Good Evening,
I would like to take the time to introduce myself.
My friends call me Mr. Skull.
I have been a member of the Hive blockchain since January 2022. I want to thank all the whales of this chain that have allowed me to exist amongst them for so long. I also have a deep gratitude towards all of you for what you have built and what many of you still hope to accomplish. I believe many of you will be successful and I wish you the best.
There are many whales on HIVE that I am very fond of; I genuinely believe I have conveyed that to the few whales I have had an opportunity to interact with. If I haven’t, I’m sorry and this blog post is my best attempt at a sincere apology.
I have had many hobby projects over the years and had a lot of fun along the way. There are many people on this chain that are not whales but are still very good people and I have had the pleasure of interacting with them also.
At this point what happened with 
I will not get into specifics, I have started a new project to stop abuse on HIVE. The term “abuse” is subjective and is interpreted different ways to different people.
I will never seek DHF funding and wish others that are fighting abuse the best in their approach.
This project is not perpetual, but HIVE is, so one day I will have to hand the torch to someone else.
I do not control the specific actions of the accounts that are a part of this project; each down voter will vote with their heart and I will only intervene if I feel that is not the case.
I believe in transparency and honesty. I will always do my best but will fall short from time to time. Unlike HIVE, one day I will die, and that’s ok, we all will die one day.
Man’s closest attempt at immortality has been established by blockchain technology. So what we post on HIVE is the closest thing to immortality humans will ever achieve. I am always welcome to be proven wrong but I firmly believe this. Most of the content as it stands on HIVE today does not meet this standard.
Maybe I’m overreacting and this new project is stupid? Maybe it’s impossible? But even if something is impossible you have to do the right thing. It does not matter. Nothing else matters.
I am a collector. I like to collect good conversations with good people. I have recently learned many of my conversations have been corrupted and I have no idea how deep that evil goes. The people who have done this to me can never pay me back for this, at the same time, I am not vindictive and ready to move on.
I believe in both mutually beneficial and zero sum transactions. Both trades can be profitable.
I believe doing zero sum transactions is more profitable but often comes at a moral cost. If the transaction involves a “trick,” you have been corrupted and your soul has been tarnished. We cannot undo the evil that has touched our hearts but we can let the good around us shine brighter to try to offset that darkness; there is always this option.
I have been trying to do mutually beneficial transactions but I’m no longer in that type of trading attitude. I’m not even sure it’s possible anymore.
Because this is a rant and not an actual post, I will be burning all rewards and don’t want anything for it. That money doesn’t belong to me and I have no claim to rewards on "bad" posts in my opinion.
I am going to hold everyone else to the same standard as myself, Mr. Skull. This is not an option.
I removed everyone from discord and it was the most pain I’ve felt in years. Just the fact that it was painful has been very confusing and I’m still processing it.
I want to be very clear, I am responsible for this project and its outcome. If it fails, I’m a failure and I accept that.
I have been testing out the project before it was implemented. Past votes of the downvote curators were not just the current people running these accounts. That being said, going forward it is, and I will be holding all my curators accountable if things go wrong; being let back into the project is not guaranteed because it should be a privilege and an honor to stop abuse on HIVE.
Any downvotes from me going forward will only be from my main account 
This is not a threat to anyone. I legitimately like it here and want to stay, and I hope the whales that I cherished in the past will accept me as I am and forgive me for not being totally honest; I just wanted to live amongst the people and I enjoyed my obscurity.
But I cannot fix anyone else’s problems. I’m not going to try to anymore.
If I downvote someone, I am always open to feedback that is respectful and made in good faith. If you want to reach me and I’m around, I will try to respond within a reasonable amount of time to your comment below.
To those I knew in the past I share this message:
Everyone, I want to apologize for the inconvenience.
Crypto is a crazy place and things change very quickly.
I want to thank you for the times we shared and the laughs along the way. Nothing is forever, but for crypto, I think we got pretty dam close.
See you on the other side,
❤️
Mr. Skull