It never ends well for those types—>a pound of flesh ⚖️
You've probably heard this before, but I used to hang out in some BTC & crypto groups, such as Whalepool & a couple of others, here & there ca. 2018-20—as an professor of real BitCoin ethos of Values over value, compassion, authenticity, LVX, Life, Love & Liberty unabashed therefore. Oh to give some context for why I chose to reply to your post. To my knowledge I may have been the last person to hear from Adam Guerbuez, whom had carved himself a place as a bitcoin core OG—& not one with whom to trifle without potential real world consequences, if he decided wanted to reach out & touch someone irl, he sure did. He attained to international infamy for his Facebook spam ads grift.
What's up running on about some funny and crazy stories of which there are plenty and I was just the resident pain in the ass for the actual criminals that were running these chat groups, but we both enjoyed death metal & had a laugh one time while on twitter trolling Chris Barnes formally of Cannibal Corpse.
Anyways, without planting a flag of value judgments, all I can say is Adam and I established a rapport of good humor.
One night in the small hours, we happened to be the only two in this telegram group chat made up of former whalepool members most of whom had received permanent hammer bans, ArsTruly included, ofc🤗 on one late night/early morning however you wanna think about it, the small hours as they say, I was just farting around not doing much this was probably 2019. He popped in there randomly and it was just the two of us and he asked if I would mind having a private conversation so we had a phone call with each other wherein he confided how he had just managed to extricate himself from his own house where he had been duct taped to an office chair in his kitchen and tortured with his steak knives. I am telling you he was not fooling around he was a huge person if you've ever seen a picture of this guy he was pistol whipped by multiple criminals, bound, & taken hostage for crypto wallets & hard drives. His voice was tremulous—he was noticeably shaken & lacking any trace of his usual indomitable persona. He sounded like any person who had just come to grips with his own mortality. There was zero hint of any attempted saving face because he had been forcibly made to witness the Original Face & survived. The details continue, because this was not a short conversation, but I have received verification from people who knew him in the real world that were friends with him, one of who we ran across each other and are still friendly over the Internet. He was the last person with Adam in the real world they had gone to a casino. I was the last person to speak with him so far as anyone knows. You can look up his former Twitter account, it has been re-titled the Adam Guerbuez Foundation or something like that. So far as I know he is still unaccounted for, though based on information between he and people close enough to know he may have whether or not intentionally crossed swords with one of the Mexican cartels apparently with a heavy footprint where he lived in Canada.
I did not expect to help talk somebody down after they had just experienced what I got to learn about an excruciating detail.
Fine share, Randy.
🔮 Epilogue 🎱
A staggering majority of folks oblivious to their total lack of situational awareness, discernment, & discretion also no concept or context as to the serious need to cultivate personal wherewithal due to the danger surrounding bitcoin & crypto at any given time.