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Silk Road 2.0?
Civ Kit --- aims to establish a peer-to-peer electronic market system that is resistant to censorship and permissionless using Nostr and Lighnting ↓
Civ Kit --- aims to establish a peer-to-peer electronic market system that is resistant to censorship and permissionless using Nostr and Lighnting ↓
The Civ Kit combines the Nostr architecture with the Lightning Network:
prioritizing privacy and security through escrowed trades, decentralized identity, moderation, a P2P messaging protocol, and know-your-peer (KYP) oracles for adjudication.
prioritizing privacy and security through escrowed trades, decentralized identity, moderation, a P2P messaging protocol, and know-your-peer (KYP) oracles for adjudication.
The system aims to support all kinds of trading, including goods and services, and will emphasize trust and reputation within the marketplace.
The selling of this bitcoin is, by far, the least interesting part of the saga.
The govt's seizure, the dude who had his bitcoin seized, and why it even got seized in the first place is full of so many amazing, hysterical, enraging gems.
Heads up...not a short story. Buckle up.
The govt's seizure, the dude who had his bitcoin seized, and why it even got seized in the first place is full of so many amazing, hysterical, enraging gems.
Heads up...not a short story. Buckle up.
To set the stage, dude w/ the bitcoin is a super OG bitcoiner living in Gainesville, Georgia.
In Sept 2012 he executed a very basic "hack" on the Silk Road and withdrew the coins.
Not a bad dude. Not a huge hack either. Way less than a mil at the time.
justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/u…
In Sept 2012 he executed a very basic "hack" on the Silk Road and withdrew the coins.
Not a bad dude. Not a huge hack either. Way less than a mil at the time.
justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/u…
After collecting up all these coins (~60k BTC) this dude, from at least 2012 thru at least 2021, fucking *lived* life.
Ross Ulbricht, conhecido pelo seu pseudônimo online "Dread Pirate Roberts", foi o fundador e administrador do site Silk Road, uma plataforma online que operou de 2011 até sua descoberta e fechamento em 2013.
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A plataforma era usada para comercializar itens "alternativos", utilizando o #Bitcoin como sua principal forma de pagamento.
Para ele, a Silk Road poderia ajudar a aliviar os efeitos da guerra Ă s drogas, deixando indivĂduos tomarem suas prĂłprias decisões sobre o que consumir.
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Para ele, a Silk Road poderia ajudar a aliviar os efeitos da guerra Ă s drogas, deixando indivĂduos tomarem suas prĂłprias decisões sobre o que consumir.
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Ele via o site como meio de defender a liberdade individual, a privacidade e a livre escolha.
Logo a operação da Silk Road foi ameaçada pelas autoridades dos EUA, que acusaram Ross de conspiração para tráfico, assassinato, lavagem de dinheiro e outros crimes.
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Logo a operação da Silk Road foi ameaçada pelas autoridades dos EUA, que acusaram Ross de conspiração para tráfico, assassinato, lavagem de dinheiro e outros crimes.
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1. Allá en 2013 me interesĂ© mucho por la Dark Web. Jamás he entrado ni sĂ© cĂłmo hacerlo, mucho menos en aquella Ă©poca. MirĂ© muchos vĂdeos de YouTube acerca de la internet profunda. AllĂ, escuchĂ© en varias ocasiones la palabra bitcoin. Si hubiera investigado por aquĂ©l entonces…
2. Pero no estoy para hablar de lo que hubiese ocurrido si lo hubiera hecho.
Seguro que has oĂdo cientos de veces que #bitcoin es utilizado por criminales. ÂżAcaso no usan el fiat? En fin…
ÂżAlguna vez te has preguntado de dĂłnde viene esta fama?
Seguro que has oĂdo cientos de veces que #bitcoin es utilizado por criminales. ÂżAcaso no usan el fiat? En fin…
ÂżAlguna vez te has preguntado de dĂłnde viene esta fama?
3.Pues desde prácticamente sus inicios. Es de lo que te vengo a hablar hoy. Todos hemos oĂdo historias acerca de varias páginas de la Dark Web y/o del contenido que se puede encontrar allĂ. Pero si hay una web que ha destacado siempre por encima de todas las demás, es Silk Road.
In my view, a government should not have the right to kill their citizens, period. It's too "big government" for my taste, personally.
Republicans seem to favor big government in this instance, whereas Democrats prefer small (less-empowered) government.
A small thread.🧵
Republicans seem to favor big government in this instance, whereas Democrats prefer small (less-empowered) government.
A small thread.🧵
Do I really care about whether an actual murderer gets life in prison or death sentence? No.
What I care about, is the misuse of this power by the government.
I know way too many governments around the world that are happy to use this authority to kill people they don't like.
What I care about, is the misuse of this power by the government.
I know way too many governments around the world that are happy to use this authority to kill people they don't like.
In other words, I don't want to grant the power of life-vs-death to the government. I want that off the table.
Guilty people go to prison but can still communicate. Sometimes the evidence changes, and years or decades later it turns out they are not guilty and they are let free.
Guilty people go to prison but can still communicate. Sometimes the evidence changes, and years or decades later it turns out they are not guilty and they are let free.
The fact that criminal central bankers and corrupt politicians are free, while Ross is behind bars, is an abomination of everything this country is supposed to stand for.
Ross is in jail for building a website where free people could freely trade with one another. What would our founding fathers say?
@katie_haun Kathryn, I have never seen such a famous imposter. You are an absolutely ridiculous and fake person. I was somehow under the impression that the prosecution of Force and Bridges
katy haun is a complete scam and she has two typos or copypasta on her bunkass website
katy haun is a complete scam and she has two typos or copypasta on her bunkass website
@katie_haun somehow proved your acumen and resolve. Was it a comedic entrapment procedure to leave two typos on your spam website ? "crypto's newest kingmaker" is an ironic headline for a story about a female who appears capable and is offensive to any woman who actually is.
you epitomize the sleazy, scammy crypto frauds that you pretend to combat. you disgust me. Did Levi-Strauss pay you to wear jeans at the ted talk ? Did Ben Horowitz pay you to resign from federally prosecuting ? are we safer as citizens now that are not employed as a prosecutor ?
“I want you to understand what it means to lose your freedom.”
-- Ross Ulbricht, Bitcoin Conference Miami, 2021
Transcript:
-- Ross Ulbricht, Bitcoin Conference Miami, 2021
Transcript:
Hello, this is Ross Ulbricht.
I'm calling you today from prison. From a maximum security federal penitentiary. We don't have much time together today and I don't know if I'll get another chance to talk to you like this.
I'm calling you today from prison. From a maximum security federal penitentiary. We don't have much time together today and I don't know if I'll get another chance to talk to you like this.
I'll say as much as I can but when it's time to go I'll have to hang up and go back to my cell.
I have lost my freedom. That's what I want to talk to you about today.
I have lost my freedom. That's what I want to talk to you about today.
0/ Ross Ulbricht shouldn't spend the rest of his life in prison.
If you're wondering why his name keeps coming up on #cryptotwitter, please read this. It's long but important.
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If you're wondering why his name keeps coming up on #cryptotwitter, please read this. It's long but important.
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1/ In 2011, Ross created Silk Road, a global marketplace to buy & sell goods, whether legal or not.
Silk Road was perhaps the first use case for #bitcoin: censorship-resistant internet money for an online market that governments badly wanted to censor.
Silk Road was perhaps the first use case for #bitcoin: censorship-resistant internet money for an online market that governments badly wanted to censor.
2/ Silk Road hosted many things, including a book club that a lot of us #crypto people would've liked, but the prime attraction for many users was drugs.
By September 2013, Silk Road had thousands of drug listings, including for cocaine, heroin, and LSD.
By September 2013, Silk Road had thousands of drug listings, including for cocaine, heroin, and LSD.
