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Digital Evidence
Previously admitted 2011 journal entry describing programming Silk Road and launching it on freedomhosting
The journal entry on the defendant's computer recounts programming Silk Road while working on Good Wagon Books and launching the site on freedomhosting. Additional passages read during cross-examination describe code flaws, the absence of commissions initially, and transaction-processing losses followed by a rewrite of the processor.
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Dratel cited the entry's statement that no commissions were charged initially to argue that the government had not shown Ulbricht was responsible for commissions.