I cracked up when I read, If you donate 50 BTC, you get VIP status and the ability to create a custom title for yourself. This must be so outdated, thats like $412,599.75 as of today LMAO!
IT is outdated. 50 BTC when it first got implemented was probably at max, a few hundred dollars.
Obviously, this has nothing to do with theymos' greed or whatever. If he really wanted to make money off the forum, don't you think that offering a donator membership for a few hundred thousand dollars is a bit dumb? It's probably way easier to limit access to forum content until you pay a membership fee, which is mandatory for every single person using this forum.
Perhaps this figure should be updated to reflect the current bitcoin prices and to make it more accessible, but I don't see it necessary at the moment. If something needs donations to be funded then surely the admins will come up with something.