old threads, such as the famous wallet thread and stickied rules threads (!).

Whoever was behind the Lauda account was and is trustworthy—only, no longer connected to the account, as of today.

That is why I red-tagged the account with negative feedback, and a statement explicitly beginning, “Starting with the date of this feedback...”  (And I was the first to tag the account.)

I considered raising a flag myself, then rejected the idea; and I have opposed your flag.

Trust summary for Lauda

Trusted feedback

nullius

2020-10-19

Reference

Starting with the date of this feedback, do NOT trust any further interaction with this account, or with anybody claiming to be Lauda. All of Lauda’s cryptographic keys have been revoked, and there is no way to contact her.

[Last of the V8s]

Kinda sad about that; you did some great work here, tagging scammers, helping newbs, arguing out big block rubbish. Bit abrasive and misunderstood, but seemed to lighten up recently. Good luck with your new account ventures, and keep on stacking sats.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Goodbye Lauda, I never got a chance to know you better, only saw the countless accusations and attacks when ever I visited the reputation board. No doubts you'll be missed, at least the trolls will have less reasons to spam the forum with their threads picking on you hoping to get your attention. You have contributed your part to the growth of the forum and forever will be in our hearts.

If there's anything I can remember you for, it has to be your contributions to the success of the Project Covid-19 initiative started by @Royse777. It meant a lot to people from my region. I wish you success in other areas of your life and whatever you decide to use the time you normally spend on the forum to do in real life. Goodbye.

[Mitchell]

I expected this to happen at some point. Goodbye Lauda and goodluck.

[nutildah]

I second pretty much everything that V8's said -- can't really expand on it eloquently but I'll attempt anyway.

You are certainly more knowledgeable about bitcoin than most people on the forum (the vast, vast majority) and have provided tons of knowledge and insight over the years. You also worked hard to protect the forum from scammers and those who would use the Good Name of Bitcoin for their own nefarious purposes (forks, shitcoins, ponzi scams, etc), and your legacy won't soon be forgotten.

I wish you the best of luck on your future endeavors, whatever they may be and wherever they may take you.

[nullius]

Kinda sad about that; you did some great work here, tagging scammers, helping newbs, arguing out big block rubbish.

Some of my favourite LOLs about that last:

Trust Summary for Lauda

Untrusted feedback

These ratings are from people who are not in your trust network. They may be totally inaccurate.

TangentC	2017-11-12		Bad Kitty, pet of G.Maxwell , will steal your money
AztekPhoenix	2017-09-05		Lauda is a Dumb ass that gives Negative Ratings , when she loses an argument. LOL, She is a weak minded Dumbass. LOL
jonald_fyookball	2017-06-10	Reference	Dishonest shill, apologist for censorship. Abuser of trust system, leaving me neg for political reasons.

I have spoken privately to people who said that Lauda opened their eyes to what was really going on in the fork wars.  For my part, it was not Lauda’s uncompromising Bitcoin advocacy that got me into the Bitcoin camp:  Rather, it got me into the Lauda camp; for it is something that I respect.

Goodbye Lauda, I never got a chance to know you better, only saw the countless accusations and attacks when ever I visited the reputation board. No doubts you'll be missed, at least the trolls will have less reasons to spam the forum with their threads picking on you hoping to get your attention. You have contributed your part to the growth of the forum and forever will be in our hearts.

If you don’t get attacked by bad people, it means that you are not doing anything right!

[NeuroticFish]

no option but to leave the forum permanently.

Quite sad. We've barely interacted, but you were on my trust list for obvious reasons.
It's a big loss for the forum. Maybe you'll "reincarnate" under another user and continue where you left off (one can hope). It would be still a loss, but at least it'll be temporary, until your voice will be strong enough again.

[Timelord2067]

Tantrum.

As with Bruno, it's the trust feedback as you have done, the Default Trust or a Flag.  I'm happy to place a cautionary note on all three.

Either way @theymos should place some sort of "This Account is permanently inactive" cautionary warning across the page (and remove the email used for recovery) and use a 20+ random string to lock the password as well.

[Steamtyme]

I don’t think that it is right, productive, or at all appropriate to place a big warning banner on all of Lauda’s old threads, such as the famous wallet thread and stickied rules threads (!).

Whoever was behind the Lauda account was and is trustworthy—only, no longer connected to the account, as of today.

That is why I red-tagged the account with negative feedback, and a statement explicitly beginning, “Starting with the date of this feedback...”  (And I was the first to tag the account.)

I considered raising a flag myself, then rejected the idea; and I have opposed your flag.

That's fine and you are free to do so. The flag criteria is easily met for me moving forward from this day. Dealing with the account is a risk. reading what the account wrote is not. My own neutral feedback also states the value of some of their previous posts. i am not in anyway discussing the individual behind the Lauda account only the account itself.

This account has been abandoned. Do not deal with this account under any circumstances as it will not be the original owner. Beyond that please still learn from the informative posts they created here on the forum.