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The Dark Web's Top Drug Market, Evolution, Just Vanished
In the 18 months since the Silk Road online black market for narcotics was taken down by a swarm of three-letter agencies, a site known as Evolution has taken its place at the top of the dark web drug trade. Now Evolution, too, has suddenly dropped off the face of the internet. But unlike its Silk Road predecessor, there’s no indication that law enforcement took down the newer black market. Instead, it’s simply, mysteriously vanished—with rumors swirling that its own administrators may...
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If I was the fed, I'd be damned sure to run False Flag operations against darknet sellers. Super popular Silk Road was taken down, a newer, hipper one takes it's place. While everyone gets used to it and begins to rely on it, steal all the money and disappear.
Bottom line? Everyone stops trusting darknet sellers and bitcoins to perform those transactions. Moves back to cash / easier monitored methods to perform transactions.
Yup, the trick is to make a bunch of money and run off before you get caught :)
With bitcoin it really is it seems. It's happened countless times already.
I will never invest in bitcoin because of stuff like this.
It never ceases to amaze me how people online who should know better are always so trusting and gullible. According to the article this Verto character once ran another site for the trading of stolen credit card numbers (something that Evolution also allowed). Is it surprising that a man who see nothing wrong with stealing money and identities would turn around and steal your money?
The only argument to this is that for a year it was the most reputable illegal trading done, which had a 97% uptime. Leagues more reliable than the others. It found its niche and exploited it.