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.
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.