Ross Ulbricht dreamt of a world where people could buy, sell and consume whatever they wanted, without Government intervention, and he happened to create the world's biggest online drugs operation.

This is the story of The Silk Road, it's creation and it's ultimate downfall.

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Links/sources

The Underground Website Where You Can Buy Any Drug Imaginable

“I have secrets”: Ross Ulbricht’s private journal shows Silk Road’s birth | Ars Technica

Silk Road Boss' First Murder-for-Hire Was His Mentor's Idea | WIRED

I helped catch Silk Road boss Ross Ulbricht: Undercover agent tells all]

Pictured: The Utah grandfather who lived a double life as a drug dealer for the online black market Silk Road 'whose founder tried to have him killed for $80K'

‘Murdered’ Silk Road Employee Sentenced to Time Served

Silk Road: Inside the 21st-Century Drug Bazaar – Rolling Stone

The hitman scam: Dread Pirate Roberts’ bizarre murder-for-hire attempts | Ars Technica

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