Ross Ulbricht is the founding father of the ill-famed darkweb market The Silk Street shut down in 2013 after working for 2 years below Ulbricht’s management. Having spent greater than a decade in jail already, he has tweeted that now, the US authorities could deprive him of the connection to the crypto group – social media presence.
Ulbricht introduced that he could also be disadvantaged on his voice on social media quickly. In keeping with his tweet, the Bureau of Prisons is contemplating stopping prisoners from utilizing any social media sooner or later even those that have accounts run by their shut family.
The founding father of The Silk Street confessed that he’s afraid of being unable to jot down into the X platform any extra to share his life with the crypto group. Thus, he fears he could also be silenced in jail till the top of his life.
I’ll lose my voice quickly. I discovered the Bureau of Prisons is considering of stopping prisoners from having any social media presence (even those that have an account completely run by a cherished one, like mine).
I’m scared I gained’t have the ability to share my life with you anymore.
— Ross Ulbricht (@RealRossU) April 30, 2024
The cryptocurrency group has expressed their issues and assist to Ulbricht over this improvement.
Ulbricht has lately celebrated his fortieth birthday after having spent 11 years behind bars. He was given two life-time sentences with no change of parole.
He typically makes use of his X account to share the main points of his life inside jail along with his followers and well-wishers.
Earlier this 12 months, former “Bitcoin Jesus” Roger Ver emphasised the significance of Ulbricht and The Silk Street for early Bitcoin adoption – all of the unlawful commerce, lots of which was about buying and selling illicit medicine, was powered by BTC as new type of cash not managed by the US authorities.
As reported by U.Immediately, Roger Ver was arrested in Spain yesterday on expenses of tax evasion within the US. He’s now awaiting to be extradited to the US.