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https://image.nostr.build/9a9e652b8b77d54dc8b74e92090b04bdb3104309e3afe46fbe51f7a1532bc201.jpg¹ **Book Review: American Kingpin by Nick Bilton (2017)** 1 Star out of 5 ⭐️ This book, although written at a acceasible level, is poorly researched and quite biased. The author glosses over the unlawful actions by DEA, DoJ, IRS, and other 3LA agents, and the farce of the trial. He does not adequately address (if at all) the prospect that there are multiple Dread Pirate Robert admins, with multiple witnesses stating such. He does not address that the The FBI has consistently maintained that it was "able to locate the Silk Road servers through a misconfiguration of the site's login interface, which inadvertently revealed the server's IP address." However, some computer science experts and defense attorneys have raised doubts about this explanation, suggesting that the FBI or an assisting agency like the NSA might have used other methods, such as monitoring internet ports or scanning the entire internet for SSL servers. I find this to be a very dire omission, one that ignores the serious implications for US Citizens. The heavy handed judgement handed down to Ross lacked any critique. Here was a kid who made a website, who made the mistake of having what I would call a Good Idea, which required a small handful of dropkick federal employees who themselves were charged, most notably Agent Carl Force (aka Nob), who was charged and sentenced for extortion, money laundering, and obstruction of justice related to his role in the Silk Road investigation. For this Good Idea (which can be debated lowers street violence and proves The War on Drugs unwinnable) Ross was given a double life sentence plus 40 years. The DoD used the United States Marine Corp to invade Panama in order to to arrest Noriega who was subsequently sentenced to 20 years (17 years for good behavioir). This imbalance of justice seemed to not cross author Nick Biltons mind, along with many other things such as an interview with Lyn Ulbricht. I would not recommend this book to anyone, unless you were to approach it in a fictional manner. There is no unique and true information that cannot be found elsewhere for free such as news articles and witness statements. Instead, I would recommend the documentary "Deep Web" by Alex Winter and narrated by Keanu Reeves (yes, Bill & Ted) and to follow Ross on the platform you prefer now that he is free. Watch his talk at the Bitcoin 2025 conference, and hopefully, and eventual book(s) by Ross himself. Do anything beside read this book. Read other reviews below to see the plethora of information the author did not include, adding to the reason why this should be reshelved from True Crime to Fiction (Young Adult section). Goodreads link:

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American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Master…

The unbelievable true story of the man who built a bill…

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