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>>>> I think most people underestimate the amount of boring and tedious chores they must do year after year if they want to conceal their identity from FBI who is actively searching them online.

Most people don't realize the government can have an army of people working 24/7 to track you down while you're busy trying to cover your tracks. The odds are never in your favor.

Also, having an active social media presence doesn't help either. lol

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This should be common sense, but as you stated, people seem to forget. We have supposedly spent a trillion dollars on the war on drugs, it seems silly for this guy to think he didn't warrant at least a multi-million dollar investigation.

From the time the silk road sold it's first product, it was only a matter of time before it's owner went to prison. If he were as smart as he thought he was, he would have gotten out of the business and the country shortly after he became a millionaire.

> If he were as smart as he thought he was, he would have gotten out of the business and the country shortly after he became a millionaire.

I believe this guy is the second owner. If I recall correctly, the first guy did pretty much exactly what you said.

The current owner stated this was the case in an interview he gave after the FBI had already found and imaged the server hosting Silk Road.

Given the information released today this claim seems to be false in every way.

Seriously? "I am not the first Dread Pirate Roberts" ?

The name itself indicates that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dread_Pirate_Roberts

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