Through a combination of anonymity technology and a sophisticated user-feedback system, Silk Road makes buying and selling illegal drugs as easy as buying used electronics — and seemingly as safe. It's Amazon — if Amazon sold mind-altering chemicals. [/yt]
curiousitysays...

There is also e-Gold and its various similar services which are used in a similar transactions. I don't think you will find a online drug bazaar for those... or at not one that I know of.

Quote:
Jeff Garzik, a member of the Bitcoin core development team, says in an email that bitcoin is not as anonymous as the denizens of Silk Road would like to believe. He explains that because all Bitcoin transactions are recorded in a public log, though the identities of all the parties are anonymous, law enforcement could use sophisticated network analysis techniques to parse the transaction flow and track down individual Bitcoin users.

"Attempting major illicit transactions with bitcoin, given existing statistical analysis techniques deployed in the field by law enforcement, is pretty damned dumb," he says.




And here is a source about how to be more anonymous while using BitCoin:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Anonymity

siftbotsays...

Tags for this video have been changed from 'bitcoin, drug, silk road, currency, drug way' to 'bitcoin, drug, silk road, currency, drug way, tor, the onion router, anonymous ip' - edited by lucky760

Send this Article to a Friend



Separate multiple emails with a comma (,); limit 5 recipients






Your email has been sent successfully!

Manage this Video in Your Playlists




notify when someone comments
X

This website uses cookies.

This website uses cookies to improve user experience. By using this website you consent to all cookies in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

I agree
  
Learn More