The Billion Dollar Bitcoin Scam

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  • Опубліковано 30 тра 2020
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    What is Bitcoin? Is Bitcoin a scam? And how did Bitcoin become what it is today? Who was the Dread Pirate Roberts and what happened to the Silk Road? Find out in this extra-special episode.
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  • @OrdinaryThings
    @OrdinaryThings  4 роки тому +931

    Don't forget to like, share and comment. HODL and #freeross!

    • @illdeletethismusic
      @illdeletethismusic 3 роки тому +9

      slight corrections
      you do know how much is in a cold wallet, the address transactions are sent to is public in the blockchain, cold wallet just means no computer with a private key to access it is online
      there is no setting yourself up with permanent or not permanent access to a hot wallet, there is only having the right private keys or not, it is in the control of whoever uses the hot wallet to switch to different keys, the hacker just has the keys used at the time of the hack

    • @nokuhobune
      @nokuhobune 3 роки тому +2

      Mark really lost some weight

    • @CBielski87
      @CBielski87 3 роки тому +2

      what do you mean by "is bitcoin the future? prolly not"? thats a huge cop out

    • @ballsofsalsa01
      @ballsofsalsa01 3 роки тому +3

      I always found bitcoin farming so stupid
      we're literally spending money in making PC do nothing... solve useless problems, that's like saying "pick up a rock and put it down 100 times to get 10 cents" worthless work

    • @CBielski87
      @CBielski87 3 роки тому +8

      @@ballsofsalsa01 you're literally dumb as rock

  • @charlieisaac1529
    @charlieisaac1529 4 роки тому +3105

    the more I learn about how bitcoin actually works, the less I understand it

    • @the_other_seto_kaiba
      @the_other_seto_kaiba 4 роки тому +208

      Its just more DISINFO to keep regular people from obtaining it. There is a reason why big banks tell everyone to stay away from Bitcoin but yet they are the ones hoarding it up.

    • @Lefaseer
      @Lefaseer 3 роки тому +27

      Check out threeblueonebrown

    • @kingchongy1712
      @kingchongy1712 3 роки тому +21

      If you want your money back call bitcoin customer support line at 1-800-567-8901

    • @mikigameplays
      @mikigameplays 3 роки тому +6

      True that Ahahah

    • @neetpride5919
      @neetpride5919 3 роки тому +39

      You don't have to understand the math to understand why you should invest in bitcoin. You only need to understand two things: the oil industry is to the petrodollar as illegal markets are to bitcoin and despite their impressive value, not a single person has successfully hacked the bitcoin network to this day.

  • @2percentright
    @2percentright 4 роки тому +4227

    Prison did Mark good. Looked like he was a cheeseburger away from a heart attack when he was arrested. Now he looks in good health and doesn't fill a suit like a chubby baby.

    • @OrdinaryThings
      @OrdinaryThings  4 роки тому +1151

      lol, right? I wanna know wanna get on that Japanese Prison Diet

    • @2percentright
      @2percentright 4 роки тому +460

      @@OrdinaryThings are waifus provided by the state in Japanese prison?
      Asking for a friend

    • @kateneonne6757
      @kateneonne6757 3 роки тому +296

      @@2percentright think the closest waifu youd get in prison is making your cellmate your bitch

    • @BasicPrinciplesGTA
      @BasicPrinciplesGTA 3 роки тому +163

      @@kateneonne6757 Making your japanese cellmate into your bitch is really a one time thing since he will invariably commit seppuku due to the loss of face.

    • @IntentStore
      @IntentStore 3 роки тому +7

      That’s on god

  • @Slash27015
    @Slash27015 3 роки тому +1306

    Jokes on you all, I bought in at $12 !
    Now if only I hadn't sold it at $15 ...

    • @E.Frey2002
      @E.Frey2002 2 роки тому +111

      Yea, you and all people who paid 300 of them for a large pizza and coke or a 15 minute taxi ride home. I got to say, it feels better not being involved at all.

    • @hannibalburgers477
      @hannibalburgers477 2 роки тому +14

      why art thou geh

    • @willsander6178
      @willsander6178 2 роки тому +11

      @@E.Frey2002 Something to remember -- it's the early adopters who proved crypto use case who allowed it to boom as it did. Sure, they're now stores of value, but back in the day it was trying to be a form of exchange for monetary transactions.
      I do wonder if it could've gotten the value it has now if everybody saw it as primarily a store of value from day one.

    • @billh.1940
      @billh.1940 2 роки тому +5

      Never bought into scam. I think musk is a founder as he needs more scams, not enough 💰 money.
      Bitcoins need to much computing power to " mine" more then most people can access.
      Gold and silver are stores of value.

    • @776Mine
      @776Mine 2 роки тому +5

      ah im so sorry for you

  • @aspensareprettyneat4002
    @aspensareprettyneat4002 2 роки тому +315

    "In the 20th century, revolutionaries wrote manifestos and ran guns. In this century, they'll be writing code and running empires from their screen-lit bedrooms."
    Such a great way to end

    • @sotch2271
      @sotch2271 Рік тому +1

      What are they gonna when there is a powershortage ?

    • @Exeggutor_Enjoyer
      @Exeggutor_Enjoyer Рік тому +2

      @@sotch2271 Sit and do nothing.

    • @scottwhitman9868
      @scottwhitman9868 Рік тому

      @@sotch2271 use their laptop or phone

    • @gremlinman9724
      @gremlinman9724 Рік тому +1

      @@sotch2271 THEN they pull out the pvc shotgun.

  • @Spookyhoobster
    @Spookyhoobster 3 роки тому +4992

    The fact that the man responsible for The Silk Road to gets 2 life sentences in prison while the people responsible for things like the subprime mortgage crisis get nothing, really encapsulates what I hate the most about today's society.

    • @rhythmandblues_alibi
      @rhythmandblues_alibi 3 роки тому +353

      Yep white collar crime gets an absolute pass, plus a govt bailout for good measure! Fkn bullshit.

    • @Xx0AUS0xX
      @Xx0AUS0xX 3 роки тому +68

      ong man, it's really backwards.

    • @JC-zj2is
      @JC-zj2is 3 роки тому +205

      He tried to get people killed.

    • @Spookyhoobster
      @Spookyhoobster 3 роки тому +529

      @@JC-zj2is It's less about the guy and his actions and more about the political landscape.
      What I mean is, I'm not saying "he doesn't deserve two life sentences" *as much* as I'm saying "why the fuck did nothing happen after '08".

    • @testname4464
      @testname4464 3 роки тому +327

      Selling weed? Worst crime you can commit. Throwing starving children out of their parents' homes? Le epic

  • @TheSaintedOne
    @TheSaintedOne 3 роки тому +1716

    Trying to set up a drug empire in the U.S. without cutting in the CIA? THAT'S why he was so harshly made an example of.

    • @dizzydial8081
      @dizzydial8081 3 роки тому +165

      Was going to say this, but not just that, the IRS wasn't getting paid either.

    • @nunyabeeswax7111
      @nunyabeeswax7111 3 роки тому +92

      @@dizzydial8081 don't forget some greasy senators

    • @miljananebrigic1442
      @miljananebrigic1442 3 роки тому +7

      Tinfoil hat wearer believes the goverment is in on selling crystal powder from that one show on AMC

    • @bencobin1422
      @bencobin1422 3 роки тому +94

      @@miljananebrigic1442 why did we invest in Afghanistan agriculture when the only thing that grows there is poppy fields the main ingredient in morphine which is then made into heroin

    • @ZanathKariashi
      @ZanathKariashi 3 роки тому +47

      @@miljananebrigic1442 the government IS in on it. And they turn a blind eye to it for as long as they pay up and don't make a huge scene about it that could force them to take some action, and all they ever do is assassinate some foreign drug lord or incarcerate some unimportant minority users/dealers. Always have. That's how the government has run since it's inception. (though some would say that the corruption really stepped up post-civil war, and again during Prohibition, but if you actually look at the signs, the level of corruption has actually been about the same since the nation's founding, the cracks simply became more visible for awhile during the biggest shake-ups).

  • @hrgrhrhhr
    @hrgrhrhhr 2 роки тому +56

    20:13 man really went and showed up to his arrest in a danganronpa cap

    • @mmmmm777x
      @mmmmm777x 2 роки тому +7

      Guess he's the Blackened haha

  • @dantesdiscoinfernolol
    @dantesdiscoinfernolol 3 роки тому +402

    "He's an idealist - he believes that everyone should be able to buy and sell what they want without the government's interference! But again, he's mostly selling drugs."
    That is the most succinct description of Libertarians I've ever heard.

    • @JohnEdgmon
      @JohnEdgmon 2 роки тому +15

      “I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.”
      ― Hunter S. Thompson

    • @Sidecutt3
      @Sidecutt3 2 роки тому +6

      ofc he sells drugs when those cannot be sold legally

    • @sotch2271
      @sotch2271 2 роки тому +1

      @@Sidecutt3 then why not selling murder and poisonned cookie directly

    • @Sidecutt3
      @Sidecutt3 2 роки тому +2

      @@sotch2271 because people tend to like drugs more

    • @chrisjones9132
      @chrisjones9132 Рік тому +2

      As a libertarian I can confirm.

  • @jonas1015119
    @jonas1015119 4 роки тому +1617

    him covering his face with a Danganronpa cap while getting arrested broke me

    • @DurzoHighwind
      @DurzoHighwind 3 роки тому +80

      one of us

    • @jmiquelmb
      @jmiquelmb 3 роки тому +110

      His story is the most Danganronpa shit I've heard tbh, so it suits him well

    • @Pickle-oh
      @Pickle-oh 3 роки тому +122

      The best part is he actually got significantly more attractive afterwards. This man played us all and won.

    • @velkymuftu
      @velkymuftu 3 роки тому +10

      I loved the danganronpa cap

    • @nkjmeh
      @nkjmeh 3 роки тому +38

      I was in disbelief when I saw the hat. I said it can’t be... then I remembered he was a white man in Tokyo and I said -sigh. 😂😂😂

  • @zm1055
    @zm1055 3 роки тому +1689

    Ok but the plan to use a fake arguing couple to distract him while they just yank his laptop away is the funniest shit

    • @konata4567
      @konata4567 3 роки тому +95

      Idk if you know the full story leading up to it, but it's equally as hilarious and perplexing

    • @Kain652
      @Kain652 3 роки тому +3

      What was it?

    • @ChrisD__
      @ChrisD__ 3 роки тому +135

      The murder for hire thing is cold as shit though. Tricking someone into that is arguely more damaging than some of the stuff he actually did. It's fucked. I feel _more_ anti-government after watching this than before lmao.

    • @brysoncoleman4414
      @brysoncoleman4414 3 роки тому +141

      @@ChrisD__ I feel like the reason that the attempted murder charge didn't stick was likely because that is the most blatant example of entrapment I've ever heard of. Idk how they ever thought that plan was going to work.

    • @ulizez89
      @ulizez89 3 роки тому +70

      @@brysoncoleman4414 yeah, entrapment for sure, one problem is that it will poison the well and you can bet there were jury members that were thinking "wait a second, isn't that the guy who tried to kill a bunch of people. The one I read about on the news some months ago" and boom, you got yourself a jury voting to convict in an unrelated crime (which might have been the prosecutor's plan all along).

  • @JoaoSilva22222
    @JoaoSilva22222 3 роки тому +138

    Silk Road selling drugs - prison.
    HSBC laundering money for drug cartels - silence.

    • @ulyssessphoenix2745
      @ulyssessphoenix2745 2 роки тому +9

      The silk road was literally a midpoint for the cartel.

    • @chrisjones9132
      @chrisjones9132 Рік тому +1

      so is the csgo skin trade

    • @Jakster840
      @Jakster840 Рік тому +1

      @@ulyssessphoenix2745 That doesn't do anything to soften the latter.

  • @mdiaz033
    @mdiaz033 3 роки тому +13

    20:03
    "That not numba" is stuck in my head to this day

    • @sandrinakeffufal6008
      @sandrinakeffufal6008 2 місяці тому

      I keep remembering this line and laugh every time 😂😂😂

  • @roemoe3708
    @roemoe3708 3 роки тому +2264

    Oh I see, your flawless pirate impression is what convinced Internet historian to give you the part of Stede Bonnet

    • @cocoabutt1711
      @cocoabutt1711 3 роки тому +82

      As yet another viewer who met STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED before ever viewing Ordinary Things, I think Internet Historians could make an awesome account the story of Silk Road using the cast of the Gentleman Pirate.

    • @OcoldcoreO
      @OcoldcoreO 3 роки тому +4

      what video was it?

    • @k.morningstar7983
      @k.morningstar7983 3 роки тому +7

      i believed up till the very end that Steed could save himself

    • @OcoldcoreO
      @OcoldcoreO 3 роки тому +8

      It's "The Gentleman Pirate | Sundance Rejects
      " on Internet Historian incognito channel if anyone was wondering

    • @TheNateness123
      @TheNateness123 3 роки тому +5

      I was wondering where I'd seen his face 😂

  • @MundaneAxiom
    @MundaneAxiom 3 роки тому +1310

    Matt covering his face with a Danganronpa hat as he's arrested really ties this surreal shit show together

    • @sekainiheiwa3650
      @sekainiheiwa3650 3 роки тому +25

      Because it was all theatre, all "live" arrest is theatre was and will be.

    • @ivanmegafanboy1981
      @ivanmegafanboy1981 3 роки тому +78

      What all weebs should aspire to be.

    • @QvsTheWorld
      @QvsTheWorld 2 роки тому +5

      A man of culture I see.

    • @monsiu
      @monsiu 2 роки тому +4

      Danganronpa*

    • @MundaneAxiom
      @MundaneAxiom 2 роки тому +6

      @@monsiu fuck shit I'm editing it you saw nothing

  • @dandylionwine
    @dandylionwine 2 роки тому +76

    Getting forced into an ad for a cryptocurrency credit card before I got to watch this video sure was an experience
    Edit: And a mid-roll claiming "Bitcoin: the best money we've ever had" without a trace of irony.

  • @johnmillholland6550
    @johnmillholland6550 3 роки тому +266

    This whole story needs to be made into an A24 movie starring Jonah Hill as Mark end Rober Pattinson as Ross!

    • @yourverybestfriend1263
      @yourverybestfriend1263 3 роки тому +4

      Didn't Jonah lose a ton of weight, though?

    • @joshmay2944
      @joshmay2944 2 роки тому

      What does A24 mean?

    • @jamesanderson6373
      @jamesanderson6373 2 роки тому +2

      "Rober"

    • @zephyr6927
      @zephyr6927 2 роки тому

      Ah yes, Robber Patinson, an actor only surpassed in ability by the great Torso Wells.

    • @johnmillholland6550
      @johnmillholland6550 2 роки тому

      @@zephyr6927 I totally forgot about this terrible typo and had no idea tf you were talking about until I reread my own comment 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @pr4_kp
    @pr4_kp 4 роки тому +2473

    your stuff is so good

  • @dwighthouse
    @dwighthouse 4 роки тому +706

    I can't believe you forgot to mention the very first digital coin mining system: Meowth's Pay Day attack.

    • @OrdinaryThings
      @OrdinaryThings  4 роки тому +146

      best comment award

    • @dwighthouse
      @dwighthouse 4 роки тому +19

      @@OrdinaryThings 2 for 2. More Meowth to come.

    • @galactic-hamster7043
      @galactic-hamster7043 3 роки тому

      I see someone watches Austin Hourigan too...

    • @dwighthouse
      @dwighthouse 3 роки тому +3

      @@galactic-hamster7043 Who's that? Also, who's Austin Hourigan?

    • @galactic-hamster7043
      @galactic-hamster7043 3 роки тому

      @@dwighthouse a science channel- they did an episode analyzing the move payday and how it could be used as a reckless money griner and break the economy, yada yada- its really cool, i'd check it out

  • @teteeheeted
    @teteeheeted 3 роки тому +19

    I just looked it up, one Bitcoin is roughly worth 36k US dollars.
    Amazing.

    • @1MinuteFlipDoc
      @1MinuteFlipDoc 2 роки тому +1

      one year later - about 39K. LOL and WTF is this NFT B*S*? pictures of monkeys? riiiight

  • @lasarousi
    @lasarousi 3 роки тому +84

    In one of my trips to the deep web and onion sites I reached the silkroad, it flabbergasted me how easy it was to find a marketplace for drugs, and it definitely made me think that it wouldn't last long of a random teen could find it.
    Also how casual people were linking Hitmen sites. Humans are incredibly creative when self destroying themselves.

    • @futavadumnezo
      @futavadumnezo 2 роки тому +6

      I hate it for the fact they traffic people, fucking children and women. Fucking horrible. I don't care about the drugs, but people and weapons is too extreme.

    • @fluffynator6222
      @fluffynator6222 2 роки тому +6

      It's fake most of the time, I suppose.

    • @fluffynator6222
      @fluffynator6222 2 роки тому +5

      @@futavadumnezo
      Okay but how would you even pull that off? Like, seriously? How can you traffic humans in 2021 without anyone noticing?

    • @petepleeb9675
      @petepleeb9675 Рік тому +6

      @@fluffynator6222 One half is honey pots, and the other are de facto "legal" in the area where they're based/operate in. The world isn't nearly as civil as might think it is

    • @fluffynator6222
      @fluffynator6222 Рік тому

      @@petepleeb9675
      I mean, yeah but a human trafficking ring in the middle of the Sahara will probably be never relevant to Western buyers.

  • @uum6
    @uum6 3 роки тому +317

    Mark looked like Toby Maguire who ate all the pizzas instead of delivering them.

    • @swarnimvajpai6373
      @swarnimvajpai6373 2 роки тому +1

      Omg 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Chadronius
      @Chadronius 2 роки тому +1

      That's what I was thinking. He looks like he could be a Toby double.

    • @wattsy4468
      @wattsy4468 2 роки тому

      I was gonna say a tubby Ben Shapiro

    • @pierrebegley2746
      @pierrebegley2746 2 роки тому +4

      It truly was Pizza Time. 🍕

    • @joshs3775
      @joshs3775 Рік тому

      I thought Brendan Fraser in that new movie

  • @salamilid7615
    @salamilid7615 3 роки тому +325

    “Either the journal or the crimes you can’t do both”
    Solid advice

    • @RocoPwnage
      @RocoPwnage 2 роки тому +3

      I think if you're braindead enough to need this advice you'll get caught anyway

  • @periidote9778
    @periidote9778 2 роки тому +18

    barely sociable did a video called "the dark side of the silk road" where he details a lot of the messages ross sent about having both friendlychemist (the person blackmailing him) and the admin killed as well as some other things that were happening with the site and vendors at the time. it's a long video but it's cool since the guy has a really good voice lol

    • @your-username-here2308
      @your-username-here2308 Рік тому

      I mean, the once who blackmailed him basiclly wanted to do the same thing to him.

  • @Judynowakowski
    @Judynowakowski 5 місяців тому +87

    You work for 40yrs to have $1m in your retirement, meanwhile some people are putting just $10k in a meme coin for just few months and now they're multimillionaires. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life

    • @WayneDavison_
      @WayneDavison_ 5 місяців тому

      Starting early is the best way of getting ahead to build wealth, investing remains a priority.

    • @bethanharvey
      @bethanharvey 5 місяців тому

      People prefer to spend money on liabilities, rather than investing in assets and be very profitable.

    • @Jonathankirchner_
      @Jonathankirchner_ 5 місяців тому

      You're so correct, save, invest and spend for necessities and a few small luxuries relatives to total assets ratio

    • @wilfredmcalister
      @wilfredmcalister 5 місяців тому

      I urge everyone to start somewhere now no matter how small, this is literally the time for that, forget material things, don't get tempted, I became more better the moment I realized this

    • @Anneliesewendlandt
      @Anneliesewendlandt 5 місяців тому

      You guys are right Fx trading is surely a lucrative way to invest whether you want growth, leverage, stable income or something in between

  • @1337karm
    @1337karm 4 роки тому +892

    I’m just commenting to boost your engagement rate. Can’t support on Patreon, but you’re on my top list I ever find the mystical “disposable income” I keep hearing about.

    • @OrdinaryThings
      @OrdinaryThings  4 роки тому +140

      DelendaCarthago appreciate you dude! Thanks for watching

    • @acidset
      @acidset 3 роки тому +43

      Can we get a video on disposable income cause I don't have a fucking clue what that is

    • @Miraihi
      @Miraihi 3 роки тому +19

      @@acidset I'm not even sure you can call it an "Ordinary thing".

    • @YeetoLavito
      @YeetoLavito 3 роки тому +10

      There's no such thing. You're just blowing your savings.

    • @vegeta8169
      @vegeta8169 3 роки тому

      @Taylor V hahaha

  • @TBDF12
    @TBDF12 3 роки тому +362

    The Japanese legal system "he spent a year in solitary confinement, then they charged him."

    • @danielpimenta4788
      @danielpimenta4788 3 роки тому +104

      conviction rate of almost 100%!! Somehow if you stay in solitary confinement for years you admit all the crimes!

    • @covenawhite4855
      @covenawhite4855 3 роки тому +54

      @@danielpimenta4788 Torture makes you say anything.

    • @JoaoSilva22222
      @JoaoSilva22222 3 роки тому +8

      Carlos Ghosn - "Can i spend my solitary confinement at home for a day? I promise to confess tomorrow!"

    • @Ozymandias1
      @Ozymandias1 3 роки тому +2

      He should be happy he wasn't arrested by the FBI then he would be still serving at least 20 years to life.

    • @michaelkpp7285
      @michaelkpp7285 3 роки тому +2

      @@covenawhite4855 Yep, see the third act of 1984 for reference

  • @nihbpsmcgee9246
    @nihbpsmcgee9246 3 роки тому +21

    This is kind of out of left field here but I'm starting to think that ego death actually results in your ego coming back stronger and stronger.

  • @Ferretino
    @Ferretino 2 роки тому +3

    20:22 having monokuma cap while being escorted is funniest shit.

  • @jhostmusic
    @jhostmusic 4 роки тому +616

    "OH NO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO ARREST ME AND ALL I EVER DID WAS BECOME THE BIGGEST DRUG KINGPIN THE INTERNET HAS EVER KNOWN! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?!"

    • @godsofwarmaycry
      @godsofwarmaycry 4 роки тому +99

      Hilarious! I especially love it how the war on drugs has led to the incarceration of thousands and countless lives destroyed. Thank god for the US government taking such good care of their people.

    • @2175Nono
      @2175Nono 3 роки тому +36

      @High Confessor murder and violence ok. porn and drugs bad

    • @fugyfruit
      @fugyfruit 3 роки тому +25

      While I normally have sympathy in situations with the war on drugs that's for users, drug sellers and kingpins for incredibly hard drugs belong in prison, drug usage is a victimless crime, drug selling has many victims

    • @chrischandler889
      @chrischandler889 3 роки тому +19

      @@fugyfruit drug selling has victims? First, what drugs? Many drugs aren't bad. Second, if an adult consents to harm their body, that is their business and their business alone.

    • @fugyfruit
      @fugyfruit 3 роки тому +22

      @@chrischandler889 correct using drugs is a victimless crime people are only hurting themselves but people selling drugs are taking advantage of people's addictions and selling them harmful products

  • @edi3d3d
    @edi3d3d 3 роки тому +160

    "When you have to turn your calculator sideways to calculate how much money you owe you've really [__] up"
    I have never laughed so much in my life

  • @randylahey3448
    @randylahey3448 3 роки тому +51

    You are one of my new faves. I put u in my top 5 with Whang, Thoughty2, Oddies Oddities, and Weird History. Thank you for presenting information in a humorous, to the point, no nonsense way. Keep it up in 2021. Let's get this guy to 1mill in 2021!!!

    • @OrdinaryThings
      @OrdinaryThings  3 роки тому +12

      Wow, thank you! feel honoured to be among those names

    • @iedutul1
      @iedutul1 2 роки тому

      @@OrdinaryThings you are very similar to trap lore Ross ( this is a good thing also maybe he is similar to you i just discovered him first no disrespect meant) , are you brothers or something?

    • @iedutul1
      @iedutul1 2 роки тому

      @@OrdinaryThings also your content is straight fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @B-019
    @B-019 2 роки тому +9

    Mark being escorted by Tokyo police and wearing a Monokuma hat to cover his face is the silliest shit I've ever seen in my life.
    Well done.

  • @saga685
    @saga685 3 роки тому +368

    Learning about this kind of thing makes me realise that I’m incredibly boring.
    It also makes me realise that I’m ok with that. At least the debt I owe doesn’t have to be expressed as an E Notation.

    • @ivanmegafanboy1981
      @ivanmegafanboy1981 3 роки тому +46

      You will never be arrested for worldwide fraud charges while wearing a piece of otaku merch, that is sad...

  • @danielsamper5176
    @danielsamper5176 4 роки тому +283

    Ever since social distancing started your content has been getting way more lynchean and "tinfoil-hatty". I Love it, never stop, my dude.

    • @OrdinaryThings
      @OrdinaryThings  4 роки тому +80

      any excuse to dust off the ol' tin foil hat

    • @blarmosanchez2593
      @blarmosanchez2593 4 роки тому +11

      @@OrdinaryThings you should definitely do an episode on the illuminati. I know you could think of a good joke about Abbot Lanz getting hit by lightning. Not to mention all the homoerotic rituals. Whole lot of material to work with
      m.ua-cam.com/video/4AdClmPD6r4/v-deo.html

    • @roberthill6216
      @roberthill6216 3 роки тому +1

      @@OrdinaryThings I will second that!🤪

  • @ninja34744
    @ninja34744 3 роки тому +165

    Imagine calling the US Government your main enemy. You, an individual person.

    • @sumvs5992
      @sumvs5992 3 роки тому +41

      After the last century, I'm not sure why anyone would actually trust any government

    • @ninja34744
      @ninja34744 3 роки тому +51

      @@sumvs5992 Oh, I'm not saying to trust them. Your well being is not their main interest. Just to claim the whole government is your, individual, enemy is nonsensical.

    • @aprofondir
      @aprofondir 3 роки тому +34

      He's a libertarian, what do you expect.

    • @anna-flora999
      @anna-flora999 2 роки тому +2

      I mean, he at least didn't say that he was the main enemy of the us

    • @balkanblackpillvideosandmo8456
      @balkanblackpillvideosandmo8456 2 роки тому +6

      @Aprofondir
      Better libertarian then a commie

  • @mobbookiesdaughter9071
    @mobbookiesdaughter9071 Рік тому +2

    cynical , sarcastic and a sense of humor brilliant and entertaining I'm hooked.

  • @TheCheaterFromBibleman
    @TheCheaterFromBibleman 4 роки тому +161

    "I imagined that some day I might have a story written about my life, and it would be good to have a detailed account of it."

    • @ILLREVIEWANYTHING
      @ILLREVIEWANYTHING 4 роки тому +13

      Jokes on him. He was the one writing it the whole time.

  • @brunocardoso6435
    @brunocardoso6435 3 роки тому +112

    7:26 ah yes, let's enter this highly shady and probably illegal trading platform to buy...
    - Home & Garden (17)
    - Food (2)

    • @trinidad17
      @trinidad17 3 роки тому +7

      People still sell drugs on ebay. Except there it's probably less safe, because ebay users are not going to complain they didn't receive their MDMA.

    • @shadesilverwing0
      @shadesilverwing0 3 роки тому +16

      For buying those elusive kinder eggs.

    • @Varraz
      @Varraz 3 роки тому +3

      Darknet marketplaces are often used to sell stolen goods, so you would have probably found some stolen caviar on the Silk Road

    • @ManBearPiglet
      @ManBearPiglet 2 роки тому

      IIRC through the smoky haze of 2012, the garden section was seeds and the food section was edibles.

    • @snowbeast4463
      @snowbeast4463 2 роки тому +1

      You could go to the Silk Road to buy cocaine, a gun, and a nice set of patio furniture.

  • @McMingus
    @McMingus 2 роки тому

    This is turning into my favourite channel, being able to binge your content is such a godsend I’m glad I’ve got so many videos still to go through 😂😂

  • @goreobsessed2308
    @goreobsessed2308 2 роки тому +9

    The irony of getting a commercial for a Bitcoin credit card during this lol

    • @cyphaborg6598
      @cyphaborg6598 2 роки тому

      It's not irony the system is responding to the subject matter.

    • @goreobsessed2308
      @goreobsessed2308 2 роки тому +2

      @@cyphaborg6598 well yeah I know but still pretty ironic

  • @TheMasterTelevision
    @TheMasterTelevision 3 роки тому +216

    I had a libertarian friend in high school who never shut up about bitcoin. I was interested in putting some money into it at the time, but the only "money" I had was in a joint account with my dad, who I didn't even bother to try explaining that to.
    It was $300 a bitcoin at the time.
    Hah...haha...

    • @pawala7
      @pawala7 2 роки тому +69

      Stories of Bitcoin are exactly the same as stories of gambling.
      Everyone imagines cashing out exactly at the highs or sitting long enough until they win, but in reality this is rarely the case.

    • @danielsteger8456
      @danielsteger8456 2 роки тому +5

      @@pawala7 the joke is that he missed the oportunity to make thousands of dollars

    • @Wonderlikechild
      @Wonderlikechild 2 роки тому +18

      @@pawala7 I don't think you can dollar cost average buying poker chips and have them triple or more their value every 4 years or so.

    • @mukkaar
      @mukkaar 2 роки тому

      Löl, I heard about bitcoin first time in 2010... My friend at the time mined some but but probably deleted or lost it for some reason, as far as I know he's not really rich or anything. Price was not even dollar and you would be millionaire leaving your decent home pc mining for while. My other regret around same time was not signing up for minecraft in 2009 when it was still free, couple of my friends actually talked about it but I probably ended up playing it way more than them, but at that time I think it already cost 20€

    • @jesuzombieapocalypse
      @jesuzombieapocalypse 2 роки тому +1

      I still have a vivid memory back in high school of a friend cursing himself for not listening to his friend after it hit a dollar lol dont feel too bad.

  • @Nickerer
    @Nickerer 4 роки тому +93

    Heyy, I was the guy who suggested you make this video. Great Job!!!! I learned a lot. If I may make another suggestion, the USB cable. You tha man!!!!

    • @OrdinaryThings
      @OrdinaryThings  4 роки тому +27

      Nickerer ah dude, thanks for the suggestion! I loved making this one and it has given me a whole new angle to take stuff in a financial direction occasionally. Lead me to think about an episode on the disaster at WeWork that’s really got me excited

    • @Nickerer
      @Nickerer 4 роки тому +6

      @@OrdinaryThings Wow, I just checked out that story. It has all the hallmarks of a great OT video. Good luck!

  • @dangsood4945
    @dangsood4945 2 роки тому +17

    One of my friends friends in like 2010 was mining his own bitcoin on his desktop computer. It was worth pennies at the time and he was just doing it cos he thought the blockchain was interesting. I wonder what he did with them, and how much they'd be worth today

    • @texaswunderkind
      @texaswunderkind 2 роки тому +2

      I know a guy like that. I don't know how many he had, but his hard drive crashed, so the answer now is zero.

  • @mrduckman225
    @mrduckman225 Рік тому +2

    You need an episode 2 for this.

  • @nickmagrick7702
    @nickmagrick7702 3 роки тому +126

    20:30 I feel bad for this dude. hes not evil, just incompetent. And to be fair, he was handling one of the most massively complicated endeavors to exist to date. It should have been handled by a math and coding prodigy working together.
    21:05 I suddenly feel less bad

    • @stsk7
      @stsk7 5 місяців тому

      What about the bankers who launder money or who cause financial collapses which bankrupt their poor clients?

    • @MrOceMcCool
      @MrOceMcCool 5 місяців тому +1

      @@stsk7 Whataboutism.

    • @chestnut4860
      @chestnut4860 5 місяців тому

      Why? because he's rich? that's stupid.

    • @nickmagrick7702
      @nickmagrick7702 5 місяців тому

      @@chestnut4860 are you being willfully stupid or are you just stupid

  • @RuB0t
    @RuB0t 4 роки тому +89

    As someone who once owned 50 bitcoins and bought a small bag of weed with it I'm just gonna go cry now

    • @user-gz4ve8mw9l
      @user-gz4ve8mw9l 3 роки тому +13

      As awful as that is that's what happens when you lack self control, or give into hedonism. Take it as a life lesson, now that you've acknowledged the failure. Give up hedonism, consumerism, and learn self control, as well as patience, plus discipline.

    • @wizzotizzo
      @wizzotizzo 3 роки тому +4

      @@jessicacatherine2569 You are taking advantage of people's addictions, shut up.

    • @lasarousi
      @lasarousi 3 роки тому +13

      @@user-gz4ve8mw9l that just sounds like what greedy people tell themselves while hoarding valuables

    • @mcmilk107
      @mcmilk107 3 роки тому +5

      @@lasarousi Giving up hedonism doesn’t mean giving up on helping others around you

    • @lasarousi
      @lasarousi 3 роки тому +3

      @@mcmilk107 yeah that continues to sound like greedy people convincing themselves they're humanitarian like Nestle funding to water infrastructure on countries they steal water from.

  • @Lilith532
    @Lilith532 3 роки тому +3

    Dude, you’re underrated. Your videos have good research, information is conveyed in a funny and entertaining way! Love it! Great ending btw.

  • @callumbergin2701
    @callumbergin2701 3 роки тому +19

    I'm really glad UA-cam recommended you to me recently. I've been binging your videos and they're such high quality. Wish I'd found your channel sooner!

  • @Arnitikos
    @Arnitikos 3 роки тому +45

    You're good at impersonating pirates, you really should play a role of a pirate sometime!

    • @lasarousi
      @lasarousi 3 роки тому +5

      Maybe someone named Steve, although that's such a common name, maybe change a letter to make it appealing.

  • @lftw3754
    @lftw3754 4 роки тому +136

    Wolf of wall Street but with a weeb that trades in Bitcoin. That sounds about right.

    • @ivanmegafanboy1981
      @ivanmegafanboy1981 3 роки тому +2

      Instead of american cunning; he uses the strategy of shonen anime protagonist: pretending to be (or actually being) a dumbass and then pulling their A game from their ass.

  • @storminmormn6283
    @storminmormn6283 3 роки тому +1

    I can’t believe I haven’t watched a video from you before. Your informative wordplay video essay style is unmatched. I will now be binge watching your whole channel than you very much.

  • @Jess-jt4zf
    @Jess-jt4zf 3 роки тому +29

    When you go in having a crush on Ross and come out having a crush on Mark... Now, that's what I call character development. ✊

    • @nejdalej
      @nejdalej 2 роки тому

      So what you're saying is that you like bad boys ;)

  • @ninny65
    @ninny65 3 роки тому +29

    "He believes the world needs to feast upon his mind grapes"
    *feasts upon his mind grapes*

  • @dragonleasenuts
    @dragonleasenuts 4 роки тому +22

    I was waiting for the day-off to watch your video since its release. (Didn’t want to watch it while the brain is foggy after work). Today, drinking tea and being a couch potato, all I want to say is: the wait was worth it.
    Witty and informative. Funny and serious. Thank you for delivering.
    P. S. “In the 20th century revolutionaries wrote manifestos and ran guns. In this century they’ll be writing code and running empires from their screen lit bedrooms” - it’s like a quote from a great novel.

    • @OrdinaryThings
      @OrdinaryThings  4 роки тому +7

      ah thanks dude! Was really happy with that final line

  • @gusspeeltmuziekdingen1190
    @gusspeeltmuziekdingen1190 3 роки тому

    Man i came across your channel a few days ago and i have been hooked on your videos ever since, I can't believe how incredibly underrated your channel is. You deserve so many more views and subs, its constantly interesting, great homour and great production and i cant stop watching! :))

  • @senecauk8363
    @senecauk8363 Рік тому +1

    Just getting into your vids and they're gold mate. There is a great Vice article online about Ross Ulbricht written by a guy who lived with him while he was running Silkroad. Interesting stuff!

  • @ferench1145
    @ferench1145 4 роки тому +36

    Best one yet! Hope this channel gets the attention it deserves soon

  • @nichodaww
    @nichodaww 4 роки тому +31

    yeah, high-quality entertainment. Keeps getting better every video

  • @nohideas51
    @nohideas51 Рік тому +2

    That last line about coding really hits hard

  • @davidborg5324
    @davidborg5324 3 роки тому +1

    Without a doubt, your best video. Never get tired of watching and rewatching it. Keep up the great work. Best regards from Malta.

  • @habibinasimm7533
    @habibinasimm7533 3 роки тому +27

    The Silk Road has officially relocated to the state of Oregon

    • @Prosper_Dean
      @Prosper_Dean 3 роки тому

      I imagine many laws are still broken when selling or buying online and shipping thru mail. I think it's just possession being decriminalized

  • @runekey
    @runekey 4 роки тому +185

    I was really feeling the silk road sales pitch #FreeRossUlbricht

    • @OrdinaryThings
      @OrdinaryThings  4 роки тому +23

      #FreeRuss

    • @MrVuckFiacom
      @MrVuckFiacom 3 роки тому +5

      Decriminalization needs to be a thing.

    • @miljananebrigic1442
      @miljananebrigic1442 3 роки тому +4

      @@MrVuckFiacom Only for nonviolent users though. This man ordered 6 murders and made a platform where people can easily sell dangerous substances.

    • @MrVuckFiacom
      @MrVuckFiacom 3 роки тому +1

      @@miljananebrigic1442 I agree that about nonviolent people only getting access and tight regulations like we currently have with recreational cannabis. However, the reason why he hired hitmen was because his entire business wasn't legal and he did everything he could to not get caught even it it meant killing others. He simply was a morally reprehensible person obviously and full of ego, but it's not the drugs that made him do that, it was greed and lack of empathy. All of this crazy nonsense wouldn't even have happened in the first place if the drugs were available to those who needed it. There needs to be a legal means where people who are seeking out even the hard drugs can get it clean from labs. People will still get it either way from the streets if they can't get it legally. People are dying over impurities and unknowingly ingesting lethal doses of things like Fentanyl. I lost my cousin to a Fentanyl overdose right after seeing him over the holidays. Imagine if we also rehabilitated the ones who take the dangerous drugs instead of locking up nonviolent offenders in jail and making them into the violent offenders you mentioned. Hell, I'm sure if there was other drugs available, you probably wouldn't see people going to easier to find things like heroin. I just don't understand why things like alcohol and cigarettes are fine as long as people know the potentially life threatening risks, but it's not okay for any other drug even if some are more harmless. It's government greed, and they thrive on the black market and cartels and make more money when things are illegal. If they can figure it out with cannabis stores, they can do it. This needs to end now. They constantly talk about the opioid epidemic and don't do anything about it. My 80 year old mother in law is having trouble receiving her pain medications because of the new regulations. Innocent people are being hurt over the carelessness of the government. I'm sorry for length of my post, I'm just very upset it could be prevented and his death is still fresh in my mind.

    • @miljananebrigic1442
      @miljananebrigic1442 3 роки тому +1

      @@MrVuckFiacom I specified nonviolent and users for a reason

  • @marcmcphee
    @marcmcphee Рік тому +1

    I came across this channel last week…what a gem! Instant sub!

  • @epicparade1
    @epicparade1 3 роки тому +4

    Me: *after being gone several minutes listening with wireless headphones, returns to computer with eating a banana.*
    Video, as I sit: "Shit went bananas."
    Me: hm.

  • @GuideZer0
    @GuideZer0 3 роки тому +181

    All I’ll ever say about Bitcoin is I wish I invested in it early on.

    • @BountyLPBontii
      @BountyLPBontii 3 роки тому +16

      Tho keep in mind, you would have sold it after enough gains prolly

    • @inmosh
      @inmosh 3 роки тому +9

      It's not late even now.

    • @SitesThatSuck
      @SitesThatSuck 3 роки тому +5

      @@inmosh Never buy at its highest peak which it is now. It will dip then buy

    • @inmosh
      @inmosh 3 роки тому

      @@SitesThatSuck You right. But I mean if you buy even at the peak, you will still win in longer run

    • @FarfettilLejl
      @FarfettilLejl 3 роки тому +8

      @@SitesThatSuck haha, I've been hearing that for months. Have been buying at ATHs almost all the time. They're people still waiting for "a dip" to buy since bitcoin was at 10k

  • @AveGluteusMaximus
    @AveGluteusMaximus 3 роки тому +9

    "If all of those mouth-sounds dont make sense to your skull-trapped thought-sponge" was my favourite part!

  • @ivanpetrov7379
    @ivanpetrov7379 3 роки тому

    Great work, you really hit the sweet spot between informative and funny, keep it up :)

  • @cooler1303
    @cooler1303 3 роки тому +1

    This is easily one of my fav videos of yours I've watched it too many times to count

    • @OrdinaryThings
      @OrdinaryThings  3 роки тому +1

      awh man, that's real nice to hear. thanks

  • @johnnymendez7853
    @johnnymendez7853 3 роки тому +22

    This guy is gonna be big. Just subbed. I’ve seen like 4 videos in a row.

  • @uum6
    @uum6 3 роки тому +57

    Tbh Ross's sentence is appalling. No amount of drug trafficking should incur a life sentence. The length human beings will go to in order to ego trip is sickening.

    • @jdsimpkins3495
      @jdsimpkins3495 3 роки тому +9

      The whole situation surrounding this is sad. I felt sorry for him. It's all BS.

    • @troodon1096
      @troodon1096 3 роки тому +12

      I agree, except for the fact the ATTEMPTED MURDERS should be enough to justify him being there even if you were going to give the drug trafficking a pass. He's not an innocent person that deserves freedom.

    • @carolineloomis2103
      @carolineloomis2103 3 роки тому +3

      @@troodon1096 I think his state of mind needs to be considered. It's easy to see from the outside how disgusting those actions are, but he was likely not in a clear state of mind because of drugs and paranoia of getting caught. When people become desperate, they start doing things they never would've considered was in their nature. I also believe the FBI didn't need to do that to him because he already was going to be imprisoned for his other crimes. It simply was overkill.

    • @ne0nmancer
      @ne0nmancer 3 роки тому +6

      @@troodon1096 Except the FBI literally created the situation that led him to comission murders to protect his business & customers. It's textbook entrapment.

    • @williamp4282
      @williamp4282 3 роки тому +11

      @@troodon1096 That fact that he was never actually charged or convicted of attempted murder should inform you on the validity of those charges.

  • @user-ec3tb9xe6p
    @user-ec3tb9xe6p 4 місяці тому

    Excellent work! Well written and really funny.

  • @brenthebli
    @brenthebli 3 роки тому +2

    Man, for a channel called ordinary things, you sure explain things extraordinarily.

  • @andrewcoates4952
    @andrewcoates4952 3 роки тому +14

    My theory is that Mark has 2 personalities, one of which knows about them whilst the other has no idea. One is incompetent and uninterested and the other is an actual plotting genius. The genius one realises that he needs to look after himself so analyses the markets and hid away the Bitcoin knowing full well that the other personality would only have a vague understanding of how this all works

  • @IAMA1
    @IAMA1 4 роки тому +6

    Last week I was disappointed to see you didn't upload, but this video proves that the wait is worth it.
    Rest assured that the work you put into this video won't go unnoticed. I'm glad I subscribed and I can't wait for the next one.

  • @cheyennereynoso4116
    @cheyennereynoso4116 3 роки тому +1

    Wow, this channel is blowing up!
    You’re gonna be a Star! 🌟

  • @Redditgoss
    @Redditgoss Рік тому +1

    Beautiful video that explains everything simple, thank you really enjoyed the watch

  • @theo8341
    @theo8341 3 роки тому +5

    The pirate part at 12:16 brought me flashbacks to The Gentleman Pirate

  • @spencergraham9976
    @spencergraham9976 3 роки тому +3

    Love that this channel teaches me stuff and makes me laugh, literally, out loud. I think that library,99% sure, was the one by my house.

  • @user-vm7ec8zt7w
    @user-vm7ec8zt7w 5 місяців тому +48

    I am new to BTC and may incur losses trying to make a profit for myself in trading... I thought that trading on a demo account is just trading in the real market... Can anyone help me or at least advise me what to do?

    • @ElenaLuis-rz6lg
      @ElenaLuis-rz6lg 5 місяців тому

      All you need as a beginner to make a good profit from cryptocurrency is a professional trader who will trade for you otherwise you may suffer losses.

    • @hartmanklaus6958
      @hartmanklaus6958 5 місяців тому

      That's right, you need an expert trader to make a good profit from cryptocurrency trading

    • @WayneDavison_
      @WayneDavison_ 5 місяців тому

      This is the ideal time to invest in cryptocurrencies due to the rise in cryptocurrency prices.

    • @Wilinkaradisic
      @Wilinkaradisic 5 місяців тому

      ​How can someone know a trustworthy professional trader when a legitimate trader is so hard to find these days.

    • @Wilinkaradisic
      @Wilinkaradisic 5 місяців тому

      💯

  • @tomstoj
    @tomstoj 3 роки тому

    Awesome stuff man. Amazing story telling!

  • @roacher2148
    @roacher2148 4 роки тому +16

    Can't wait to see this channel get bigger! Consistently high quality and interesting content.

  • @amberhernandez
    @amberhernandez 3 роки тому +4

    Been on a video binge of your content for the past few hours. Not totally sure how many that is (it's like, 3:30 AM for me lol), but the range of topics you cover is fantastic, and makes for great late-night half awake watching. Thanks a ton, mate

  • @rentisme
    @rentisme Рік тому +2

    16:43 the most polite 'murder messages' I have ever seen

  • @Svjx
    @Svjx 3 роки тому +1

    Just found your channel....where the hell u been??!! Lol I'm on a binge now 😁 loving your content🤣

  • @BirbIrl
    @BirbIrl 3 роки тому +15

    23:35 song name? Couldn't reverse search it due to the "BITCONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

    • @paigeconnelly4244
      @paigeconnelly4244 3 роки тому +1

      I don't know if you intended it or not, but this comment is actually hilarious and gave me a proper laugh. 😂

    • @chitx4391
      @chitx4391 3 роки тому

      Fr its so groovy and funky

  • @MrCreeperKicker
    @MrCreeperKicker 4 роки тому +6

    You are doing a phenomenal job, I truly can't believe how you don't have more subscribers. I watch a lot of "edutainment" and your videos are both informative and captivating. Awesome show, great job!

    • @OrdinaryThings
      @OrdinaryThings  4 роки тому +3

      ah thanks dude, stoked that you like it!

  • @SmoothOperator739
    @SmoothOperator739 2 роки тому +3

    “Who needs teeth when you’ve got bargains like these?”

  • @katerobertson2197
    @katerobertson2197 2 роки тому +6

    I genuinely thought his American accent was Drew Gooden doing a guest voice lmao

  • @jjeffdraws
    @jjeffdraws 3 роки тому +32

    I'm mad that Mark is wearing a Dangonropa hat while being arrested.

  • @toastilad.1828
    @toastilad.1828 3 роки тому +10

    20:16 mark over here covering his face with the danganronpa hat

  • @KraylusGames
    @KraylusGames 3 роки тому

    Dude, your videos are amazing. Keep it up!

  • @kirby1225
    @kirby1225 8 місяців тому

    This is the video that got me into this channel and is still probably my favourite video on the channel even after 3 years.

  • @DeaconOfTheUK
    @DeaconOfTheUK 3 роки тому +6

    I think it would be prudent to say that, whilst Ross was a hardcore libertarian, he understood that purchases that could cause intentional harm were not allowed I.E. weaponry, hitman services etc. That could be found on other sites that emulated the Silk Road formula, but not on the original Silk Road which Ross oversaw. So to say that you could buy "anything" on the Silk Road is untrue, but I can understand saying that for sake of brevity rather than including a long caveat like mine

  • @team419
    @team419 3 роки тому +10

    you've got brass eye energy, i hope you keep channeling it :) the spirit of young chris morris is alive and well

    • @OrdinaryThings
      @OrdinaryThings  3 роки тому

      thank you. chris morris is my idol. so this is greatly appreciated

    • @team419
      @team419 3 роки тому

      @@OrdinaryThings "drinking the wine of mind grapes" or something like that really struck me as quintessential cack. he's my hero too, keep up the good work!

  • @Petrico94
    @Petrico94 3 роки тому +5

    I'd probably have a romanticized inner monologue when running a massive online drug empire, but I'd probably stop before I make speeches to a forum to gloat

  • @g_manitie1138
    @g_manitie1138 3 роки тому +4

    1:59 damn you dont have to call me out like that

  • @honeneko
    @honeneko 3 роки тому +3

    At 20:12 I love how all of these awful things were going on involving billions of dollars owed and he just has a hat about an anime on

  • @videogamenostalgia
    @videogamenostalgia 3 роки тому +5

    "I would like to put a bounty on his head if it's not too much trouble for you" lmao so polite

  • @MangoMuncher11
    @MangoMuncher11 Рік тому +1

    I just love this guys content it cheers me up! Keep it up! 🙃😄