Imagine if that $5.9 million was actually used to improve Bitcoin itself and its community, rather than replacing a forum software that in 2025, still reigns as one of the best forum solutions there has ever been.

I really enjoy this forum and I believe theymos has been an integral part of it getting to where it is today...though there's no doubt that epochtalk was one of the biggest blunders in forum history. 11,000 BTC - imagine if instead used for something like a locked vault, purposed to reward those who contributed to this community down the line when BTC eventually took over? Or used to reward those who had already built or started new initiatives in the project development board? Would have, could have, should have I guess. Instead, trusting some kids to replace one of the largest community built forum softwares in our time. While disappointing and sad, I guess there is no choice but to move on.