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I have attended wonderful conferences and I am glad I was able to talk to you guys while representing Wasabi out in the wild and being a consistent privacy advocate for the company, which have ultimate lead to my exit from the company.

If I were to give my self a good advice for my older self it would be that to never date someone who is addicted to any kind of drugs and to take a leave when one of your relative passes away, do not force a company above all at any costs. Should have said no when I should have.

The main betrayal otherwise was though done to me in Lugano at Lugano Plan B Forum when I was forcefully removed from the conference for wearing a privacy mask on site. I was extremely upset that back at home I was the problem, not the treatment that I have received at the conference, instead of holding my side, they protected those who dragged me out for absolutely no reason.

Still consider to have a beef over this, that I never managed to settle, that nobody literally held my side at home over my removal from the conference for absolutely no reason at all and it was referred to as a "disgrace" rather then a disaster for privacy at a conference.

Did years of consistency and representation of privacy meant nothing at this point? I have seriously considered laying off the mask and not attending any more conferences due to this experience. And I think I have ultimately did that in the end.

But the ultimate betrayal came after a payroll dispute I had with

Max over a leave period I needed to recover from the past months of stress, loss and other issues I had after going to the conferences. Don't understand me wrong, the problem here weren't the guys, I still consider Rafe and Max great guys and good leaders for Wasabi ultimately.

The main betrayers of this entire saga were two out of the three founders. Which I consider one of the biggest backstabs of the century in privacy's history. And it came from this two good birds:

Bálint Harmat, co-founder of zkSNACKs Ltd.

And Hadjú Gergely, previous CEO and co-founder of zkSNACKs Ltd.

The ultimate reasoning behind my expulsion from Wasabi Wallet was this reasoning:

"Your time have not yet come with this serious level of privacy representation, we think it should be used somewhere at a better place, because this is not for us right now."

When Bálint said these words, I understood clearly what was the problem, it was me and my mask at conferences and their fear of gaining the wrong attention of dangerous elements. But for me it was still what it was, a stab right in the heart. 💔

But overall, I consider myself lucky that I was able to call myself part of Wasabi Wallet's history. From the humble beginnings, to the ultimate end, and today marks the day for that.

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I am lucky that I have met great people at Wasabi including (especially) @lontivero

And Marnix

Sorry if I have left anyone out, especially Spoti, Norbo and Dávid.

A brave new world is now in front of us and it is waiting for new privacy solutions to appear, new decentralized coordinators and inventive technologies that can bridge the overreaching power of authoritarian governments.

Freedom is calling!

But from now on, when ever you are at a conference, look for this Dragon prowling around! Can't wait to see you guys again when ever life will cross paths once more.