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Other possibilities in today’s world are rare. But they are.
On Sunday evening, the then presidential candidate Trump promised the punishment of the double -life of Silk Road founder Ross Albich, promising to stay on stage at the Liberterian National Convention in Washington Hilton.
Eight months later, on his second day in the office, Trump made himself a complete and unconditional forgiveness to Albriich, releasing him from jail after 12 years of service.
#Freeross worked. Now, Ulbricht is set to publicly address the world of bitcoin for the first time since its release on this Friday, in Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas.
Living history
Ross is free for four months. During that time, he maintained the habit of documenting his experiences, which he shares on X.
Reading on their tweets gives a practical look on the effects of chaos. Ross tweeted in March: “For more than a decade, I did not have water fixtures that I could close and in jail, everything is on the button with timer.”
“After about two months in independence, I still find myself taping and staring at the shower head, waiting for them!
Ross has also shared a string of “First” since its release: first birthday and Mother’s Day. Touching the grass with your bare legs for the first time. First PaneerburgerAnd soon, the first bitcoin conference.
He tweeted last week, “My big speech in Bitcoin 2025 is just one week away, but I feel surprisingly calm. I am eager to join many of you at once. It seems that I am coming home.”
Ross is also preparing for the travel period, which means “reducing and turning the page.”
He initially demanded auction of some of his personal belongings on eBay, but Ross Struggling In fact, to verify his identity to sell anything. He has since turned into Scars City, Bitcoin-Purd Collectables Marketplace, where he has listed 13 artifacts from his life behind and later.
His gel sneakers, sweets and T-shirts, (come with two latter laundry bags), and his three oil pictures made in the jail, each cooperation with each other prisoner, omega, who taught him technology. Ross has a jail notebook, his gel locker lock and three ID cards, two painted him with full beard.
Caping the auction is a trio of objects with obvious passionate value for Albriich: a down sleeping bag, dejembe drums and backpacks, including a pair of vibram fivefingers shoes. Each item was used for the 2013 arrest of Ulbricht in San Francisco.
The auction lasts for another three days and attracts a total dialects of 0.2875 BTC ($ 31,500) so far. Some tell me that they will increase the figures on Friday.
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