My 30 questions for theymos

[Pmalek]

Ever since I saw zasad@’s thread [Interviews] with Bitcointalk members, I wondered why there was no interview with theymos, our administrator. I figured zasad@ probably asked him, but theymos simply ignored him.

I concluded that zasad@ shouldn’t be the only one to get ignored, so I PMed theymos, worked my charms and asked to do an interview with him. And guess what…? Nothing! Being a stubborn bastard, I tried again after a few weeks, but I added circa 30 questions in the PM this time. Still, theymos didn’t reply back.

After a few sleepless nights, I came up with something else. I will use the freedoms that theymos gave us and force him to do something he clearly doesn’t want to do. It’s only fair, I think.


Below are My 30 Questions for theymos.
I have reasons to believe that LoyceV will leave the forum for good if theymos doesn’t come through. That would be a massive loss for the forum, and theymos is the only one who can prevent that.
 
Let’s make our own profile of our admin based on the information we can find on him and the things we already know. We can help him and answer the questions in his name. 

DISCLAIMER: Parts of the OP might not be entirely accurate. Take it with a grain of salt and relax.    


•   Who or what is theymos? What is the significance of your username?
•   Why is theymos the administrator of Bitcointalk? What makes you the perfect admin, and how did you get to where you are now?
•   Which part related to bitcoin interests you the most?

•   How much of the daily moderation work do you carry out personally? Deleting posts, merging threads, and stuff like that?
•   When it comes to banning members for breaking forum rules, who from the team is the ultimate ban-hammer, and who is more likely to give users a second chance?

•   Does theymos own any altcoins?
•   Several years have passed since the introduction of merits and trust flags. Are you happy with how these systems operate today?
•   Is there anything you wish you had done differently on Bitcointalk?

•   If Satoshi came back tomorrow, do you think he would be happy with how we use bitcoin? What about the forum? What would he think of it?
•   Is theymos a vengeful person? Do you hold grudges against people?

•   What do you think of all the drama and the bickering on Bitcointalk?
•   What is your opinion on altcoins in general?
•   Do you believe that DeFi has any future, or is it a hype that will soon pass?

•   What is going on with Grin? The last thing I read is that there was a 51% attack on the network.
•   Has theymos ever done KYC on an exchange, casino or some other third-party site? And what is your opinion on an increasingly present requirement to perform KYC verification?
•   Do you miss certain members who left the forum, and which ones would you like to see come back?

•   If you had the power to decide what would be introduced/changed/removed from Bitcoin, what would you do?
•   Do you believe bitcoin can one day become a currency for day-to-day use with the help of the LN or some other scaling solution?
•   It is my personal opinion that Bitcointalk would be a better place if proven scammers would be banned. Tell me why I am wrong?

•   Does theymos speak any of the languages which have a local board on the forum?
•   Has theymos ever invested or been part of any ICO in the past?
•   Has theymos ever been scammed on bitcointalk?
•   How has bitcoin/Bitcoin changed your life for better or worse?
•   Are you interested in mining, and have you ever done it yourself?


Some quick This or That questions

•   Music or books?
•   Movies or the theatre?
•   Fast food or healthy nutrition?
•   The mountains in the winter or summers by the sea?
•   Smartphone or a computer?
•   Most importantly: ass or tits?

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[hacker1001101001]

No way he would answer all this. He doesn't need to.

_{This might not be entirely accurate. Take it with a grain of salt and relax}

[ChuckBuck]

After a few sleepless nights, I came up with something else. I will use the freedoms that theymos gave us and force him to do something he clearly doesn’t want to do. It’s only fair, I think.

You can use your freedom of expression, sure, no one has the right to stop you, that's a good idea! But... theymos have another right that's much stronger, guess what? that is the right to be silent  he has no obligation to answer your questions, and I bet you can't force him to do this if he doesn't want 
Anyway, let's see if your topic can reach him 

[examplens]

this reminds me of some childhood things. 
You forgot a few questions to add>
- whether he has sympathy and what grade the school is in?
- which is his favourite boy's band?
- name of his favourite teacher?

[The Sceptical Chymist]

No way he would answer all this. He doesn't need to.

Of course he doesn't need to, but usually when people give interviews like this (and there are plenty of them), the interviewee doesn't have a gun to his head.  If Theymos did all of that ignoring as claimed by OP--and I've no reason to doubt him--he's either really busy or just doesn't want to take part in this.  I know absolutely nothing about the person behind the Theymos username, but I'm assuming he's a pretty private person, as are a lot of folks on bitcointalk.

I'd be interested in his answers to these questions in particular:

•   Several years have passed since the introduction of merits and trust flags. Are you happy with how these systems operate today?
•   Is theymos a vengeful person? Do you hold grudges against people?

•   What do you think of all the drama and the bickering on Bitcointalk?
•   It is my personal opinion that Bitcointalk would be a better place if proven scammers would be banned. Tell me why I am wrong?

Especially the last one, because it's always baffled me that scammers aren't banned here.  I've heard all the reasons from multiple members, and they all pretty much sound like excuses--especially since every other forum I've visited bans scammers on the spot, even if there's not rock-solid proof. 

I'd also love to hear his opinion about how the merit system is working out.  His view on the trust flags I couldn't care less about, because I think they're an unnecessarily complicated addition to a trust system that's already overly complicated.

[suchmoon]

This is a horrible idea. I mean... do we really want to know that theymos holds massive BCH/BSV bags?

•   Does theymos own any altcoins?

[LFC_Bitcoin]

• If you could permaban one poster for no reason other than thinking they’re a dick, who?
• Are you a tits or ass man?

[The Cryptovator]

Although I am curious to know all the answers but there a few terrible questions. For example, who is theymos, we don't expect these answers from a decentralized crypto user due to privacy issues. But of course, I will be happy to hear. Another is who handling the forum ban, this answer will fill the moderator PM who is handling the forum ban. But I believe there few only who handling the forum ban. Anyway thanks for raising these questions, although we can't force anyone on the forum, but we can expect at least.

Waiting for theymos reply..........

[dkbit98]

Nobody likes to answer bunch of questions and I think 30 is a bit too much, not to mention that all bits of information you leave online can potentially help to identify his real identity if he is being honest.
You forgot to ask theymos about his favorite scary movie, but if someone ever makes a movie about Satoshi I am sure that theymos would play big part in it among all other important characters.
I personally think theymos loves sci-fi movies after reading one of his topics from 2017 for building a seastead, but maybe this was just younger version of theymos with different dreams.

The Bitcoin price is amazingly high, and it has stayed amazingly high for quite some time. I've been expecting it to crash for the last year, and I was especially expecting it to crash in response to the various B2X nonsense, but it's still quite high. These high prices may well be long-term-stable. Therefore, since we gentlemen are in fact the new wealthy elite, I think that the time has come to work toward a project that I know a lot of early Bitcoiners (including myself) have always dreamed of: a mostly-sovereign libertarian seastead. There must be a lot of Bitcoin millionaires who would be willing to work toward this.

Dream of building a seastead may be dead or hibernating but what would theymos say about Bitcoin price today?
In November 17 2017 Bitcoin was around $7,780, and fast forward few years at May 5th 2021, One Bitcoin is now worth around $57,500, so is he expecting it to crash any time soon?

Here is one of the rear post made by theymos reviewing other altcoins in August 2017, and I see he likes Monero most for obvious reasons:

Most altcoins are pure pump-and-dump, but there are a small handful that actually have some technical merit. I will list them here, according to my opinion/understanding.
...

One last question for theymos, are we ever going to see new bitcointalk forum software or was that just one more dream and dead project?

[Igebotz]

Some common thing about theymos you should know.

^{Believe At your own risk}

• theymos is not a real name
• theymos is human
• theymos is a man
• thymos is below 40 years
• theymos is a politician
• theymos lives in the US
• theymos is British
• theymos love vegetables
• theymos like summer most
• theymos is a Dad
• • theymos sucks at coding
  • theymos is not tall
  • theymos is a Christian
  • theymos had lovers in high school
  • theymos likes country songs
  • theymos is not a traveller (Never been to Africa]
  • theymos is not a pretty man but good looking
  
  I dare Theymos to ignore if I'm right.... Watch out guys.
  
  

  • Are you tits or ass man?

  tits Man no doubt, all US residents only care about tits because the girls are not pretty endowed at the back. I know this because I know things.

[Pmalek]

You forgot a few questions to add>
- which is his favourite boy's band?
- name of his favourite teacher?

That would sound like I am trying to find the secret answer to a question to reset his email password.
- The name of your first pet.

This is a horrible idea. I mean... do we really want to know that theymos holds massive BCH/BSV bags?

He might own some grin and monero. I doubt he has ether.

I should have added this question as well:
- Have you ever claimed a bitcoin fork?

If you could permaban one poster for no reason other than thinking they’re a dick, who?

Wasn't game-protect banned for something like that? I don't remember reading about the reason for his ban, not that I want him back.

Are you a tits or ass man?

I already asked him that.

...but there a few terrible questions. For example, who is theymos, we don't expect these answers from a decentralized crypto user due to privacy issues.

That one wasn't meant to identify him by name. I am curious why he selected the theymos username. How did he come up with it, and what does it mean to him?

[LTU_btc]

Although I am curious to know all the answers but there a few terrible questions. For example, who is theymos, we don't expect these answers from a decentralized crypto user due to privacy issues.

Why it's terrible? It's obvious that he isn't asking his real name or other sensitive personal information.

Nobody likes to answer bunch of questions and I think 30 is a bit too much, not to mention that all bits of information you leave online can potentially help to identify his real identity if he is being honest.

Hey, don't speak for everyone . If you check how many responses @zasad@ thread with questions got, it wouldn't be right to say that nobody likes to answer such questions. Offcourse, merits played it's role there, but I think that even without, there would be many responses.
I doubt that theymos will respond to these questions, but if he would it, it would so damn interesting. We really don't know much about our boss.

[icopress]

My two cents ... As far as I know, Theymos personal data is not a secret, so it seems to me that the first question disappears. And the position of Admin held by him is simply a coincidence (if I remember correctly, his candidacy was proposed in the chat, to which he replied something in the spirit of "why not").

As for the rest of the questions, some of us can easily give an affirmative answer, including me (especially those who were at least a little interested in the history of the forum). So if I had the opportunity to get an answer to one question, I would ask about the details of thread №3, namely, whether these mysterious logs remained at his disposal, (in case someone wants to correct me, I want to say that I know that he registered after these events).

One last question for theymos, are we ever going to see new bitcointalk forum software or was that just one more dream and dead project?

By the way, even if this constantly repeated question annoys me a little, then I think that Theymos is even more so. 

[OgNasty]

tits Man no doubt, all US residents only care about tits because the girls are not pretty endowed at the back. I know this because I know things.

I just wanted to chime in and say that this is extremely off base. Besides being an ass man myself, it is practically American tradition to celebrate the female posterior. We invented the Daisy Dukes, twerking, and who could forget the Sir Mix-a-Lot classic Baby Got Back? I think a majority of American males transition from being a tits to an ass man around the time they lose their virginity...

[Halab]

I am curious why he selected the theymos username. How did he come up with it, and what does it mean to him?

I have a beginning of answer for this question, he wrote himself the origin of his username here :

I originally made mine for an RPG character: Theymos Amastica. It was created without much thought, being only a minor adjustment of the "Thamior" and "Amastacia" names given as elven name examples in the D&D 3.5 Player's Handbook. I began using it for all of my online game accounts, as well, and then I used it even for non-game accounts so I wouldn't have to remember multiple usernames. (At this point most of my online accounts were game-related.)

I sometimes wish that I had chosen something better and more meaningful, though it is nicely unique: almost all Google results for "theymos" are related to me. It would be very difficult to change at this point, after using it for 5+ years.

And I have the answer to your last question and he prefers.... Arghhhh... I'm dead .

[Pmalek]

Thanks Halab!
We now know how he got that username, and we have also established that he is a gamer (or was a gamer). Somehow gaming and science-fiction often go hand in hand, so I would agree with dkbit98 as well that theymos probably likes sci-fi movies. He might even own the Harry Potter series.

It's interesting that after a little search, I found several sources that mention theymos by a "real name". There are even threads on Bitcointalk where that name is mentioned. No idea how true/false that is and what it's based on, but I am not going to mention the name here for obvious reasons. It's not that hard to find and I am sure many people are already aware of it.   

[ABCbits]

No way he would answer all this. He doesn't need to.

Of course he doesn't need to, but usually when people give interviews like this (and there are plenty of them), the interviewee doesn't have a gun to his head. 

True, but it enables peer pressure (especially if many people also wish same thing).

[LoyceV]

I have reasons to believe that LoyceV will leave the forum for good if theymos doesn’t come through.

Only if theymos changes my name or bans me (or both ).

Seriously though: I (think I) know the answer to several questions already, just from reading theymos' posts. I don't really want to dig through it again to find it though.

do we really want to know that theymos holds massive BCH/BSV bags?

Actually, on behalf of the forum, he does. It's worth slightly more than a million dollars.

Most importantly: ass or tits?

You should start with the most imporant question, let's not forget theymos is a r/GirlsGoneBitcoin moderator.

[cryptoaddictchie]

Damn these questions are hardcore OP. But Im sure theymos will see this and probably reply to you someday but probably not the answer we expect like answering all these 30 questions.

But these are well prepared questions that I am also feel excited if he ever answer these. But we all knew his quite a busy man and probably only will check some thread once in a while.

(we hope you answer these questions of OP theymos)

[cabalism13]

this reminds me of some childhood things. 
You forgot a few questions to add>
- whether he has sympathy and what grade the school is in?
- which is his favourite boy's band?
- name of his favourite teacher?

Who is your crush?
Who is your first love?
Damn this is the questions I always ignore  as I can't tell 🤣
Ehem.
LoL. Some of yhe questions above can be answered as from what I know there still has a convo between satoshi and theymos...
Anyways, I would like to ask suchmoon if possible...
What's with the 9?  favorite number? 🤣