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Ross William Ulbricht (/ ˈ ʊ l b r ɪ k t /; born March 27, 1984) [2] is an American who created and operated the darknet market website Silk Road from 2011 until his arrest in 2013. [3]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. 2011–2013 darknet market Silk Road Item description page Type of site Darknet market Available in English Owner Ross Ulbricht (pseudonym Dread Pirate Roberts) URL Old URL: silkroad6ownowfk.onion (defunct) [failed verification] New URL: silkroad7rn2puhj.onion (defunct) [failed ...
The Silk Road became the eBay of drugs, with trusted sellers earning higher ratings, and the message boards filled with tips for safer drug use. It established an ethical code of conduct: No fake ...
Silk Road not only protected consumers against the risks of arrest and black-market violence. It also protected them against rip-offs through an escrow system that delayed payment until shipments ...
James "Jimmy" Zhong (born May 24, 1990) is an American man who was convicted in 2022 for stealing over 51,680 bitcoin (then worth about $620,000; [2] value as of 2023 approximately $3.4 billion [3]) from the online black market Silk Road between 2012 and 2014. [4]
A 26-year-old software developer was arrested in San Francisco and accused of running Silk Road 2.0 under the pseudonym 'Defcon'. [8] Defcon was "one of the primary targets". [ 5 ] Within hours of the seizure a third incarnation of the site appeared, 'Silk Road 3.0'; Silk Road had previously been seized in October 2013, and then resurrected ...
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A pig butchering scam (in Chinese sha zhu pan [114] or shazhupan, [115] (Chinese: 杀猪盘), translated as killing pig game) [113] is a type of long-term scam and investment fraud in which the victim is gradually lured into making increasing contributions, usually in the form of cryptocurrency, to a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. [116]