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Quote from: TECSHARE on May 26, 2020, 02:16:03 PM

I called the Boersma Funeral Home, and the person who answered confirmed that he knew Bruno, and he had passed. I just thought people would like to know so we can end the speculation about Bruno himself.

Just saw this bump my condolences Bruno was always an engaging character sad to hear about his death. RIP

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Wow I had no idea. Very sad. I saw him here for 10 years and he always kept up the stunts. RIP.

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Quote from: TECSHARE on May 26, 2020, 02:16:03 PM

I called the Boersma Funeral Home, and the person who answered confirmed that he knew Bruno, and he had passed. I just thought people would like to know so we can end the speculation about Bruno himself.

Thanks for the confirmation! I believe we all can reasonably agree now that the account truly was compromised.

In the light of this update which I believe, until proven otherwise, I'd say we should let the dead continue to rest peacefully.

I hope whoever was responsible for that stunt knows already that the community isn't going to fall for such petty attempt and doesn't post from the account again.

I'll lock the thread now, until further notice pops up (I trully hope it never does).

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Quote from: PrimeNumber7 on May 25, 2020, 09:20:26 PM

I am pretty sure there are some people who work at nursing homes also have forum accounts at bitcointalk, and some others probably know what bitcointalk is. Even if whoever stole Brunos' phone hadn't heard of bitcointalk previously, s/he could have done some research.

I'm not saying what you're proposing is impossible; I'm just giving my opinion that I think it's very unlikely Bruno's account was hijacked by a healthcare worker. Certainly stranger things have happened.

Quote from: TECSHARE on May 26, 2020, 02:16:03 PM

I called the Boersma Funeral Home, and the person who answered confirmed that he knew Bruno, and he had passed. I just thought people would like to know so we can end the speculation about Bruno himself.

Ah well, that does suck even though it's what the community thought had happened anyway. And I also thank you for verifying this; even though I have you ~'ed in my trust list, it's not because I don't trust you in matters like this. It's because I don't really trust your feedback-leaving history, and that's something I may review in the near future. [/off-topic stuff]

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Quote from: TECSHARE on May 26, 2020, 02:16:03 PM

I called the Boersma Funeral Home, and the person who answered confirmed that he knew Bruno, and he had passed. I just thought people would like to know so we can end the speculation about Bruno himself.

Thanks for the confirmation which should end all the speculation and confusion about Bruno's death. May God rest his soul in peace and will keep him alive in our memories.

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I called the Boersma Funeral Home, and the person who answered confirmed that he knew Bruno, and he had passed. I just thought people would like to know so we can end the speculation about Bruno himself.

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Quote from: sbogovac on May 26, 2020, 11:12:52 AM

Maybe I should have emphasised/specified that "going overboard", but I didn't want to add to the speculation... now I'm sorry I even mentioned it.

that's OK and I apologize for my previous insinuation...

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Quote from: sbogovac on May 26, 2020, 10:26:29 AM

No, they aren't "equally as likely". Especially as Bruno did had a pronounced sense of humour, and your "argumentum ad absurdum" is so obvious...

PS. Further more your qualification of a shitposter is totally uncalled for. It's not like I either have a history of doing that, nor do I have campaign in my signature what calls for something like that...

OK well as an acquaintance of Bruno and someone who communicated with him regularly during his final days I am a bit frustrated with all the conspiracy theories flying around, and I wish people would consider Occam's razor in deducing what happened rather than inadvertently sullying his reputation any more than it already has been with unsubstantiated speculation -- for what reason exactly is beyond me.

Think about what you proposed: Bruno, on his deathbed, would instruct somebody to try to run a scam with his account, under the motive that it would be received as a Bruno-esque prank? That makes no sense at all. The scam attempt was very real. Bruno never tried to scam anybody.

I feel your loss (to a certain extent). I had a lot of interactions with him in the "good old BFL days" and he just "stuck to me"...

But I never said he "instruct[-ed] somebody to try to run a scam". He was this forum's scumbuster pur sang. I said:

Quote from: sbogovac on May 26, 2020, 10:04:25 AM

[...] it wouldn't be beyond Bruno to actually instruct someone to post after his death as a final "pun" (and that person now "went a bit overboard")[...]

Maybe I should have emphasised/specified that "going overboard", but I didn't want to add to the speculation... now I'm sorry I even mentioned it.

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Quote from: Stedsm on May 26, 2020, 10:05:23 AM

Whatever it is, in my looong journey of being a member of Bitcointalk, I learned that it's so easy to ruin any good member's reputation through any means. I mean, the whole world is cruel and you don't know who/what may prove to be worst ahead on your journey.

Yeah its true that achieving reputation is not so easy and it requires long time & hardwork. After building that its comparatively much tough to protect and continue with the same tide. Even after death you will be part of the game like Bruno. Personally i believe bitcointalk is like a family for us and we should respect each other to keep the bonding much stronger but unfortunately its quite rare. We are human being and best creature of the universe but habitually we don't like to accept our mistakes. Thats the reason why we are experiencing lots of unwanted situation on a regular basis.

Quote from: nutildah on May 26, 2020, 10:17:47 AM

No, it wouldn't.

There's at least 500 scenarios nobody mentioned; for example

- aliens did it
- time travelers did it
- it's part of a deep state coverup
- Satoshi Nakamoto did it

There could be much more possibilities but last one is quite competitive with other options.

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Quote from: nutildah on May 26, 2020, 10:17:47 AM

- time travelers did it

No... no I did not... Roll Eyes

... but I do like the one where the mobile phone was bought by somebody and they've been Pawning BitcoinTalk. If I had any merits I'd merit that user.

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Quote from: sbogovac on May 26, 2020, 10:26:29 AM

No, they aren't "equally as likely". Especially as Bruno did had a pronounced sense of humour, and your "argumentum ad absurdum" is so obvious...

PS. Further more your qualification of a shitposter is totally uncalled for. It's not like I either have a history of doing that, nor do I have campaign in my signature what calls for something like that...

OK well as an acquaintance of Bruno and someone who communicated with him regularly during his final days I am a bit frustrated with all the conspiracy theories flying around, and I wish people would consider Occam's razor in deducing what happened rather than inadvertently sullying his reputation any more than it already has been with unsubstantiated speculation -- for what reason exactly is beyond me.

Think about what you proposed: Bruno, on his deathbed, would instruct somebody to try to run a scam with his account, under the motive that it would be received as a Bruno-esque prank? That makes no sense at all. The scam attempt was very real. Bruno never tried to scam anybody.

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Quote from: nutildah on May 26, 2020, 10:17:47 AM

Quote from: sbogovac on May 26, 2020, 10:04:25 AM

There is one scenario I didn't see anyone mention (or did I miss it?): it wouldn't be beyond Bruno to actually instruct someone to post after his death as a final "pun" (and that person now "went a bit overboard")... it would fit his sense of humour, wouldn't it?

No, it wouldn't.

There's at least 500 scenarios nobody mentioned; for example

- aliens did it
- time travelers did it
- it's part of a deep state coverup
- Satoshi Nakamoto did it

All are equally as likely a scenario as what you just proposed.

Really we don't know anything for sure at this point. I don't know what's up with the rampant speculation, but shitposters gonna shitpost.

No, they aren't "equally as likely". Especially as Bruno did had a pronounced sense of humour, and your "argumentum ad absurdum" is so obvious...

PS. Further more your qualification of a shitposter is totally uncalled for. It's not like I either have a history of doing that, nor do I have a campaign in my signature what enhances the chances of doing something like that...

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Quote from: sbogovac on May 26, 2020, 10:04:25 AM

There is one scenario I didn't see anyone mention (or did I miss it?): it wouldn't be beyond Bruno to actually instruct someone to post after his death as a final "pun" (and that person now "went a bit overboard")... it would fit his sense of humour, wouldn't it?

No, it wouldn't.

There's at least 500 scenarios nobody mentioned; for example

- aliens did it
- time travelers did it
- it's part of a deep state coverup
- Satoshi Nakamoto did it

All are equally as likely a scenario as what you just proposed.

Really we don't know anything for sure at this point. I don't know what's up with the rampant speculation, but shitposters gonna shitpost.

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To what I have concluded:

- Either this is the same person (which is of least chance that it's him, but either it's his relative, or someone else who used to know about his previous donation campaign or just had knowledge about Bitcoins and then he just got a grab on his phone anyhow and is now trying to ruin his reputation that he built for a very long time).

- Or it was someone not known to Bruno but who used to keep track of his doings and planned such a thing before his death, but failed to execute it in a better way.

- Last but not the least, it's someone who already had Bruno's phone before his death, who tried to play trustworthy enough I'm front of him when he was alive and now kept the funds with him (either sold off or gonna gamble somewhere).

Whatever it is, in my looong journey of being a member of Bitcointalk, I learned that it's so easy to ruin any good member's reputation through any means. I mean, the whole world is cruel and you don't know who/what may prove to be worst ahead on your journey.

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I don't believe in denial.

There is one scenario I didn't see anyone mention (or did I miss it?): it wouldn't be beyond Bruno to actually instruct someone to post after his death as a final "pun" (and that person now "went a bit overboard")... it would fit his sense of humour, wouldn't it?

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Quote from: snipie on May 26, 2020, 08:41:54 AM

(The possibility of cyberpinoy buying the phone is bigger than seeing Bruno alive!)

Thank you... This is one of the most reasonable conspiracies I've read about him today.

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Quote from: logfiles on May 26, 2020, 06:25:42 AM

The person who took over the account just couldn't even wait for a couple of months after the guy's death... Could he?

I don't understand why the hacker is so stupid. I mean he could claim he is Bruno's relative who recovered his phone and discovered bitcointalk and want to follow Bruno's steps for example. He can invent any imaginable and possible shit. But hell no, he is claiming he is a zombie? Right.
I believe the phone is possessed by someone who bought it, maybe one of his relatives too. I doubt he is one of the nursing staff but who knows.
The possibility of real Bruno's doing this silly Bollywoodish-like film is 1‰ for me at least but if it turns to be true then I want to beat the shit out of him. (The possibility of cyberpinoy buying the phone is bigger than seeing Bruno alive!)

Quote from: nutildah on May 26, 2020, 08:49:18 AM

Quote from: snipie on May 26, 2020, 08:41:54 AM

(The possibility of cyberpinoy buying the phone is bigger than seeing Bruno alive!)

Thank you... This is one of the most reasonable conspiracies I've read about him today.

Shit. TIL (today i learned) how conspiracies are created. Need to create few alts + support from few other members to spread it and fight back who doubt about it. Aww!
I just intended to create a metaphor (don't want to see cyberpinoy crying and chasing me) Tongue

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Quote from: hulla on May 26, 2020, 06:57:31 AM

The person could only be someone Bruno teach about crypto and have confidence in the most within his family/friend after he left when understand perfectly well the chance of his surgery and here we see the person abusing Bruno's trust.

If it's family or a friend behind this then it's even worse. The least they could do would be to thank those who donated for the fallen Hero/brother/ father rather than come back to scheme for a way of scamming more Bitcoins.

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Quote from: JeromeTash on May 25, 2020, 07:38:29 PM

Quote from: PrimeNumber7 on May 25, 2020, 07:21:07 PM

Nursing homes/hospices have banned all visitors, so it is just patients and nurses. When a patient dies, someone will clean his room of the deceased's personal belongings. My guess is someone from the hospice stole Bruno's phone when cleaning his room.

But how did that person exactly know that Bruno was a bitcointalk forum member and immediately got to his browser and logged in?
How did they know that once they log into bitcointalk, will first have to delete the last OP made by Bruno's account?
How did they know about changing the custom VIP title from "In Memoriam" to "Back to End CO-VID Struggles"?

My guess? The person could have been accessing Phinnaeus Gage's account or for a while.

With Bruno generous in nature and helping people. Bruno might have teach him all his knowledge about crypto and this forum.

Quote from: logfiles on May 26, 2020, 06:25:42 AM

The person who took over the account just couldn't even wait for a couple of months after the guy's death... Could he?

The person could only be someone Bruno teach about crypto and have confidence in the most within his family/friend after he left when understand perfectly well the chance of his surgery and here we see the person abusing Bruno's trust.

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Quote from: logfiles on May 26, 2020, 06:25:42 AM

The person who took over the account just couldn't even wait for a couple of months after the guy's death... Could he?

Greediness usually drives people to break their patience and specially when its a matter of money then its really hard to control for them who always lookng for make some easy money.

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