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News, recently, Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the dark web, opened a Twitter account @RealRossU. Ross Ulbricht’s Twitter account has attracted thousands of fans within a day, and the number of fans continues to increase.

He tweeted "This is my first time on Twitter so I'm not sure what I'm going to tweet yet. I've been in jail for five years so I hope this makes me feel I'm more connected to the outside world. Thank you for supporting me and for supporting me in my fight for freedom."

Currently, Ross Ulbricht is serving his sentence in the maximum security prison in Colorado, USA. Due to the controversy of the "dark net" case, the prison has given Ross Ulbricht privileges to interact with the outside world.Has reported on the dark web

. The dark web is the main consumer market for Bitcoin and the world's most famous website for trading illegal items. Users of the site can use cryptocurrencies to buy many illegal items such as: drugs, weapons, fake documents. It was once called the "Amazon Black Market". Its founder, Ross Ulbricht, was arrested at the San Francisco Public Library in October 2013. Sentenced to life in prison for drug trafficking charges.

In this regard, his supporters are very dissatisfied. When Ross Ulbricht was prosecuted in the United States, Bitcoin Jesus Roger Ver spent $150,000 to hire professional lawyers to defend him.Petition in support of Ross Ulbricht. Supporters include the National Bar Association and the National Rifle Association. These organizations even created awebsitewebsite

, to encourage more people to join the petition asking the Supreme Court to pardon Ross Ulbrich's sentence. In this regard, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal.

Lawyers for the National Bar Association argued in an opinion to the court that a life sentence is unreasonable for a clean individual like Ross Ulbrich. The sentence is usually imposed on violent criminals and rarely in drug trafficking cases. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the average federal drug sentence is 6.3 years and the average state sentence is 5 years.

With the strong voice of the public, the American Liberal Party passed a resolution at its annual meeting on July 3 this year, asking President Trump to pardon Ross Ulbrich, the founder of Silk Road.

In response, Ross Ulbrich expressed "deeply moved" on Twitter.

Today, Ross Ulbrich is on Twitter, a continuous response to the power of outside supporters. Due to the expansion of the influence of social software, more and more people may join the support camp, and it is not uncommon for strong public opinion to influence the trial.

The dark web uses a high-tech system with multiple layers of encryption to allow users to use Monero to communicate anonymously and conduct illegal transactions on the Internet. Technology is not the source of evil, but it does shelter many illegal cryptocurrency transactions. At the same time, Ross Ulbrich, the founder of the dark web, also made high profits and became the fifth richest person in BTC. So exactly how to convict is still open to debate.

(I am Yannan, a reporter from Odaily. I am exploring the real blockchain. Please add WeChat nangua421262 for breaking news and communicating. Please note your name, unit, position and reason.)