The founder of the Silk Road darknet marketplace, Ross Ulbricht, is set to launch his non-fungible token (NFT) auction as he enters his ninth year of life without parole in a US federal prison.
The collection is scheduled to be auctioned between December 2-8 on the SuperRare platform, according to the Free Ross campaign website.
The offering will comprise ten of his original works of art and writings, as well as original animation, which will be compiled into a single NFT using the KSPEC protocol on-chain without permission from the Kanon collective.
In a recent post, Ulbricht said the move was triggered by his realization that "he could be here in federal prison for a while," and pondered what he could do with the time he had left.
"Tenía 29 años cuando me arrestaron. De repente, sentado en la cárcel, tuve tiempo de dibujar de nuevo. Me reconecté con mi lado artístico, produciendo ilustraciones que contaban la historia que estaba pasando. Pude conectarme con aquellos de ustedes en el mundo libre a través de mi arte", dijo. Entonces, un día, me dijo: 'Deberías vender tu arte como un NFT. A la comunidad le encantará. ' "um... ¿Qué es un NFT?" Pregunté".
The Silk Road founder said he wanted the sale to be accessible to the widest possible pool of bidders. Therefore, the NFT auction is scheduled to start at $ 1. "I want everyone to have the opportunity to participate, and I am confident that the community will find the right value," Ulbricht tweeted.
