The DELETED Ross Ulbricht Prison Interview (2021)

The first-ever phone call interview by Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, recorded while in a federal penitentiary. Following its original airing in June of 2021, Ross was placed in solitary confinement as retribution.
Ross shares the heartbreaking story of his fight for freedom, his connection with Bitcoin, and what it was like to grapple with the prospect of being locked up for the rest of his life.
Re-released from the archives now that Ross is FINALLY a free man. Congratulations, Ross.
#freeross #bitcoin #thebitcoinconference

[@DroppinJaws]

Never did I think this man would ever get released. All the positivity around this mans pardon is astounding I couldn’t imagine the amount of despair he felt during those 11 years can’t wait to hear his side of the story from being 3x lifer to suddenly a free man

[@Mr_Zzzeee]

Crazy. Literally impossible for to imagine what he must be feeling right now.

[@DroppinJaws]

@ Im not the type to get all political but you gotta give it up for Trump on this one. He gave a first time non violent lifer a second chance at freedom. It was so obvious the government wanted to make an example out of this guy.

[@ann3856]

Democrats want to Impeach Pres Trump now (AGAIN). I'm sure he had lawyers look at the case. (I hope) PLEASE PRAY FOR PRES TRUMP?

[@Ghostisdaddy420]

I thank god and thank President trump for what he has done… the case against the man VIOLATED his rights and ability to defend his own case! The weaponized justice system FAILED to give him the means at which they even obtained entry into server… so many TOTAL BS scenarios invaded his case and it was truly a sickening day for our country when this man was found guilty and sentenced OUTRAGEOUSLY to basically die in jail slowly…. But now he’s free…JUSTICE has truly prevailed

[@joshmendes83]

Never take your freedom for granted

[@alainportant6412]

Never build darknet marketplaces, but if you do, mind your OPSEC and exit scam before you get caught !

[@nimnimlight]

or water , air , food , the list goes on

[@jasb8343]

Thanks for sharing this. I remember Silk Road, it’s what started the whole bitcoin journey for me. I had an account just to see. I’m so glad Ross is now free. When he said he broke his mother’s heart, really hit hard. He’s a nice lad. He’s smart young and was naive. Made a mistake. Learnt a big lesson. Sentence was unfair and it kinda broke him. Hopefully he’s with his family now and his mother’s prayers have been answered.

[@TwoSinningHands]

@@jasb8343 same bro same. I still have my wallet address but that exchange went bye bye. So bummed.

[@littlebitmckee8234]

Thank you for posting this

[@alexhilbert2561]

I am crying. Thanks for sharing❤

[@BoosterShotss]

It’s a fact this ROSS Kid who Created The Silk Road is a HUGE reason why Bitcoin is what it is

[@dahawk8574]

It is THE reason. And he apologizes for possibly setting it back. THIS is also the reason why the Feds slammed him so hard. Laws protect the person who makes and owns the platform from what is done with that platform by others. He got treated worse than El Chapo... because Ross created the system that threatened all the banksters. Ross legitimized Bitcoin. That was his one and only crime.

[@daltonpipkin6707]

@@dahawk8574 no bitcoin is what bitcoin is. unstoppable. you are wrong. thank you to china for the mining ban. wake up

[@fernandobanos7255]

What the FBI did to Ross is a disgrace

[@RossWilliamUIbricht]

what do you think should happen to ppl whom give terrorist orgs and inlet to gain funds to promote their terror attacks on people? do you think he's a lil next door dealer? bro had more than 1.2 billion usd go thru his website in only 2 years time!! (its international cartels and terror groups ect selling on the site /not the sketchy drug dealer selling half grams on your street ) , Pablo Escobar to be killed for his actions. but since ross is white and non Muslim , he gets different treatment? crazy how everyone just goes with the main stream flow of ''this poor guy got treated bad for doing bad''(bro should die in jail ) can yall not form your own opinions based on his true actions and not based on what side of the spectrum you hear the most from on the media. if all you heard was ''this guy is bad'' you'd prob have a different opinion currently , but since all you hear on the media is about how unfairly he is being treated while purposely not stating the repercussions of his actions , you now mindlessly think a major drug dealing terrorist funding lil bro should be treated soo harsh (but screw el chopp'o right?)

[@Corteum]

Some accountability is in order.

[@zabik7221]

Fk Democrats FBI and Chuck useless FBI

[@salvadoresouza8917]

@@Corteum he has always taken accountability for what he did. He admitted to building The Silk Road website. That’s all he did.. he didn’t sell drugs, he wasn’t charged for putting out a “hit” as there was ZERO evidence. Should the CEO of Meta or Amazon be held accountable for the people selling drugs through their services? Amazon Web Service has hosted hundreds of thousands of transactions. Why hold Ross accountable and not them? Ross admits what he did. They took it 20 steps further to make him an example. He simply built a website.

[@huckleberryfinn8795]

That is why Trump gave him a full pardon. A few months ago he promised to commute his sentence if elected, once he won and looked into the case, he realized some of the people who came after him were the same people who went after Ross. He then gave a full pardon!!

[@CalebLeverett]

I remember listening to this live. I’m so happy that Ross is finally free. ❤️🌱

[@BitcoinMagazine-v3n]

☝️🌸

[@WorkSaveBitcoin]

This should be a required listen for all humans

[@Multiman40]

I have tears in my eyes, such strong words from a man innocent with his knowledge at the time he will rot in prison on 2 life sentences plus 40 years.

[@huckleberryfinn8795]

He got pardoned by Trump lol

[@서상호-f6p]

Thank you so much for sharing this. I really wish Ross' happiness.

[@nicholasschaefer8204]

I don’t know what’s more astounding to me, the fact that a politician kept a promise or that now Ross Ulbricht actually got out of prison. Wow! There is hope for the future!

[@Helnbk]

Right! I can't believe it. Trump is amazing!

[@sallux5574]

That's the thing....he isn't a politician.

[@lostininnerspace8687]

Right?!?

[@moonsunloved8405]

Any president can pardon. It's easy. Let's see how other promises go. End the war in ukraine on day 1.....fail. health care plan......500 empty pages at last attempt.

[@bytesilver]

I'm so sorry Ross. I have goose bumps listening to his despair. What was done to Ross was unjust and upsetting so much so that I need to refrain from commenting further. Truth will always prevail and make use stronger.

[@boybata84]

"I want you to understand what it means to lose your freedom" - the underpinning message, reason why we fight for Bitcoin.

[@marvin.toyboy]

Every engineers in the blockchain since the beginnning, know that Bitcoin is corrupted, the market is fully manipulated. You are fighting for feed your ignorance. (i'm not anti-blockchain, i'm working with many others popular crypto)

[@btc_rat]

Welcome home Ross! ❤

[@WilsonnCP]

My heart is breaking when i was listening the first 3mins. Im so glad that he is pardoned now. Good luck Ross. You deserve all of it. We are all one family. Crypto is one whole family.

[@laurabrizendine1256]

So happy Ross is free. Thank you, Ross, for being brave enough to speak out in prison.

[@lolitanolita9107]

That mom never gave up... Even though, it felt impossible.

[@jchastain789]

Hope rogan has him on

[@MikeMason_8]

That would be insane 🔥

[@dahawk8574]

Austin x Austin

[@Ghostisdaddy420]

You know he will…

[@MissPerriwinkle]

Fascinating person, no denying that.....eager to hear interviews once he is free.

[@SwingingPythons]

Wow, he really understood Bitcoin way before a lot of people even heard about it.

[@2legit2011]

Whoa, I felt that.

[@conchonbarsmyth]

This is deep. Grateful for my freedoms today and more determined to keep them as they are today. Give not an inch.

[@DivineMeTime]

Wow, wisdom through humility. He's learned a lot.

[@dj__grizzly]

The reason why he never should have been in jail is simple.. If he should be there, so should EVERY creator of a platform because every platform can and will be (ab)used by criminals.. facebook, twitter, youtube, ebay, telegram, amazon, all of them are used by both nice and bad people. To hold someone accountable for what somebody else is doing is mind blowing, but in this world it is a reality for some people and not for other people..

[@MrSethshapiro]

dont have words to respond. the cheering at the end is all. so happy he is free !!

[@cryptogee172]

Bless him, he has his freedom 🙏🏾

[@surfin90]

He’s free now!! Praise God! Can’t wait to hear him on a podcast!!

[@Kira.i.]

Holy shit. This is absolutely insane.

[@thomasforsythdesign]

This is very moving. I’d not heard it before

[@williamwilkinson4756]

Man beautiful. This man doesn’t deserve prison. Most people don’t. Let’s hope this man gets free. He is an innovator. A genius.

[@SwingingPythons]

lol he is out. Trump pardoned him.

[@davoidofaith]

God bless Ross ;)

[@JumeauxTadros]

Way to go Ross. I heard you have 430 bitcoin in a wallet. I’m happy for you. You paid the price for so many to be free.

[@13rizzlian]

Was this from the donations?

[@kristyjohnson2820]

@@JumeauxTadros well said! I will always be grateful to this man. 🙏🏼🩵

[@moonsunloved8405]

​@@13rizzliandust from old wallets

[@ChristiaanBurgel]

What an inspiring speech.

[@EvanLange-y2v]

Powerful message… A Lotta wisdom

[@JohnMaverick-w7c]

It's kind of insane to think that he spent so long in jail that the world he knew no longer exists. Everything is moving way faster.

[@Alexander02502]

I'm happy for you man, like imagine being in prison thinking you will never step outside ever again for the rest of your life then being free.

[@BBINH17]

God bless Ross , may he enjoy all the things he missed so much.

[@IgorGrubisic]

Thank you so much for this guys and Mr President also 🙏🏼

[@lisablake9367]

Wow! This is the epitome of how the systems fails people. He is not a monster. 2 life sentences! What??? Gos bless you!

[@ValorousDefined]

"I challenge you to set us free" is simply beautiful now. I hope you enjoy the freedom Ross. You do deserve it, it was wrong what they did to you, despite whatever questionable site you hosted. Software is speech, its a language. No one should be persecuted for it.

[@Steph1]

He’s apologizing at the start because the government has put the fear deeply into his system. He’s just a guy that fell into a revenue stream and didn’t manage it properly. If he had, he would’ve been lauded as a successful entrepreneur

[@m.s.1157]

what an incredible man!

[@pedrohm6271]

In Portugal maximum penalty is 25 years in prison. So Proud Lisboa Portugal

[@Grd77]

@@pedrohm6271 that’s not good lol

[@pedrohm6271]

@@Grd77 Each country has its own reality I do not recommend it for all countries, Portugal is the seventh safest country in the world and was the first coutry in the world to abolis the death penalty in 1867 in fact praised by the great humanist Vitor Hugo " Les Miserables " Regards

[@NFDEITHER]

​@@Grd77It is. Portugal's good character is had in common with other provinces of the reconquest's Kingdom of Leon. Their dictator was even better than Spain's, Salazar, a gentleman and a scholar. To treat adults who are not murderers, child predators, thieves or rapists as if they were animals, requiring punishment and reward is not Christian and in character, like the Galicians and the Asturians, the Portuguese are Christian. Love others like yourself.

[@NFDEITHER]

Roger Ver next please.

[@Kent__the_Baker]

Had the pleasure of meeting Ross's mom at the Arizona Jackalope Freedom festival. Remarkable woman. So happy to hear she got the phone call from Trump.

[@21Million]

Wow. This video will be looked back upon like a battle cry for freedom. I'm saving this video to my computer. Thanks.

[@FinanceFree-ii5un]

2 life sentences plus 40 no parole. Fuckin disgusting.

[@HeritageSeedBank]

I am so happy to hear of ross' pardon and thrilled he will be home tomhis family very soon.. it's been a long time coming!!!

[@karmasutra4774]

I need to go research this more because that sentence seems steep for creating the website. But glad he is out now. I logged into the Silk Road once years ago through TOR

[@davor1507]

Thank you KZbin for interrupting this gut wrenching interview with commercials. It is an appropriate illustration of the society you, the corporations, have created.

[@terry10tnj]

I am so happy for Ross and his family the FBI did him so dirty. I bet the agents involved in that are punching the air right now lmao

[@joelverdier2555]

Kash Patel is gonna straighten the FBI out. A lot of people are gonna get fired.

[@lolitanolita9107]

Someone who get pardoned probably cannot sue, but when there are proofs that evidence were planted, they 100% need to get sued... And give him back whatever Bitcoin they stole from him, since they cannot give him back all these lost years.

[@NN-bk5bb]

😢

[@jaked1266]

Why was this deleted? And why am I only just hearing this now, years passed?

[@adam-v7w-w9i]

I don't know if this particular video in its longer form was deleted, but there are slightly shorter versions that have been up since 2021. Example: zHMVyr5NjEY

[@Cami_BarbieDolls]

Kamala’s censorship!!!

[@WeeSmokey]

What a great moment in BTC history ✅

[@Dread_Pirate_Roberts_2013]

I am out baby!

[@japan1001ify]

Heart-breaking

[@joves3407]

This young guy should never have had to endure this. So glad he is finally free. They stole billions of dollars from him, yet that is NOTHING compared to the time they robbed of him.

[@nathanclark8187]

If he's kept all the commission from SR it would now be worth $64 billion.

[@PatchCornAdams723]

THANK YOU DREAD PIRATE ROBERTS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID FOR WORLD FINANCE.

[@testtor2714]

Why did you delete it to begin with?

[@GreatAllen-p4m]

why delete the interview?

[@tedcarr]

The description is disturbing...

[@hipsonsogbo]

Finally Ross is free

[@IamTowGuy]

5:27 No you won't ! You're free brother.

[@Rbyn]

So happy this man is finally free!

[@emjay2d]

We can say alot of things about the Don... But THIS.... I am more than happy about this. However and whoever, Im sure many of us on the internet gave mom the motivation, and our signatures and whatever made whoever listen. Good job faceless internet people! We "won" this battle.

[@RubyChamber-m9b]

Thanks for continuing updates and for keeping us financially Educated! Regardless of how bad it gets on the economy, I'd rather trade the crypto market as it's more profitable than holding. I made a Hundred thousand dollars from trading last year even though I barely trade myself.

[@LouisEgan-mp4lb]

I have lost a lot trading all by myself without a guide. It's been an uneasy ride for me. Who is your mentor please.

[@lovelytrumlp-01]

Ms Racheal Campbell was my hope during the 'bear summer' last year. I did so many mistakes but also learned so much from it, and of course from Racheal Campbell

[@Edwardjack-n5d]

The first step to successful investing is figuring out your goals and risk tolerance either on your own or with the help of a financial professional but is very advisable you make use of a professional .

[@SIRGENTLE-i7b]

She is my family's personal broker and also a personal broker in many families I'm United State, she's a licensed broker and a FINRA AGENT in United states

[@AshleyEllison-cm6ii]

I Started with 5,000$ and Withdrew profits 89,000$

[@MathGPT]

FREE HAT! FREE HAT!

[@JonnyWisdom]

I am not sure why so many people are gushing I read all of Ross's private messages between himself and the so-called hitman, he sounded pretty serious about his intention to kill his scammers.

[@christophergreyson6953]

@JonnyWisdom The 2 FBI investigators had control by hacking into the website and they could have written those responses. Why didn't the state prosecute him for the hit man allegations? Do you trust the state after two of the investigators were also sentenced to prison?

[@TheZuluPilot]

Gives me chills everytime i hear this

[@jessewilson1622]

exchanges are stealing not hackers

[@enemyofYTemployees]

Victory.

[@drinks777]

The Nelson Mandela of Bitcoin

[@Blitz-po1lp]

I am not a Trump supporter but I got to give him credit for this, Ross Ulbricht should not have gone to prison for what he did.

[@simonebiles7189]

The way he talks, you know he is gonna go on so many podcasts, what a legend

[@americangrubs664]

Listen I like Ross but let’s not all act like he didn’t break any laws!!

[@wizardvega724]

The question is if laws are unjust and lead to dangers like the black market does in terms of violence and fentanyl cut drugs, Who's the criminal? Especially given the admission of a Nixon staffer that the drug war was created to undercut the black power and hippy movement.

[@dj__grizzly]

if that was the reason , why was there no one else in jail with him.. And it's not like the internet is a nice(r) place today.. if there is money to be made.. The way he was treated for creating one of the first websites where everyone was free to do what they want compared to the actual criminals who abused his website for illegal activities is a pretty sad detail to notice in this story.. Imagine Zuckerberg sitting next to him because people sell illegals things on his facebook marketplace lol.. (or previous owner from twitter because he didn't remove the child ****)

[@salvadoresouza8917]

Nobody said he didn’t. But all he did was build a website. He never sold drugs, he never hurt anybody, he has never broken the law before this. Every major website has bad actors and people selling drugs. Instagram and Snapchat are used daily for people to buy and sell drugs. Why aren’t the CEO’s being held responsible for other peoples actions like Ross was?

[@dj__grizzly]

@ Well to be honest he started the website with mushrooms he was growing to get traffic and other drug dealers to come to his website But i am on your side on this one that nobody who creates a website should be in jail if people abuse it. it's like people who shoot the messenger for bringing bad news. (and Jack dorsey never went to jail for allowing child ****, same for zuckerberg, ebay was also abused in the past etc etc)

[@americangrubs664]

@ so if I bought a house and I let drug dealers sell drugs out of it for a profit…….I should be ok and not get held liable…….right? That’s your logic used against you.

[@Noa-fn9hm]

wow

[@Grd77]

*Meanwhile epstein and diddy are partying on their islands doing whatever real crime they want because they are friends with the demons”

[@wmarkfish]

Who’s responsible for his mistreatment?

[@RomanCollapses]

The Corrupt deep state that infests the triple letter agencies, the feds. They cause a lot of problems to justify their existence.

[@lonewolff2030]

The Banksters and Politicians were very afraid of Ross

[@juliaferrari21]

Taken Ross back into “the hole”. So when does he actually get free?

[@ghfan234]

@@juliaferrari21 he's been free now

[@JarrodFLif3r]

@@juliaferrari21 He was put in the hole for this interview. Trump pardoned him and now he is free.

[@davechristian7543]

F bit coin '

[@MelroyvandenBerg]

Bitcoin Cash = BItcoin

[@christophergreyson6953]

Free Roger Ver.

[@MelroyvandenBerg]

@@christophergreyson6953 Yes and also Free Roger.

[@esmechin2696]

Im sure he's learnt his lesson, for such a brilliant mind you wonder what else could he have invented if he was let loose, hopefully now he regain his freedom hell put his brains into inventing something good. Most should have a second chance and I am glad Trump has honoured his word and making good on all his promises, better than a lot of corrupt politicians

[@franciscosamir5256]

Hero of the people

[@iBuyBitcoin]

this brought tears to my eyes

[@Griimnak]

FREEDOM

[@trutheretic]

I was so happy for Ross man thank God for Trump, if it wasn't for Ross bitcoin wouldn't be where it is today

[@pauleduard4772]

♥️. Ross is free.

[@xiturralde]

🔥❤️✊🔥

[@justin12537]

What a legend Thanks Prez Trump

[@jamesbuttery3862]

With Bitcoin...I got excited... I could setup a worldwide drug network so i could make millions of dollars off people suffering from drug addiction. Yes Ross, we know. We know

[@christophergreyson6953]

He didn't do this for money. It was not his motivation.

[@END-THE-FED]

💯

[@salvadoresouza8917]

I love your name :)

[@lamanana6951]

❤

[@simbiotik8480]

Because they are psychopaths? Just guessing.

[@noahsark988]

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[@cryptochronic2981]

congratulations on your Freedom Ross

[@dedenapraia]

Welcome to freedom Ross

[@JumeauxTadros]

Wow