
Case 76: Silk Road (Part 1)
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Silk Road - The New Error Will Be Born
The Gorka article and the subsequent public statements by two US senators brought more attention to Silk Road. The number of registered users on the site jumped from 1000 to 10,000 in a few days. Ross was also having problems with Bitcoin, every time there was a new purchase on the site, he lost bitcoins out of his own account. He decided to do what the senators had asked His shut Silk Road down It happened on June 9, eight days after the Gorka article was publishedRoss: "If we win the fight, a new error will be born"
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