> You missed the part where Ulbrict put a hit on someone. Did I? Because you mean the 'hit' that was done while several intelligence agencies were in possess

> You missed the part where Ulbrict put a hit on someone. Did I? Because you mean the 'hit' that was done while several intelligence agencies were in possession of his entire server, and even went as far as to fake a hit [0], and whose agents were both aught and then sentenced for the theft of SR's bitcoin? I'm not denying he didn't attempt to make a hit, I think there are many inconsistent narrative surrounding the case, furthermore he was never sentenced for that alleged 'hit' which would have been if it were as pressing as they were for a violent criminal instead of what was just a admin of a website that hosted ads for drugs. Ross was a native idealist whose life was ruined for what was supposed to be aberration of the justice system, but it instead set a precedent that ultimately ends in theft and cruel and unusual punishment: anytime he reaches out to the btc he is put in solitary confinement in the super-max prison he is currently serving 2 life sentences in. Again, I think it stands to reason that if that was his crime than his sentence an and should reflect that, but it doesn't. Personally speaking, I think he was a fool for staying in the US and not going to a non-extradition country. VJ was hunted down in Thailand so it shows just how wide they cast the net to make any of this stick. Alphabay's supposed founder was found hung in Thailand after the take down which has always been shrouded with foul play, but we will never know since it never went to trail. 0: https://www.theverge.com/2013/11/8/5080182/silk-road-assassination-allegations-curtis-clark-green https://www.theverge.com/2013/11/8/5080182/silk-road-assassi...