If Ross deserves this degree of punishment, they ought to imprison the guy who started Craigslist too. That website has facilitated anonymous sex work, drug purchases, and liquidation of stolen goods for almost 30 years.
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But it didn't use Bitcoin and we all know THAT is the real threat
It didnโt use anything. Users were free to transact amongst each other without Craigslist even being aware of it. Kind of brilliant and that was really Rossโs downfall. He built a centralized marketplace when the payments should have always taken place directly peer-to-peer, but the technical ability to do that safely and eliminate fraud wasnโt available yet.