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Silk Road - Ross Ulbricht - Bitcoin

The subject of tonight's episode of "The FBI Declassified."

Good stuff - VERY interesting story. https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1326238243654918145
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December 29, 2011

Ulbricht writes in his journal that he's told too many people about Silk Road:

"It felt wrong to lie completely so I tried to tell the truth without revealing the bad part, but now I am in a jam. Everyone knows too much. Dammit."
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['Update' to previous article]

"Attempting major illicit transactions with Bitcoin, given existing statistical analysis techniques deployed in the field by law enforcement, is pretty damned dumb," says Jeff Garzik, a member of the Bitcoin core development team.
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"Former US Secret Service agent Shaun Bridges pleaded guilty to stealing more than $800,000 worth of Bitcoins during his investigation into [Silk Road]."

One of the government agents tasked w/ taking down Silk Road pleads guilty to stealing $820,000 https://www.businessinsider.com/shaun-bridges-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-820k
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March 15, 2019

Famed crypto convict Ross Ulbricht starting rock band in prison
https://modernconsensus.com/people/innovators/convict-ross-ulbricht-prison-band/
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