« Freedom is worth fighting ». Silk Road’s founder Ross Ulbricht was released on January 20 after 12 years in prison. A liberation which follows the presidential pardon granted by Donald Trump. Now free, The legendary founder of Silk Road spoke during the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas and during his intervention, he called on the Crypto community to remain united and decentralized to preserve their freedom. Extracts.
- Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road, was released after 12 years in prison thanks to a presidential grace of Donald Trump.
- During the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, he urged the crypto community to maintain unity and decentralization to preserve their freedom.
Ross Ulbricht calls for unity and decentralization
Thursday May 29, Ross Ulbricht spoke during the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas. This is his first public speaking since his release from prison last January.
Thus, he took advantage of this opportunity to issue a message to the Crypto community. According to him, « If we want to preserve our freedom, we must remain united and decentralized ».
To illustrate his point, Ross Ulbricht shared an anecdote on the wasps that begins in an isolated cabin where he cultivated hallucinogenic mushrooms intended for Silk Road. There, he found himself faced with an invasion of these Hymenoptera aggressive.
He then used a technique learned from his father to trap under a towel, but he noticed that they did not react when he attacked a nest.
According to him, some wasps were stronger that the others because they were free And decentralizedwhile the others were weak because disunited.
« If only one wasp had dared to prick me when I reached out to this first nest, I would have fled … But they did not do it. Thank God, you are not wasps. »»
Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road and crypto legend – Source: Coindesk
Freedom is worth fighting
During his speech, Ross Ulbricht has thus underlined the importance of freedom And thanked the Crypto community for his support during her incarceration. He then compared his release to that of Rip Van Winkle, hero of American literature who returns to him after 20 years from his own, admitting to being exceeds by the technological advances which occurred during its detention.
Ross Ulbricht Also mentioned his experience in prison, explaining that guards preferred to see the divided detainees. He stressed that unity was essential to obtain respect for the guards:
“The only times I saw the supervisors show respect to prisoners, it was when we were united. Those who oppose decentralization and freedom love to see us divided, I promise you, so stay united. As long as we can agree that we deserve freedom, and that decentralization is the way of securing it, so we can be united … Stay faithful to these principles and the future is for us. »»
Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road and crypto legend – Source: Coindesk
Ross Ulbrich is a living legend of the Crypto ecosystem and its wasp story is certainly touching, but you are not hidden for us, it was not the biggest announcement of Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas. For a large part of the French community, it will remain well The bitcoin reserve of PSG that we will remember and too bad for the poetry of the founder of Silk Road.