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41: Diving Into The Dark Web: Dark History of Silk Road

2022/4/27
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本期节目讲述了丝绸之路网站的兴衰以及其创始人罗斯·乌尔布里希特的故事。丝绸之路网站是暗网上的一个非法交易平台，销售毒品、武器、假身份证等非法商品。其创始人罗斯·乌尔布里希特化名“恐怖海盗罗伯茨”，利用比特币进行匿名交易，一度成为百万富翁。然而，丝绸之路网站的非法活动最终引起了美国政府的注意，罗斯·乌尔布里希特被捕并被判处终身监禁。丝绸之路网站的兴衰反映了暗网的复杂性和危险性，也凸显了比特币等加密货币在网络犯罪中的作用。节目中还探讨了暗网与普通互联网上的非法活动之间的联系，以及执法部门在打击网络犯罪方面的挑战。

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Ross Ulbricht's journey from a physics student to the creator of Silk Road, driven by his interest in drugs, Bitcoin, and the dark web.

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The internet isn’t really that old. But that doesn’t mean that it hasn’t already started to gather its own dark history. I mean we’re talking about a whole branch of the internet literally called “Dark Web.” And there was one site in particular that basically made the dark web the mainstream place for drugs, fake ids, and murder for hire. Today we’re going to talk about the Silk Road. The website that single-handedly validated bitcoin and laid the foundation for dark websites we still see in action today.