Překupník na Darknetu - Hon na miliardáře ze Silk Road – Bilton Nick (2020)

An incredible but true story of a man who built a billion-dollar online drug empire from his bedroom and nearly got away with it. In 2011, twenty-six-year-old libertarian, physics graduate, and amateur programmer Ross Ulbricht launched the perfectly free marketplace Silk Road, where people could trade anything from drugs, hacking software, fake passports, counterfeit money, to poisons while remaining hidden from government eyes. It didn't take long for rumors about the site, where anyone could buy and sell illicit goods without consequence, to spread rapidly. The federal government launched an impressive two-year manhunt for the elusive site owner, without a clue, witnesses, or clarified jurisdiction. Investigators knew only one thing: that the person running the site called himself Dread Pirate Roberts. Silk Road soon became a business worth $1.2 billion, and Ross embraced his new role as a drug magnate. He gained a loyal group of allies in both high and low positions who were addicted to the danger and excitement of running an illegal marketplace just as much as their customers were addicted to the heroin being sold to them. Through his network, Ross learns that he is a wanted person and takes action...