A history of Silk Road, the net’s largest hidden service and drug marketplace
“An individual’s rights ARE the goal, ARE the mission, ARE the program.” When Silk Road launched in February 2011, it was one of several online marketplaces selling drugs to the public. If a buyer...
View ArticleBlack Market Reloaded grew more than 16,000 new registrations in January and...
Black Market Reloaded, the most prominent competitor to Silk Road in the growing world of Tor marketplaces, processed 16,000 new registrations last month, making January its biggest month ever for new...
View ArticleRussia just banned Erowid but Russia’s version of Silk Road is growing fast
A Russian law passed in November 2012 aimed at blacklisting sites promoting drug use has apparently just blocked the popular drug education website Erowid.org for certain users in the country...
View ArticleBlack Market Reloaded nears $400,000 per month in sales
Black Market Reloaded, the most visible competitor to Silk Road in the world of Tor marketplaces, grew to almost $400,000 in sales this month according to statistics released by founder backopy....
View ArticleBlack Market Reloaded is 2 years old today
It’s been a full two years since backopy launched Black Market Reloaded on June 10, 2011. The latest statistics are over a month old (April 30, 2013) but show that the site was then approaching...
View ArticleAtlantis wasn’t built in a day: The web’s newest black market has $520,800 in...
Atlantis, the third largest and newest black market on the deep web, has more than doubled business in the past six weeks. Three months after launch, they’ve processed a total of $520,800 worth of...
View ArticleThe cops may have just arrested one of the top gun dealers and identity...
The cops may have just arrested one of the top gun dealers and identity thieves on the Deep Web, they just don’t know it yet. Right now, Adam Bunger is sitting in police custody in Kentucky facing...
View ArticleBlack Market Reloaded is closed
Another one bites the dust (for now): Black Market Reloaded, one of the most successful Deep Web black markets of all time and the heir apparent to Silk Road, has abruptly shut down. Founder Backopy...
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