I am 100% sure that this is a coincidence. Ross Ulbricht was given 250,000 dollars by Kraken, he has the means to live.
https://x.com/MatriXBT/status/1881980434382492099?t=RcLkPY8dwaVVZUaT4W9CRw&s=19
According to various news reports, Ulbricht had approximately 144,000 Bitcoin back in 2013 and were worth around $28 million but what happened to those funds is unclear.
As it stands, I do not accept the story of the 6400 BTC as there was no source mentioned in the tweet. Which of these addresses supposedly belongs to Ulbricht: https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html
Fact check: the author of the tweet has admitted it was a joke:As it stands, I do not accept the story of the 6400 BTC as there was no source mentioned in the tweet. Which of these addresses supposedly belongs to Ulbricht: https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html
This might be the most fun part of the story.
Forced into a long-term hold because he was in prison, and that made him quite rich
https://x.com/MatriXBT/status/1881855240393400378
Forced into a long-term hold because he was in prison, and that made him quite rich
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A dormant address containing 6400 #BTC (678,400,177 USD) has just been activated after 13.0 years!
https://x.com/MatriXBT/status/1881855240393400378
https://x.com/MatriXBT/status/1881980434382492099?t=RcLkPY8dwaVVZUaT4W9CRw&s=19
somehow ended up on the wrong audience's feed!
yes this is a JOKE
yes this is a JOKE