Ross Ulbricht's prison ID card was sold for $786,500


He served 11 years of a life sentence for building the Silk Road
Got pardoned in January 2025
Four months later he auctioned off his personal prison belongings through a Bitcoin only marketplace
- His prison ID card sold for 11 BTC
- An oil painting he made with another inmate sold for 1 BTC
- His prison sweatsuit and sneakers sold separately
Total haul was over $1.8 million
Shortly after the auction someone sent 300 BTC to his public wallet in a single transaction worth over $22 million today
Nobody knows who it was to this day
A prison ID card worth more than most people's house
BTC-4.54%
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