Surprisingly, just a week ago, Laszlo was online. Feel free to message him and wish him a happy holiday, because this crazy guy
He was last active on the 2nd of this month. Since it's the month of May, man probably came to check his post history and look at the conversation that led to that famous 10,000 BTC pizza deal.
I can only imagine the kind of feeling that comes with logging into an old forum account and seeing a legacy like that attached to your name. Coming to check his profile few days before the anniversary proves that no matter how big Bitcoin gets, the history remains anchored right here on Bitcointalk.
1 BTC sent your way you Bitcoin legend
Wow thanks, I do still have access to it. You should never delete a wallet, even if you've spent what was 'in' it.
I appreciate the donations, but nobody owes me anything.. I generated my share and I spent it, it was just at a time when the value was lower, but so was the generation difficulty, and the block reward was 50.
Laszlo
While searching for his profile, I came across this his response to someone who sent him 1BTC in 2014 as a donation. His advice about never deleting an old wallet even when you think it's empty really shows the dept of his technical mindset from the early days. From the response, you could see that he never regretted spending 10k BTC on a lunch neither was he bitter about it nor did tried to play victim. His main focus was more about helping the network grow than getting obsessed over the future price, that's selflessness at it's peak. Laszlo is a man who truly understood his role in the Bitcoin history and rightly deserve the recognition he's getting today.
To a true pioneer of one of the greatest innovations ever in the history of mankind, congratulations Laszlo Hanyecz.
