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And the winner is…

October 10, 2013

There are certainly winners from last week’s shutdown of Silk Road, the online black market where every illicit drug imaginable could be bought at the

The road’s closed to these drugs

October 8, 2013

Hey, if the person who emailed me an encrypted message headed “Scoop” and said they wouldn’t be going back to that email addy could re-send

How many pirates are there? An update

October 7, 2013

If the Bitcointalk hackers are reading this, can you please let me know if I’m a lousy journo and missed the smoking gun, or if

The Race to Create Silk Road 2.0

October 6, 2013

Whilst many vendors and buyers have migrated to Silk Road’s two remaining competitors, Black Market Reloaded and Sheep Marketplace, other members have been working around

Did Dread Pirate Roberts get scammed on an alleged hit?

October 3, 2013

According to FBI documents, Dread Pirate Roberts claims to have carried out one hit and was haggling on price for another. But was he the

The beginning of the end?

October 3, 2013

And so timezones screwed me over and I’ve just woken up to the news that the Dread Pirate Roberts has been arrested. I haven’t even

When drug dealers get all warm and fuzzy

October 1, 2013

Some Silk Road drug dealers are promising to donate a percentage of this week’s sales to charity Black markets are supposed to be dangerous places.

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

Silk Road Wiki Wars

September 12, 2013

Should Wikipedia draw a line at including links to illegal marketplaces or websites hosting objectionable content? And does it have a duty to prevent its

The Outlaw Cult

July 9, 2013

My latest Fairfax feature appears in tomorrow’s edition of The Age, but is already up online. I briefly mention the Rialto BASE jumpers and D.B.

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