>> Ross Ulbricht built his empire, in large part, by profiting off people's suffering. > He built Silk Road, which allowed people to sell drugs to one another.

>> Ross Ulbricht built his empire, in large part, by profiting off people's suffering. > He built Silk Road, which allowed people to sell drugs to one another. Actually, that's the tiniest part. [1] The Silk Road was an online black market where buyers and sellers of illegal or unethical items could transact anonymously. Utilizing privacy techniques such as the Tor network and cryptocurrency transactions, people were able to transact in drugs, hacked passwords, illegal data, and other contraband. Or, you could look at how he used Silk Road, to contract killers. [2] MANY OF THE ideological supporters of the Silk Road have described its sprawling online black market for drugs as an experiment in victimless crime and a nonviolent alternative to the bloody turf wars of the streets. But prosecutors in the trial of Ross Ulbricht, the 30-year-old accused of running that anonymous bazaar, have pointed to one conversation they say shows the contrary: That the Silk Road's boss was willing to resort to the drug trade's most violent measures when it suited his needs. [1] https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/silk-road.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/silk-road.asp [2] https://www.wired.com/2015/02/read-transcript-silk-roads-boss-ordering-5-assassinations/ https://www.wired.com/2015/02/read-transcript-silk-roads-bos...