Lauda will never return; there is no need to worship.
You seem so sure about that; I am not. Lauda seemed to have so much personally invested in this forum that I find it hard to believe he won't return, even if it's with an alt account.
And yeah, I could be completely wrong. Perhaps Lauda knew when to give up and that the community (including quite a few DT members) had turned against him, and that it was a pointless battle to fight. But man, when Lauda used to take long breaks from the forum, it would get very boring--kind of like TMAN and his absences. Wonder where he went off to?
I think you and hilariousetc both make good points, but we don't know exactly how much he made... Maybe Staking his cryptos offers him better payday than working here did... Also it is was quite cumbersome and tiring to deal with all the issues, also BTC and nearly all of decent crypto has moved out and beyond of this forum (as they shud hv), maybe he is pursuing better opportunities outside of this forum related to crypto itself and being here would be simply time consuming and engaging...
Anyways I wasn't very active lately and saw this just now... Irrespective of the multiple tiffs we had, I do wish that Lauda is happy pursuing whatever he wishes to... But I rarely understand why ppl choose to leave some forum, unless it is a source of inconvenience... An anon account on this forum doesn't really come across as one... But to each his own...