The Silk Road was never a scam. The new captain at the helm simply filled a void left by Ross. Sure, a lot of people lost a great deal of money but it wasn't because SR was a scam. It was because the man (allegedly) formerly known as the Dread Pirate Roberts made a series of mistakes that lead to the downfall of our old market. Obviously, you should still take the precaution of storing your coins off the road. We trust this place because the same admins/mods (Libertas, Inigo etc..) that we had faith in before the site was seized did not scam us then. They have no more reason to scam us now.