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I'm going to do this story.

It can either be about Atlantis

or it can be about you,"

I think he realized that,

you know, that...

He was a savvy business guy who

realized he had to talk at that point.

He did have a kind

of political message

that he wanted to get out,

and I could see that

in what he was posting

on the forums.

So I kind of played up to that

and I told him like,

"I can be the... the vessel

for you to talk about

what the Silk Road really represents,"

and I think that that appealed to him.

So it took eight months,

but finally he did agree to an interview.

Of course he...

he didn't tell me anything

about himself... where he lives,

you know, his age, identity,

uh, anything that could

be remotely identifying.

"I didn't start the Silk Road.

"My predecessor did.

"From what I understand it was

an original idea to combine

"Bitcoin and Tor to create

an anonymous market.

"Everything was in place.

He just put the pieces together.

"The most I'm willing to reveal is that I am

not the first administrator of Silk Road. "

He was incredibly

secretive, of course,

about the inner workings

of the Silk Road and,

you know, his own identity, of course.

I mean he was hunted by

every law enforcement agency

that you can imagine.

"The management of Silk Road

is a collaborative effort.

"It's not just me making sure

Silk Road runs smoothly.

"More often than not, the best ideas

come from the community itself. "

But he did tell me like

some interesting things

about how he viewed

himself and his... and...

and the way that

the Silk Road works.

"We don't allow the sale

"of anything that's main purpose

is to harm innocent people

"or that it was necessary to harm

innocent people to bring to market.

"For example, anything stolen is forbidden.

"Counterfeit money and coupons

"which are used

to defraud people.

"Hit men aren't allowed and

neither is child pornography.

No substance on Silk Road falls

under those guidelines. "

This went beyond just,

you know,

like legalizing marijuana

or even heroin.

He wanted to see a... a new

relationship between individuals

and the government,

where the government was,

you know,

basically hamstrung, and

couldn't control what

people bought and sold.

"At its core, Silk Road is a way to get

around regulation from the state.

"The state tries to control nearly every

aspect of our lives, not just drug use.

"Anywhere they do that,

there's an opportunity

to live your life as you see fit,

despite their efforts. "

I guess I shouldn't generally

say this kind of thing,

but I really liked the Dread Pirate

Roberts that I interviewed.

I thought he was, you know, uh,

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