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Or make the commission (both percent and bitcoin / fiat value) visible right in the interface. ie, rather than showing just the final price, show a break down to the vendor.

Ok, so in general you won't go to prision if caught for the first time with an amount that can be considered for personal use. I thought that the US laws were pretty strict ...

From what I gather, drug sentences start out relatively friendly to the offender and escalate quickly with repeat offenses and increased amounts. A first time offender with a personal amount of drugs will almost certainly not do any jail time beyond the night he spends in jail on the initial arrest. He will have the option of going through a drug program / drug court, if that exists in his state. Repeat offenses, or aggravated offenses (involving a gun, for example) combined with large amounts of drugs can get you up to a mandatory life sentence, which is pretty draconian.

Certainly not as bad as southeast Asia, though, where 15 grams of heroin is a capital offense.

Was the .to or .sh version in the YouTube video?

I don't think so, but I can't check because the video has been removed.

It was in their reddit AMA, which is here: http://www.reddit.com/r/SilkRoad/comments/1i5a5h/hi_guys_atlantis_marketplace_here_do_we_need_to/

They edited it out, but you can see a reference to it in this comment: http://www.reddit.com/r/SilkRoad/comments/1i5a5h/hi_guys_atlantis_marketplace_here_do_we_need_to/cb1cehu

Hilariously, the Atlantis_Marketplace guy, whoever that is, maybe Heisenberg above, says they would *never* advise accessing the site that way, even though he posted it in the fucking OP.

The commission is based on bitcoins. If you price your items in bitcoins, the commission won't change.

But let's say you have an item priced at $100. Right now it's worth about 1 bitcoin.  If the USD/BTC exchange rate goes up to $200, then that item will cost 0.5 bitcoins, so obviously the commission rate will be different.

Jack, as I mentioned in the Vendor Roundtable thread, (and as astor mentions http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=182525.msg1325984#msg1325984)

the changing commission on the same item is caused by the rise in BTC/USD exchange rate. The new formula causes the commission to float on items pegged to fiat.

That's a part of it. When DPR published that formula, a bitcoin was worth $77. At that rate, a $300 item would have a commission of 7.5% or $22.50. Now that a bitcoin is worth $97, a $300 item has a commission of 8.0% or $24.00. That's a difference of $2.50. I don't know if that explains all of the difference that people are seeing.

He's pretty much their anti-advertisement.

Sorry, I don't know anything about that specifically, but it's safe to say that there are traces of your activities (browsing as well as non-browsing) all over your computer in various caches and files. Take a look at what the browser bundle leaves behind on Windows, and it's designed to leave as little evidence as possible:

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=148291.msg1152452#msg1152452

Most other apps will leave behind a lot more. The best way to avoid leaving evidence is to use a bootable OS like Tails, or you can hide the evidence by fully encrypting your hard drive, but you never know what Windows might transmit back to Microsoft.