Meet the Dread Pirate Roberts, the man behind Silk Road
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#2This was really a fascinating article.
Re: Meet the Dread Pirate Roberts, the man behind Silk Road
#3I'm surprised he continues to have a relatively high profile, if he truly is responsible for running silk road. The more linkable things you do, the greater the risk of your pseudonym being compromised.
I understand that he's commercially motivated to promote the site, but having a third party do that would make a lot more sense. As the site's admin, he's both a big legal and technical liability if identified; an independent promoter would not be.
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#4This article was announced before hand and there's been some debate about how it will affect the price of BTC. BTC has already been on the up in the last 48 hours so it'll be interesting to see if this compounds that growth.
"I'd like forewarn everyone that in about 5 days an article will be published that is likely to generate a lot of buzz around Silk Road and attract new people to the site. New information about me, the site and many things will be discussed and I have no doubt that it will produce some controversy. I will be available to answer your questions here on the forums, and hopefully we'll have a fruitful discussion."
Re: Meet the Dread Pirate Roberts, the man behind Silk Road
#5This article was announced before hand and there's been some debate about how it will affect the price of BTC. BTC has already been on the up in the last 48 hours so it'll be interesting to see if this compounds that growth. "I'd like forewarn everyone that in about 5 days an article will be published that is likely to generate a lot of buzz around Silk Road and attract new people to the site. New information about m…
BTC exchange prices have been shown to be proportional to the amount of news that BTC receives.
With Texas making it a currency, NY subpoenaing BTC superusers, and now this article, the BTC prices are going to go up for a bit.
There are a handful of exchanges that allow you to short now, so you could probably make some shorts for two weeks from now.
Re: Meet the Dread Pirate Roberts, the man behind Silk Road
#6I'm surprised he continues to have a relatively high profile, if he truly is responsible for running silk road. The more linkable things you do, the greater the risk of your pseudonym being compromised. I understand that he's commercially motivated to promote the site, but having a third party do that would make a lot more sense. As the site's admin, he's both a big legal and technical liability if identified; an ind…
There's absolutely no reason to believe Dread Pirate Roberts isn't the third party you mention.
Re: Meet the Dread Pirate Roberts, the man behind Silk Road
#7The name "Dread Pirate Roberts" is (quite cleverly, IMHO) picked up from the character from The Princess Bride [aside: go watch the film -- it's great fun!].
It is possible that this "person" is much like Satoshi Nakamoto, given that in The Princess Bride, the pirate is not actually one person, but a series of individuals who periodically pass the name and reputation to a chosen successor.
Re: Meet the Dread Pirate Roberts, the man behind Silk Road
#8The name "Dread Pirate Roberts" is (quite cleverly, IMHO) picked up from the character from The Princess Bride [ aside : go watch the film -- it's great fun!]. It is possible that this "person" is much like Satoshi Nakamoto, given that in The Princess Bride, the pirate is not actually one person, but a series of individuals who periodically pass the name and reputation to a chosen successor. http://en.wikipedia.org/w…
The article states that exactly.
Re: Meet the Dread Pirate Roberts, the man behind Silk Road
#9For those not aware, the Forbes author of this article wrote a book on the history of cypherpunks (including the mailing list) which Dread Pirate Roberts was most likely a part of, or the very least inspired by it's members in some way: http://www.amazon.com/This-Machine-Kills-Secrets-WikiLeakers...
Having interviewed Timothy May, Cryptome founder and Phil Zimmermann is probably how he earned enough reputation to have this interview set up.
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#10> Bitcoin-like digital currency system called Liberty Reserve
No, it's really not. That's about analogous to "absinthe-like drink called Coca-Cola."
Can the Bitcoin Foundation sue for defamation?