Ross Ulbricht received a presidential pardon for his crimes related to the Silk Road. Let's take a look at the tech stack behind the Silk Road website, which included LAMP stack, PHP, Linux, Tor, and Cryptocurrency.

Until, of course, in 2013 the Silk Road was shut down by FBI agents and Mr Ulbricht, then 29 years old, was arrested in the science-fiction section of a San Francisco public library. In 2015, after a four-week trial,

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday on Truth Social that he had pardoned Texas native and Silk Road website founder Ross Ulbricht.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening said he issued a full and unconditional pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the dark web Silk Road marketplace for illicit drugs.

NEWLY-INAUGURATED US President Donald Trump has given the founder of dark web marketplace Silk Road a full and unconditional pardon. The decision has saved Ross Ulbricht from serving two life

Donald Trump pardoned the creator of the world’s first dark-web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause célèbre in some parts of the crypto community.

Ulbricht was given two life sentences, plus 40 years for running a site that allegedly facilitated $183m in drug sales.

President Trump announced Tuesday that he signed a full pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the Silk Road founder who was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of running the dark web marketplace used to deal drugs.

President Donald Trump has pardoned Ross William Ulbricht, who created the infamous dark web marketplace Silk Road and was serving a life sentence.

US President Donald Trump says he has signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold. Ulbricht was convicted in 2015 in New York in a narcotics and money-laundering conspiracy and sentenced to life in prison.

Donald Trump's decision to free Silk Road kingpin Ross Ulbricht resulted from a year-long campaign to secure the party's support - helping him over the presidential victory line.