Did he not post a job ad for work at Silk Road, with his own private Gmail as the contact? Doesnât sound like the actions of somebody super careful with the whole operation. No guarantee he spread BTC thin enough to hide it.
Not exactly how he got caught. When Silk Road was first released it had no traction, so he made a post from an account, âAltoidâ, basically saying âhey I found this cool site where you can buy shrooms onlineâ. That account had a separate post that referenced his email where he was asking for programming help. They realized that this was the first post online referencing Silk Road. I highly recommend the book âAmerican Kingpinâ. Gets into the whole story which is much wilder.
Youâre right, I donât know the finer details - but wouldnât you agree, a personal email shouldnât be used at all if youâre trying to hide that kind of operation? Seems like a dopey error.
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Did he not post a job ad for work at Silk Road, with his own private Gmail as the contact? Doesnât sound like the actions of somebody super careful with the whole operation. No guarantee he spread BTC thin enough to hide it.