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Using Silk Road
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#12Man, SR is one of those things I look at in awe. I'm not sure I'd ever have the cojones to have something shipped to me...
The comments on the blog post are sad in a "Good god people are effing stupid" sort of way.
Also, if you're getting on Tor, I recommend Tails [1]. Most people aren't aware of all of the things they need to be wary of when getting on Tor and not leaking their identity.
[1] Tails: http://tails.boum.org
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#13That was an awesome read. Always fun to read about drugs, but this seems like it was written quite a while ago... wonder if anything has changed since.
I was written May 2011 from the top of the article, but some of the footnotes have been updated recently.
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#14What is most interesting about this article is how to set up the Tor browser.
Privacy is very, very, important - especially for those who are oppressed, and even for those living in democracies.
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#15I wonder if the current little spike in the bitcoin price (from https://mtgox.com/ ) could be attributed to this article being posted on HN
The Bitcoin price has been dramatically spiking for the past two weeks. Very curious as to why.
Look at the transaction volume as charted by blockchain.info. You will see a good correlation between that and the price of bitcoins.
A good part of the recent bitcoin transaction volume is due to online gaming startups that use bitcoins, especially to work around US online gambling restrictions.
The bitcoin economy is very rapidly growing from a miniscule base, first in illegal and gray-market trade, and then in international trade where low transaction costs and lack of credit card fraud appeal to global merchants.
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#16Everyone needs to read the rest of the site. It's one of the most interesting domains I've ever come across. Fascinating guy through and through, and his short stories are excellent.
His article on bitcoin is a great read as well. http://www.gwern.net/Bitcoin%20is%20Worse%20is%20Better
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I've spent over $50,000 USD on SR in the past year, and I'm happy to answer any questions people have about the site or community.
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The forum / feedback system WORKS. It pushes sketchy / lower-quality products out and if anything, that's why I feel Silk Road is a positive change in the ever-dangerous world of drugs.
That said, there are many friends who I would hesitate to tell about the site; it's just too easy to get mixed up in more dangerous or addictive classes of drugs there.
Be careful.
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#19(throwaway account) I've spent over $50,000 USD on SR in the past year, and I'm happy to answer any questions people have about the site or community.
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#20(throwaway account) I've spent over $50,000 USD on SR in the past year, and I'm happy to answer any questions people have about the site or community.
Presumably you are either a dealer, or you have a gigantic drug habit?