Are you saying THE SILK ROAD was not sophisticated enough to ensure safety of their keys ! And their coins ?
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The site about which Ross posted a help wanted ad for from his home IP on the Bitcoin Talk forum? Which existed prior to segwit and taproot and all of the security that came with them? Also, the site which had been infiltrated by the FBI?
Yea, I'm saying that.
Even BIP-39 came out the year they were shut down. They didn't even have passphrase wallets.