Mother of Ross Ulbricht, the founder, closed by the authorities for the illegal sale of drugs online market Silk Road, has joined a decentralized social network Steemit and have already managed to earn more than $6,000 for your first post.
Published August 30, records Lyn Ulbricht speaks to the community to support her efforts to release son, who in may 2015, was sentenced to double life imprisonment.
She also tells her personal story about how what happened with her son has fundamentally upended her life, turning from preparing for a quiet old age and care about the grandchildren of a woman in a passionate activist.
In this struggle, according to her, is not only for release of Ross Ulbricht, but also against corrupt Federal agents and ineffective judicial system of the United States.
"Today, my life is dominated by fictional character "terrible pirate Roberts," and I'm doing everything in my power to free the Ross: am blogs, comment, subscribe, unsubscribe, put the huskies, making friends, looking for money, doing encryption and decryption, create websites, write press releases, make presentations, give interviews, pursue journalists who translate legal nonsense, and now Steemit," wrote Lyn Ulbricht.
According to her, the events of the last three years has led her to the conclusion that today we are at the crossroads of history.
"The question is, which road we'll choose: the road to freedom and innovation, or government intervention, expansion and control. And only in our power to go on the road to freedom".
Just two days recording it gathered more than 800 votes and more than $6000, and received more than 250 comments from users.
Recall that Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life imprisonment in may last year. The court found him guilty on all seven counts – traffic drugs through the Internet, conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, leadership of a criminal community, conspiracy to commit computer hacking and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
However, in the beginning of 2016 Ulbricht's lawyers appealed to the U.S. court of Appeals, arguing that the process was concealed key evidence. The defense intends to seek a retrial and believes that he will be able to secure his release.