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Episode 291 - The Silk Road: Drugs, Data & The Dread Pirate Roberts

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Ross Ulbrich's Libertarian Ideals

Ross Ulbrich was convicted on seven counts, distributing narcotics and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The trial ended abruptly the next day with the defence unable to submit anything worthwhile in the case. But interestingly, Ross was never charged with murder for hire. So where does that leave us? Ross Ulbrich, the dread pyro Roberts? Probably at some stage. His ideals certainly match with those posted by the notorious admin of Silk Road,. Some journals and bitcoin on his laptop do seem to point in that direction too. That's quite difficult to argue with. Did he order the hit on Curtis Green? Maybe, it's impossible for us to know for sure, but it does seem a little

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