Would BTC be where it is today without the Silk Road?
Probably higher price, scared lots of normies off
BTC was created by the intelligence agencies to control American commerce. For all you know he was actually a patsy.
Will there ever be another silk road? Dont say Empire its shit
i miss this lil nigga like you wouldn't believe
He was convicted using parallel construction and should never have been in prison
That was practically the only regular use-case at the time and allowed for adoption.
No it wasn't schizo.
Yes. The more decentralized things become, the harder they will be to track.
His case was completely fucked up and should be free right now. I'd vote for any presidential candidate that would pardon him.
What?
holy trips
Do you not know about Edward Snowden and parallel construction? It's a corrupt prosecution mechanism that violates the 4th amendment
No, must have been something that was memory holed. Got any links? All I know is that DRP was set up by the feds, one fed was arrested, another got away very rich.
Probably not. The guy who founded it is in life with no parole I believe. Yes, you could make a lot of money but it's getting easier and easier to track. I think the best is to just rely on smaller websites. Although it's shadier, it's just not worth making a big place if it's hard to get away with it.
no!
*Barf*
cmon?
There actually will when the smartcontracts ecosystem/net work effects mature.
fbi owns 26,000 bitcoin worth 338 million
I thought they auctioned them off a while ago.
They did, Tim draper bought them all
and the value of btc in wallets controlled by individuals is 10-50x more than that. feds are sardines.
Literally the best case study why women shouldn't be judges. She said she wished she could give him even harsher a penalty
This poor kid is getting tortured right now for basically nothing
really? no place for emotionallity from a judge.
> In May 2015, he was sentenced to a double life sentence plus forty years without the possibility of parole.
Jesus fuck. Double life for creating an online market place, meanwhile politicians scam us for millions every year.
Whats your favorite place to buy durgs and illegal stuff on the darknet bros?
Here you go. The three letter agencies are not your friend
Determine for yourself. Read the unsealed transcripts from Judge Forrest. Easy enough to find
Yep, we're getting screwed bigtime.
Maybe now you realize the power of law and why it government should be limited at all costs. Liberals, left wingers, and all their ilk should be tied up and bounded as much as possible.
It's bs that he got life, but the way he defended himself in court was absolutely brainded desu.
>Jesus fuck. Double life for creating an online market place
Jep. He got the worst deal. Way heavier guys them him are already walking free.
Did he at least use a lawyer or did he actually try to do all on his own without much legal knowledge whatsoever?
nono, he did hire lawyers and such but the story he tried to make the judge believe was just obnoxious. - he said he was just a fall guy and the real dpr was still out there even though he was caught red-handed logged in as dpr on his pic
Fun fact: Ross Ulbricht once personally sent me 10 BTC.
It was in 2011 when that amount was only worth $30 or so, and I had it in my silk road account and was going to buy some psychs with it. I followed the link to the site from the hidden wiki because I hadn't bookmarked it, but soon after I logged in, the funds in my account was gone. Later, I realized I had been fooled by phishing and the hidden wiki link was fraudulent, but I didn't get it the time, so I contacted silk road support. The Dread Pirate Roberts account replied, and he gave me the 10 BTC back no problem, even though it was all my fault to begin with. What a class act, he has way better business ethics than most Fortune 500 CEOs.