And if he continued running the SR? He would've been a billionaire regardless. Alphabay and Hansa became larger than SR ever could. There was even Silk Road 2 and Silk Road 3.
How would have he been able to continue running SR?
He made so many mistakes and he ignored so many red flags and hits he almost asked to be caught and sentenced.
Besides those were not all his coins, many claimed some where actually coins owned by accounts on SR.
And Alphabay and Hansa were bigger in terms of $, if we count coins they never matched SR because of the value when those were acquired.
And what happened to both of them??