I keep weighing this as the most solid explanation for certain of cypherdoc's behaviors, but then I think back to the early days and various aspects of his person and back off.

The other day I ran across a very amusing situation where a shill was stone-cold busted due to a defect in Windows clipboard.  I allow for the possibility that the whole thing is a fabrication but I've seen no efforts put toward debunking it.  We have, however, known with high probability that multi-personna shill software has been around for some time and has been purchased by the U.S. govt among others.

Anyway, the presenter of a vid was musing about shills and wondered if some of them were not fairly ordinary people who got caught up in some legal trouble and offered the opportunity to have their problems go away by doing some shill work.  It dawned on me that the Bitcoin ecosystem is probably bursting at the seams with people who are 'flawed' in some way.  Especially as the tax seasons drift by.

Here's the vid which is an interesting watch:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy4zlMkNnn4