Silkroad Is Booming
Silkroad is a comprehensive, underground online black market, which is launched in February 2011. Online users can browse this website securely and anonymously without the fear of potential traffic monitoring. You can also order almost any drug in the world through this website. This is an e-commerce store and you can sell and buy illegal drugs through it. You can access this website only through an anonymous network, TOR, which is used for protecting the identities of its customers. The website accepts payments only in the form of Bitcoins, an untraceable digital currency.
The law enforcement officials arrested Ross William Ulbricht on 2nd October 2013 on charges of narcotics trafficking violation and alleged murder for hire. Ross William is identified as the chief operator and founder of “Dread Pirate Roberts.” The authorities were trying to catch him since 2011. Silkroad has become the most popular platform for stolen contents, illicit drugs, forged contents, hacking wares and other illicit items. Ulbricht was arrested when some customers were hit by Bitcoin scandal. After his arrest, the traffic to this anonymous online black market was hit hard. It led to the temporary shutdown of this website. But now, it is coming back, much stronger and bigger than ever!
Silkroad, the Ever Booming Market Today!
Just before the arrest of Ulbricht by FBI and the subsequent shut down, there were only 13,000 drugs listed in this online black market. However, today, there are around 13,648 drugs are listed here. The closest competitor of Silkroad is Agora, which only has around 7,400 drug listings. The competition in this industry has increased substantially after the seizure of Silkroad. However, the competitors couldn’t defeat the dominance of Silkroad. The new version of this website, Silkroad 2.0 contains over 75% more listings. The developers of shuttered Silkroad re-launched the site in a pseudonymous name, Dread Pirate Roberts (DPR) on 6th November 2013. They recreated the setup of original site with improved security.
After the shutdown of Silkroad, a number of scan artists tried hard to fill its vacuum. But, it helped only to create distress among consumers. Some operators even storedmillions of dollars worth bitcoins. However, the skilled developers and operators of Silkroad can able to turn the entire crisis into opportunities. They organized hack in February and it affected thousands of consumers.
The operators developed a specific plan for giving back bitcoins to the consumers, who were affected due to this hack. Through this procedure, the operators and developers of Silkroad could reaffirm consumers that it is not a scam website like others. Now, the website is growing rapidly and it expects huge attention in the coming months. It is becoming highly popular among the customers who are looking for buying illicit drugs anonymously.
The website sold 340 varieties of drugs including cannabis, LSD and heroin. The terms and service of this website prohibit the sale of anything whose purpose is to defraud or harm, which include child pornography, weapons of mass destruction, and stolen credit cards. Besides illegal products, you will also get legal goods and services such as books, art, apparel, writing services, jewelry, erotica, cigarettes, etc. Silkroad also started a sister site, ‘The Armory, for the sale of weapons. But it closed down in 2012 due to lack of demand. For more information about the Silkroad, check out this link http://silkroaddrugs.org.