The fall of Silk Road isn't the end for anonymous marketplaces, Tor or bitcoin
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 06:40
in Mathematics & Economics
Ross Ulbricht, aka the "Dread Pirate Roberts", has been sentenced to life in prison without parole by a Manhattan Federal Court for masterminding the Silk Road anonymous online illegal marketplace. Ulbricht was labelled a drug dealer and criminal profiteer, and Judge Forrest was unequivocal in stating that "a message must be sent out that no one is above the law".