They throw him under the jail, as expected from the federal railroad.

Richard Grove has the best Hot Take on the outcome yet:

Personally, and this is just my opinion, I think the U.S. Government is jealous that they didn’t think of an online Silk Road first.

Considering that the guys who took over for Ross got immunity for ratting him out and are currently operating a silk road clone, I'd say that's probably the closest to the truth anyone is ever gonna get.