this guy got $117,670,000 from donations, sales, profits, gifts
Ross Ulbricht built the silk road which gave a real utility to orange internet coin
built Silk Road so people could use internet coin to buy stuff, you know, anonymously
the site has vendor ratings, escrow, reviews, over 1.5 million transactions
made $213 million in sales as a result he earned over $13 million as commissions
FBI agents arrested him in a library in 2013 and seized his laptop with the admin panel
sentenced to 2 life terms plus 40 years without parole, this sparked the Free Ross movement
auctioned prison writings and art works as nfts in 2021 and raised $6.27 million
in prison he grew a plant and named it "leaf ericson" in his cell
gave up his claim to 50,676 orange internet coins from the 2013 silk road hack, now worth nearly $5b, and the government used them
trump pardoned him on 21 January 2025 on his first full day as president
got around 300 orange internet coins donation roughly worth $30 million at that time
scarce city auctioned his prison id card, sleeping bag, note book, oil painting and prison clothes and raised $1.3 million to fund his new life
now he's enjoying his time travelling more, advocating for unity, liberty and decentralisation
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