Ross Ulbricht got 2xLife+40 for a Harmless Website

[David Barrett]

>
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> For someone to say they are ok with Silk Road and what appear to be
>> genuine attempts to hire killers, proven instances of
>>
>
> ???? Did you miss my last reply?  The link you posted had to use a private
> conversation as evidence since there was no trade records of such things,
> and the prosecutor admitted there was no indication killers were actually
> hired.
>

My understanding is the crime is *attempting* to have someone killed,
whether or not it's carried out.  Everything seems to suggest he felt Blake
Krokoff was a real person, and wanted him killed, and was offering payment
to do so.  Thankfully whoever "Blake Krokoff" actually is did a good job
covering his tracks, but there's no reason to think that Ulbricht didn't
genuinely want him dead.


the sale of hard narcotics, and the
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>
> To be clear here, the person in prison did not sell narcotics, right?
> They provided a platform for general trade, where others sold narcotics.
>

He profited from them by taking a transaction fee, so yes, he was selling
narcotics in every legal, moral, and semantic sense.


widespread platform for money laundering and tax evasion -- is kind of to
>> say they are a
>>
>
> ???? Bitcoin already exists and people are finally realising it doesn't
> make anything private.  Ross Ulbricht didn't invent bitcoin.
>

Fair point, but he's not being imprisoned for the existence of Bitcoin.
He's being imprisoned for selling narcotics, personally avoiding taxes, and
attempting to have people killed.

-david
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