

Yes, he deserves punishment then the law(s) folks were then aware that if you do this THEN the punishment(s) and/or fine(s) and/or mail time be…it’s all ass backwards. We have all heard the situation where someone says, “if it were me that Got caught they’d put me in jail & would make me the example”….BUT this case doesn’t fit the punishment!! I’m confused but most of all very truly scared that our so called justice system can get away this “draconian” laws.

How can our court system charge him when there wasn’t any laws to begin with? Evidence not brought forth for his defense with the FBI informant & SS Agent that both were stealing? Anyways, the questions are still unanswered or better yet, make no sense and I don’t consider myself very smart in computer technologies ect. That’s all it took to launch his website, the Silk Road.Just read this article today and I am just speechless which, is unusually uncharacteristic however, I feel really bad for Ross Ulbricht and that he totally got railroaded. Using an alias, Ross left a few messages advertising its existence on drug-related forums. The recent invention of Bitcoin had made his pipe dream realistic, and he was so excited that he worked long hours teaching himself the code he needed to build the site. After a handful of failed business ventures, Ross began working long hours to develop an idea he’d been toying with for some time: an online marketplace where people could buy and sell anything from drugs to guns without fearing for their safety or privacy. Julia quit school and followed him to Austin, Texas, where his family lived. He was politically active on campus to the point where his libertarianism distracted him from his studies, which led to a dismissal from his PhD program in 2010. Ross was a 24-year-old graduate student at Penn State when he met his girlfriend, Julia. The author traces how Ross transformed his nascent idea for an “eBay for drugs” on the Dark Web into a multimillion dollar business, as well as the team of crafty feds who brought him down-and ultimately put him behind bars for life.

PREVIEW: American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road by Nick Bilton tells the story of Ross Ulbricht, the founder of an illegal website that helped people buy and sell illicit goods anonymously.

Start Publishing Notes’ Summary, Analysis, and Review of Nick Bilton’s American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and detailed “About the Author” section. PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book.
