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That's really bad reasoning on the part of the investigators. Registering a .org domain name similar to the name of your secret underground site is a stupid and completely pointless thing to do.


They don't have to convince a jury it was Karpeles, just that it may not have been Ulbricht.


Both Ulbricht and Karpales are known for doing stupid and pointless things, though (hiring fake hitmen with hilarious emails, and writing ssh servers in php, respectively).


And also the kind of mistake someone with poor opsec would make.




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