His coins were all seized by the government. Or what was left of them. You see, Ross was not a very smart person, and what he didn’t give to fake hitmen to knock off people he didn’t like, got pillaged by hackers because he wasn’t a programmer and the Silk Road was held together with spit and a whole lot of optimism. He got caught because he posted his personal email in a public forum while advertising the Silk Road, and his email address contained his real name.
He’s an absolute idiot, and half the people in this thread could have run the site better than him.
Listen, if you think being the admin of a darknet drug marketplace and using your real name in public forums doesn’t make you an idiot, then you’re an idiot too.
I feel like if you’re running an online black market, step number one is not using your real name or regular email (it was gmail, no less, so hello NSA). I’m not opsec, that’s just insanely dumb.
Imagine having millions of dollars worth of bitcoin in 2013 and then being imprisoned until 2024.
I hope he made a good backup of at least a few thousand coins.
His coins were all seized by the government. Or what was left of them. You see, Ross was not a very smart person, and what he didn’t give to fake hitmen to knock off people he didn’t like, got pillaged by hackers because he wasn’t a programmer and the Silk Road was held together with spit and a whole lot of optimism. He got caught because he posted his personal email in a public forum while advertising the Silk Road, and his email address contained his real name.
He’s an absolute idiot, and half the people in this thread could have run the site better than him.
You’re making assumptions.
Also, he wasn’t an idiot. He just didn’t have any prior experience or training as a Dev or in opsec.
Glen geeenwald is not an idiot and he was just as ignorant when Snowden tried to contact him.
Listen, if you think being the admin of a darknet drug marketplace and using your real name in public forums doesn’t make you an idiot, then you’re an idiot too.
Also, Glen Greenwald is absolutely an idiot.
I feel like if you’re running an online black market, step number one is not using your real name or regular email (it was gmail, no less, so hello NSA). I’m not opsec, that’s just insanely dumb.
no, Glen Greenwald is an idiot