FBI Shuts Down Silk Road, Seizes $3.6m worth of Bitcoins

[OP Tk1917 1]

The FBI has seized ?Silk Road? and arrested its founder, according to New York prosecutors. Promoted online as an ?anonymous Amazon.com?, the website was the worlds largest anonymous Internet marketplace from where controlled and illegal substances could be bought from the comfort of one?s own living room.

 

 

 

http://thebackbencher.co.uk/fbi-shuts-down-silk-road/

[firey 3,545]

:( Why didn't I know this existed!

[Zinomian 118]

:( Why didn't I know this existed!

 That makes two of us.   How the hell was i not away that something like TOR existed?!  Funny thing is now, that is getting this much coverage, how quickly will people turn to it? and how many sites like a demonoid might get started now that people are aware?.....interesting.

[Growled 3,880]

:( Why didn't I know this existed!

 

I've never heard of it either. 

[Luc2k 716]

:( Why didn't I know this existed!

It had competitors. Atlantis being the one mentioned in a Forbes interview with "Dread Pirate Roberts".

[StandingInAlley 60]

They had some of the best stuff on the market.

[Hum 6,911]

Guess we'll have to grow our own now. :p

[Growled 3,880]

Guess we'll have to grow our own now. :p

 

What a hardship. :D

[CowboyBebop 1]

He tried to hire somebody to kill a man for $150,000 in Bitcoins? That site must have been the blackmarket of the internet. I tried TOR years ago (way too slow) but I'm glad I never looked for any Darknet sites after I heard about it.

[Phouchg 2,050]

About friggin' time.

[vcfan 2,337]

they nailed him because he was amateurish in hiding his identity. he made some pretty incredibly stupid mistakes that gave him away.