Dark web PHP dev Ross Ulbricht released from prison…

[@ak47marx16]

Remeber kids, this is how it starts, first it's harmless HTML with your friends and then hard PHP and life in prison.

[@JackWse]

And then.. it's getting out of prison and are totally fine, as clearly you were not assessed as proper slave material for the upcoming stock as soon as they can push that through without having to obfuscate it.. also.. somebody was able to get a lawyer up to the crossroads and work something out clearly.. and I wouldn't be surprised if this feller has done some late night legalese in Sumerian or Aramaic prior given his career.. and you know what.. you going to have to pay eventually, but you can get a really good deal these days if you know what you're doing, you want to be a Mick Jagger, not a Steve Jobs when you're making these life altering decisions.. But there's no free lunch, you got to put the work in, and maybe a few kids, but there's a there's a loophole for that one, like did you know that your first born isn't a one-time transaction?

[@adamrodriguez7598]

Lol

[@smuckee830]

Is this your brain on meth?

[@AbdoulayeBayo-e5p]

Lol

[@Flamebamboo]

Nver gonna learn PHP.

[@sergiojva]

This is what PHP can do to a person

[@willgray1090]

PHP, not even once

[@TheVertical92]

All the $ corrupt you

[@privacyvalued4134]

I agree that the healthcare system needs a complete overhaul. What were we talking about again?

[@schmausi3527]

@@TheVertical92 hahaha good one

[@XDarkGreyX]

So what does TS do to you...

[@amine7]

Ross Ulbricht after finding out about nextjs: "Please take me back to prison"

[@egretfx]

What you mean? Nextjs is cool❤

[@JoeL-yl7tz]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@peterluke9392]

Drug store SaaS going to be lit

[@raphaeljaggerd3585]

He''s been in prison since react came out... coincidence? i think not!!!

[@kiprutos]

you mean nestjs?

[@Ni_Cobra]

The first life sentence was because of drug traffic, the second life sentence was because of using PHP

[@PurpleT-Rex]

And the extra 40 years?

[@techoman5986]

@@PurpleT-Rex thats for harming the reputation of LAMP stack !!!

[@jeslinmx22]

"we will confiscate your bitcoin and let you off with a slap on the wrist for the drugs, but using PHP is unforgivable and deserves two life sentences"

[@omri9325]

So both for drug traffic

[@Wppsamsung2024]

😂😂😂

[@ycombine1053]

Bro I didn't even think about the Rogan interview. That's 100% going to happen and I'm here for it.

[@bobbyboy1797]

If he's smart, he'd drop drug dealing and just do the podcast circuit for the rest of his life.

[@abcdef-ms9mb]

@@bobbyboy1797 thing is, he wasn't even a drug dealer. He just made a platform on the dark web to make transactions with bitcoin, which is why he wasn't actually convicted of drug dealing, but "facilitating" drug trade. Technically you could sell anything on his platform if you wanted. Being outside the purview of the authorities is just something that criminals tend to prefer, so they gathered there.

[@tulipalll]

​@bobbyboy1797 yep. Sponsors podcasts and influencing. Play it safe, ross. Don't risk revenge bs from the fbi

[@jawkneefence]

@@bobbyboy1797 After 12 years in prison, he would never get into drug dealing, lol. He was never flipping drugs on the street, and he probably has no intention of any danger/risk in his life anymore.

[@adreto2978]

@@bobbyboy1797he definitely has a nice wealth of BTC somewhere stashed because back then you wouldn’t use exchanges. He lost billions to the government in 2021 when they found some of his BTC but he could easily have more stores.

[@L7ussaayn]

Bro really took "Learn PHP in 24 Hours" and built a whole economy. Respect.

[@soullesspancake7405]

Then went to jail then go out😂

[@LuisSierra42]

@@soullesspancake7405 truly a silk road story

[@GigaSimp]

So much character development.

[@openfire2691]

@gigasimp you might say it was “arrested development”

[@BirkinIdk]

He tried to pay to have numerous people killed. The fact that you respect that person tells me you’re going nowhere in life.

[@asdprogram]

Alternative title: The PHP dev situation is CRAZY

[@meinsouza]

We need to talk about PHP

[@akshatmisra767]

its massive. you know what else is massive?

[@LuisSierra42]

This PHP dev situation just got worse

[@meinsouza]

@asdprogram huge drama over php situation

[@anreoil]

How to get a life sentence for using PHP

[@jaredspencer3304]

"I can excuse the drug trafficking, but I draw the line at building with PHP."

[@Un_Pour_Tous]

Or hitman for hire??? Nah fuk them ppl wheres his money?

[@Kapkamusic]

to be fair you didn't have the choice in 2011

[@ACPeoples]

that's a wild boy, you remember WordPress, the king of LAMP and plugins

[@shapelessed]

@@Kapkamusic These were the dark times...

[@vaisakh_km]

​@@shapelessedstill the websites i host that's actually makes money is in wordpress Not my cool sveltekit projects

[@ZAcharyIndy]

now you understand why we have $ sign on all PHP's vars

[@toddzillaswrist]

Up

[@ADHJkvsNgsMBbTQe]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@itsprobablyryan]

Facts

[@MehediHasan-me3el]

😂😂

[@rexlundstrom2333]

Fun fact: yesterday, a dormant crypto wallet containing 6,400BTC ($670mil) was just activated. Many speculate it was Diamond-Hand(cuffed) Ross coming out of prison like the Count of Monte Cristo

[@minibobber]

isnt it a well known fact that his drives got confiscated and destroyed/stolen

[@ShaferHart]

​@@minibobberhow does the govt know those were all his drives?

[@Pho7on]

Also it's all in the ledger, he can just record the address in physical media.

[@RGBpGaming]

@@ShaferHartbingo, gotta always have backup

[@Alx-h9g]

​​@@ShaferHart Emphasis on his or all?

[@pxkqd]

I don't know if pardoning a php dev is the right call.

[@michaelkjellander9370]

The site launched in 2011, pretty much all of us used PHP back then when programming for the web. Especially for solo/hobby projects.

[@this.just.in.789]

He's gonna love PHP 8

[@crowstar7617]

@@this.just.in.789 also laravel

[@sokiuwu]

This needs more likes lol

[@mnonj9]

@sokiuwu u got itr!

[@amaankhan333]

One of the downsides of clicking early on a Fireship video is all the funny comments are yet to come...

[@Part_121_Wannabe]

truly amazing community

[@maklovin5253]

funny = downside? make that make sense xD

[@amaankhan333]

@@maklovin5253 read it 3 times word by word. or else I'll tell your English teacher.

[@chrimony]

30 minutes and a hundred comments joking about PHP later...

[@actuallymesfin]

​@@maklovin5253 he's saying funny comments NOT existing is the downside

[@prg_astro]

Daily reminder that no one from Purdue Pharma have gone to jail, the company that was one of the catalysts of the opioid crisis in the US, but the guy who made a website where you could buy drugs got double life sentence

[@bhaskarmukherjee4768]

Even El Chapo was sent to 1 life imprisonment. Not 2 !

[@whoareyouyouareclearlylost323]

He still deserves long time jail

[@2639theboss]

That doesnt mean he shouldnt also be in jail? It means that the justice system is deeply flawed and needs to be reformed. Which, ironically, is also what this situation implies.

[@randomnobody8770]

@@whoareyouyouareclearlylost323 why? Drugs and alcohol can kill you easily, but prohibition was a hint that they should be legal and regulated. Otherwise violent crime goes up, and drugs become more dangerous.

[@pulls8]

@@whoareyouyouareclearlylost323 Yeah he knew what he was doing with the site, he sold his own products on it, and paid a lot of money to hire multiple "hitmen".

[@pannkaka5138]

I dont know anything about coding and i only just found this channel today but it is so entertaining hearing someone speak about something they are well informed about. I love you Fireship!!!

[@moonbalancedd]

Imagine thinking you are in prison for the rest of your life and getting out at 40 with still a pretty long life with a lot of possibilities ahead of you. That feeling can't be put in words.

[@fark69]

And >$10B waiting for you outside

[@moonbalancedd]

@@fark69 i'm pretty sure the feds took the coins, not that a guy as smart as that would have any trouble making more money.

[@gameunderground]

​@@moonbalancedd 12 words, and an unknown crypto wallet is restored.

[@kphuts815]

​@@fark69I'm pretty sure the feds seized most of it.

[@ThaJay]

@@moonbalancedd If only he was stupid enough to keep all his coins in a single wallet

[@drdray0876]

Imagine being out of the loop for the past 12 years. "What happened while I was in prison?" "Well, television star Donald Trump won two non-consecutive terms as President, and he hates the FBI so he pardoned you. Also Bitcoin is now worth $100k."

[@jamescollier3]

wonder if he had the 12 words too remake his wallet

[@big_2361]

Imagine thinking being in prison means being out of the loop

[@im_so_bored_rn]

"You also lived through one of the largest pandemic epidemics of all time."

[@NiJIcolaGirardI]

@@big_2361 depends on the prison and many other factors also I guess

[@starmorpheus]

He wasn’t in a coma. I’m sure he was counting on Donald winning as his last chance to be free.

[@Sydra.]

It was a pretty harsh sentence for using PHP.

[@BirkinIdk]

For trying to KILL PEOPLE. You are genuinely so slow

[@switch733]

No, harsh would have been 10 life sentences. 2 was appropriate for the crime of PHP.

[@TheMaverick_SR]

😂😂😂

[@encycl07pedia-]

I realize it's a joke, but I don't get it. What's wrong with using PHP? It works with every web browser, unlike Javascript and especially Javascript frameworks.

[@mgames1710]

Never clicked on a fireship vid any faster

[@An-ri1iy]

lol same

[@PatrickHenry69420]

same lamooooo

[@bob_kazamakis]

Fr. Especially one not talking about AI slop

[@LuisSierra42]

@@bob_kazamakis You're going to have to make peace with AI, in a few years, it's going to be literally everywhere

[@joshual9226]

same here

[@danielkemp4860]

Good to see TOR sponsoring these types of vid 🙌

[@roykathurima7173]

Fireship is right about one thing; "The Joe Rogan - Ross Ulbricht interview is going to be an absolute banger". 🚀

[@nrg4285]

Will be warning my future children of the dangers of coding in PHP

[@fark69]

Yeah, they could become deca billionaires, the horror

[@ambientexpanse]

That would imply you're actually getting laid, lol

[@bunnerkins]

Because it will build the market place where they are sold into sex slavery?

[@bunnerkins]

Because that's where your children will end up if they are ever human trafficked.

[@mopnem]

Bro..yr kids aren’t gonna code lol. It’s over

[@sanjeev.rao3791]

He wasn't pardoned because Trump felt sorry for him. The libertarian party had pledged their alliance to Trump in the previous election in exchange for freeing Ross. The more surprising thing is that Trump actually held up his end of the deal. You'd think he'd just toss them to the wayside like he did the last time.

[@MysticGohanVegeta]

What do they gain from this lol

[@rolu9345]

Bitcoins can be convincing I'm sure

[@Kaodusanya]

@@MysticGohanVegetajustice

[@hywelgriffiths5747]

Probsbly elon is a factor too

[@gordonwho]

Everything with Trump is quid pro quo!

[@whatidoknow3417]

As someone presently studying php while hearing "PHP is dead", I find this encouraging and consider this an absolute win

[@ritualj0int]

PHP ain't dead, I'm considering learning it.

[@mitaskeledzija6269]

70% of web built on PHP lmao dw if you can do PHP everything else will be easy for you.. me on the other hand I am trying to write in Rust and sentence myself to a 🦀 hellscape

[@BlIuvyv]

This case happened more than 10 years ago

[@balddog470]

It's a good paying job in Japan. I wish I could speak Japanese and have 3 years of experience with PHP.

[@taosade]

It will outlive everything hyped today.

[@ScathGaming]

We're about to get Ross on the JRE before GTA VI

[@toddzillaswrist]

Preach

[@rastas_4221]

You've been able to play the best one for 20 years and you are waiting for mtx scam?

[@yutoriotsu8848]

Life sentence for using LAMP stack is so harsh.

[@Daijyobanai]

And in a time when React and Kotlin developers walk free among the genpop. Sickening when you think about it.

[@rightpossible]

Someone didn't talk about ai

[@golem-of-thoughts]

You know what happens now.

[@dinigi]

@@golem-of-thoughts what?

[@UnsencoredTube]

@@diniginothing

[@MelroyvandenBerg]

@@dinigi 4 life sentences.

[@renatodex]

When he finally returns from his exile, he will find the PHP community in pieces, struggling to have a place aside giants from the modern era, and then a new quest will begin where he will need to unify the scarce layer of free PHP programmers around the world and start a second revolution

[@chriswinslow]

I first used PHP back in 2008 and many “expert programmers” back then said PHP would be dead soon. Almost a quarter of a century later and it’s still alive and kicking 🎉

[@IgorPellinen]

It will be somewhat alive even in 100 years. Hope they invent LTS version one day instead of bullshit operators.

[@perz1val]

@@IgorPellinen ...but the spaceship operator is so cool

[@ian-tumulak]

And has brought food to the table for 15 years of my dev career. Yep, PHP sure is dead.

[@kylebatteson9572]

Last time I checked, websites still run using PHP for server side tasks.

[@FenrirRobu]

It evolved, so did JavaScript despite being the "garbage language" for a long time.

[@NineteenEighty8]

The fact he got 2 life sentences is insane. When politics/ceos can steal millions and cause thousands of death and only get their charges dropped and lawyers paid for.

[@AiisakaTaiiga]

What a crazy year and it's only January...

[@Gjd94]

I started learning PHP last year, It's a fun way to dynamically make websites

[@darz_k.]

...that's exactly how Ulbricht started... 😬

[@notsure7874]

Straight to jail.

[@mikebeaton5632]

4:31 "But one thing's for sure, the Joe Rogan Ross Ulbricht interview's going to be an absolute banger!" 🤣

[@k-c]

As someone who lives under a rock, apparently, and don't have any idea what people are talking about, thank you for the code report. I can socialize amongst the nerds now.

[@mastermaj]

Just found your channel and I love this kind of content. A great way to stay current in the tech space thank you!!

[@yusufakmalov-l5n]

Incredible content as always! You always know how to keep me entertained.

[@davidconnelly]

Finally. A successful website built with PHP.

[@n8guy]

(Beside Wikipedia, Facebook, Slack, Etsy, Spotify, Tumblr, etc., etc., etc.)

[@rheavictor7]

@@n8guy you got emotional over a comment made on a Fireship video. 2025 already started roguth for you, pal. F

[@joshua511]

Idk, those Java sites that corporate America uses are complete ass.

[@n8guy]

@@rheavictor7 SO emotional! I’ve only just now stopped sobbing, several hours later.

[@zayedadel8552]

you are the guy crying about laravel and trying to become something with that lousy framework, i hear they got 57 million dollars in investments , let that sink in before you talk shit about Laravel or php you successful great man 😂

[@j_fried19]

PHP dev is diabolical

[@AG45.]

do we just have people saying "[x thing from the video] is diabolical" every video

[@barry5]

"do we just have people saying "[x thing drom the video] is diabolical" every video" is diabolical

[@user-sl6gn1ss8p]

""do we just have people saying "[x thing from the video] is diabolical" every video" is diabolical" every video

[@user-sl6gn1ss8p]

@@barry5 oh wow you typed it out instead of copy pasting

[@scrung]

what

[@arshadcheng]

To be honest this is insane news. No one expect Silk Road founder to be released

[@JosaxJaz]

this is honestly such a banger video dude, good job. Highly informative, funny, and engaging, without being obnoxious. Your work on this site is stellar.

[@BibisoraFayziyeva-w2n]

I absolutely loved this! The effort you put into this really shows!

[@fareedmohammed7556]

This is your brain: 🧠 This is your brain on PHP: 🤯 Any questions?

[@Daijyobanai]

Yes, how does function?

[@DevinDTV]

3:54 the media edited this photo to make him look creepier. they spot removed his teeth. literally.

[@peternorivotset7365]

3:03 I entered this onion address into my tor browser and got nothing instead of an easter egg or a special offer. Such disappointment.

[@davidmartincohen]

Great video. You combine the technical with the personal so well.

[@cnotv_dev]

I read the news this morning and you have made a video yesterday, wtf :D Someone is working hard here.

[@AribZeeshan]

Yeah I REALLLLY need a podcast of him now

[@PrebleStreetRecords]

Back in the early Silk Road days, my friend's then-girlfriend lost her health insurance and couldn't afford pharmacy price for asthma inhalers. My friend got on there and bought enough to get her through, until she got a new job that included health benefits. I think it was maybe $40 for most of a year's supply. Unfettered commerce makes the world a better place.

[@justinjonesphd]

literally why he was imprisoned. the drugs make for a convincing case but the real issue was stealing any amount of money from the pharmaceutical overlords

[@clax5612]

@@justinjonesphd and not paying his share to the government under the table. We see it all the time, he angered the wrong person in govt and got punished for it

[@Alx-h9g]

​@@clax5612 But who runs the government, big pharma, big finance, big dck energy.

[@oncedidactic]

The rainforest is real happy with unfettered commerce, I bet

[@diadetediotedio6918]

@@oncedidactic I don't know what you are talking about, buddy.

[@ugib8377]

Oh man, if he goes on Rogan. That is for sure an episode I will listen to in its entirety.

[@shot1999]

this is amazing, months ago I saw your video about top 10 of internet cybercrimes, and Ross was one of the top ones, and months later you are talking about the same dude but he is free now, life is crazy

[@drslime7]

The ending is freaking hilarious. Love your videos Jeff.

[@L3v3LLIP]

That guy helped me to some five star hash ten years before I even knew what it was and how to apreciate it. Hope he will be happy and has some coins stashed! Absolut Legend

[@squarkyt]

PHP is never going to beat the lambo allegations with stories like this

[@justsomeonepassingby3838]

Who doesn't host their personal homepage on tor already ?

[@CruelQuertos]

Via*

[@theyellowarchitect4504]

me. Because idk how, and I don't have anything illegal.

[@Walter_]

I'm not letting people anonymously test my site for vulnerabilities. It's better to let them pay for proxies and get them blacklisted.

[@Ethorbit]

@Walter_ you can't control that, people will always anonymously test your site for vulnerabilities

[@callmetony1319]

Great summary of the whole thing!

[@Matt-ob3ek]

will be a hell of an interview

[@Jack-hd3ov]

The silk road never allowed sale of any weapons of any type, not just weapons of mass destruction.

[@drunkpaulocosta]

But willing to have vendors and suppliers killed the moment someone offered it. He was legit so keen to assassinate people it's a surprise none of the hitmen were actually real and he actually killed someone

[@Mark_badas]

The future is looking more interesting by the minute.

[@tristangruener9571]

I didn't even think about Ross coming on the podcast circuit... that's going to be epic

[@ForgottenSaw]

Can't wait for that interview!!!!!

[@mhytos42]

are we gonna see Silk Road 2 before GTA VI?

[@markusTegelane]

already done by some other third party right after og silk road was closed down they got pretty quickly arrested due to bad opsec as well

[@izcoatpv]

Theres a study of silk road clones, when and why they went down, there's already a silk road 3.0 in there

[@cherubin7th]

New Silk Road by executive order

[@alazarbisrat1978]

silksong?

[@MelonPython]

In a few weeks he's going to experinece your channel, AI. How cool is that? I wish someone documented his departure from jail and sucking in what he missed. I would love to see that.

[@it1970]

He should start vlogging lol

[@mtsurov]

Lets talk about how much COIN arresting team stole at the time of arrest. Fortunes were made.

[@HenrikVendelbo]

The most straight codereport so far

[@HunzaTech]

Looking forward to that podcast!

[@justrls]

Yeah, nothing Silky about building a Road to a succesful PHP website, right?

[@rohithreddy75]

0:38 That donald trump gif made me chuckle

[@Apoc2K]

Not that familiar with this guy, but what's the big difference between a drug dealer and a drug broker to the point that the current president considers the former deserving of the death penalty and the latter worthy of a presidential pardon?

[@frequentfrenzied]

The Libertarian Party happened to like this particular drug broker and threw their support behind the current president with the understanding that he would pardon him. Tit for tat, as they say.

[@Se7enth351]

There's no difference. Ross is just a libertarian icon so he said he'd do it to secure some votes

[@Rise9192Against]

Trump is a dick.

[@Remington53]

As far as I understand, Ross was just a middleman. The website, like most illegal marketplaces, just provided a forum for buyers and sellers to connect and exchange money, with him talking a cut. Production and delivery of contraband was handled by sellers without his involvement.

[@kam03m]

Imo, helping buyers meet sellers and taking a cut is a pretty big level of involvement.

[@smokedoutmotions_]

Dope video. Thanks bro

[@tchadcarby8439]

Your videos are the absolute best!!!!!!!

[@stldweller]

01:43 1 oz Organic Purple Kush for 22.10 is an awesome deal.

[@stevenlaczko8688]

It's actually 22 Bitcoin, i.e. $220ish at the time if Firebase is correct in saying that a bitcoin was worth $10 at the time. Nooot so great of a price

[@Ajax-0137]

I hope he's on JRE by the end of next month

[@floppa9415]

Just hope he doesn't use Java. There are so many better options on the JRE these days.

[@julianocs87]

Why do you hate him so much?

[@1nwb-4dnws]

Eclipse gang ​@@floppa9415

[@inzaghiposumaalkahfi9650]

Who uses a PHP Framework like Laravel here?

[@IzzumiPoshaf]

Me!

[@arc8218]

laravel is the only php framework stay update with technology, the rest like CI and sympony are shit

[@inzaghiposumaalkahfi9650]

@@arc8218 How about CodeIgniter?

[@Artists_wrld]

Love the vids bro keep it up

[@ThomasBilt]

Dude, the rogan interview is actually going to be insane

[@mhadi-dev]

That's why I teach my students never to learn PHP.

[@Some_Kid11]

What PHP does to a mf

[@JackDespero]

3:45 I am not a kingpin of a drug organization (I guess that is what I would say if I were one, but I ain't) operating a dark web marketplace to sell drugs, but if I were to log in from public places to avoid being traced, I for sure would have some sort of fail safe for my laptop? My running pad has one which attaches to me, and if I get too far away, it disconnects. Jet skis have one. Can you not have some sort of device that will automatically shut down the computer as long as you are X amount of meters away from it? Forget the police, what if someone just steals it and runs away? It doesn't even need to be something physical that disconnects. It could be a background program that will shutdown the computer if you do not press f7 every 5 minutes or so. You just need a reminder every 4:30 minutes in a way that does not clearly signal "press f7, mr agent". I don't know. Have a button or a contact that will send a remote message to your computer and it will wipe it out or shut it down or something. Have I seen too many movies? Once again, I am not a kingpin, even if it looks like I have been overthinking this for a while.

[@moswanedev]

There is a linux distro that you can run from a usb stick that does does not persist anything. Pull out the stick as soon as they come for you and all it's information will be deleted. I'm not into crime, so I don't remember the name of the distro. I think it's better than pressing f7 every five minutes.

[@AkioriSakura]

@@moswanedev TailsOS. It is pretty interesting. If I recall correctly, it also routes all internet traffic through tor and comes with tools to erase metadata on files so you can send them without trace.

[@JackDespero]

@@moswanedev You say that it is better, but if that were a known tool, the agents would just prevent you from removing the usb while arresting you while distracted. I would say that a non standard tool is much more effective, as there is no protocol to deal with it. Pressing f7 every 5 minutes might be annoying, but if I am committing crimes that can lead me to life in prison like this guy, "being annoyed" is the least of my concerns. I bet you can even set up traps, just in case the agents try to press some random keys, for example, if you press any other f key, the laptop shuts down automatically. Or just carry some sort of dead man switch connected to your computer somehow. If you release it, the computer shuts down. I don't know how the arrest was, but to me it was probably something like call him and when he looks, tackle him from the other side and get the computer. He probably did not have any time to remove the USB, but he would have time to release whatever switch he was holding. To me the key is that it has to interact with the laptop once the guy is already arrested, because you cannot rely on having spiderman reflexes to do something before you are being tackled.

[@skillfulfighter23]

The reality is people get complacent. You figure that "they would have caught me by now" and slowly start to ease up

[@AkioriSakura]

@@moswanedev TailsOS my more detailed comment vanished

[@vinipachecov]

Joe Rogan need to interview this guy.

[@MrGeerye]

The seriousness of the content followed by that slow motion flair dunk was hilarious

[@xXxKingjonxXx]

I'm so grateful that your videos aren't 15 mins long like most youtubers. I just want to get to the meat and potatoes of what's going on, not the fluffy. Thank you!

[@tyler361t2]

4:22 he pardoned him because the libertarian party said theyd run against him otherwise

[@bmh18172]

Scary threat!

[@tyler361t2]

@@bmh18172 in swing states, yes it is

[@gsalven]

That’s just a drop in the bucket😂 So happy that he’s been released.

[@skillfulfighter23]

We love openly selling pardons for political gain

[@gsalven]

@@skillfulfighter23 It’s a win in my eyes. I’m more conservative than anything. His sentence was way too harsh.

[@cotizacionesequipo1719]

PHP rulez. The amount of hatred towards anything PHP related in the comment section is a testament to that.

[@complexity5545]

Ulbricht needs to do an redemption interview immediately. I'd watch to see it. Silk Road was a major problem. I remember reading requests and products on those associated sites and it was disturbing.

[@alexd7466]

sounds like bs.

[@complexity5545]

@@alexd7466 Those were crazy times. I remember the govt immediately getting involved right before 2011 new year endings. Then in 2012 they were infiltrating and hacking websites like crazy. At one point, I remember seeing brazen h1+men requests and huge financial data dumps like honey pots and legit blackmarket activity. Crazy times. P.S. I was doing contract work with USPS as a "network engineer (and requires special clearance)." If you really know what that means.

[@Blackoutwhiteout23]

didnt this guy get sentenced for threatening and putting a hit on someone. They dropped these charges because they could not use messages as evidence but his sentencing was defintely swayed by his contract murder attempt. this is not to say he was not made an example of

[@HistoricalFanatics]

The account that threatened that was used by multiple people, when that account was asked what they recommended they always said “anything by Murray Rothbard” and later they gave other answers, the account was even online 2 weeks after he was arrested

[@bhzf76799]

Monero mentioned! Alright, you know your stuff and have some courage.

[@heymate8627]

I got jump scared by the auto dub feature. The french voice is the worse it sounds like a phone scam.

[@Raoul1808.]

KZbin forcing auto-subs, auto-dubs, auto-translations, auto-everything everywhere is so annoying. Having the auto-dub automatically set to French every time is annoying.

[@elliotagnew9960]

oh no, I haven't gotten an auto dub yet... I've watched some videos in French, not looking forward to hearing a TTS auto translated English voice on those. Auto translate subs is nice for when I want to watch something that isn't in a language I know, definitely do not need it to force generated audio on me.

[@artemiasalina1860]

It was two federal agents, not one, who were busted for stealing bitcoin from users. One got two years and the other got six years.

[@ThaJay]

They should have mixed it through Monero

[@oberpenneraffe]

Bro is about to start an AI Startup with his billions of $ worth BTC

[@jdoe3006]

Life sentence is crazy compared to murders out there

[@matteobarberis1149]

“The Joe Rogan and Ross Ulbritch interview is going to be an absolute banger” 🤣🤣🤣

[@yellowk1ng]

A Joe Rogan podcast with Ross would break the internet!

[@motashaiye]

PHP is dangerous. Be an HTML programmer.

[@tom.2900]

There isn't a single HTML programmer on the planet.

[@Melonposting]

@@tom.2900 Then who made all those HTML websites?

[@lucastonoli3256]

@@tom.2900 You're the coding equivalent of a flat-earther. Do a quick test, click on the abbreviated URL of the website you're on right now (youtube), you will see the URL actually starts as "HTTP", which stands for "HTML TOTALLY TYPED PAGE", which is programmers lingo for "Website made with HTML".

[@motashaiye]

@ It's a joke. However some argue writing HTML is a form of programming.

[@theoriginoffruits]

​@@motashaiyehtml is a markup language that has no logical programming capabilities to solve problems.

[@krtirtho]

Literally saw a Meme in ThePrimagen subreddit that t3Theo would do a video with this title I didn't thought Fireship will also do that same lmfao

[@timwheelock1121]

wow, definitely never thought I'd see this happen

[@sercio994]

"Incredible stuff man... hey Jamie put that video of the grizzly bear fighting a demon in Peru"

[@dadudle]

I signed his petition to get him out like 5 times over the years, We the People finally won!

[@Juttutin]

I don't recall seeing any polling on this.

[@29Mozay29]

@@Juttutin AI regulation was just erased. Gotta get used to 75% of comment sections being robots pushing sensationalist agendas lol

[@__username1]

1:11 Thanks for my new wallpaper!

[@maximillianomartinez]

Ross Ulbricht was not the developer of the silk road, he had some programming experience but he hired someone else to make the site.

[@lifebyvikk6751]

As a hacker and a PHP dev,this is the best news since the year started, its gonna be a great year boys.

[@encycl07pedia-]

An enemy of the state gets released and you think that's good news? Are you Russian?

[@klzeccwozi1290]

So no pardon for Assange or Snowden but a pardon for a guy who sells drugs and guns online. smh

[@zurgesmiecal]

he didn't sell it, stupid

[@klzeccwozi1290]

@@zurgesmiecal he knew exactly what he was doing

[@zurgesmiecal]

@@klzeccwozi1290 don't be so envious

[@lucastonoli3256]

@@klzeccwozi1290 Yeah, finding a hosting solution for free transactions, away from tyrannical government control.

[@diadetediotedio6918]

@@klzeccwozi1290 And he still didn't sell it, stupid.

[@user-kt0jl90sfwj8cb]

4:12 "Not many people argue that what he did was good and shouldn't go to prison". Mental Outlaw argues, lol. Dude's gone crazy.

[@Joe-ij6of]

commutation, fine... reduction to 15-20, perfectly reasonable... but full pardon? So anyone can sell hard drugs, just so long as they use bitcoin?

[@meech37]

@@Joe-ij6of I think the argument is that he didn't actually sell drugs. He just hosted the service that facilitated it. By the same logic, should a company like google be held liable for facilitating access to illegal stuff as well. The hitman stuff is definitely questionable though.

[@LordDarthViadro]

​@@Joe-ij6ofif he got ~10-20 years, then he probably would have to endure it. Instead he got hit with such a verdict that it was perceived as an overreach and now he's free.

[@stefanidzedev]

@@Joe-ij6of I mean he served 11 years if i remember correctly... It is within the rights of a president to pardon him, but not within the rights of the president to alter a court's decision or if they hold another trial alter the outcome of the process... I think he did what was within his capabilities, not many options here

[@Joe-ij6of]

@ So corner drug dealer goes to prison but the bagman gets off scot free because he didn't technically hand anyone drugs and take their money? The bank robber goes to jail but the wheelman gets off scot free because he didn't actually enter the bank or point a gun at anybody? I don't know if that's a great exculpatory argument, especially multiplied by $200M. That's a lot of dope... entire countries could get 25% tariffs over illegal drug trafficking like that.