1. I agree; that would indeed be a very handy feature to have. 2. There is no need to reduce the auto-finalise timeframe; if vendors wish to protect themselves against the volatility of the Bitcoin market they can hedge their orders for a 4% fee 3. Silk Road is not a capitalist marketplace, it is an agorist marketplace which operates on free-market principles. Atlantis is not a real threat to Silk Road, but even if it were, I do not believe DPR would wish to "chop [it] off at the knees" - DPR believes very strongly in the free market, and attempting to stifle competition would go against his/her ideals. Whilst he/she is not outright endorsing Atlantis, I am sure that he/she appreciates the choice that it will bring to the free market should it prove to be a legitimate place to do business. In a free market the customer decides who will succeed by freely giving their business to whichever entity they wish; -they are not forced to purchase from any entity that monopolises the market by attempting to stifle competitors. 4. I do not know enough about the i2p network and the likes to comment on this with any confidence, but from what I have heard (and I may be completely wrong about this), the i2p network is not as secure as the onion network. Libertas