About this $1.2 billion crap…
October 18, 2013
I owe much of this post to the work of Nicolas Christin, the researcher who previously provided the analysis of Silk Road’s income. He is
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The Fall of Atlantis – a Moderator tells
September 26, 2013
“Atlantis admins shut down the site and ran away with the coins. It’s the truth.” – Cicero, Moderator of Atlantis Marketplace forum A little under
(Info)war declared
July 5, 2013
Silk Road users have been shocked twice in the past two days when a forum member released names, addresses and order details of dozens of
Silk Road responds to competition with improvements of its own
July 3, 2013
Atlantis Marketplace has undertaken aggressive marketing of its site over the past few months, touting superior features to those offered by Silk Road. Its aim
The myth of the ‘Drug Pusher’
June 12, 2013
In Puberty Blues (the book, not the movie or TV show), there is a classic line where the protagonist’s mother warns her not to sit
Interview with a (virtual) drug tsar
April 26, 2013
“We will be an adversary not to be trifled with. We have big plans for Atlantis, and we’re here to stay.”. As online drugs marketplace
Are there modern-day Gladitorial fights on the Darkweb?
March 21, 2013
One of the most pervasive urban myths on the darkweb is that you can find underground rings of Django Unchained-style fights to the death. Some
Red Pill, Blue Pill or No Pill?
February 25, 2013
The most successful Australian vendor on Silk Road has conned their customers out of tens of thousands of dollars Aussie vendor EnterTheMatrix had a simple and
Shadh1 – penalised for not propping up Aussie organised crime?
February 6, 2013
If small-time drug dealer shadh1 had purchased his drugs from Australians, his jail term would be less than half what he received. As a drug
A response to Vexnews
February 5, 2013
Last week, after one of my articles was unexpectedly submitted into evidence in court, an odd little online publication called Vexnews published a vicious, bizarre
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