Nine years ago, Ross Ulbricht, the mastermind behind the first major Bitcoin marketplace, Silk Road, was sentenced to life in prison without parole. This week, former President Donald Trump announced his intention to commute Ulbricht’s sentence to time served, rekindling debates about the fairness of his trial and the severity of his sentence. Ross Ulbricht was just 27 when he launched Silk Road in 2011, a pioneering online market where users could buy and sell anything consensually. Driven by libertarian ideals and a vision to end the War on Drugs and stop government taxation, Ulbricht's platform quickly became ... (full story)