![]() ![]() The site Silk Road went live in January 2011 and made Ulbricht a muti-millionnaire in a very short span of time. Russell amalgamated the traits of two of these agents (in particular) into one character for this movie. There were several people from law enforcement who were a part of the case, including some corrupt cops. ![]() The most notable difference between the film and reality is Rick Bowden, who is a composite character. With all the information Tiller Russell collected, he added his own flavor, which can be seen in the film’s lighter notes. (Nonetheless, Russell hopes to get to know Ulbricht’s side of the story someday). Russell did reach out to him, albeit in vain. Ulbricht is serving a double life sentence and forty years without parole at the United States Penitentiary in Tucson. It is important to note that the real Ross Ulbricht was not consulted before the movie was made, although it was not for lack of trying on the filmmaker’s part. Russell had access to a rich archive of information through articles written about Ulbricht, court filings, statements at sentencing, and evidentiary records such as his chat logs, journal entries on the laptop, and public posts as “Dread Pirate Roberts.” Ulbricht’s ex-girlfriend Julia Vie was also consulted she is the inspiration behind Alexandra Shipp’s character in the film. The second half of the story had not gone public yet, but Russell contacted some people he knew in the DEA and the US Attorney’s Office to get the inside story. Writer and director Tiller Russell said that Ulbricht’s story caught his attention the first time he read about him in an article called ‘Dead End on Silk Road’ in the Rolling Stone. A graduate of Pennsylvania State University, Ulbricht set up the site after several failed entrepreneurial ventures. The movie is based on Ross Ulbricht, who was convicted for creating and operating the site, Silk Road. However, parts of it have been fictionalized for the film. It was used to sell drugs, and now I’m in prison.Yes, ‘Silk Road’ is based on a true story. I had no idea Silk Road would work, but now we all know it caught on. “I rushed ahead with my first idea, which was Silk Road… That’s a 26-year-old who thinks he has to save the world before someone beats him to it. “I thought with Bitcoin, I could try and do something that actually makes a difference… Back then, I was impatient,” he said. In 2015 he was convicted of money laundering, computer hacking and conspiracy to traffic illicit items and received a double life sentence plus forty years in prison.ĭuring the call, he explained that he had launched Silk Road without an understanding of how popular it would be or how exactly it would be used, but with a desire to leverage the unique properties of Bitcoin. Ulbricht launched Silk Road in 2011, when he was 26, and it quickly became the most significant real-world use case for the pseudonymous, censorship-resistant attributes of the recently-launched Bitcoin project. ![]() I know we can transform criminal justice, too.” We have brought a taste of freedom and equality to far corners of the world. We didn’t know how things would turn out for Bitcoin back in the beginning, but over the years, I’ve been continually impressed with what you’ve accomplished… We are transforming the global economy. ![]() “I’ve spent the last eight years watching Bitcoin grow up from in here,” Ulbricht said in a phone interview with Bitcoin Magazine from a maximum security federal prison, which premiered at the Bitcoin 2021 conference. Speaking publicly for the first time since a 2013 arrest for his role in creating and managing bitcoin-based online marketplace Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht described his original intentions for the darknet site and appealed to the Bitcoin community to continue advocating for freedom. ![]()
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