Re: Silk road and Bitcointalk. How it played a role in its rise and fall.
Craig Wright accused Martti Malmi and Theymos in open court to be the masterminds behind Silk Road.
Accusations made in a courtroom are covered by absolute privilege and cannot be used for defamation proceedings.
Martti replied:
Some had their own theories:
Others offered to help:
Source: https://twitter.com/marttimalmi/status/1147835230096674816
Theymos replied:
Of course not, do you really need to ask?
- I was made a forum admin in 2011, after Satoshi left. (Silk Road also appeared after Satoshi left.) I didn't have any special access to bitcoin.org until around 2013, and in fact I didn't even have any access to the bitcointalk.org DNS until 2013.
- I've never bought or sold anything on Silk Road, Hydra or similar sites; nor did I have anything whatsoever to do with their operation; nor AFAIK did I even have interactions with anyone involved in running these sites. While I am opposed to drug laws, I have never used illicit drugs, and in fact I also abstain from alcohol & nicotine. Furthermore, since the beginning I have warned over and over again that Tor is not secure against active government attacks: I wouldn't be found dead running one of these sites.
- I never had any interaction with CSW. I don't have any keys related to CSW's (probably fictitious) SSS thing.
CSW's whole shtick is to just lie constantly. He's so brazen about it that some people think, "there must be some truth there," but really it's 100% nonsense.
I admit I was a little tempted to troll the world by roleplaying CSW's allegations as totally true...
Accusations made in a courtroom are covered by absolute privilege and cannot be used for defamation proceedings.
Martti replied:
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Apparently CSW has claimed in court that I cofounded Silk Road and worked "to allow assassination markets". For the record: that is obviously a made up accusation.
Some had their own theories:
Others offered to help:
Source: https://twitter.com/marttimalmi/status/1147835230096674816
Theymos replied:
Again, it would be great to know if Wright's statements had truth behind them or not:
Of course not, do you really need to ask?
- I was made a forum admin in 2011, after Satoshi left. (Silk Road also appeared after Satoshi left.) I didn't have any special access to bitcoin.org until around 2013, and in fact I didn't even have any access to the bitcointalk.org DNS until 2013.
- I've never bought or sold anything on Silk Road, Hydra or similar sites; nor did I have anything whatsoever to do with their operation; nor AFAIK did I even have interactions with anyone involved in running these sites. While I am opposed to drug laws, I have never used illicit drugs, and in fact I also abstain from alcohol & nicotine. Furthermore, since the beginning I have warned over and over again that Tor is not secure against active government attacks: I wouldn't be found dead running one of these sites.
- I never had any interaction with CSW. I don't have any keys related to CSW's (probably fictitious) SSS thing.
CSW's whole shtick is to just lie constantly. He's so brazen about it that some people think, "there must be some truth there," but really it's 100% nonsense.
I admit I was a little tempted to troll the world by roleplaying CSW's allegations as totally true...