Interesting to see he lived with a pseudo-name near the end to avoid victims reaching out to him. From my view, alot of gray area with alot of this.

A free market should be a free market, but as long as others aren't being harmed

Very interesting and crazy. His moral compass....I dont know what to say.

Thanks Siggy!

A few months before Benthall (reportedly) ever touched Tor, co-author of this NY Times article Kashmir Hill was writing about blowing 10 BTC on sushi and such, for her series of articles on Forbes titled: "Living On Bitcoin For A Week".

Here's the first in the series: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/05/01/living-on-bitcoin-for-a-week-the-journey-begins/

And a follow-up from 2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/style/bitcoin.html

What an amazing tale! It's a reminder of the time when Bitcoin was seen as a "tool for criminals". 👀 #399398

Silk Road 2.0 had a shorter lifespan than Silk Road 1.0 (Ross Dread Pirate)

From the article: One October afternoon in 2013, Mr. Benthall was at an Equinox gym in downtown San Francisco when he saw breaking news on the overhead television: Law enforcement had taken down Silk Road and arrested the Dread Pirate Roberts, whose real name was Ross Ulbricht.

Being a member of Equinox gym makes him less sympathetic

it glows so bright