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Narrative non-fiction that reads like a cybercrime thriller, this book tells the true story of Ross Ulbricht (aka Dread Pirate Roberts), creator of the Silk Road website (now defunct) on the dark net where drugs, weapons, body parts, and other contraband were offered for sale using Bitcoin virtual currency. It is a story of the rise and fall of the Silk Road, the transformation of mild-mannered college-educated Ulbricht into the head of a global criminal enterprise, and the government agents and...
I don't have the energy or will to write an actual review but I will say this: I started the book and then I finished the book. There may have been a bathroom break in there but this book had me from beginning to end.
Ross's mother wrote the following:A book called American Kingpin by Nick Bilton claims to be the “unbelievable true story” of my son, Ross Ulbricht. After reading an online adaptation, I agree: It’s unbelievable.Just the headline and subhead demonstrate the hyperbole, sensationalism and inaccuracy of this coverage:It calls the case a “murder mystery,” yet no murders occurred.The Silk Road was not a “billion-dollar enterprise.” The government says the site’s total revenue was a fraction of that (...
Have you ever considered how your life would be different without the internet? Mine wouldn’t resemble anything similar to my current existence. I’ve found and acquired most of the stuff that makes me “me” through a few clicks of the mouse: My dog*. My home. My car. My HUSBAND. (Thanks for that last one, Match.com!)But for diehard libertarian Ross Ulbricht, the internet of the 2010’s was still lacking. Where were the drugs? The guns? The human organs? To him, people should be able to get anythin...
Unbelievably exciting. This book is the best real story I’ve ever read. The author had done heck of a research and collected every single piece of this amazing puzzle. This book relates the story of The first online website for selling drugs and later it was even used for selling weapons.People called it “the Amazon for drugs” because you could simply make an account on the site and buy a wide variety of drugs like heroin, cocaine , marijuana and more than ten thousand other miscellaneous drugs
DECLINED TO REVIEW. Generally speaking, it's a pretty typical phenomenon that when we get interested in a nonfiction book because of the subject it's covering, most of us are willing to put up with pretty lousy actual writing in order to read more about that subject, with me being no exception. But man, I just reached my limit when it came to Nick Bilton's American Kingpin, which takes on an utterly fascinating subject (it chronicles the rise and fall of "dark web" location Silk Road, one of the...
Ross Ulbricht, born in Texas in 1984, is a libertarian and one of his staple beliefs is that people should be able to put into their bodies whatever they wish, including any type of drug they choose. To this end, he believes that the sale of drugs should be decriminalised. So it’s probably not that surprising that this highly educated individual (bachelor’s degree in physics and masters degree in materials science and engineering) would be attracted to the idea of building an online site to prov...
It would be exaggerating to say that I found this book a struggle, but it didn’t hold my interest as much as I had expected. I seem to be in a minority on that, as other reviewers describe the book as a page turner. For my part, there was a particular element to it that reduced my overall enjoyment.True crime isn’t a genre I turn to very often, but this did look like an interesting story. I was vaguely aware of the Silk Road website when it was active, but I’d never heard of Ross Ulbricht until
This book that reads like a thriller is pure joy and information. The author did a great job creating all the events based on primary documents and interviews with the people who took down The Silk Road.An adventure into the dark web, Tor, drugs, murders, an all you can buy from illegal bazaar. Ross Ulbricht the mastermind behind this massive network of drugs and other activities is hunted down by an array of government services and agents. His libertarian ideas that nothing should be controlled...
It reads like it was written by a 16 year old who had to come up with something quickly for their English homework. So cliche and plays into so many stereotypes! I really wanted to get on with this book and had expectations due to the other reviews on here but ended up very disappointed.
You type lines of code into a computer, and out comes a world that didn’t exist before. There are no laws here except your laws. You decide who is given power and who is not. And then you wake up one morning and you’re not you anymore. You’re one of the most notorious drug dealers alive. And now you’re deciding if someone should live or die. You’re the judge in your own court. You’re god.American Kingpin tells the fascinating true story of the rise and fall of Ross Ulbricht, aka the Dread Pirate...
Damn, it’s hard to beat good narrative nonfiction! This is the rise and fall of Ross Ulbricht, a staunch libertarian, who believed people should be able to buy and sell whatever they wish without government regulation. It’s your body, put what you want into it. He created the Silk Road, a darknet marketplace where patrons could buy and/or sell illicit items, primarily drugs, anonymously. This shit is crazy. I couldn’t stop listening.
