The Untold Story of Silk Road, Part 2: The Fall

Re:The Untold Story of Silk Road, Part 2: The Fall by fweespeech on Thursday May 14, 2015 @05:47PM (#9547783)

I think the main thing is I would have sold it wholesale for Bitcoin as soon as it was stable and profitable enough that I could make $10 million USD.

He hit that point pretty early on.

The again, I wouldn't start an illegal business intentionally...so there is that.

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Re:The Untold Story of Silk Road, Part 2: The Fall by sliverstorm on Thursday May 14, 2015 @10:47PM (#9548725)

If gamblers are any indication, what happens when you hit $10M is you start to think about what $100M would be like...

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Re:The Untold Story of Silk Road, Part 2: The Fall by arikrak on Thursday May 14, 2015 @11:52PM (#9548859)

Or if people are any indication.. (though the economy depends on that)

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Re:The Untold Story of Silk Road, Part 2: The Fall by fweespeech on Friday May 15, 2015 @09:53AM (#9550536)

Yeah, I don't have that urge. My spending hasn't increased [with the exception of what I spend to help my SO out when she is unemployed] since I started making $40k, let alone what I make now.

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