The Dark Web’s Top Drug Market, Evolution, Just Vanished

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Post by nmc » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 1:21 PM UTC

The Dark Web’s Top Drug Market, Evolution, Just Vanished
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Re: The Dark Web’s Top Drug Market, Evolution, Just Vanished

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Post by nmc » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 1:22 PM UTC

Recent HN posts of related Reddit comments:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224517

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9225154

Re: The Dark Web’s Top Drug Market, Evolution, Just Vanished

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Post by joeyspn » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 6:23 PM UTC

Aaaand its gone... and I bet with gazillions of the user's bitcoins (this is becoming a classic)

Re: The Dark Web’s Top Drug Market, Evolution, Just Vanished

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Post by pavel_lishin » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 6:33 PM UTC

I don't understand why vendors would keep a lot of bitcoins on the site, instead of withdrawing them as quickly as possible.

This guy apparently had 300BTC/$85k on there! http://np.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/2zeuxo/compla...

Re: The Dark Web’s Top Drug Market, Evolution, Just Vanished

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Post by ams6110 » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 6:46 PM UTC

"You knew what I was when you picked me up," said the snake as it slithered away.

Re: The Dark Web’s Top Drug Market, Evolution, Just Vanished

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Post by ForHackernews » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 7:08 PM UTC

http://www.reddit.com/r/sorryforyourloss

Re: The Dark Web’s Top Drug Market, Evolution, Just Vanished

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 7:10 PM UTC

pavel_lishin wrote: post #4

I don't understand why vendors would keep a lot of bitcoins on the site, instead of withdrawing them as quickly as possible. This guy apparently had 300BTC/$85k on there! http://np.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/2zeuxo/compla...

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Re: The Dark Web’s Top Drug Market, Evolution, Just Vanished

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Post by amyjess » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 7:15 PM UTC

There are people on reddit raising funds to doxx the people who ran Evolution.

Jesus... a whole lot of shadowbans are going to happen once the admins wake up. Maybe even some subreddit bans.

Re: The Dark Web’s Top Drug Market, Evolution, Just Vanished

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 7:25 PM UTC

amyjess wrote: post #8

There are people on reddit raising funds to doxx the people who ran Evolution. Jesus... a whole lot of shadowbans are going to happen once the admins wake up. Maybe even some subreddit bans.

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Re: The Dark Web’s Top Drug Market, Evolution, Just Vanished

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Post by codesuela » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 7:27 PM UTC

pavel_lishin wrote: post #4

I don't understand why vendors would keep a lot of bitcoins on the site, instead of withdrawing them as quickly as possible. This guy apparently had 300BTC/$85k on there! http://np.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/2zeuxo/compla...

Escrow, funds are only released once the buyer confirms that he received the shipment. If you have a ton of outstanding orders, you are going to have a lot of funds frozen in escrow.