Re: can bitcointalk admins read our PM'S

You are correct the subpoena only asked for posts of altoid (as well as the herion store thread).

It is interesting they asked for things that were publicly available, especially considering that for much of when the thread was being discussed the forum was not keeping records of deleted posts, so mostly speaking what the public could see is what they got

They were hoping there may be a backup of the missing post. I'm also surprised they focused so much on bitcointalk, there was a much more direct connection to Ross with the post he made on shroomery:

If anything the shroomery posts hold more weight as he had to verify ownership of the email address.

There is nothing to say they didn't subpoena the records of the shroomery (which I assume is the forum that is referenced in the arrest warrant that ross changed his email to something like frosty@frosty). I would say that the fact they had that fact they probably had gotten a warrant for their records before they even arrested Ross (where did you get that screenshot BTW?)

I will have to look at all they have on him. And how do you know that is DPR's private key? Just because it uses a self reported email address of "silkroakmarket.org" does not mean it actually belongs to DPR/Ross.

I would imagine that one could potentially sell the private key for quite the pretty penny either from the government or a private party transaction