Ulbricht turns his life into an NFT and puts it up for auction. The money raised will be used to support the prison inmates and for Ulbricht’s freedom.
shut down Silk Road Ulbricht, owner of the market site, medium by sharing from childhood to the present announced that he will be auctioning certain moments from his life as NFT.
Mint on Ethereum Ross Ulbricht Genesis Collection today (December 2, 2021) Art Basel in Miami will be published at the event. Auction 2 – 8 December Entoptic curated by SuperRare will take place on the platform. Artwork, writings, digital artist by auction Ulbricht levitate Original animation designed by and voiced by Ulbricht It contains ten NFTs.
Ulbricht:
I was 29 when I was arrested. I suddenly found myself in prison. I had time to draw again. I reconnected with my artistic side and started producing illustrations that told the story I lived. There is a lot we can do with the futures from this auction, but I especially want to help children whose parents are in prison to visit them. Prisons tear families apart. It breaks communities apart.
And here are the children suffering.
said.
In 2011, Ulbricht launched Bitcoin, the platform where you can buy anything you want. Silk Road made available. on site illegal drugs started to be sold and soon weaponry and other contraband products sales became widespread. Site, after Ulbrich was arrested in 2013 it is closed.
Ulbricht in 2015; money laundering, cyber attack, buying and selling narcotics and operating a criminal organization. in total 2 life sentences plus 40 years convicted.