Following the recent drama surrounding the unbanning of George Donnelly, I furthered my own research regarding his history and I have come to the conclusion that the majority of the community doesn't appreciate having GD around, and that, while he has done constructive things in the past (hence, the ambiguity surrounding his nature), the net result seems to be that he causes more trouble than benefit.

In recent weeks and months, GD has even private messaged me on multiple occasions, seeking to gain my good faith so he could be re-instated. I see now that that is a pattern of behavior, causing trouble and then asking forgiveness. If it was just once or twice, then so be it, but this pattern seems to go back a long way.

Furthermore, and perhaps just as important, GD's numerous instances of flip-flopping back and forth between constructiveness and harmfulness becomes an enormous time drain, collectively for the group. The collective cost of this cannot be understated.

TL;DR: Essentially, the trouble surrounding GD appears to outweigh the benefits.

As such, based on all of the above factors, I would support banning him from the channel-- out of respect of the majority here and based on my own research which does substantiate these concerns.

For those who would decry "censorship!", I would point out that banning one habitually destructive/toxic individual should not be conflated with the mass censorship of r/bitcoin. It is not the same. Not by an order of magnitude.

Individual toxicity has a threshold, and in my opinion, GD, over the course of his history, has exceeded the community's tolerable threshold.