I understand that he no longer does anything malicious, but again - he made BLhack, and boasts about it. Whether he's gone or not really is not a problem to me, I am just curious what the rest of the lot thinks.
Also, there is always another side to the coin with people like this. I met a guy who exposes viruses on his youtube and breaks them down as to how he does it, a 'scriptkiddie' exposer if you will. He sounds like a whitehat, but after talking to him personally on his discord I found that he is also a blackhat - and openly told me he's compromised databases on government websites, and gave me all the tools and how to's to do it. I didn't do it, but the point is that people like this have talent but also an ego, and they abuse it typically; like Val has. Should he be banned, or welcomed with open arms?