Ah, sorry, US-Centric, I suppose. He was the operator of one of the first bitcoin market places, Silk Road. He (aka Dread Pirate Roberts) was arrested and sentenced to life in prison in 2013 because the site was widely used for drug trafficking with Bitcoin.
So, in 2016, he was in jail and the Steem account was actually launched by his mom. She was running a "Free Ross" campaign, under the argument that a life sentence without possibility of parole was excessively harsh for the crimes that he had been convicted for. As-of January, 2025, however, Ulbricht has been pardoned and released from prison, so - presumably, the account would be his today, and not his mom's.
Thanks for the explanation.
I also wondered why Thoth was voting for a 7 year old post. Then I remembered that Thoth is supposed to be part of your extended reward concept. Did I understand that correctly?
the Steem Curation Extension is now approved
Very nice. Then I can soon install this permanently. Although this was not the problem with Chrome-based browsers. Rather Firefox is very "forgetful" with the dev extensions.
I read your last post about the extension with great interest, of course, but didn't get round to replying. I think your current changes are very good and I'm looking forward to the endurance test.
I also wondered why Thoth was voting for a 7 year old post. Then I remembered that Thoth is supposed to be part of your extended reward concept. Did I understand that correctly?
Yes, it is part of the extended reward concept. Thoth doesn't actually vote for the inactive posts, but it highlights them in its own post and then shares beneficiary rewards with the authors that it finds. In this manner, quality posts can get resurfaced multiple times across the years and they can keep generating rewards for the author each time it happens.
Same question.
Mine is a bit different:
Who is Ross Ulbricht? 🤭
Ah, sorry, US-Centric, I suppose. He was the operator of one of the first bitcoin market places, Silk Road. He (aka Dread Pirate Roberts) was arrested and sentenced to life in prison in 2013 because the site was widely used for drug trafficking with Bitcoin.
So, in 2016, he was in jail and the Steem account was actually launched by his mom. She was running a "Free Ross" campaign, under the argument that a life sentence without possibility of parole was excessively harsh for the crimes that he had been convicted for. As-of January, 2025, however, Ulbricht has been pardoned and released from prison, so - presumably, the account would be his today, and not his mom's.
cc: @event-horizon, @chriddi
P.S. the Steem Curation Extension is now approved in the Chrome Store. I'll probably write a post about it this weekend.
Thanks for the explanation.
I also wondered why Thoth was voting for a 7 year old post. Then I remembered that Thoth is supposed to be part of your extended reward concept. Did I understand that correctly?
Very nice. Then I can soon install this permanently. Although this was not the problem with Chrome-based browsers. Rather Firefox is very "forgetful" with the dev extensions.
I read your last post about the extension with great interest, of course, but didn't get round to replying. I think your current changes are very good and I'm looking forward to the endurance test.
Yes, it is part of the extended reward concept. Thoth doesn't actually vote for the inactive posts, but it highlights them in its own post and then shares beneficiary rewards with the authors that it finds. In this manner, quality posts can get resurfaced multiple times across the years and they can keep generating rewards for the author each time it happens.