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  1. Silk Road was an online black market and the first modern darknet market. It was launched in 2011 by its American founder Ross Ulbricht under the pseudonym "Dread Pirate Roberts." As part of the dark web, Silk Road operated as a hidden service on the Tor network, allowing users to buy and sell products and services between each other anonymously.

  2. May 14, 2015 · Ross Ulbricht, also known as Dread Pirate Roberts, was convicted in 2015 for creating and operating Silk Road, a hidden marketplace for illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and services. He used Tor network and Bitcoin to conceal his identity and transactions, and solicited murders-for-hire to protect his enterprise.

  3. Oct 3, 2013 · Silk Road was a black market bazaar that trafficked in illegal goods, from drugs and guns to personal data and malware. It used Tor network and bitcoin currency to hide its activities and customers, but was shut down by the FBI in 2013.

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  4. Dec 1, 2023 · Silk Road was the first darknet market that used Bitcoin to sell drugs and other contraband anonymously. Learn how it was created, shut down, and what happened to its founder and users.

  5. Mar 7, 2024 · Learn about the Silk Road, a dark web marketplace that sold illegal goods and services anonymously, and its founder Ross Ulbricht. Find out how the FBI shut it down, what happened to its successors, and what are the risks of visiting dark web sites.

  6. Silk Road was an online black market and the first modern darknet market. It was launched in 2011 by its American founder Ross Ulbricht under the pseudonym " Dread Pirate Roberts ." As part of the dark web, Silk Road operated as a hidden service on the Tor network, allowing users to buy and sell products and services between each other anonymously.

  7. Oct 2, 2013 · It’s a riveting document: A notice from Federal agencies declares that the online drug marketplace called "The Silk Road" was seized on Wednesday. The Silk Road, the internet's largest...

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