Nearly 200,000 people signed up in support of silk road founder Ross Ulbricht

Lyn Ulbricht recently defended her son, silk road founder Ross Ulbricht, at Canada’s largest annual blockchain conference in Toronto and is seeking a pardon from US President Donald trump.

Ross, founder of the notorious Dark Web “silk road”, is serving a 40-year double life sentence. In addition to the general public, several prominent figures in cryptocurrency circles, including Litecoin founder Charlie Lee, billionaire investor Tim Draper and venture capitalist and early adopter Roger Ver, have endorsed the idea.