Love how media are calling kidnappings of crypto holders being forced to transfer under threat of violence 'Wrench Attacks' - this XKCD cybersecurity classic finally going mainstream 👇

How many suckers will they get?

Two days later, a similar post appeared on a Bitcointalk .org thread "A Heroin Store".

Bitcoin was $0.42.

Silk Road was born. And the rest is history.

On January 27 2011, a new forum member calling themselves ‘altoid’ registered on the Shroomery forums and wrote a message that would change the face of drug dealing and cryptocurrency forever.
#bitcoin #silkroad #RossUlbricht

My latest blog tying up the loose ends of the Silk Road saga a decade on. The man behind the murder-for-hire scams has been indicted

https://eileenormsby.com/2023/05/19/tying-up-silk-roads-loose-ends-redandwhite/