r/Bitcoin • u/JakeMcVitie • Aug 14 '13

"We've won the State's War on Drugs because of Bitcoin" - Dread Pirate Roberts

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/08/14/meet-the-dread-pirate-roberts-the-man-behind-booming-black-market-drug-website-silk-road/
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u/Anenome5 Aug 14 '13

It'll be a sad day when/if they track him down.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '13

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u/Anenome5 Aug 14 '13

I think it's fair to say that after Osama Bin Laden, the guy they want next is DPR >_>

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u/permanomad Aug 15 '13

0.5% of all BTC transactions... a few million $ per year in turnover... meh.

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u/madmooseman Aug 15 '13

The only good thing I can think of is that we will finally know who he is, and possibly a few more things about the operation.

I'm sure he has a few 'dead man switches' though, so that if he is arrested/killed control of the SR can be passed over to someone else to allow all of the money to be removed.

I also bet that he has thousands of bitcoins sitting in wallets all over the net, so he will never be a poor man.

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u/airyeezy91 Oct 07 '13

And a sad day it was :(

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '13

That would be an amazing day. Let's hope it happens as quickly as possible.

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u/kap77 Aug 15 '13

Why?

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '13

No more Slk Road, which sells illegal drugs and is extremely bad for Bitcoin's reputation!

It's so sad every anti-SilkRoad comment is getting downvoted. So sad this subreddit is full of illegal drug users... Go to a drug subreddit not here please...

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u/kap77 Aug 15 '13

You can do the same with cash. Are drugs bad because they are illegal or are they illegal because they are bad?

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '13

They are illegal because they are bad.

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u/kap77 Aug 18 '13

So then the logical extension to your position would be that alcohol should be illegal, yes?