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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by etc-hosts on Thursday January 23, 2025 @12:21AM (#42800967)
> Silk Road didn't actually facilitate any selling/buying of weapons or any items "whose purpose was to "harm or defraud"

There was definitely a fake ID tab on it. Isn't fraud one of the main purposes of having a fake ID?

Guns were definitely for sale on Silk Road. Ulbricht stopped selling them because it wasn't lucrative enough.

I can't find the original post, but this post quotes his comments at the time when he closed the gun forum:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=66587.msg1079466#msg...

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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by defrost on Thursday January 23, 2025 @12:31AM (#42801017)
> Ulbricht stopped selling them because it wasn't lucrative enough.

While technically accurate, the tone of the Ulbricht quote differs somewhat:

  The volume hasn't even been enough to cover server costs and is actually waning at this point.  I had high hopes for it, but if we are going to serve an anonymous weapons market, I think it will require more careful thought an planning.
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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by etc-hosts on Thursday January 23, 2025 @10:02AM (#42804691)
Sounds like his next step was anonymous assassination markets.
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