my whole problem with his explanation about keeping keys to fund them with the first block - you dont need pk's to do funding , addresses can do that.
so wtf have copies? and then after they were funded why then not destroy the keys?
then he said oh I found the gold keys too...
so wtf have copies? and then after they were funded why then not destroy the keys?
then he said oh I found the gold keys too...I agree but he claimed the artwork wasn't ready yet to print at that time, so that's why those were stored until later which makes a bit of sense actually since the history series he would just print, shread and then spend day's sticking holos etc..
Since all PK's were/are actually printed on the cards not on a slip of paper behind the holo, he had a special python program that would just print them, then delete thm on an air-gapped pc. Then he had a special (expensive) film shredder to shred the special (large) film rolls after printing. (Why do that if you are keeping PK's, right?
) .... That said, these are my own speculations, because he told me he just had to delete the keys, because he did not trust himself or anyone else. Maybe for some series that is true, since some of my low-value history cards have not been swept.... Again, don't trust me, just my own observations here again...
Looking back, I really don't think any of this was actually premeditated. He seemed to be really proud of his creation(s), often told his family about how happy he was with it even tho he was often stunned by the support he had back after the first round of fuckups .. I know he's back on shitty anti-depressants again and has been drinking and smoking lots of hashish, but IDK what else he may be into. He never talked about any other drugs that I recall.