Story of Silk route creator 📝

Ross Ulbricht studied physics and material science, before launching Silk route in 2011..

Using Tor and Bitcoin

The site let people trade secretly,

Ross started silk road in 2011

It became popular

With 18% of drugs buyers using it and hundreds of vendors

Everything was managed and paid in bitcoin

At it’s peak it Handled 90% of bitcoin’s transactions

🚨 Fbi tracked silk road users

And arrested Ross in 2013, they took his laptop, which held 1,44,336 bitcoins

Ross earns $13 million in bitcoin fees

And the seized bitcoins were sold for $48.2 million

Ross was found guilty on all charges in feb 2015

He explained his actions were based on libertarian beliefs

Aiming to give people more freedom through

Bitcoin

He was sentenced to life in prison ⛓️

Ross tried to appeal his sentence but his efforts were denied in 2017

Trump considered reducing his sentence but decided against it

Over 5,70,000 people signed a petition commute his double life sentence

During his election campaign Donald trump made Ross release in jan 2025 and pardon one of his promises to show his support for crypto culture.

Ross is free now and slowly getting his life back. He even spoke at a big crypto event in Las Vegas..

Where he got support and recognition..