Quote from: redsn0w on January 21, 2015, 12:49:07 PM

Quote from: mayax on January 20, 2015, 10:42:02 PM

if "you" say that it is possible only because the defense's mention Mark Karpeles as being "the pirate" then you have to say that the defense's mention of Mark Karpeles's ownership of the site Bitcointalk.org too

In the beginning he has hosted bitcointalk.org ( and this is why he has got the "VIP" rank) , read this post :

Quote from: theymos on September 30, 2013, 09:20:24 PM

MagicalTux got "free" VIP status for hosting the forum for a long time, too. I think that him plus Hal are the only free donator statuses I gave out. You'd have to do something pretty extraordinary to convince me to give out another free one.

I don't see any point in donating 5 BTC now and then 5 BTC later. You won't get Donator status until you've donated a total of at least 10 BTC. It'd be better for you to earn interest on the 5 BTC somewhere until you're ready to pay 10 BTC. The forum isn't in need of money.

The evidence the government had that Mark was the owner of Silk Road was similar to the evidence that he owned bitcointalk. He hosted both sites for some period of time. Although this does give some level of connection it is not a definitive connection (although it could explain why he was unwilling to be interviewed in the US). It could potentially create some level of reasonable doubt in the Jury's mind