Seeing from the many members who took away loans, I didn't expect there was still a member who was very honest and not easily tempted.  salute to him.. 

When seeing from the current value of Bitcoin, the value of Bitcoin returned by Yahoo is worth $ 1.2 million.  hats off for yahoo..

Wow, this is just... wow! I've never come across any of these stories before.
These are quite inspiring messages to new generations of crypto enthusiasts. Truly unsung heroes of Bitcointalk!

Thank you, Pmalek, for bringing this out of the clutter of Bitcointalk history.

About EZ0010, I agree to be listed in this thread. I even created a thread to appreciate his honest attitude even though he could have just shut up and disappeared for the $1000 he randomly received from theymos. To date, EZ0010 has never had many posts, only 5 posts although I think he can be active any time he wants to post something that interests him in this forum.

That honest attitude is better than the thousands of spam posts you spread

I'm not saying he's heroic just because he's willing to return $1000, but I have one particular conclusion for that user when I compare him to many spammers.


Actually I don't think it's a decent comparison because honesty and user posting habits are something different. But spammers are not honest with themselves because they don't want to do their best to improve the quality of their posts to keep forum clean of spam posts.

I agree with your assumptions but I can honestly say that the contributors you mention are really appreciated more especially after they have earned a good reputation. They are recognized on these forum based on their reputation, while spam buster or low-activity cheat hunters are much less likely to get a lot of attention and even be recognized. Spam busters, cheater hunters, merit sources and several other contributing members are also worthy of being on the list. So I will not exclude them.

At least I have a little contribution to the forum though not very worthy of recognition.  

I think it is. Morality and honesty has gone down the toilet. I have come across many people who are of the opinion that if an opportunity to steal presents itself then why wouldn't you use it? You would be an idiot not to.

I have forgotten where it happened, but I remember a case from a few years ago where two underaged degenerates beat up, stabbed, and killed a young boy in a bus in the middle of the day. It might have been a tram. The vehicle was full with grown-ass men and women, but no one found it necessary to prevent 2 kinds from killing another one. We live in weird and bad times where if you see a guy beat a girl on the street, the reaction is to take out your phone and videotape it. After that, you post it on social media. Depending on who you are, you either put angry emojis next to the video or you say lol, the bitch deserved it.

My example is not the same as returning money that doesn't belong to you but in a society deprived of feelings and morality, decent people are becoming the outcasts. Not the other way around. Am I too pessimistic?   

It's not heroic, though, and I mean that in the strict sense of the word--nor are members of DT, merit sources, campaign managers, or any highly-recognized and/or respected members of the forum.  This might be a bit of a bugaboo with me, because I think the word hero has lost much of its meaning (much like racism) simply because it's being applied to everything--and I think the overuse got ridiculously out of hand during the pandemic.  It seemed like everyone who reported to work in 2020 was deemed a hero. 

I don't know about anybody else, but heroes are people who exhibit great courage, usually in the service of others.  Someone returning a lot of money when they could have run away with it is showing excellent character, but not heroism.  That's gonna be the end of my nitpicking.

And to your point about indifference in the face of someone else's crisis, that's been going on for a looong time.  Ever hear of the Kitty Genovese case?  Well, that happened back in 1964 and raised people's awareness of the issue of whether or not to get involved....until time made everyone forget. 

Human nature doesn't change all that quickly.

If you're talking of only people who returned  wrongly transferred Bitcoin to their addresses as unsung heroes, then you might as well add EZ0010 for what they did here by also returning Bitcoin that was wrongly sent to them by theymos. Don't get me wrong, I ain't saying such an act was a mean feat in a world of moral bankruptcy, I'm simply saying there should be more to the unsung hero tag. Like Pharmacist said (I also second their argument in that direction, those who've quietly been helping this community grow should own that glowing appellation.

Bump after a long time...