A community for discussion of the history of & research on the now-defunct darknet markets Silk Road 1 & 2, and topics such as arrests of their users, Ross Ulbricht's legal case, the status of Blake Benthall, privacy etc. Post non-SR reviews, crypto or anonymity, or specific site questions to their respective subreddits.

It is generally produced by a few other insects, like silk worms, but only the silk of moth caterpillars continues to be utilized for textile manufacturing. Silk production also appears in bees, wasps, and ants as well as silverfish, mayflies, thrips, leafhoppers, beetles, lacewings, fleas, flies, and midges. Nonetheless, police accuse him of making an enormous amount of money on the Silk Road: According to the indictment, Silk Road was bigger than anyone had suspected: It boasted over $1.6 billion in sales from 2011-2013, which resulted in $80 million in commissions. (Researchers had previously estimated that Silk Road was doing about $22 million Senior Therapy Development Specialist at Silk Road Medical, Inc. Lisa Morra Include this LinkedIn profile on other websites. Diana Kerner placeholder image Show more jobs like this Show This is precisely what Silk Road accomplished by design. It was an open platform, like many other e-commerce websites, with decisions about what to sell, at what price, and to whom, left up to the users. This was exemplified by the fact that much more than drugs, fake ids, and hacking software were available on the site.

Jun 08, 2015 · More than 11,750 respondents said they had bought drugs online from regular websites and underground darknet sites similar to Silk Road which users need special encryption software to access.

On 5 and 6 November 2014, a number of websites, initially claimed to be over 400, were shut down including drug markets such as Silk Road 2.0, Cloud 9 and Hydra. Other sites targeted included money laundering sites and "contraband sites". The operation involved the police forces of 17 countries. In total there were 17 arrests. Jan 30, 2015 · The former drug agony aunt of Silk Road, Dr Fernando Caudevilla, known online as Dr. X, told me he also believes in the positive impact the site and its competitors have had.

It was called the Silk Road because silk was traded along it. At the time, silk was only made in China, and it was a valuable material. The Silk Road not only earned China a lot of money, but all along the route cities prospered and markets flourished. Cities like Samarkand and Bukhara were built largely on the trade from the silk route.

Nonetheless, police accuse him of making an enormous amount of money on the Silk Road: According to the indictment, Silk Road was bigger than anyone had suspected: It boasted over $1.6 billion in sales from 2011-2013, which resulted in $80 million in commissions. (Researchers had previously estimated that Silk Road was doing about $22 million Senior Therapy Development Specialist at Silk Road Medical, Inc. Lisa Morra Include this LinkedIn profile on other websites. Diana Kerner placeholder image Show more jobs like this Show This is precisely what Silk Road accomplished by design. It was an open platform, like many other e-commerce websites, with decisions about what to sell, at what price, and to whom, left up to the users. This was exemplified by the fact that much more than drugs, fake ids, and hacking software were available on the site.