Silk Road1: Theory & Practice
added by Yash Mimani aka ahafisher · updated 2y ago
added by Yash Mimani aka ahafisher · updated 2y ago
The Silk Road wasn’t just a digital drug cartel. It was a highly lucrative start-up with a lot of optionality.
There was, however, an often unspoken irony in the success of Silk Road, and of Bitcoin for that matter. The site and the currency, which aimed to circumvent the power of the government, were largely built on technology that had been created by the government or through research sponsored by tax money.