Quote from: Poker Player on Today at 11:24:33 AM

Hi, great thread.

I like this kind of posts to learn more about the history of Bitcointalk [...]

Quote from: odolvlobo on May 09, 2021, 11:12:47 PM

Quote from: 🏰 TradeFortress 🏰 on May 09, 2021, 08:07:45 PM

I just realized that my 50 BTC donation to the forum is now worth $2.9 million. Wow! Never in my life have I expected it to be that big.

WTF?

You don't consider the disappearance of your depositors' 4100 BTC in 2013, now worth $238 million, your "bitcoin pizza moment"?

I didn't have to look very hard to find this. In fact, I think I read that thread and odolvlobo's response at the time. Anyway, with all the negative feedback, I don't think he will scam anyone again in this forum.

Hehe, thanks! Yes, I saw that reply too... that was one of the few ones remembering him what he did... And I hope he will never scam anybody again. At least, now he is notorious and people can avoid him...

Quote from: LoyceV on Today at 11:29:23 AM

It looks like he successfully appealed his ban in 2015.
He also lost the ability to edit his own posts, which theymos restored in 2018 (while at the same time removing selfmod status from all his topics).

This is incredible. I studied this subject for a while, but I was not aware that (1) he was banned; (2) he was banned for trolling (inside a topic containing doxxing information of theymos or other staff member!!! -- how comes that he was banned just for trolling when he doxxed these people?!) and I think this is the first ban for trolling I ever seen; nor that (3) his ban was lifted (I did not see any reason for lifting his ban in that thread... weird). Now I am even more intrigued. Thanks for sharing this, LoyceV!

Quote from: LoyceV on Today at 11:29:23 AM

That would be off-topic, which isn't allowed. His Trust and username speak volumes and are discussed in several topics. There's no need to mention it in every topic he posts in.

Oh well... I understand this but the situation looks a bit ironical

I mean to have a criminal inside your thread and not be able to ask why he is there because you would break forum rules.

Quote from: LoyceV on Today at 11:29:23 AM

The scams happened before I (or most other users) even joined the forum. I don't trust him, but I also don't feel the need to add more negative tags to the pile.

First sentence is true. However, I would have expected to see more negative feedbacks from DT members in his case... His current Trust score, for stealing at least 4100 BTC is -13. As comparison, figmentofmyass, for cheating CM campaign for 3 years (where he lurked way fewer BTC that TradingFortress), has a Trust score very close to TradingFortress': -12. Yet, the prejudice made by the lattest is way greater that the one made by figmentofmyass...

Quote from: The Pharmacist on Today at 12:18:44 PM

Jesus, I don't know what the hell I was doing in January, but I obviously wasn't paying attention to the Reputation section. I didn't post in the reference thread that's included in figmentofmyass's negative trust, nor do I remember that scandal. So I'm just learning that he had multiple alts in the Chipmixer campaign, a feat I find astounding! Thanks for mentioning those examples, OP.

Quote from: The Pharmacist on Today at 12:18:44 PM

Memory is a funny thing, though (especially for me).

My dear Pharmacist, let me tease you a bit

First you did not know about your (and as well -- our) true home (smile here). Then about figmentofmyass. These, combined with change of lines between you and icopress about forgotten things, that I accidentaly noticed in the trolls-related thread, made me smile as well

(I hope you get my humor.)

Quote from: The Pharmacist on Today at 12:18:44 PM

With respect to TradeFortress, I swear I heard that the account changed hands a while back, because I was wondering the same thing you are, which is how and why would such a notorious scammer even show his face on a forum where he scammed so many people. [...] I'm not sure what I actually read or even if I interpreted it correctly, but I could almost swear that someone stated that the account was sold or given away after those scams went down.

Maybe someone here can set us straight on that. If not, it does seem very weird that a member would have enough balls to keep posting here as if nothing ever happened. I mean seriously, it sounds like TradeFortress should be in a jail cell rather than on bitcointalk.

I was not aware of this either... this is new information and, if this happened, then indeed this is a good explanation. Otherwise, as you said, "TradeFortress should be in a jail cell rather than on bitcointalk"...

Quote from: Lucius on Today at 02:24:38 PM

Back in 2018, he claimed that he did not have access to these funds, and that they were mostly lost in the hack.

Even so, he had access, at least, to the other "smaller" scams. 10 BTC from you, 15 BTC from me, 5 BTC from another one and so on... I'd say that even if he could not access those stolen coins, the other ones he scammed (detailed in OP) represent amounts of more than 1M USD...

Quote from: suchmoon on Today at 04:22:34 PM

TF is a total sociopath and a natural-born fraudster. He seems to have a specific style in which he conducts his scams.

A "hack", funds lost, (optionally) customers trolled, excuses years later. See Hashie.

Indeed. And what you said is perfectly illustrated in these two quotes:

Quote from: 🏰 TradeFortress 🏰 on August 21, 2018, 01:09:59 PM

Hello everyone!

Did you have a balance on CoinLenders or Inputs.io? A reimbursement is also available - please see the thread.

Refund

A refund for Hashie users is now available.

Quote from: 🏰 TradeFortress 🏰 on January 02, 2021, 06:23:51 PM

A number of people have emailed me asking whether the reimbursement program is still open.

I am replying to clarify that the program is closed and no funds are available. Sorry.

Please do not reach out to me about this program.