⏱️Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht will Launch an NFT Collection
⏳The proceed from the sale of the collection will act as a fundraiser for both prisoner support and Ulbricht's freedom efforts.
If we can think of one person who was critical to adaption of Bitcoin and Crypto it’s Ross Ulbrich, the creator of Silk Road who is serving double life sentence in jail. The Ongoing Effort to Free Ross — Ulbricht's Clemency Petition Closes in on Half a Million Signatures
"I was 29 years old when I was arrested. Suddenly, sitting in prison, I had time for drawing again," Ulbricht wrote. "I reconnected with my artistic side, producing illustrations that told the story I was going through."
According to the statement, the Ross Ulbricht NFT collection will be presented and sold during the Art Basel Miami exhibition on December 2.
The auction will take place on the NFT platform Superrare, and the collection curated by Entoptic will be Ulbricht’s first NFT collection showcasing his own work. “This NFT collection is Ross’s creative expression journey; it is his living and evolving story.” We get snippets of a man’s evolving existence through drawings and film. “As we continue the campaign for his freedom, this is his way of reaching outside the walls of prison,” Entoptic said in a statement.
Funding and exposure helps convicts and their families in a variety of ways, and proceeds from the auction will also go toward the efforts to liberate Ross. “These include new legal processes, increasing awareness, and more – There is still a long road ahead,” finishes the release.
Ulbricht says while his future looks bleak, he wants to do something to heal the damage he sees around him: "Prison shatters families. It shatters communities. And the kids are the ones who suffer."
