Keep your chin up Andre! Ignore the haters and keep on building the crucial money legos that will take DeFi to the next level. Focus on the mission, not the detractors. You cannot please everyone and nor should you try. You are a builder, so build. You are not a politician (thank God!) who must cater to the whims of your constituents. People in this space need to realize that we are living on the bleeding edge of innovation and therefore one should expect to get cut and bleed sometimes. These haters need to take some responsibility for their actions.
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You’re one of the reasons I’m moving from regular software into crypto! Your lack of personal greed, and public contribution is an inspiration. Automated yield as a public good for everyone is 
. Give yourself whatever it is you feel you need. Take care of yourself. You’ve done plenty for all of us. I wish you happiness, health, and freedom from suffering.
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I know you don’t need the validation of another internet stranger but if you are reading this Andre you have been an inspiration for a new way of thinking. What you’ve contributed to the Ethereum ecosystem in terms of ideas and approach is already invaluable, that also goes for the wider Yearn team. I can’t believe how hard you guys work and the value you create, but please know it is appreciated.
I’ll leave you with this quote which sums up both sides of recent events:
‘A wise man speaks when he has something to say, a fool speaks because he has to say something’
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我想对 Andre 先生 说，EMN被黑 这件事情，错和责任，都不在于您身上。
社区里，如果有人想要在这件事情追究责任，那么应该先这么问：
是这1500万美元的存款者的错和责任?
是黑客的责任?
是EMN项目方的责任?
还是 Andre先先的责任?，，，
把所有各方，都列出来，对比一下，然后，再想想。
我想说：这事与 Andre先生无关。假如有人说 Andre先生不应该发推特，那么我们是否可以反问这个人：“如果 Andre先生发个推说某地方有屎，那个人他会带着1500万美金，不顾一切去吃屎吗?”。
如果这个人说，他会去吃的，那么，很明显，这更加证明这些叫嚣 Andre先生要负责任的人是神经病，从而还是说明这不是 Andre先生的错了。
Andre先生创办了Yearn.Finace，这真是一个十分了不起的事情，对整个区块链行业，做出了巨大的贡献，树立了光辉的榜样。希望 Andre先生继续推进Yearn.Finace项目的发展，为区块链行业的进步，做出更多的贡献。
Andre先生有机会成为区块链行业进步史上的英雄人物。
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I will keep it short and sweet.
You kicked stared a Defi yield farming revolution with your amazing ideas and style of work.
You made the lives of many, including myself, infinitely better with your vision.
I wish I was half the man you are, and could positively impact so many peoples lives the way you have.
You seem like a real bro, I wish we could grab a drink together, but alas I will just have to poor one out in your abscence.
Never stop building and never apologise for who you are.
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I love you Andre. Nuff said.
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To me, what you’ve done that’s more valuable than anything is doing things the right way.
You showed crypto that a human can be selfless enough to deploy something great, and give themselves very little. A vast majority of people in this space let greed overwhelm their desire for making something that’s truly as decentralized as possible.
People undervalue the fact that you did more to deter users than any other protocol ever. If anyone who wasn’t privy to Yearn info saw the website and its disclaimers, they would get the impression that their money could likely disappear. Again, a reflection of the good intent that the protocol was built with.
When you realized that narratives were getting out of hand, you went on a full fledged podcast press run and gave us hours of insight. People who listened to these interviews know that the only things you want are for people to not lose their money and for innovation to be possible in an environment where the two don’t blend.
Anyways,
It can be scary to see how much power an angry community has, but for every hater, there’s a few fans. And they’re your fans because you do you.
Would love to hear you address things to a trusted interviewer again. Stay safe.
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Kom Andre, vat 'n ‘break’, kry jou kop reg en kom terug en doen wat gedoen moet word. Moenie dat 'n klein klompie idiote jou wegjaag van een van die belangrikste bydraes tot vryheid nie.
Komaan!! Afrikaners gaan le nie so maklik nie.
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Andre, I pray for your happiness and health. Find the silence and listen to your heart. Obviously we all hope for your return and we’d be honored to build alongside you. But we also understand if your path forward to happiness is not with Yearn. Hope all is going well.
-B
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Andre, you are a giant in this early space, whose shoulders will support many in years to come. Thank you.
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Andre,
Never has someone in the Crypto space inspired me so fiercely as you have. I worship your thought processes, philosophies, words of wisdom (either read or heard) and take them to heart (yes, only after logical evaluation). This Yearn community that you enabled is magical and such magic doesn’t happen often.
There will always be detractors in every step of life, but true strength of the foundation is only shown when such detractors are at full force. I have no doubt in my mind that you and Yearn’s foundation have that strength times many more.
Wishing you the best in whatever you do, and yes, I’ll always be following you closely. Thank you for everything!
PS: I don’t think you’re going anywhere away from Yearn. Infact, pretty sure your plans are gonna make it orthogonally stronger. \m/
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Andre, Banteg, entire team, every active strategy-builder, and every meaningful proposal-proposer – I couldn’t be more excited about all the new improvements to come. It’s mind-boggling to think how far yearn has come in a few months and what this whole project will look like in a year. Best way for me to think about it is Amazon of defi but you’re improving 10x faster than they did. The work you all do is incredible and getting better, and the ethics at the top of this project are the very best anywhere.
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I’m just getting started with my first Defi project ever today, and I’ve learned alot from your code and the projects that you have generously shared. Thanks for giving back to the community. Please keep up the good work and ignore the haters.
Dre,
We recognize that you continue to build things that support the yearn ecosystem. Thank you for open-sourcing most of your work, it makes it clear to us that you continue to push forward through your code.
It’s clear that YFI/yearn can thrive without you being the key vocal leader. Artem/Doggy + more have stepped up and proved that this is not a one person project but a community effort. “It’s all part of the plan.” Thank you for leading the way, you opened many many doors. We’ll continue to hurt our feet on legos once in awhile.
Rock on brotha!
Feel free to reopen if this topic is still relevant.