TFM being shut down comes as a surprise to absolutely nobody who knew about it and had any common sense, you can't have a near open registration major international drug market and take CIM and paypal. Even they knew that their entire security came from not having feds on the forum, as they made apparent in several posts that worried that their multi thousand member forum might one day be infiltrated (like it hadn't already been). They were extremely naive. Unfortunately many on SR are also extremely naive. Also bitcoin is no more anonymous than paypal if you use paypal to pay for it. Bitcoin is no more anonymous than the method used to obtain it, don't be fooled by adding an extra layer because it is by itself a worthless layer, the entire transaction history is public. Bitcoins should be obtained anonymously and cashed out anonymously, at the least you should use a mix but then you risk money laundering charges unless you cash in and out anonymously. I am quite afraid that Bitcoins falsely perceived anonymity is lulling people here into a false sense of security.