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David Rosenthal: uncertainty

19 Jan 2021 Acquired Bitcoin

“We’re just a platform. We don’t know what happens on the platform, we’re just a platform.”

— David Rosenthal

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Speaker
David Rosenthal
Attribution
Verified speaker
Claim type
uncertainty
Recorded
19 Jan 2021
Publisher
Acquired
Episode
Bitcoin

Transcript context

…That’ll legally protect you. As long as you’re not taking [...]. Yeah, for sure. It’s all good. We’re just a platform. We don’t know what happens on the platform, we’re just a platform. Their first business model was you actually had to pay to create a seller account. You pay it in Bitcoin to create an account that you could then sell whatever it is that you wanted to sell on Silk Road. Amazing. This operates for 2 ½ years, starting in February 2011. By the way, there was a federal case opened almost immediately. I know the Feds were following two years putting the case together. Observing everything that’s going on.…

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