Ross Ulbricht is the founder of the ill-famed darkweb marketplace The Silk Road shut down in 2013 after running for two years under Ulbricht’s leadership. Having spent more than a decade in prison already, he has tweeted that now, the US authorities may deprive him of the connection to the crypto community – social media presence.
Ulbricht announced that he may be deprived on his voice on social media soon. According to his tweet, the Bureau of Prisons is considering preventing prisoners from using any social media in the future even those who have accounts run by their close relatives.
The founder of The Silk Road confessed that he is afraid of being unable to write into the X platform any more to share his life with the crypto community. Thus, he fears he may be silenced in prison until the end of his life.
I may lose my voice soon. I found out the Bureau of Prisons is thinking of preventing prisoners from having any social media presence (even those who have an account entirely run by a loved one, like mine).
I’m scared I won’t be able to share my life with you anymore.
— Ross Ulbricht (@RealRossU) April 30, 2024
The cryptocurrency community has expressed their concerns and support to Ulbricht over this development.
Ulbricht has recently celebrated his 40th birthday after having spent 11 years behind bars. He was given two life-time sentences without a change of parole.
He often uses his X account to share the details of his life inside prison with his followers and well-wishers.
Earlier this year, former “Bitcoin Jesus” Roger Ver emphasized the importance of Ulbricht and The Silk Road for early Bitcoin adoption – all the illegal trade, a lot of which was about trading illicit drugs, was powered by BTC as new form of money not controlled by the US government.
As reported by U.Today, Roger Ver was arrested in Spain yesterday on charges of tax evasion in the US. He is now awaiting to be extradited to the US.
