I don’t know a ton about Ross Ulbricht. 

Reasonable friends of mine outside of crypto are appalled, noting that he attempted murder.  

Reasonable friends of mine within crypto are celebrating.

I get the divisiveness of the dark money aspect here (the for and against). But is the murder part true?

playing /bracket, assisting /bracky, talking /greatbooks

He probably should not have reached for the blicky, but it seems he also was not particularly fairly treated by an incompetent or corrupt justice system. Hard to say who is right.