Trump Pardons ‘Silk Road’ Founder
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday on Truth Social that he had signed a full pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the “Silk Road” website. In 2015, Ulbricht was sentenced to two life terms and an additional 40…
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About Silk Road
Silk Road was an online black market and the first modern darknet market. It was launched in 2011 by its American founder Ross Ulbricht under the pseudonym "Dread Pirate Roberts". As part of the dark web, Silk Road operated as a hidden service on the Tor network, allowing users to buy and sell products and services between each other anonymously. All transactions were conducted with bitcoin, a cryptocurrency which aided in protecting user identities. The website was known for its illegal drug marketplace, among other illegal and legal product listings. Between February 2011 and July 2013, the site facilitated sales amounting to 9,519,664 bitcoins.
Everything about Silk Road →- Inception
- February 2011
- Website
- http://silkroad6ownowfk.onion