Final year on Would possibly 25, Donald Trump vowed to shuttle the sentence of early Bitcoin pioneer and Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht to time served if elected president. As we all know, Trump won the election and can just rob popularity of commercial one week from this present day.
This leaves a critical demand on the minds of Bitcoiners: Will Trump in actuality pardon Ross?
I suppose Trump will 100% shield accurate to his word and free Ross from penal advanced. I even like no longer considered one thing to counsel that Trump would produce in any other case and like most though-provoking considered things that produce me assured he’s going to apply via on this promise. It’ll furthermore just unruffled be somewhat easy for Trump to produce, and given his valid backing of the Bitcoin exchange, I am assured Ross is going to be strolling as a free man over again soon.

Judging by Ross’ X story, which is at demonstrate bustle by his most necessary other, he is getting ready to leave penal advanced soon.
“For my final monthly resolution of 2024, I intend to see each and daily and to upward push as much as fling as worthy as I will be capable to as I prepare for freedom,” she lately posted on behalf of Ross.
For these unfamiliar with the memoir, Ross has been in penal advanced since 2013 for growing an online space, Silk Road, the place customers may possibly furthermore aquire and promote things transacting in bitcoin. He became once a non-violent, first-time culprit, sentenced to double life plus 40 years without parole. At Ross’ trial, he became once no longer prosecuted for inflicting any harm or bodily harm, and no sufferer became once named. While Ross became once no longer tried for promoting treatment or unlawful objects himself, he became once held to blame for what others listed on Silk Road, which included treatment.
Now, 12 years later, the time has come for Ross to be freed.
In 2022, Ross wrote President Biden a letter asking to be pardoned, whereby he explained he did no longer create the accumulate space with any abominable intentions and became once simply promoting the libertarian ideology he believed in. He also shared that, if freed, he would no longer produce one thing to “break the law” over again.
President Biden neglected the letter, and kept him in penal advanced. And now President Trump has the likelihood to let him dwell the remaining of his life as a free man.
Ross himself also believes that Trump will shield it up his promise.
Mammoth gratitude to each person who voted for President Trump on my behalf. I have faith him to honor his pledge and presents me a 2d likelihood.
After 11+ years in darkness, I will be capable to in the waste be taught about the sunshine of freedom at the terminate of the tunnel. Thanks so worthy, @realDonaldTrump 🙏
— Ross Ulbricht (@RealRossU) November 12, 2024
I scrutinize forward to seeing Ross come home.
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Bitcoiner since 2017. Bitcoin Journal since 2020. Collecting Bitcoin for my final name, no longer my first.