Two Years After Silk Road’s Fall, Darknet Drug Markets Thrive
Two years after the FBI shut down Silk Road, online drug markets are alive and growing, thanks to the Tor browser and virtual currency, reports US News & World Report. Darknet markets offer greater product reliability and less risk of violence than physical encounters with drug dealers. Darknets average $ 300,000 to $ 500,000 in sales per day according to one study. Johns Hopkins University computer science professor Matthew Green says Silk Road provided a proof of concept for darknet markets. He says it’s an idea that someone doesn’t think about until it happens. Some Silk Road successors host non-drug items […]
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