Quote from: Lauda on May 10, 2017, 10:43:45 PM

UASF or a POW change is coming, whether you like it or not. The miners do not, and have never been in, control of the network. You can create your BTU coin that is completely controlled by Jihan and China for all you like, but the ecosystem will not be a part of it.

(Topic: “Re: SegWit dying off in spite of all your efforts”. Lolz, Segwit is dead like “Bitcoin is dead”.)

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Re: [ANN] Bitcoin Cash - Fork 1:1 of Bitcoin - Pro on-chain scaling

Quote from: Lauda on August 01, 2017, 02:10:41 PM

This thread is full of idiots who wants to lose money. [...] This altcoin will be dumped to the ground.

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Happy Bitcoin Independence Day.

Quote from: icopress on July 11, 2022, 12:50:21 PM

If I'm not confusing anything, then the balance on Lauda's account has changed. Shocked

Thanks to some anonymous donor for remembering Kitty:
2f6aa55b7ca3cc15df84491efe184a8ba15ce71221ff6253572ee4231de4809a
Block height 744423, block timestamp 2022-07-10 12:12:59 UTC.

Observing the prize at 0.00333333 BTC.

Prediction: Lauda’s goodbye thread will segue into speculation on the memorial puzzle’s BTC value. Why speculate on the so-called “Bitcoin price”? Bitcoin’s price is constant: 1 BTC = 1 BTC. But the BTC balance of the puzzle has been changing! Ironically, perhaps these observations may even grow to be longer than the Wall Observer! 😸

Last month, the interest in the puzzle both in this thread and on the blockchain inspired me to attempt setting up something else puzzle-related. It turned out not to be feasible to me at this time. Unfortunately, pending that, I delayed replying here, then got absorbed in other matters. New month—Bitcoin holiday—time to stop falling behind. A few brief notes for now:

garlonicon, I am not sure what to say to that, without giving further hints. ;-)

Agbe, thanks for the kind words. You described the situation overall quite astutely. And yes, Lauda was unhappy at the time she left. But I doubt that was why. Too abrupt; and the comprehensiveness which she cut all contacts indicates to me some dire necessity.

Gazeta, I think that’s not unlikely that for disinformation, Lauda may have intentionally given a “male” impression in some discussions, and “female” in others. Indeed, I indicated above that I suspect so. But I will say affirmatively, Lauda never asked me to take one side or the other on that question. Of my own accord, I am >95% sure that Lauda must have been a woman—but then every once in awhile, I wake up and say, oh, my: ~~I could have accidentally spent years pining away in unrequited love for a man.~~ Did I just say that aloud? Damn it, you can’t delete anything on the Internet. Embarrassed

What I meant was: I could be totally wrong about this.

PrimeNumber7, I think that Lauda probably cared about her privacy from the beginning. But assuming the contrary arguendo, there are various other reasons besides cypherpunk-anonymity why someone may obfuscate his or her identity online. For instance, I know that some women with high technical skills masquerade as men, to avoid unwanted sexual attention that is oft crude and gratuitous in anonymous Internet environments. I think that’s unfortunate, but it is has been a reality for decades—perhaps somewhat less so now. Who knows? I myself explicitly claim to be a man; but you have no proof that I am not just putting on a sometimes aggressive display of overt masculinity so I can fit in with the fellows in WO. Anyway, it is nobody’s business.

I can easily think of a dozen such arguments on both sides of the question.

Quote from: examplens on July 08, 2022, 07:01:23 PM

now serious, does Lauda's gender really matter?

It’s a fun discussion, Lauda never minded that speculation when she (he?) was here; to the contrary, she seemed tacitly to encourage it. Thus, of course, it really matters. Why, it is the third most-important subject that has ever been discussed on this forum since Satoshi left!

Quote from: examplens on July 08, 2022, 07:01:23 PM

Also, he/she officially leaves this forum, why are we discussing this topic two years later?

Need I ask once per page if the Reputation forum is only for attacking and denouncing people? “Reputation” has a bad reputation. There is no “we”—for my part, I appreciate a positive, happy thread celebrating the years of contributions by someone who was deeply devoted to the Bitcoin Forum community. If you don’t, please feel free not to participate.

I have sometimes thought about making a Lauda website—aye, a stereotypical Internet shrine. I almost did, back in 2020. I didn’t (yet?), for I have some doubts about whether or not Lauda would want such a thing. But she spent much time on this forum. Why begrudge her thread? Lauda’s friends and admirers will never forget her.

Kitty forever! 😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺