I’m so happy about Ross’s clemency. I’ve been thinking about this day for so long, and it truly fills me with joy. Also, I’m auctioning a historic Ross piece. I hope you can check it out! If anyone’s interested, there are still 3 days left to place a bid. Don’t miss it!

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I think he didn’t deserve to be in prison for that long and if he was guilty of a crime punishable by law then he has served enough time. Trump’s decision was a surprise to everyone because no one expected him to keep his promise so quickly. Currently the entire crypto community is discussing Ross’ release and what it will mean for the crypto market and what it could indicate about the White House’s upcoming policies towards the crypto industry. Ross’ release was one of Trump’s top demands and he had promised to do so at the Bitcoin conference that coincided with his election campaign. It seems to have been a win-win for everyone.

Yes it had been done and now he can move on with his life and possibly with a little help with the wallets of those so-called dust, at the time of his imprisonment, still in his possession since he was around the time when many were advocating "Not your keys, Not your crypto!".
So I will assume he had his private keys to those wallet well hiding until he was able to recover them.

Here is his statement after being released I found someone uploaded to youtube from an post on X he did earlier on in the week it seems:

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht thanks Donald Trump for pardon: 'Grateful to have my life back'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gWab9YqNI4

FTFY


"If you vote me me then on day one I will commute the sentence of Ross - President Trump"

Normally politicians don't full fill the promise made during the election campaigns. Usually these promises are to get votes but it's good to see President Trump fulfilling his promise of releasing the Ross after he took over the charge as president. This made it clear that Preseidnet Trump will also fullfill rest of his promises specially related to Bitcoin.

I heard it too and this is the implementation of trump's promise by giving full clemency to the founder of Silk Road, namely Ross during the administration of Barack Obama. The most touching thing is that trump also confirmed to his mother about it too and in terms of humanity, what the president did was quite touching.

Much appreciation for you and your point of view on the situation in what is happening in North America right now with the new president of the United States.
As the political situations are very much different in both of these parts of the region, people are people at the end of the day. So of course most of the time these so called promises are nothing more than just words to get new voters who are undecided onboard and to secure votes.
But since this is not a political thread, i will stop this discussion right there and focus on the topic at hand.
Since Ross had been freed let us celebrate just that: Dread Pirate Roberts release of what could of been a double life sentence.
If Trump did not want to appeal more to the crypto community when he was campaigning then this probably wouldn't have happened. And the next one to be in the white house would of let them stay in prison so not to oppose the former president who was a democrat.

Trump had been setting a lot of rules on his first month and some neighboring countries are already no liking it.

But, I do like that he already finished some of his promises like with Dread Pirate Roberts. Still, I don't really agree with his new platforms like the tariff for Canada and Mexico. The neighboring countries should have the perks to deal with them while the countries far away should be the one given the trouble to pay.
I do know there an end game here but he must be careful with the rules that he wants to submit.

Trump did this!!

I wish it will happen this year because I am really curious about the truth of what happened to him before and after Silk Road and then his experience in prison too. There must be a lot of stories that he wanted to share and this will probably get a lot of audience if Joe Rogan will be the one interviewing him and asking the right questions.

Sen. Rand Paul: Trump Kept His Word To Libertarians And Pardoned Ross Ulbricht
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/02/11/sen_rand_paul_trump_kept_his_word_to_libertarians_and_pardoned_ross_ulbricht.html

Indeed, he is true to his word. But let's face it, it's like a give and take. Many cryptocurrency supporters and Bitcoin enthusiast did vote for him after he announced that he will free Ross Ulbricht which is a good thing for his president candidacy. Now, Ross did his time, and I think that should be enough. All he need is one more push to be free and the new president did that.
He did use Ross' name too for his own benefit.

It certainly had been a turbulent journey for Ross to get from there to here.
During this year's Bitcoin Conference 2025 Ross Ulbricht will be speaking in Las Vegas.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/conference/ross-ulbricht-to-speak-at-bitcoin-2025

Think he will thank Trump for keeping his promise on his release when elected president?