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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: Dread Pirate Roberts on August 09, 2013, 11:32 pm
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I'd like forewarn everyone that in about 5 days an article will be published that is likely to generate a lot of buzz around Silk Road and attract new people to the site. New information about me, the site and many things will be discussed and I have no doubt that it will produce some controversy. I will be available to answer your questions here on the forums, and hopefully we'll have a fruitful discussion.
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Prepare for all the good drugs to be SOLD OUT.
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In your opinion, is this article going to be something that will hurt us over all?
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Fuck. Just what we need.
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You're not coming out as one of David Icke's reptilians are you?
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You did an interview, didn't you? ;)
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Who submitted the info for the article, was it you yourself DPR?+
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May I ask which news or whatever entity will be releasing/publishing said article?
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Something big is about to happen that's probably going to affect SR a lot. I'm really interested how this is all going to play out. No matter what happens, I do love this community and I stand by this place with full confidence. =)
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I have insider information that it is an article that will be published by FOX, and will look favorably upon SR by one of their more libertarian writers. It will probably bring a whole lot of new people to the SR. I don't know if I'm allowed to post about it publicly, so PM me for more details.
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Can't wait to read the article, someone should post a link once it is published.
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Is this going to be another article that says Silk Road is the "eBay for criminals" like every other SR article ever, or is it going to be more informative?
On another note, does anybody ever wonder what DPR will do once this site gets really big? I mean, there's really only two foreseeable options for the future of SR. LE busts it, or DPR takes it down. As SR gets more and more popular, it seems like an LE bust would become more and more likely. Is there a point where DPR would decide enough is enough and take down the site, or are we in it till the end?
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DPR, would you like to see this site just become the one and only black market, and have every world government bow down and put a real end to the War on Drugs? Think about how the world would be if all of this was legal, and widely accepted. :P
Also, is this 'new information' about yourself stuff WE know? OR is this like, semi-sketchy info? What's up?
They're not going to tell us that you're a honey-pot, now, are they? lmao
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Hopefully we have a contingency in case it ends up being bad news...
If this does bring more users to the road, DPR's % will increase and that money can be used to furthur improve SR and make it harder for LE.
The more users on TOR the harder to track...
DPR, i put my faith in you.
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> New information about me, the site and many things will be discussed and I have no doubt that it will produce some controversy.
No offense DPR, but don't get cocky. I hope this info won't compromise anything. Be wary of the paparazzi. They'll turn on you quicker than a narc.
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Is this going to be another article that says Silk Road is the "eBay for criminals" like every other SR article ever, or is it going to be more informative?
On another note, does anybody ever wonder what DPR will do once this site gets really big? I mean, there's really only two foreseeable options for the future of SR. LE busts it, or DPR takes it down. As SR gets more and more popular, it seems like an LE bust would become more and more likely. Is there a point where DPR would decide enough is enough and take down the site, or are we in it till the end?
why do they use ebay? I don't bid on anything wouldn't "the amazon.com of the criminal underworld" be a better descriptor?
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Was this article posted against your consent? They had to of asked with you knowing before anyone else and all.
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Prepare the tin foil hats and Xanax folks, it seems like the next week or so is going to be strange considering the title and message of this thread.
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WOW ......sounds like someone did an interview ...... or at the very least provided the information used in the article. I understand the monetary gain in such a move ........ But I have to believe that SR would and is growing at an acceptable and manageable pace. We could suspect that DPR has taken a Bravado stance ..... Would be VERY foolish and pointless. We conduct business on the DARK side of the web ...... why the desire to interact with / challenge / step into the light. This is the EXACT opposite of what I would expect from the guy IN CHARGE. Yeah LE knows all about SR but if you make it front page news ... The HEAT gets turned way up for LE / FBI / NSA to go after SR just like they did Freedom Hosting. If I were anyone buying from the Blue Giraffe I would run as far away from this site as fast as I could get. DPR I only of you from what you post in the forums and you seem to be a stand up guy so don't take anything I say personally ........I just hope that this doesn't turn out to be the classic case of "Arrogance being exceeded only by Ignorance. I fail to see how this front page scrutiny is going to benefit SR or its membership. It puts SR under the spot light for no useful reason.......
PLEASE EXPLAIN !!!!!!
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I'd like forewarn everyone that in about 5 days an article will be published that is likely to generate a lot of buzz around Silk Road and attract new people to the site. New information about me, the site and many things will be discussed and I have no doubt that it will produce some controversy. I will be available to answer your questions here on the forums, and hopefully we'll have a fruitful discussion.
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WOW ......sounds like someone did an interview ...... or at the very least provided the information used in the article. I understand the monetary gain in such a move ........ But I have to believe that SR would and is growing at an acceptable and manageable pace. We could suspect that DPR has taken a Bravado stance ..... Would be VERY foolish and pointless. We conduct business on the DARK side of the web ...... why the desire to interact with / challenge / step into the light. This is the EXACT opposite of what I would expect from the guy IN CHARGE. Yeah LE knows all about SR but if you make it front page news ... The HEAT gets turned way up for LE / FBI to go after SR just like they did Freedom Hosting. If I were anyone buying from the Blue Giraffe I would run as far away from this site as fast as I could get.
Growing at an unacceptable place? I've seen a surge in legit vendors in recent months. This is a good thing.
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dumbest fucking idea ever ???
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Breaking news: Silk road becomes Atlantis
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Wait we just got an update.
Silk road is Atlantis and owned by Donlad Rumsfeld who is also a Lizard. :o
OK but seriously, I can understand them looking for attention as they are not FBI/NSA Darknet target NO.1 with a big sign on their back.
I think it might actually be safer to be over there now with all the heat focused on SR these days :-\
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DPR, plz do not do nothing foolish...Stay strong...Stay smart...
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I'd rather there be publicity that DPR had some say in, rather than any number of the ongoing exposure SR gets without any one from SR having any say in what propaganda gets used. If that's what DPR is implying.
Perhaps this new information on DPR will highlight a change of hands. *Puts tin foil hat on.* Or, oh wait... I've got it! DPR = Edward Snowden.
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I'd rather there be publicity that DPR had some say in, rather than any number of the ongoing exposure SR gets without any one from SR having any say in what propaganda gets used. If that's what DPR is implying.
Perhaps this new information on DPR will highlight a change of hands. *Puts tin foil hat on.*
Couldn't disagree more ...... if DPR is identified as the source of comments or better yet quotes he will have effectively moved his ass to the top of the list ..... he has just replaced that fuck head porn distributor as the ( "GO GET GUY "). And this benefits SR how??????? I'm really fucking disappointed by this and I really hope DPR gives a detailed explanation for his casual stroll into the light side.
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i also hope he didn't do what I think he did....
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OH LAWD JESUS!
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I have insider information that it is an article that will be published by FOX, and will look favorably upon SR by one of their more libertarian writers. It will probably bring a whole lot of new people to the SR. I don't know if I'm allowed to post about it publicly, so PM me for more details.
Ha ha you got me. Briefly. Furrowed my brow trying to imagine who Fox's libertarian writer could be. Then it clicked, there ain't one.
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I have insider information that it is an article that will be published by FOX, and will look favorably upon SR by one of their more libertarian writers. It will probably bring a whole lot of new people to the SR. I don't know if I'm allowed to post about it publicly, so PM me for more details.
Ha ha you got me. Briefly. Furrowed my brow trying to imagine who Fox's libertarian writer could be. Then it clicked, there ain't one.
IT'S CALLED JOHN STOSSEL, BUDDY...LOL
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I have insider information that it is an article that will be published by FOX, and will look favorably upon SR by one of their more libertarian writers. It will probably bring a whole lot of new people to the SR. I don't know if I'm allowed to post about it publicly, so PM me for more details.
Ha ha you got me. Briefly. Furrowed my brow trying to imagine who Fox's libertarian writer could be. Then it clicked, there ain't one.
John Stossel bro
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IT'S CALLED JOHN STOSSEL, BUDDY...LOL
Oh shit
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If I might be so bold, are you saying this because you managed to get a heads-up about them getting ahold of this information, or because you gave it to them? I am merely curious.
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I don't know if what he is saying is true this guy...All I'm, saying is John Stossel is a Libertarian and has talked about BitCoins plenty of times on his show on Fox Business network.
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I have insider information that it is an article that will be published by FOX, and will look favorably upon SR by one of their more libertarian writers. It will probably bring a whole lot of new people to the SR. I don't know if I'm allowed to post about it publicly, so PM me for more details.
Ha ha you got me. Briefly. Furrowed my brow trying to imagine who Fox's libertarian writer could be. Then it clicked, there ain't one.
IT'S CALLED JOHN STOSSEL, BUDDY...LOL
Apologies, I stand corrected - that I did not know! Will look him up. If your info is correct, I can't see Fox putting a positive spin on SR, even if they do have a potentially open minded journalist - they're unlikely to pass up on an opportunity to spread disinformation and terror. But very happy to be corrected again...
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If DPR is involved in this I guess the only positive thing that can come of it really is trying to give some ideology and context to the website, presenting it as how we see it and why we think it is morally correct to use the website regardless of legality, hopefully that should plant a seed in the minds of the public, rather than a bias, skewed representation by the mainstream media about a website full of immoral criminals. Giving our side of the story so to speak. Or maybe I'm being too optimistic.
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If DPR is involved in this I guess the only positive thing that can come of it really is trying to give some ideology and context to the website, presenting it as how we see it and why we think it is morally correct to use the website regardless of legality, hopefully that should plant a seed in the minds of the public, rather than a bias, skewed representation by the mainstream media about a website full of immoral criminals. Giving our side of the story so to speak. Or maybe I'm being too optimistic.
Possibly. Depends on the media outlet & country somewhat. But seems pretty unlikely. It's the attention grabbing headline that will sell, and the subtle ideology and intentions are likely to end up towards the end of the piece, if they make it in. Be prepared that forum quotes could end up in print if they haven't already - there's a good chance of that, forums will always make easy pickings for lazy journos!
In some respects, the more the general public are reminded that recreational drug use is not going away, the closer we get to a rethink of the whole sorry system. Perhaps. All publicity is good publicity? Hmm.
I haven't encountered any rush to the site caused by media interest before. Is it hugely disruptive?
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SilkRoad is DPR's creation buts it's not just a website, or a business now, its a community, a free choice community. SR is alive. It doesn't belong to DPR, he is its leader, but SR is yours and mine.....We stretch from one side of the planet to the other, this should make us strong and potentially unstoppable. DPR as the owner of SR I hope you realize that your a leader of a worldwide organization of real people depending on you. For me I choose SR because I love it and everything it stands for, I can get what I want IRL, no problem, but so many cant and NEED SR. Being part of something big and something with the potential to change lives and the world we live in is why I'm here, but we all have different reasons. We have no choice at this point other than to put faith in DPR because thats what we always do. I just hope the man himself knows exactly what he is doing. DPR in the spotlight will no doubt do everything he said it will,......but will it do far more he hasn't considered? Shit I don't know I hope not. All I can say is good luck mate. I hope for your sake and ours that you are as intelligent as we all believe you to be. And for me, for now, I'm going to trust you, I have to. I salute you Dread Pirate Roberts, I hope you know that your buried Treasure is us, your members and your followers. Kick some ass big fella....
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John Stossel?
In that case, might as well toss Ben Swann a bone too imo.
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This sounds ominous......and dubious.
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If DPR is involved in this I guess the only positive thing that can come of it really is trying to give some ideology and context to the website, presenting it as how we see it and why we think it is morally correct to use the website regardless of legality, hopefully that should plant a seed in the minds of the public, rather than a bias, skewed representation by the mainstream media about a website full of immoral criminals. Giving our side of the story so to speak. Or maybe I'm being too optimistic.
You make a valid point. This may not be as negative as we are assuming it will be, but only time will tell. We have to wait until the article is published to know for sure.
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If DPR does an interview I'm going to be a very unhappy vendor. It will make this Freedom Hosting/Blue Giraffe thing even more of a clusterfuck and we don't need that right now.
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I'd rather there be publicity that DPR had some say in, rather than any number of the ongoing exposure SR gets without any one from SR having any say in what propaganda gets used. If that's what DPR is implying.
Perhaps this new information on DPR will highlight a change of hands. *Puts tin foil hat on.*
Couldn't disagree more ...... if DPR is identified as the source of comments or better yet quotes he will have effectively moved his ass to the top of the list ..... he has just replaced that fuck head porn distributor as the ( "GO GET GUY "). And this benefits SR how??????? I'm really fucking disappointed by this and I really hope DPR gives a detailed explanation for his casual stroll into the light side.
If DPR is identified as the source of comments on the Silk Road, I highly doubt he would be talking about it in a negative context, and very well would be making valid points. Publicity on this website is going to happen whether DPR is involved or not --and at this point in time, we don't even know if he was. He certainly has not said he was directly interviewed or anything of the sort. He's coming on here, giving us a heads-up of some publicity that is likely going to bring more user's to the SR, just like many others in the past. Only this time, perhaps (and again, we're all making assumptions on this one) DPR can shed something positive on this market, and it's community.
My point in that post was that none of us really know anything. We're all speculating.
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If the assumptions being made on this thread are true - there is absolutely no way the same DPR is steering the ship as was 2 years ago. Just saying.
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The tension is just building! Everyone's on their tippy toes awaiting the unknown!
This is life people. This is what it means to BE alive! Embrace it!
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I'll just be over here making myself an old fashioned. :)
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If the assumptions being made on this thread are true - there is absolutely no way the same DPR is steering the ship as was 2 years ago. Just saying.
I agree, I've been here a year and half now and it's not the same DPR that I started with if you ask me.
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I don't know a thing about DPR (as it should be) and I don't know if any assumptions being made on this thread have any merit or not... including my own which is that I do NOT have a good feeling about this at all!
Someone has a good thing going... making no doubt a lot of money and living the high life (pun intended). But unfortunately, when a person achieves a certain level of wealth, I've observed time and time again... there comes a point where enough is never enough and eventually greed is their ultimate downfall.. as for those who rose with him and for those who just went along for the ride, if the King falls... so will we all....
I so hope I'm wrong on this!
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SilkRoad is DPR's creation buts it's not just a website, or a business now, its a community, a free choice community. SR is alive. It doesn't belong to DPR, he is its leader, but SR is yours and mine.....We stretch from one side of the planet to the other, this should make us strong and potentially unstoppable. DPR as the owner of SR I hope you realize that your a leader of a worldwide organization of real people depending on you. For me I choose SR because I love it and everything it stands for, I can get what I want IRL, no problem, but so many cant and NEED SR. Being part of something big and something with the potential to change lives and the world we live in is why I'm here, but we all have different reasons. We have no choice at this point other than to put faith in DPR because thats what we always do. I just hope the man himself knows exactly what he is doing. DPR in the spotlight will no doubt do everything he said it will,......but will it do far more he hasn't considered? Shit I don't know I hope not. All I can say is good luck mate. I hope for your sake and ours that you are as intelligent as we all believe you to be. And for me, for now, I'm going to trust you, I have to. I salute you Dread Pirate Roberts, I hope you know that your buried Treasure is us, your members and your followers. Kick some ass big fella....
That was beautiful. I'd +1 you if it weren't for the 72 hour rule.
My point in that post was that none of us really know anything. We're all speculating.
It's important to keep that in mind.
If the assumptions being made on this thread are true - there is absolutely no way the same DPR is steering the ship as was 2 years ago. Just saying.
Very good point. Before, I didn't care and had no opinion if it was a new DPR or whatever but now, I'm leaning towards yes, it's a new DPR.
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Who wants to make a bet DPR did an interview for either VICE, Forbes or The Guardian?
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If the assumptions being made on this thread are true - there is absolutely no way the same DPR is steering the ship as was 2 years ago. Just saying.
I agree, I've been here a year and half now and it's not the same DPR that I started with if you ask me.
Totally agree, i guess when this article comes out, we'll all learn a little more about DPR. I doubt the new DPR is scout too. Scout was smarter.
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If the assumptions being made on this thread are true - there is absolutely no way the same DPR is steering the ship as was 2 years ago. Just saying.
I agree, I've been here a year and half now and it's not the same DPR that I started with if you ask me.
Totally agree, i guess when this article comes out, we'll all learn a little more about DPR. I doubt the new DPR is scout too. Scout was smarter.
Majority of us already came to this conclusion as you can see here. http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=182042
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A mainstream-media, high-attention story was going to come out sooner or later. While there have been a fair amount of articles published specifically on SR, so far the public has been ho hum about it all. It's sorta like reading an article about sexual services being advertised in Craigslist or similar -- ho hum, big deal -- of course it's going on. This however, sounds like it's going to be far more attention grabbing and frankly I think that's a good thing if DPR is steering the message.
My fear ever since joining this community is that SR's undoing would be a massive horror story of epic proportions involving teens and drugs that were procured here on SR. Teens do stupid shit all the time. Add drugs and....well just read your newspaper and use your imagination. That would put a giant hot white spot light on SR with the inevitable witch hunt with the entire might of the U.S. Government.
To my way of thinking, this upcoming story could be a preemptive and mitigating strike against a future major negative event and sow the seeds of knowledge that will eventually enlightening the ignorant. All struggles to overcome ignorance, prejudice, bigotry and unwarranted oppression are rooted in knowledge and understanding and this could a positive step in that direction.
The fact is there are a ton of professional people here purchasing drugs. I'll bet a census would reveal that the bulk of SR customers are college educated, upper income, and productive citizens. Characteristics that even the average FOX News viewer would have to reconcile to once it's revealed who the average SR customer is. We're not the idiotic propaganda-created stereotypes of a "drug user. We're their neighbors, bosses, brothers/sisters, bankers, attorneys, co-workers, and even their ministers -- -- by any standard, we are good, decent, productive citizens ignorantly cast as outlaw scum.
As best I can tell, the most capable person to deliver that message is the captain of our ship. And who best to say "Here here!" when the message comes out? You and me. Support our cause.
This is a good thing.
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A mainstream-media, high-attention story was going to come out sooner or later. While there have been a fair amount of articles published specifically on SR, so far the public has been ho hum about it all. It's sorta like reading an article about sexual services being advertised in Craigslist or similar -- ho hum, big deal -- of course it's going on. This however, sounds like it's going to be far more attention grabbing and frankly I think that's a good thing if DPR is steering the message.
My fear ever since joining this community is that SR's undoing would be a massive horror story of epic proportions involving teens and drugs that were procured here on SR. Teens do stupid shit all the time. Add drugs and....well just read your newspaper and use your imagination. That would put a giant hot white spot light on SR with the inevitable witch hunt with the entire might of the U.S. Government.
To my way of thinking, this upcoming story could be a preemptive and mitigating strike against a future major negative event and sow the seeds of knowledge that will eventually enlightening the ignorant. All struggles to overcome ignorance, prejudice, bigotry and unwarranted oppression are rooted in knowledge and understanding and this could a positive step in that direction.
The fact is there are a ton of professional people here purchasing drugs. I'll bet a census would reveal that the bulk of SR customers are college educated, upper income, and productive citizens. Characteristics that even the average FOX News viewer would have to reconcile to once it's revealed who the average SR customer is. We're not the idiotic propaganda-created stereotypes of a "drug user. We're their neighbors, bosses, brothers/sisters, bankers, attorneys, co-workers, and even their ministers -- -- by any standard, we are good, decent, productive citizens ignorantly cast as outlaw scum.
As best I can tell, the most capable person to deliver that message is the captain of our ship. And who best to say "Here here!" when the message comes out? You and me. Support our cause.
This is a good thing.
This is not a good thing. Theres going to be a surge of news reports about the silkroad before the year ends. Kids aged 12-18 are going to be purchasing drugs with their parents credit cards, and they are likely going to get caught too.
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A mainstream-media, high-attention story was going to come out sooner or later. While there have been a fair amount of articles published specifically on SR, so far the public has been ho hum about it all. It's sorta like reading an article about sexual services being advertised in Craigslist or similar -- ho hum, big deal -- of course it's going on. This however, sounds like it's going to be far more attention grabbing and frankly I think that's a good thing if DPR is steering the message.
My fear ever since joining this community is that SR's undoing would be a massive horror story of epic proportions involving teens and drugs that were procured here on SR. Teens do stupid shit all the time. Add drugs and....well just read your newspaper and use your imagination. That would put a giant hot white spot light on SR with the inevitable witch hunt with the entire might of the U.S. Government.
To my way of thinking, this upcoming story could be a preemptive and mitigating strike against a future major negative event and sow the seeds of knowledge that will eventually enlightening the ignorant. All struggles to overcome ignorance, prejudice, bigotry and unwarranted oppression are rooted in knowledge and understanding and this could a positive step in that direction.
The fact is there are a ton of professional people here purchasing drugs. I'll bet a census would reveal that the bulk of SR customers are college educated, upper income, and productive citizens. Characteristics that even the average FOX News viewer would have to reconcile to once it's revealed who the average SR customer is. We're not the idiotic propaganda-created stereotypes of a "drug user. We're their neighbors, bosses, brothers/sisters, bankers, attorneys, co-workers, and even their ministers -- -- by any standard, we are good, decent, productive citizens ignorantly cast as outlaw scum.
As best I can tell, the most capable person to deliver that message is the captain of our ship. And who best to say "Here here!" when the message comes out? You and me. Support our cause.
This is a good thing.
This is not a good thing. Theres going to be a surge of news reports about the silkroad before the year ends. Kids aged 12-18 are going to be purchasing drugs with their parents credit cards, and they are likely going to get caught too.
Silk Road accepts CREDIT CARDS NOW?! Chaaaaa CHING.
Shouldn't have left your credit card out sweetie(tee hee!)
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"heres going to be a surge of news reports about the silkroad before the year ends. Kids aged 12-18 are going to be purchasing drugs with their parents credit cards, and they are likely going to get caught too."
Yeah, but only if their parents are recently married gays.
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A mainstream-media, high-attention story was going to come out sooner or later. While there have been a fair amount of articles published specifically on SR, so far the public has been ho hum about it all. It's sorta like reading an article about sexual services being advertised in Craigslist or similar -- ho hum, big deal -- of course it's going on. This however, sounds like it's going to be far more attention grabbing and frankly I think that's a good thing if DPR is steering the message.
My fear ever since joining this community is that SR's undoing would be a massive horror story of epic proportions involving teens and drugs that were procured here on SR. Teens do stupid shit all the time. Add drugs and....well just read your newspaper and use your imagination. That would put a giant hot white spot light on SR with the inevitable witch hunt with the entire might of the U.S. Government.
To my way of thinking, this upcoming story could be a preemptive and mitigating strike against a future major negative event and sow the seeds of knowledge that will eventually enlightening the ignorant. All struggles to overcome ignorance, prejudice, bigotry and unwarranted oppression are rooted in knowledge and understanding and this could a positive step in that direction.
The fact is there are a ton of professional people here purchasing drugs. I'll bet a census would reveal that the bulk of SR customers are college educated, upper income, and productive citizens. Characteristics that even the average FOX News viewer would have to reconcile to once it's revealed who the average SR customer is. We're not the idiotic propaganda-created stereotypes of a "drug user. We're their neighbors, bosses, brothers/sisters, bankers, attorneys, co-workers, and even their ministers -- -- by any standard, we are good, decent, productive citizens ignorantly cast as outlaw scum.
As best I can tell, the most capable person to deliver that message is the captain of our ship. And who best to say "Here here!" when the message comes out? You and me. Support our cause.
This is a good thing.
This is not a good thing. Theres going to be a surge of news reports about the silkroad before the year ends. Kids aged 12-18 are going to be purchasing drugs with their parents credit cards, and they are likely going to get caught too.
Silk Road accepts CREDIT CARDS NOW?! Chaaaaa CHING.
Shouldn't have left your credit card out sweetie(tee hee!)
You can easily obtain bitcoins with a credit card.
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A mainstream-media, high-attention story was going to come out sooner or later. While there have been a fair amount of articles published specifically on SR, so far the public has been ho hum about it all. It's sorta like reading an article about sexual services being advertised in Craigslist or similar -- ho hum, big deal -- of course it's going on. This however, sounds like it's going to be far more attention grabbing and frankly I think that's a good thing if DPR is steering the message.
My fear ever since joining this community is that SR's undoing would be a massive horror story of epic proportions involving teens and drugs that were procured here on SR. Teens do stupid shit all the time. Add drugs and....well just read your newspaper and use your imagination. That would put a giant hot white spot light on SR with the inevitable witch hunt with the entire might of the U.S. Government.
To my way of thinking, this upcoming story could be a preemptive and mitigating strike against a future major negative event and sow the seeds of knowledge that will eventually enlightening the ignorant. All struggles to overcome ignorance, prejudice, bigotry and unwarranted oppression are rooted in knowledge and understanding and this could a positive step in that direction.
The fact is there are a ton of professional people here purchasing drugs. I'll bet a census would reveal that the bulk of SR customers are college educated, upper income, and productive citizens. Characteristics that even the average FOX News viewer would have to reconcile to once it's revealed who the average SR customer is. We're not the idiotic propaganda-created stereotypes of a "drug user. We're their neighbors, bosses, brothers/sisters, bankers, attorneys, co-workers, and even their ministers -- -- by any standard, we are good, decent, productive citizens ignorantly cast as outlaw scum.
As best I can tell, the most capable person to deliver that message is the captain of our ship. And who best to say "Here here!" when the message comes out? You and me. Support our cause.
This is a good thing.
This is not a good thing. Theres going to be a surge of news reports about the silkroad before the year ends. Kids aged 12-18 are going to be purchasing drugs with their parents credit cards, and they are likely going to get caught too.
Silk Road accepts CREDIT CARDS NOW?! Chaaaaa CHING.
Shouldn't have left your credit card out sweetie(tee hee!)
You can easily obtain bitcoins with a credit card.
The service that just started up 2 weeks ago? Is it legit? Have you used it? The site is currently down.
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DPR, you really need to stop talking to the press.
When they see you giving interviews to the media right in the middle of a NSA shitstorm basically calling them out as inept and making them lose face, that's the day they decide to send all the three letter agencies after you.
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DPR is a smart man.. he knows what he is doing. He started this thread because he was obviously involved in the article.. and that's not a bad thing. You people think he'd really ever say or hint at ANYTHING that could potentially compromise himself, the site, his operation, the vendors/buyers or the community?
Not in this lifetime, folks. He knows what he is doing, trust me.
The "right" kind of publicity can (and will) be beneficial on so many levels. For the site as a marketplace, for the community as a mainstream vehicle for our viewpoints, for bitcoin as an instrument of value.
Calm down and be open minded. What's coming is good.
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i think all DRP want to say to us is "you d better buy some BTC while you still can at this price, cause its going to rise..................................................soon"
:D
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i think all DRP want to say to us is "you d better buy some BTC while you still can at this price, cause its going to rise..................................................soon"
:D
That's the only positive thing I've read in this whole thread
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If the assumptions being made on this thread are true - there is absolutely no way the same DPR is steering the ship as was 2 years ago. Just saying.
I agree, I've been here a year and half now and it's not the same DPR that I started with if you ask me.
It sounds like you are just being dramatic to me.
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For the people claiming it's not the same DPR, have you actually read the book? It's a name passed on from one person to another hence the difference, some people are just plain idiotic.
You think one person could run this, so naive tut tut tut.
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DPR is a smart man.. he knows what he is doing. He started this thread because he was obviously involved in the article.. and that's not a bad thing. You people think he'd really ever say or hint at ANYTHING that could potentially compromise himself, the site, his operation, the vendors/buyers or the community?
Not in this lifetime, folks. He knows what he is doing, trust me.
The "right" kind of publicity can (and will) be beneficial on so many levels. For the site as a marketplace, for the community as a mainstream vehicle for our viewpoints, for bitcoin as an instrument of value.
Calm down and be open minded. What's coming is good.
I wish I could share your optimism ........ Just what is the "right" kind of publicity ........ if you think the mainstream public will have a favorable opinion of SR after this article is released you are mistaken. The government has already taken action against the movement of Bitcoins as evidenced by the recent seizure at MTGOX. Kiddie porn was number one on their list...... the sale of illegal drugs is number two .....and no comments by DPR will change that. The timing on this is Horrendous, the freedom hosting / tormail / bluegiraffe mess is about to get a lot messier.
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i think all DRP want to say to us is "you d better buy some BTC while you still can at this price, cause its going to rise..................................................soon"
:D
Economics major? Fuck you're right!
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it's just publicity and the man who runs this just said don't freak out. remember SR was started exactly 2 years ago around this time? a word of success must be mentioned, what else? ooh ye
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Silk Road was once just an experiment and only advertised in a few places on the clearnet. Then some journalists found it and made articles about it. That's when the Silk Road started becoming what it is today.
Back then people were saying "make it invite only, keep out the Wired folks", but it was never the intention to make it a secret club.
Most of you are here because of a chain of events which was caused by the first journalist writing an article about Silk Road. Remember that before complaining about more publicity.
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Silk Road was once just an experiment and only advertised in a few places on the clearnet. Then some journalists found it and made articles about it. That's when the Silk Road started becoming what it is today.
Back then people were saying "make it invite only, keep out the Wired folks", but it was never the intention to make it a secret club.
Most of you are here because of a chain of events which was caused by the first journalist writing an article about Silk Road. Remember that before complaining about more publicity.
Including you sir!
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So 5 pages of this speculation circle-jerk, and over 24 hours later, and not one follow up response from the OP. You know DPR? (or as top44 rightfully Freudian slipped "DRP" ...lol!
Seriously though. Why throw us this 'bone' of info, only to leave us alone afterwards to fight over it with conjecture and speculation?
I saw the random threads, peppered throughout the forum in the past few weeks speculating that there had been a change in the writing styles of DPR, leading to the educated guess that - Yes, it does seem plausible, as that is the whole idea behind the moniker. I didn't read 'The Book' but I know the gist of it, and it only makes sense that the DPR handle is used by a multitude of business/techno-savvy individuals high up on the Silk Road chain of command.
If anyone want's to get into some REAL conspiracy theories about this, try my latest paranoid delusion.
OK, so Freedom Hosting gets hit, all in the name of kiddie-porn, or 'CP' as is the 'PC' term. That in turn takes out Tormail, which up until that day, was lauded as the be all end all of secure email. by even the nerdiest techies of shit I don't understand, but am grateful to the men and women who are technerds.
Now, this next question begs an answer. How would the elimination of Tormail help Silk Road? Not help the buyers and vendors, but the real profiteers of Silk Road. The OWNERS. The one(s) you affectionately imagine to be DPR, some sort of elusive superhero- archetype?
One big benefit I see, is helping to wipe out "out of escrow transactions' or more to the point "out of Silk Road" transactions.
And if you think that shit wasn't happening, or it was such a small percentage, then you probably also think DPR is this one man, all done up in Capt. Jack Sparrow garb.
Anyone notice a lot of vendors getting banned for 'out of escrow' activity? Very few, if any actually getting their account back, like Frank Matthews. I think he was such a good 'earner' that they let him come back.
Now this is just a theory children. I can't prove any of it. It's a hell of a lot more interesting than "There's a different person writing under the DPR screenname" - which even to an amateur like me, was obvious a long time ago.
Now, we can put a double layer of tinfoil on our heads, (funny, I can only find aluminum), and take this a step further.
Remember the speculation that LE already took over SR a while back? Perhaps right after that last outtage? Once again, I'm not computer savvy, but wouldn't having the site down for 4 or 5 days be the best way to comb through the data of all the sales and PM's ?
Then forums goes down in the same fashion? Another 'cull the archives for illegal activity shakedown'?????
Just some paranoid thoughts since the person in lieu of DPR, seems to be teasing us with small tidbits of clues. Reminds me of The Riddler from Batman.
Now if you techno-IT-computer people are going to jump on me here, please dumb it down to laymans terms if you don't mind. I am interested to learn, but some of you don't realize you're talking calculus to an 11th grade Algebra/Trig dropout. (Thanks in advance) ;D
8) Chip 8)
PS. And stop saying "The Man who runs this site"! - How do you know it's not a woman? - Sexist pigs! ::)
Also, who the fuck does Blue Giraffe play into this? - It sounds like that name is connected to the CP shit, but I also recall some spaced out LSD vendor using that name. - I'd research it all out, but frankly I'm sick of it already, and the last thing I want to hear about/think about is CP and the scumbags who are involved in it. IMHO public hangings are in order for the likes of them.
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In concern to the is DPR the same DPR as when it started. Let me ask you this? Have you not seen the Princess Bride!?!?!?!
Here's the quick and simple. The dread Pirate Roberts was a vicious pirate that would rape, pillage and plunder the 7 sea's. Well one day they pillaged a ship and there was a young working boy the captain took on as a worker. Every night the captain Roberts said to the boy, "Good work today boy, though i'll probably just kill you in the morning".
Well this went on for years, every night, the captain told the boy, good job and he'd probably just kill him in the morning. Well after 7 years the Dreaded Pirate Roberts took a liking to the boy and after 7 years of pillaging and plundering, DPR's pockets grew to be very large and the pirate life was no longer to be his aspiration.
So one night DPR approaches the boy (who was obviously a man now) and tells him that he was not actually the REAL DPR. In fact the title was given to him from the LAST DPR. Whose name wasn't even Roberts. And BEFORE that the title was passed down to HIM at one point.
See DPR is merely a symbol of whatever entity is actually running the operation or ship in this matter.
Well for those that want the end of the story =P, DPR then soon gets rid of the ships crew starts calling the cabin boy captain Roberts and before he knew it the old captain Roberts is retired on an island while the new one is off to rule the 7 seas.
Great theory! Great Movie! The Princess Bride
Edawg420
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In concern to the is DPR the same DPR as when it started. Let me ask you this? Have you not seen the Princess Bride!?!?!?!
Here's the quick and simple. The dread Pirate Roberts was a vicious pirate that would rape, pillage and plunder the 7 sea's. Well one day they pillaged a ship and there was a young working boy the captain took on as a worker. Every night the captain Roberts said to the boy, "Good work today boy, though i'll probably just kill you in the morning".
Well this went on for years, every night, the captain told the boy, good job and he'd probably just kill him in the morning. Well after 7 years the Dreaded Pirate Roberts took a liking to the boy and after 7 years of pillaging and plundering, DPR's pockets grew to be very large and the pirate life was no longer to be his aspiration.
So one night DPR approaches the boy (who was obviously a man now) and tells him that he was not actually the REAL DPR. In fact the title was given to him from the LAST DPR. Whose name wasn't even Roberts. And BEFORE that the title was passed down to HIM at one point.
See DPR is merely a symbol of whatever entity is actually running the operation or ship in this matter.
Well for those that want the end of the story =P, DPR then soon gets rid of the ships crew starts calling the cabin boy captain Roberts and before he knew it the old captain Roberts is retired on an island while the new one is off to rule the 7 seas.
Great theory! Great Movie! The Princess Bride
Edawg420
It's the book what was the original, and do you not read other people's post's I've pointed this out already. So ignorant.
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I believe DPR is giving us a heads up because something very similar to this happened about a year or so ago i believe. a whole bunch of SR related articles started popping up on the clearnet and the silk road got REALLY REALLY busy. Busy enough it crashed the SR servers and SR was down for a very long time. Also during this time you always get wild and crazy debates over is new customers a good idea? are they all cops!? (and then the tin foil is broken out) i'd also like to mention last time this exact thing happened the BTC price skyrocketed from $12 US a BTC to $100 US a BTC. I think DPR is trying to give those of us that were here and remember what happened the chance to get our affairs in order with our favorite vendors to make sure we can still contact them in case of another site crash, and to buy some BTC while they are at the price they are now so if there is another skyrocket in BTC price we can all make a little money. Get your affairs in order, prepare for a server crash, buy some BTC, get some popcorn, sit back and get ready to watch the crazies. (BTW us old-timers who don't mind helping noobs and answering the same noob questions 8 times in the same day, Get ready to be really busy)
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Silk Road accepts CREDIT CARDS NOW?! Chaaaaa CHING.
Shouldn't have left your credit card out sweetie(tee hee!)
Some of us vendors such as myself also accept sexual favors and used panties as payment as well (wink wink).
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In concern to the is DPR the same DPR as when it started. Let me ask you this? Have you not seen the Princess Bride!?!?!?!
Here's the quick and simple. The dread Pirate Roberts was a vicious pirate that would rape, pillage and plunder the 7 sea's. Well one day they pillaged a ship and there was a young working boy the captain took on as a worker. Every night the captain Roberts said to the boy, "Good work today boy, though i'll probably just kill you in the morning".
Well this went on for years, every night, the captain told the boy, good job and he'd probably just kill him in the morning. Well after 7 years the Dreaded Pirate Roberts took a liking to the boy and after 7 years of pillaging and plundering, DPR's pockets grew to be very large and the pirate life was no longer to be his aspiration.
So one night DPR approaches the boy (who was obviously a man now) and tells him that he was not actually the REAL DPR. In fact the title was given to him from the LAST DPR. Whose name wasn't even Roberts. And BEFORE that the title was passed down to HIM at one point.
See DPR is merely a symbol of whatever entity is actually running the operation or ship in this matter.
Well for those that want the end of the story =P, DPR then soon gets rid of the ships crew starts calling the cabin boy captain Roberts and before he knew it the old captain Roberts is retired on an island while the new one is off to rule the 7 seas.
Great theory! Great Movie! The Princess Bride
Edawg420
It's the book what was the original, and do you not read other people's post's I've pointed this out already. So ignorant.
I do hope neither of you chaps were referring to me in with these posts as I clearly said I "get the gist of it" and yes, to be fair to JohnTheBaptist, I "learnt' it on here! :o
Yes, it does seem plausible, as that is the whole idea behind the moniker. I didn't read 'The Book' but I know the gist of it, and it only makes sense that the DPR handle is used by a multitude of business/techno-savvy individuals high up on the Silk Road chain of command.
8) Peace 8)
~~Chip~~
PS. I wouldn't be caught dead watching any movie called "The Princess Bride" (just for the record) :P
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Outlaws have always been popular throughout American history. Think of Billy the Kid or Al Capone. I agree, that notoriety does contain inherent risks, but my personal feeling is that we are on the cusp of a paradigm shift within the Drug War. I am using history as a reference, to compare the recent comments by Eric Holder combined with the recent Legalization of Cannabis within Colorado and Washington. The reality is that our American prisons are way too full, over bank accounts way too over drawn and our economy hasn't recovered nearly as well as needed to perpetuate endless wars. We shall see, what is in store for us after DPR's recent revelation. The Road is known to everyone already, it is not some underground section of the web that people are clueless about..If anything safety in numbers will be to our advantage. The more people using a service (Tor) or the Road the more people can blend in.There are also many portions of various cities/towns which are known for drug dealing etc..Police allow a certain degree of the illicit markets to perpetuate for a variety of reasons. If the NSA/FEd's or whatever alphabet soup agency really wanted to take down the Road it would be gone. Didn't the DOD create Tor in the first place? Don't tell me that they don't have some way to infiltrate everything.Chapo Guzman is still running shit in Mexico right? He also allegedly has CIA ties...Just Sayin'
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OMG any member on SRF who has been here for a while obviously knows the DPR-Princess Bride paradigm.
It could be a team, it could be a women, it could be the same DPR...
Regardless of how much we don't know for certain (and most of us probably never will)
it is still fun to speculate.
As for the OP, anyone ever heard the old expression "no such thing as bad press"?...well, theres actually an exception...
If you run the largest underground drug-facilitating deep website then IMO no press=best press.
I eagerly await the reading and discussion of this article.
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Outlaws have always been popular throughout American history. Think of Billy the Kid or Al Capone. I agree, that notoriety does contain inherent risks, but my personal feeling is that we are on the cusp of a paradigm shift within the Drug War. I am using history as a reference, to compare the recent comments by Eric Holder combined with the recent Legalization of Cannabis within Colorado and Washington. The reality is that our American prisons are way too full, over bank accounts way too over drawn and our economy hasn't recovered nearly as well as needed to perpetuate endless wars. We shall see, what is in store for us after DPR's recent revelation. The Road is known to everyone already, it is not some underground section of the web that people are clueless about..If anything safety in numbers will be to our advantage. The more people using a service (Tor) or the Road the more people can blend in.There are also many portions of various cities/towns which are known for drug dealing etc..Police allow a certain degree of the illicit market's to perpetuate for a variety of reasons. If the NSA/FEd's or whatever alphabet soup agency really wanted to take down the Road it would be gone. Didn't the DOD create Tor in the first place? Don't tell me that they don't have some way to infiltrate everything.
Yeah dude they could totally reverse modulate the transmission and overwhelm the flux capacitor and then they could just nuke the internet
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There have been many reports and articles published about SR. SR isn't exactly a secret. Tons of people know about it. This thread is full of paranoia. If you don't like the way dpr is running the show, you are free to use atlantis or bmr or private boards. I joined SR almost 2 years ago and dpr has never done us wrong. There was a ton of publicity and an influx of new members after the gawker articles and SR survived just fine. I trust dpr's judgement. Obviously he is making money but he really believes in what he's doing. He hasn't been as active on the forums as he used to be but he is still here. Just relax and enjoy the show.
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I was thinking about letting everyone know about how the 'Dread Pirate Roberts' moniker gets passed along just like in the princess bride, because despite that being said SEVEN FUCKING TIMES in this thread, I really want to be the one who looks like he knows the big secret!
Anyone want to hear about the Princess Bride?
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I was thinking about letting everyone know about how the 'Dread Pirate Roberts' moniker gets passed along just like in the princess bride, because despite that being said SEVEN FUCKING TIMES in this thread, I really want to be the one who looks like he knows the big secret!
Anyone want to hear about the Princess Bride?
I do, what's the princess bride and how does it relate to DPR?
;)
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This thread really is full of paranoia! this isnt the first interview that "DPR" has given and im sure
it wont be the last! silkroad has been in articles with quotes from dpr for the past year! the idea
in all of this is to win the war and show people that a site like this can and will exist and will not
damage society but make it safer and more informed. people are going to do what they want to do....
why not have a safe place to learn about the substances rather than take a street dealers word on
how to take it and what is actually in it. cant wait to see the article! Take us all the way DPR!!
I have a feeling SR will be around for much longer!! You cant stop libertarian passion!
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Whatever. The way I see it, it's a perfect time to take a vacation from SR. My brain feels like a pissed off fried egg.
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Apparently some people are a little confused. The Dread Pirate Roberts is a character in a book who's identity gets passed on from person to person, each new one taking the place of the old one so as the former may retire while their legacy is continued in the form of a new captain who will rule the seas. This book was adapted into a movie, which is known by many names but is commonly called "Star Wars".
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Wait what?!? Buying BTC with a credit card? how is this done?
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BTC CHIKKEN WILL RISE!!!!
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oh boy DPR, you knew all this was going to happen! Ok so DPR knew that when he/she/they posted this 5-day "be prepared for something big" post, that the conspiracy theories would flood the forums and speculation would be rampant. Anyone have an idea on why? Maybe just to stir things up a bit in preparation for this big announcement? Though I don't understand how that would help anyone or anything.
QM
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If he didnt the first time someone saw the article they would be saying how come DPR never
said anything about this.
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I don't think SR was ever intended to be secret. We know about it don't we? Remember DPR's earlier posts - this is an experiment in liberty. It's not just a cute way to get drugs. It's 2 years since even US congressmen called for SR to be shut down, and SR has resisted it all. DPR, whoever he/she/they are, are far too smart to willingly compromise their business. I have confidence. If it is time to move forward into mainstream visibility, so be it.
Take care.
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oh boy DPR, you knew all this was going to happen! Ok so DPR knew that when he/she/they posted this 5-day "be prepared for something big" post, that the conspiracy theories would flood the forums and speculation would be rampant. Anyone have an idea on why? Maybe just to stir things up a bit in preparation for this big announcement? Though I don't understand how that would help anyone or anything.
QM
Haven't you read catcher in the rye? A man gets hypnotized and has to periodically and impulsively buy a specific book every time he sees it on display. The government has a system in place in every bookstore in the area that the man lives, and they are notified whenever a copy of that book is purchased. It's a shitty book that he compulsively buys, that's how they know it's almost always him at that specific bookstore when the purchase goes down. When the time comes, his government handlers read him a phrase from the book, and he goes into kill mode, causing him to assassinate his target.
This is the strategy DPR is using. His message was a subliminal code ordering his mind slave to assassinate the person responsible for the impending press regarding the silk road, before they are able to bring it to the public.
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Listen my people
Gather to the steeple
Enabling trade across continents
Regulate and feel the wrath of the fists
The state desists
I resist Arrest
Digress back to a pre-evolutionary form
Disease carrying worm
Rot out the ship wood
Ship sunk understood
Arrogance breeds Ignorance
Never live in Bliss
Or you'll miss the opportunity to kiss
victory in the face and win the war
Take us down and remerge in the trench
Our numbers increase as we walk across rivers and quench
Thirst leaving it drenched
We are the wrench
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I agree with earlier posts: great time to buy bitcoins!
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Whoops! Bumping boss man back up top.
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FUCK.
Might be about time to quit while I'm ahead.
I dont think dpr is to blame for this really though.... maybe fox was already doing an article, and they decided to message dpr to get some info for the story....
Either way shit is getting real and I dont think I am going to want to stick around much longer.....
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Guess the article. " At the time of writing, Silk Road remains open for business, as for the Dread Pirate Roberts, he recently posted a message to his customers. " I've never had so much fun, I know we've been at it for a year now, but really, we are just getting started" He signed of with a yellow smiley face, grinning ear to ear! Class that is.
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I believe DPR is giving us a heads up because something very similar to this happened about a year or so ago i believe. a whole bunch of SR related articles started popping up on the clearnet and the silk road got REALLY REALLY busy. Busy enough it crashed the SR servers and SR was down for a very long time. Also during this time you always get wild and crazy debates over is new customers a good idea? are they all cops!? (and then the tin foil is broken out) i'd also like to mention last time this exact thing happened the BTC price skyrocketed from $12 US a BTC to $100 US a BTC. I think DPR is trying to give those of us that were here and remember what happened the chance to get our affairs in order with our favorite vendors to make sure we can still contact them in case of another site crash, and to buy some BTC while they are at the price they are now so if there is another skyrocket in BTC price we can all make a little money. Get your affairs in order, prepare for a server crash, buy some BTC, get some popcorn, sit back and get ready to watch the crazies. (BTW us old-timers who don't mind helping noobs and answering the same noob questions 8 times in the same day, Get ready to be really busy)
This is probably the most plausible and logical post I've read in this thread. Strip back the paranoia and conspiracy theories and it's more than likely DPR doing his members a solid by sharing this info before it hits. Perhaps its buy up, strap in and hold on for the ride.
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A mainstream-media, high-attention story was going to come out sooner or later. While there have been a fair amount of articles published specifically on SR, so far the public has been ho hum about it all. It's sorta like reading an article about sexual services being advertised in Craigslist or similar -- ho hum, big deal -- of course it's going on. This however, sounds like it's going to be far more attention grabbing and frankly I think that's a good thing if DPR is steering the message.
My fear ever since joining this community is that SR's undoing would be a massive horror story of epic proportions involving teens and drugs that were procured here on SR. Teens do stupid shit all the time. Add drugs and....well just read your newspaper and use your imagination. That would put a giant hot white spot light on SR with the inevitable witch hunt with the entire might of the U.S. Government.
To my way of thinking, this upcoming story could be a preemptive and mitigating strike against a future major negative event and sow the seeds of knowledge that will eventually enlightening the ignorant. All struggles to overcome ignorance, prejudice, bigotry and unwarranted oppression are rooted in knowledge and understanding and this could a positive step in that direction.
The fact is there are a ton of professional people here purchasing drugs. I'll bet a census would reveal that the bulk of SR customers are college educated, upper income, and productive citizens. Characteristics that even the average FOX News viewer would have to reconcile to once it's revealed who the average SR customer is. We're not the idiotic propaganda-created stereotypes of a "drug user. We're their neighbors, bosses, brothers/sisters, bankers, attorneys, co-workers, and even their ministers -- -- by any standard, we are good, decent, productive citizens ignorantly cast as outlaw scum.
As best I can tell, the most capable person to deliver that message is the captain of our ship. And who best to say "Here here!" when the message comes out? You and me. Support our cause.
This is a good thing.
This is not a good thing. Theres going to be a surge of news reports about the silkroad before the year ends. Kids aged 12-18 are going to be purchasing drugs with their parents credit cards, and they are likely going to get caught too.
Silk Road accepts CREDIT CARDS NOW?! Chaaaaa CHING.
Shouldn't have left your credit card out sweetie(tee hee!)
You can easily obtain bitcoins with a credit card.
The service that just started up 2 weeks ago? Is it legit? Have you used it? The site is currently down.
I put a credit card into paypal under a fake name, send money from it to a trust-able exchanger, than they send me bitcoins.
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i think dpr interview would go something like him saying silkroad is here to stay forever as a response of the latest website busts etc
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Apparently some people are a little confused. The Dread Pirate Roberts is a character in a book who's identity gets passed on from person to person, each new one taking the place of the old one so as the former may retire while their legacy is continued in the form of a new captain who will rule the seas. This book was adapted into a movie, which is known by many names but is commonly called "Star Wars".
actually the original Dread Pirate Roberts was John "Bartholomew" Roberts, a captured crewman turned pirate who was active from the west coast of Africa, the North Atlantic, Caribbean, and the east coast of South America in the early 18th century. he was a mate on a ship that was attacked by pirates and Roberts was forced to join up w/ them. some time later the ship's captain was killed and the crew voted in Roberts as the new captain mostly because of his navigation skills and leadership skills.
i'll stop now. i did a huge paper for college decades ago about lost, sunken pirate ships rumored in some cases, confirmed in others, to be loaded with gold, jewels, etc and discovered much about the original DPR. one thing i never forgot was a great quote attributed to DPR-
"damn to him who ever lived to wear a halter."
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Well why the hell isn't DPR in here just squashing rumors from the get-go? Lets stomp out any fires our raddled minds can start before we drive ourselves crazy. Come on DPR. Step in here and lets start this discussion now.
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the way i like to think about it... sr servers are set up in a barn in the middle of but fuck no where and no one knows. whoever dpr is at the time can do whatever they want because they are the captain. if he/she wants to do an interview and thinks he/she covers there ass enough which im sure they would...... no doubt. then who cares. other then if people are scared LE will take over, *doubt it * then its all good. who cares if more people know about it. the more people using it, the harder it is to stop.
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I'm devicing an offline black market deviced of coconuts and messenger birds, so i can still trade drugs when the country gets EMP'd in the next fake terror attack.
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> New information about me, the site and many things will be discussed and I have no doubt that it will produce some controversy.
No offense DPR, but don't get cocky. I hope this info won't compromise anything. Be wary of the paparazzi. They'll turn on you quicker than a narc.
Trusting Fox is a bad idea. We'll see what happens.
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> New information about me, the site and many things will be discussed and I have no doubt that it will produce some controversy.
No offense DPR, but don't get cocky. I hope this info won't compromise anything. Be wary of the paparazzi. They'll turn on you quicker than a narc.
Trusting Fox is a bad idea. We'll see what happens.
Stossel is going to do a highly anti-government pro SR piece. Whether this is good or bad is up for your to decide.
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Who wants to make a bet DPR did an interview for either VICE, Forbes or The Guardian?
Vanity Fair ;)
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So what's DPR's agenda with this article ?
- Showing how the war on drugs failed miserably ?
- Fame ?
- Attracting new customers ?
- Provoking LE ?
All of the above ?
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Moving forward, I am sure that many of us can see a future for Silk Road. Staying completely silent in the media, will not help 'the cause.' People are hearing about our community through various media outlets. So, why not have, at least, ONE article that gets the facts straight and includes some information from DPR?
So, THANK YOU to DPR for giving us all a 'head's up!' We have faith in you---JUST LOOK AT HOW FAR SR HAS COME! AMAZING! The fact that this place exists, is truly unbelievable.
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I would be buying coin right now but all my money is tied up in transit at the moment. :/
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hey DPR Maybe a day or 2 before it comes out we could find out the country ?US/ canada or some place in the UK it will be published in or even better what station, news company you know what i mean. just so we can all see it the day it comes out. it seems very interesting from all the comments should be a good read
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Hope not VICE has found somebody to get in to that documentary
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So what's DPR's agenda with this article ?
- Showing how the war on drugs failed miserably ?
- Fame ?
- Attracting new customers ?
- Provoking LE ?
All of the above ?
Haha. Planned or unplanned... yep.
Just remember, if the soap slips out your hand and falls to the floor, leave it be. There is no right way to pick it up.
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So what's DPR's agenda with this article ?
- Showing how the war on drugs failed miserably ?
- Fame ?
- Attracting new customers ?
- Provoking LE ?
All of the above ?
Ego?
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Interesting times await us :o
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DPR said "in about 5 days" on Aug 9th. Meaning the 14th.. this Wednesday. Couple days left folks.. interesting times ahead indeed.
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DPR: Silkroad has been a 2 year long FBI Honeypot, we have gathered intell over all vendors and customers.
guantanamo bay makes room for Silkroad Prison!
;D
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DPR: Silkroad has been a 2 year long FBI Honeypot, we have gathered intell over all vendors and customers.
guantanamo bay makes room for Silkroad Prison!
;D
Doh! ;) hopefully my cellmate is someone with access to good drugs!
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Ohh the suspense ! Such an interesting first month vending, already so much has happened . Subbing.....
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Isn't that asshole Eric Holder supposed to be giving a speech soon on drug policy?
Could there be a connection? What if Eric Holder is DPR and is going to announce it to the nation?
Oh the conspiracies.
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what if dpr is actually kim jong il and he faked his death like the art of war nicholo machiaveli where u strike ur opponents from the back u make them think u r dead but u r alive n then u kill them when their backs are turnt. i see u dpr i mean kim
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what if dpr is actually kim jong il and he faked his death like the art of war nicholo machiaveli where u strike ur opponents from the back u make them think u r dead but u r alive n then u kill them when their backs are turnt. i see u dpr i mean kim
Quit parking on it and pass that shit brother!
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I do not see why this is necessary at all. I believe SR has more then enough business as it is, I don't know how much more it could take to be honest. It makes me feel like DPR has a bigger plan. I'm not sure what though. A drug revolution? Hopefully something with good intentions. I just don't think now is the right time.
To me SR is more then a marketplace, it is a community. I don't believe I am the only one who feels they can say more to my fellow SR users then I can to my friends, family or anyone else IRL.
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DPR I think you should reply to a few peoples questions. I think you should especially address if any of our freedom be at risk and if this is going to be of risk to our community.
Thanks.
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DPR I think you should reply to a few peoples questions. I think you should especially address if any of our freedom be at risk and if this is going to be of risk to our community.
Thanks.
I think if that were the case he would have definitely let us know so we can properly protect ourselves. I wouldn't stress it too much. Besides, whatever is going down DPR will be on the forums to talk to all of us, anyway.
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I know boss but come on, at least tell us this new information about yourself. If it's going to become public knowledge in 2 days time, why not a least make us feel like we are exclusive ? we are after all your customers, and give us the head start, this information will go out and then the new influx of members will come, and we will be forgotten. Do we not get a titbit for being loyal up to now?
I don't understand why you can't just tell us here and now, and at least humor us? Make us feel like we are a bit special.
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I know boss but come on, at least tell us this new information about yourself. If it's going to become public knowledge in 2 days time, why not a least make us feel like we are exclusive ? we are after all your customers, and give us the head start, this information will go out and then the new influx of members will come, and we will be forgotten. Do we not get a titbit for being loyal up to now?
I don't understand why you can't just tell us here and now, and at least humor us? Make us feel like we are a bit special.
I thought I was giving you special treatment by starting this thread in the first place! I've told a few very close to me exactly what's going down and they don't think its going to be all that controversial anyway. I hope you can stand the anticipation just a little longer :)
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I knew it..... DPR is actually Dick Cheney and he wants to take us all out pheasant hunting!!! I love the craziness that always follows DPR's posts. I swear DPR makes posts this vague just so he/she/it/reptile/politician can make some popcorn and watch the show lol *ding* ohh mines done!
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DPR is a pedophile
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I know boss but come on, at least tell us this new information about yourself. If it's going to become public knowledge in 2 days time, why not a least make us feel like we are exclusive ? we are after all your customers, and give us the head start, this information will go out and then the new influx of members will come, and we will be forgotten. Do we not get a titbit for being loyal up to now?
I don't understand why you can't just tell us here and now, and at least humor us? Make us feel like we are a bit special.
I thought I was giving you special treatment by starting this thread in the first place! I've told a few very close to me exactly what's going down and they don't think its going to be all that controversial anyway. I hope you can stand the anticipation just a little longer :)
What a guy! I'm intrigued now, I don't think I can. I guess it's only as much as you saw fit to give away about yourself. As you have to protect your status as an enigma.
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Oh lord, DPR sure does love to tingle our spider senses.
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what if dpr is actually kim jong il and he faked his death like the art of war nicholo machiaveli where u strike ur opponents from the back u make them think u r dead but u r alive n then u kill them when their backs are turnt. i see u dpr i mean kim
If DPR is kim jong you must be Dennis Rodman. Am I right?
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I do not see why this is necessary at all. I believe SR has more then enough business as it is, I don't know how much more it could take to be honest. It makes me feel like DPR has a bigger plan. I'm not sure what though. A drug revolution? Hopefully something with good intentions. I just don't think now is the right time.
To me SR is more then a marketplace, it is a community. I don't believe I am the only one who feels they can say more to my fellow SR users then I can to my friends, family or anyone else IRL.
It's all about that cheddar son. DPR is probably pulling mad cheddar and looking for more. There aint nothing better than earning that cheddar
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Thank you.
To the naysayers: The visibility and exposure is not relevant to breaking the technology securing this place.
More customers means better prices, a wider spreading of personal sovereignty/liberty/freedom, and a more robust and secure Tor network.
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The ideas regarding the current DPR have nothing to do with the lore or the book or movie or whatever.
It has to do with the fact that there's been significant changes. And it has to do with how things were run before. There definitely seemed to be a different air/heir. There's a number of points I could point out that holla at a change of ownership. But that's when you revert to the lore. Either it's completely changed, that the news story will show that, or whoever they think it is..... he/she/fish.... there could have just as easily been a change of FORUM ADMINISTRATION for the profile listed as DPR. All you have to do is have someone else write for you and the place goes bonkers.
Point is, is SR is still here. Let's put our faith in our fearless leaders who really get shit done. DPR, original or not, we still have you here. And we are all better off that you are here.
To everyone who makes this place a new frontier, and all those that pioneer, my hat to you.
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what if dpr is actually kim jong il and he faked his death like the art of war nicholo machiaveli where u strike ur opponents from the back u make them think u r dead but u r alive n then u kill them when their backs are turnt. i see u dpr i mean kim
If DPR is kim jong you must be Dennis Rodman. Am I right?
i think im adam spielberg, fucking all these women
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hahahaha
i know!! i know!!
ooooooh but i ain't tellin!!
'hey everybody!! smokie's back here taking a SHIT!!
i ain't gonna tell no one else though!!'
lol
all i know is that i have 0btc and am fiending for some coke.. or Opium.. or benzos.. or..
Damn i love this place!!
long live DPR(s)!! ;)
long live SR!!
much love me droogies!!
peace!!
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i have observed the action you have just committed there
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as long as its not an interview with vice... nobody would be worse then vice
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maybe the registration can be closed for that week and that week only?
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dumbest fucking idea ever ???
This. :( was Fight Club not released worldwide?
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whenever someone finds the link of the actual article please post it asap i think theres prolly hundreds of us wanting to give it a read. thanks ! ;D
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Still nothing?
I am curious now
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https://duckduckgo.com/?q=News%3ASilk+Road
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^^^ Miss Sexy Boots!! work it work it ;)
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Oh Robbies!
Thanks for the advanced copy of the article. I thought that we both agreed that we were going to keep our relationship under wraps for a bit longer...
Between you and I you are still the best Cyber-Uber-Dealer-Liberal lover bunny that I ever had... I want you to know this ok and how much you mean to me.
Im just a little concerned that when they publish these pics we might have a little problem with a couple of the others... One in particular might be a little (or maybe a lot upset). Studio54 is one of the nicest ever. And well, I forgot to mention to you that we have grown quite close lately... Im just anxious that, well you know, he is going to find out that I have been a floosie about the site with you Robbies...
The way I see it we have 2 options:
1. You get your tight little botty over to my house in your helicopter (park on the roof as per usual + keep the motor running), we pack the fukker up with the bongos and custom leather restraints, jab the chopper into remote control (as per usual), and get busy messing up the custom baboon leather seats in the back (as per usual) before arriving at the island through your secret Thunderbird-Esque aircraft hanger + coconut tree hideaway doors before sunrise. (Then its off to the fantasy 'Bitcoin' room for your favorite naughtiness and naughty Bitty talk before we plan to take over the universe)
OR
2. I release the film I secretly made of us in the naughty boy spank room last week... remember your training games??? You were the naughty pony boy???
A-ha... no choice really is there :) Good then, see you in 45 minutes on the roof. (And bring the Red Augusta this time - will match my new heels - got them specially for the FireMan training that you keep begging for! )
x - love you darling! Bootsy...
Ha!
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Provided there is not crossing of swords I'm in, swing by and grab me but give me 20 as I need to make myself presentable.
Waterbed as always should be 100 degrees centigrade so HOT HOT HOT
See you soon msb and don't forget the whip.
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hehe, funny stuff. .
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Its been 5 days right?
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CMON DPR WHEN WILL IT BE RELEASED I WANT TO SLEEP HAVEN'T SLEPT IN 5 DAYS :'(
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Sample VICE article:
Short guy with glasses: The seas of the web have been taken over by a pirate. A pirate who sells drugs.
That drugged out girl-guy hamilton: I like drugs can I have some?
So when is this going down. Thanks for the update DP. Seriously no other info other than that sometime in the future, somewhere in the world, there will be an article about sr? Oh well I guess ill have to watch Stossel tonight. Hopefully thats who you did it with because conservatives watch that show and he is pro legalization. Stossel is a smart guy but you love to hate em ya know?
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It was forbes not Vice so no worries William :D
~~~CLEARNET~~~ http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/08/14/meet-the-dread-pirate-roberts-the-man-behind-booming-black-market-drug-website-silk-road/ ~~~CLEARNET~~~
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Long live DPR.
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Did you notice DPR actually claims to have handed off the moniker? I feel like thats a tongue-in-cheek "shot" at all of us haha
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Did you notice DPR actually claims to have handed off the moniker? I feel like thats a tongue-in-cheek "shot" at all of us haha
I called that(as did many others before me) :o from a different thread...
I'll add to the Conspiracies.... I think when DPR released his manifesto that is when the ownership of SR changed hands. When I first got here there was DPR's Book Club, not there's DPR's Book Club: Movie Night.... Yes, things have definitely changed around these parts.
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"I love a bowl of sticky indica buds at the end of a long day."
So he is human after all!!!
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Who wants to make a bet DPR did an interview for either VICE, Forbes or The Guardian?
BAM!
Called it, nailed it. Where's my money?
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When I first joined, I went in with the assumption that the DPR handle could very well likely be one handed off/down. Princess Bride reference and all.
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Steerrr the ship Cap'n..
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Steerrr the ship Cap'n..
Reporting for watch!
All hands on deck!
All clear starboard, all clear on port side!
splice the main brace =)
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If the assumptions being made on this thread are true - there is absolutely no way the same DPR is steering the ship as was 2 years ago. Just saying.
I agree, I've been here a year and half now and it's not the same DPR that I started with if you ask me.
It sounds like you are just being dramatic to me.
Ha! I was right! I win the internets! Woot!
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If the assumptions being made on this thread are true - there is absolutely no way the same DPR is steering the ship as was 2 years ago. Just saying.
I agree, I've been here a year and half now and it's not the same DPR that I started with if you ask me.
It sounds like you are just being dramatic to me.
Ha! I was right! I win the internets! Woot!
Pfft. Almost a year to the day after I called it :p
http://allthingsvice.com/2012/08/09/is-silk-roads-owner-jumping-ship/
Followed by
http://allthingsvice.com/2012/11/16/what-the-hells-going-on-at-silk-road/
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I heard this whole thing is a huge honey pot to catch street dealers trying to source online and all the admins are deep cover agents and they been sending out real drugs with plans to follow the dope to the cartels . Someone I know knew a guy that found a really tiny microscopic gps tracker inside a pill he got from the SR,
He said its some new gov secret technology shit we don't know yet. The same guy also found a microscopic video transmitter device inside the stem of a bud he ordered up on the road...
Kind of siilar to the ATF genius idea that was known as "Operation fast & the Furious" where the atf put thousands of guns in the cartels hands but they somehow forgot to track those.
Some crazy shit!
I heard DPR was actually Detective Paul Renyolds working under deep cover and now he is coming out of the shadows for his new Reality TV show on fox.
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I heard this whole thing is a huge honey pot to catch street dealers trying to source online and all the admins are deep cover agents and they been sending out real drugs with plans to follow the dope to the cartels . Someone I know knew a guy that found a really tiny microscopic gps tracker inside a pill he got from the SR,
He said its some new gov secret technology shit we don't know yet. The same guy also found a microscopic video transmitter device inside the stem of a bud he ordered up on the road...
Kind of siilar to the ATF genius idea that was known as "Operation fast & the Furious" where the atf put thousands of guns in the cartels hands but they somehow forgot to track those.
Some crazy shit!
I heard DPR was actually Detective Paul Renyolds working under deep cover and now he is coming out of the shadows for his new Reality TV show on fox.
I heard you are full of shit.
Haha. but seriously, I thought the article was a great read.
Curious to see how this will all unfold over the next few months.
Keep up the hard work, DPR.
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I heard this whole thing is a huge honey pot to catch street dealers trying to source online and all the admins are deep cover agents and they been sending out real drugs with plans to follow the dope to the cartels . Someone I know knew a guy that found a really tiny microscopic gps tracker inside a pill he got from the SR,
He said its some new gov secret technology shit we don't know yet. The same guy also found a microscopic video transmitter device inside the stem of a bud he ordered up on the road...
Kind of siilar to the ATF genius idea that was known as "Operation fast & the Furious" where the atf put thousands of guns in the cartels hands but they somehow forgot to track those.
Some crazy shit!
I heard DPR was actually Detective Paul Renyolds working under deep cover and now he is coming out of the shadows for his new Reality TV show on fox.
I heard you are full of shit.
Where did you hear that? War it too obvious? What was it, the way that I tell the story?
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I heard this whole thing is a huge honey pot to catch street dealers trying to source online and all the admins are deep cover agents and they been sending out real drugs with plans to follow the dope to the cartels . Someone I know knew a guy that found a really tiny microscopic gps tracker inside a pill he got from the SR,
He said its some new gov secret technology shit we don't know yet. The same guy also found a microscopic video transmitter device inside the stem of a bud he ordered up on the road...
Kind of siilar to the ATF genius idea that was known as "Operation fast & the Furious" where the atf put thousands of guns in the cartels hands but they somehow forgot to track those.
Some crazy shit!
I heard DPR was actually Detective Paul Renyolds working under deep cover and now he is coming out of the shadows for his new Reality TV show on fox.
Fuuuck, my thought process was similar. Only difference is that my evidence trail led me to DPR = District of Puerto Rico. Is it possible that your Detective Reynolds is from Puerto Rico. I've analyzed the writing style of DPR and have calculated a 95% +/- 1% probability that he is from a Spanish speaking country (guess what they speak in Puerto Rico?).
I think we're catching up on DPR's trail of foolish carelessness. +1 my friend.
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Read the article and was happy until I got here> “We’ve won the State’s War on Drugs because of Bitcoin,” he writes.
FACE PALM! Thanks DPR... I wonder how long it takes until I hear that coming out of one of my tyrants mouth on the congressional floor as they introduce the bitcoin control act or some other garbage.
If they can't get you or the site they're going to hit something and bitcoin might be it. The banks and govt already hate it and want it gone, you've given them a golden quote to help do it. In the future I would ask the community to help protect bitcoin as its just as important as SR if not more so because eventually drug laws will change but MONEY?
Theres a fight on and many fronts, the drug war is important to challenge and destroy and I THANK YOU for doing some very heavy lifting DPR but the policy of being low key was a good one.
I'd rather the buffoons in gov not be given cliff notes on how we're going to fuck them.
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Everyone should go forward with the idea in mind that the site is in the hands of LE, and always should have been doing buisness this way.
We do now know and will not know until it is to late who is actually running the site, all precautions should be taken.
It doesn't matter if the site is run by LE and I don't really give a fuck, it does not make a difference if you make sure you are making no info of yourself available to the admins who can read PM's and so on.
Cheers.
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After reading through the start of this thread I dont think the article was near as controversial as DPR thought it would be. Like no one else he/she knows how to stay private and wouldn't reveal anything that would possibly compromise that privacy. As much as curiosity wants us to know some of the inner workings, it's obviously not able to happen.
FACE PALM! Thanks DPR... I wonder how long it takes until I hear that coming out of one of my tyrants mouth on the congressional floor as they introduce the bitcoin control act or some other garbage.
If they can't get you or the site they're going to hit something and bitcoin might be it. The banks and govt already hate it and want it gone, you've given them a golden quote to help do it. In the future I would ask the community to help protect bitcoin as its just as important as SR if not more so because eventually drug laws will change but MONEY?
On a system wide scale, bitcoin imo is the weakest point. The Fed's obviously don't like it; they don't like anything they can't control. On our side, for them to "beat" bitcoins (whatever beat actually means in this sense, regulate them? legislate against them completely) they would need a government level co-operation from all major countries which has proven near on impossible in the past. On the downside, when it comes to monetary matters, and the powers that be can see control of it shifting away from them, then that will certainly give them common ground to work on.
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ahh shit haha.. Forbes!
might be a good time to hold your btc for a few days
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I think the greatest line was when DPR said with a little sarcasm, look at it as re-distributing wealth in an oppressive capitalist society. Class what class.
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It was a good article but still - probably not a good idea. DPR, next time you feel urge to give an interview, smoke a bowl of indica and sleep on it first... ;)
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multi multi millionaires now!!
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It was a good article but still - probably not a good idea. DPR, next time you feel urge to give an interview, smoke a bowl of indica and sleep on it first... ;)
Did you even read the article? 8 months courtship. It's not as though he's fickle. He done this over 6 hours. please read it before your silly comments are published. Doh
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Now we have a clearnet site advertising and hand holding how to get onto tor and connect to SR?
“We’ve won the State’s War on Drugs because of Bitcoin,” he writes.
That is a concerning statement.
Is this story mentioned on the cover? Someone in the US check a newsstand please :)
“Up until now I’ve done my best to keep Silk Road as low profile as possible … letting people discover [it] through word of mouth,” Roberts says.
The good old days.
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After reading through the start of this thread I dont think the article was near as controversial as DPR thought it would be. Like no one else he/she knows how to stay private and wouldn't reveal anything that would possibly compromise that privacy. As much as curiosity wants us to know some of the inner workings, it's obviously not able to happen.
FACE PALM! Thanks DPR... I wonder how long it takes until I hear that coming out of one of my tyrants mouth on the congressional floor as they introduce the bitcoin control act or some other garbage.
If they can't get you or the site they're going to hit something and bitcoin might be it. The banks and govt already hate it and want it gone, you've given them a golden quote to help do it. In the future I would ask the community to help protect bitcoin as its just as important as SR if not more so because eventually drug laws will change but MONEY?
On a system wide scale, bitcoin imo is the weakest point. The Fed's obviously don't like it; they don't like anything they can't control. On our side, for them to "beat" bitcoins (whatever beat actually means in this sense, regulate them? legislate against them completely) they would need a government level co-operation from all major countries which has proven near on impossible in the past. On the downside, when it comes to monetary matters, and the powers that be can see control of it shifting away from them, then that will certainly give them common ground to work on.
One hyphenated word: E-Gold. In the past E-gold was an E-currency that was easily, anonymously and widely traded online for drugs, child porn, and terrorist funding (I'm not sure if the last is actually true or not but that's what the government cited was the reasons it took E-gold down). The point is this is what has happened to pretty much every E-currency ever created. It starts slow and then the online underworld starts accepting it as a payment method and within the next few years the world powers systematically shut it down. The exact same way they are trying to shut down bitcoin now. They attack the sites that facilitate trade. Eventually Bitcoin will be no more just like the rest. But shortly after bitcoin disappears a brand new online anonymous currency will be "discovered". This has been the pattern of things for at least the last decade or so.
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After reading through the start of this thread I dont think the article was near as controversial as DPR thought it would be. Like no one else he/she knows how to stay private and wouldn't reveal anything that would possibly compromise that privacy. As much as curiosity wants us to know some of the inner workings, it's obviously not able to happen.
FACE PALM! Thanks DPR... I wonder how long it takes until I hear that coming out of one of my tyrants mouth on the congressional floor as they introduce the bitcoin control act or some other garbage.
If they can't get you or the site they're going to hit something and bitcoin might be it. The banks and govt already hate it and want it gone, you've given them a golden quote to help do it. In the future I would ask the community to help protect bitcoin as its just as important as SR if not more so because eventually drug laws will change but MONEY?
On a system wide scale, bitcoin imo is the weakest point. The Fed's obviously don't like it; they don't like anything they can't control. On our side, for them to "beat" bitcoins (whatever beat actually means in this sense, regulate them? legislate against them completely) they would need a government level co-operation from all major countries which has proven near on impossible in the past. On the downside, when it comes to monetary matters, and the powers that be can see control of it shifting away from them, then that will certainly give them common ground to work on.
One hyphenated word: E-Gold. In the past E-gold was an E-currency that was easily, anonymously and widely traded online for drugs, child porn, and terrorist funding (I'm not sure if the last is actually true or not but that's what the government cited was the reasons it took E-gold down). The point is this is what has happened to pretty much every E-currency ever created. It starts slow and then the online underworld starts accepting it as a payment method and within the next few years the world powers systematically shut it down. The exact same way they are trying to shut down bitcoin now. They attack the sites that facilitate trade. Eventually Bitcoin will be no more just like the rest. But shortly after bitcoin disappears a brand new online anonymous currency will be "discovered". This has been the pattern of things for at least the last decade or so.
Except bitcoin is decentralized meaning it CANT actually be "taken down" Exchange can be made very difficult but even then there is localbitcoins.com
Bitcoin is much more mainstream than e-gold every was and has much more legitimate backers and users (Winkeltossers + more)
I could go on but it's by no means another e-gold