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evidenceevidencedigital2015 Federal TrialPGP key used in the demonstrationDer-Yeghiayan confirmed that the demonstrated key bore the name Silk Road, not Dread Pirate Roberts, and showed an April 1, 2011 creation date. He agreed that the private key and password could be shared and that verification identified someone with those credentials, without establishing that any transfer actually occurred.
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PGP key used in the demonstration

Der-Yeghiayan confirmed that the demonstrated key bore the name Silk Road, not Dread Pirate Roberts, and showed an April 1, 2011 creation date. He agreed that the private key and password could be shared and that verification identified someone with those credentials, without establishing that any transfer actually occurred.

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The defense used the transferability of the key and password to challenge whether continuing credentials necessarily identified one continuing operator.

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