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adam

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Now that the trial is over, do you think Silk Road, Dread Pirate Roberts And/Or Ross Ulbricht are out of the news?

What do you think of the verdict? What did you think of the defense?

Posted on February 8, 2015 at 4:32 AM

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wheatgrinder

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I don't have much of an opinion on the specifics. I discovered the darknet just last summer and most of the interesting and dubious things had already happened. I presumed the guilty verdict was a forgone conclusion.

From your podcast analysis it seems that the defense was not allowed to provide appropriate expert witnesses, which is sorta lame.

Cynically speaking I think its in everyone's best interest to let the whole Silk Road thing sorta die its own quiet death. The collective consciousness seems to be willing to let the BC=DRUG TRAFFICKING connection fade to obscurity. Right or wrong, not talking about the injustice of it all seems to be the best course of action if we are to find a path to a more peer to peer future ;-)

Posted on March 2, 2015 at 11:20 PM
Last Edited: March 2, 2015 at 11:21 PM
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edd

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I'm sure Ross's defense did the best job possible but no one should be surprised that 12 jurors found him guilty. No matter how much of a travesty you think it is, I'm sure even DPR's jaw would have dropped if it had come back otherwise.

Personally, I believe recognizing that Bitcoin was the linchpin that allowed the Silk Road to operate as successfully as it did is something to be lauded. Just because this particular vehicle happened to be facilitating the trafficking of illegal goods doesn't diminish the fact that it accomplished the job so efficaciously. Blockchain technology allows us to reclaim some of our individual financial sovereignty and the Silk Road was an example of an extreme use case.

Posted on March 3, 2015 at 8:54 AM
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