Since he said he was a long time user and took a break, may be because of the market was not moving much at that time but he would have being back when the price started moving higher and touched the all time valuation, but instead he is back when the market is still struggling to make a move in either directions, the market has changed a lot since with speculative market and other factors and since he left before the fees and transaction speed issues there is nothing much to tell. The only thing that changed is that the price moved higher from what he left and there are a couple of forks to the bitcoin network which stands out and nothing else.