![]() It might be dismissed as too outrageous for fiction-but it's all too real. As he made plans to disappear forever, the Feds raced against the clock to catch a man they weren't sure even existed.ĭrawing on extensive access to key players and the two billion words and images that Ross left behind, Nick Bilton offers a tale filled with twists and turns, lucky breaks and unbelievable close calls. ![]() He enlisted a crew of loyal allies and took increasingly drastic steps to protect himself-including ordering a hit on a former employee. The Silk Road quickly took off, and Ross embraced his new role. All they knew was that he called himself the Dread Pirate Roberts. The federal government began an epic manhunt for the site's elusive kingpin, with no leads or witnesses. Summary (from the inside flap of the book): In 2011, a twenty-six-year-old programmer named Ross Ulbricht launched the Silk Road, a web site where anyone could trade anything-drugs, forged passports, counterfeit cash, poisons-without begin traced. Location ( my 2019 Google Reading map) : USA (TX, CA), Dominica, Australia, UKįTC Disclosure: I bought this book with my own money ![]()
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