George Washington crossing the Delaware, with the Silk Road camel. Binary code that says Freedom is in the clouds. At trial, in a letter to the court, Silk Road founder, Ross Ulbricht, known as “Dread Pirate Roberts” said, “Silk Road was supposed to be about giving people the freedom to make their own choices, to pursue their own happiness, however they individually saw fit. It turned out to be a naive and costly idea that I deeply regret.”