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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: Libertas on October 03, 2013, 12:51 am
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Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters in arms,
It is with a heavy heart that I come before you today. A heart filled with sadness for the infringements of our freedoms by government oppressors, and a heart filled with sadness for the pain that all of you whom have lost everything are feeling.
Silk Road has fallen.
Whilst this is devastating to me personally on so many levels, and I will not be commenting on the arrest of any person portrayed by the media as "Dread Pirate Roberts", it serves to strengthen my resolve to fighting the hands of Law Enforcement that are committed to strangling personal freedom from our bodies, demonstrating a lack of conscience and justice on their part in the process. They will stop at nothing to enforce the unjust laws created and maintained by the societal and governmental framework within which they operate, and the actions of one persona, the Dread Pirate Roberts, has managed to stymie their efforts for two and a half years.
Think about that for a moment.
Dread Pirate Roberts - as a persona - has singlehandedly kept world governments at bay for two and a half years. This idea that this one entity can successfully thwart the phenomenal resources and bloodthirsty power of numerous governments for so long is something that should be taken to heart, and never forgotten. We have the power to fight these agents of oppression, to fight the governments that task them with that oppression, and with the fires that Silk Road has stoked in our hearts and minds we must do just that.
Dread Pirate Roberts has shown that free people can engage in consensual free-market transactions for any good or service that they desire without societal or community breakdown, nor the need for enforcement from jackbooted thugs. Silk Road as an experiment has shown that the idea of the free-market is one that works, and works exceptionally well.
We must stand on the shoulders of this tragedy that has befallen us and raise high what still remains - our sense of community, freedom and justice. No doubt we will all regroup elsewhere, and I look forward to seeing all of you again, still free and still engaging in free trade without government interference into your personal affairs.
Whilst Silk Road may have fallen, its spirit will spring eternal. The spirit of this community that has inspired and helped so many will continue to live on regardless of what governments wish to say about it. It has been an absolute pleasure serving and working with all of you, and I sincerely wish you all the best for the future wherever you choose to go.
The Dread Pirate Roberts is a revolutionary, a comrade in arms and a true hero who will live on as such in our hearts and minds without fail for as long as we breathe. His ideals and sacrifices will never be forgotten, and they will spur the next generation of revolutionaries into action against oppression.
To the members of Law Enforcement that are no doubt reading this, many of you may have received pats on the back and "high-fives" from your peers. You may feel good now, ecstatic even, but I urge you to consider the effects of your actions. You are going to see more bloodshed on our streets (note "our", not "your", for those streets belong to the people), and more dealer on buyer violence as free people that wish to engage in activities that harm none are forced to return to their previous methods of securing the goods that they wish to put into their own bodies. That blood is now on your hands, and the hands of the politicians that you live to serve and serve to live. I pity you, for as long as you live to serve you will never know freedom.
To the community at large, you have been nothing short of incredible. Keep fighting the good fight, and never let they who are bound by the chains of law tell you that you are not permitted to be free simply because they are shackled themselves. Governments tells us that we are free but the reality is that the moment we are born we are shackled by the rule of law. Government has no place in a free society, and we need to make sure that they who deem it their right to take away the natural rights of others as free beings are made fully aware of that.
Take the fight wherever it is needed, and support every effort to take your government down. You are justified in those actions as they would not hesitate to take you down for standing up for your freedom.
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."
- Martin Luther King Jr.
It has been an honor and a privilege to be part of something so incredible with all of you.
Until we meet again, brothers and sisters.
Libertas
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well said libertas well said! its ashame but we shall prevail!
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Thanks for the post. Any advice on where we should go instead, bmr or sheep? maybe we will eventually see a new and improved SR..
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this was beautiful.
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Until we meet again Brother !
VERY WELL SAID !
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I wish you well Libertas and the rest of the SR team.The Road is truly revolutionary, I do not think we have seen the last of "Dread Pirate Roberts" ..Time to trash this laptop..
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Great words our friend and may the best be with you.
Question though, what happened to all of the backup plans? Many backup URLs that were created for this very scenario, etc.?
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Hope the $1k a week payments have been tumbled to beyond shit.
Thanks for everything you did.
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Damn this is sad.
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Great words our friend and may the best be with you.
Question though, what happened to all of the backup plans? Many backup URLs that were created for this very scenario, etc.?
Law Enforcement seizing the server was most probably never envisioned so I'm not sure what will happen with those. I think it highly unlikely that they will come online.
Libertas
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We envisioned the server being seized from day 1.
The backup URL's would be if the private keys of the initial URL were compromised, seizing the server is one way of compromising them. Should be a backup server, even a current imaged backup that can be redeployed with one of the new URL's just change the private keys.
Being overly simplistic here in the post and you understand that, but the kind of radical mission that was envisioned here should have backup plan that is viable beyond a server being seized. ?
Can these forums be archived for the knowledge contained and maintained in some way?
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Great words our friend and may the best be with you.
Question though, what happened to all of the backup plans? Many backup URLs that were created for this very scenario, etc.?
Law Enforcement seizing the server was most probably never envisioned so I'm not sure what will happen with those. I think it highly unlikely that they will come online.
Libertas
Although DPR is a great guy, he should have shared the source code of the website with at least one other person so the site could be relaunched within 2hrs after FBI get the server. There are plenty of offshore VPS providers that accept bitcoin and total anonymity. I guess he and most of us just neglected the human element. Tor is a great system but in the end he left quite a huge trail (understandable since in 2000 - 2001 he was lacking the technical knowledge to pull this off).
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We envisioned the server being seized from day 1.
The backup URL's would be if the private keys of the initial URL were compromised, seizing the server is one way of compromising them. Should be a backup server, even a current imaged backup that can be redeployed with one of the new URL's just change the private keys.
Being overly simplistic here in the post and you understand that, but the kind of radical mission that was envisioned here should have backup plan that is viable beyond a server being seized. ?
Can these forums be archived for the knowledge contained and maintained in some way?
Yes..seized servers should probably have been incorporated in any backup plan ... ???
But okay anyway ...mirroring the forums is very very important..
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Libra, why was the scamming allowed? So many times support looked the other way. Why? No reason to lie no. What was the thinking behind it?
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We envisioned the server being seized from day 1.
The backup URL's would be if the private keys of the initial URL were compromised, seizing the server is one way of compromising them. Should be a backup server, even a current imaged backup that can be redeployed with one of the new URL's just change the private keys.
Being overly simplistic here in the post and you understand that, but the kind of radical mission that was envisioned here should have backup plan that is viable beyond a server being seized. ?
Can these forums be archived for the knowledge contained and maintained in some way?
I'm afraid I can offer no further information on any of that, flwrchlds9. I'm not sure what the plan was with the backups but my presumption is that they will not be going online. If they do, ensure that you proceed with caution.
To all of you, please note that it is not impossible that the forum is in the hands of LE. We have no way of knowing that at this time. With that in mind, please ensure that you have scripts disabled and use PGP when discussing anything via private message.
Libertas
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Lib I'm sorry about the argument we had about me getting banned. Regardless of the altercation we had I'm glad that you and SSBD and Cirrus are free.
Thanks for the memories and the opportunity DPR.
You guys are beautiful.
Brilliant strategy by the way guys. Just leave a bunch of people pissed off and without connects and let us roam loose in society again.
Fuck the Police.
Regards,
BruceCampbell
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Respect Sir and we have all enjoyed the ride with you.
Please do what you can to put in motion any kind of backup of the forums. Somebody that can needs to follow through with this. A simple archive of the forums can be made very easily and re-hosted on a dozen different onion sites in a few hours. This single point of failure protocol that appears to be emerging is a little disappointing.
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since you're still around, what do you make of the claim that SR is back up?
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=216859.msg1584293;topicseen#new
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To the members of Law Enforcement that are no doubt reading this, many of you may have received pats on the back and "high-fives" from your peers. You may feel good now, ecstatic even, but I urge you to consider the effects of your actions. You are going to see more bloodshed on our streets (note "our", not "your", for those streets belong to the people), and more dealer on buyer violence as free people that wish to engage in activities that harm none are forced to return to their previous methods of securing the goods that they wish to put into their own bodies. That blood is now on your hands, and the hands of the politicians that you live to serve and serve to live. I pity you, for as long as you live to serve you will never know freedom.
I thought this same thing, that LE should really be thanking DPR for keeping drug-related crime off the streets. Good job, boys in blue, good job... now with SR customers not having any real viable online options anymore, we will have to once again turn back to the streets. We all know what that entails: more crime, more arrests, etc. etc. Really helping the community, aren't they?
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:'[ this so sad. i caant lie and say i didnt think this was coming but what i can say is i didnt think it would affect me the way it is. Im truely feeling for DPR and this community. i feel like a piece of me has been taken. i never thought id feel so strong about ppl ive never met....but at the end of the day ive spent countless hours on here and i really feel like this is my community. i mean i come here for questions and i love to help ppl. if the forums go down i dont know what i would do. Long Live SR!!!!!
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To the members of Law Enforcement that are no doubt reading this, many of you may have received pats on the back and "high-fives" from your peers. You may feel good now, ecstatic even, but I urge you to consider the effects of your actions. You are going to see more bloodshed on our streets (note "our", not "your", for those streets belong to the people), and more dealer on buyer violence as free people that wish to engage in activities that harm none are forced to return to their previous methods of securing the goods that they wish to put into their own bodies. That blood is now on your hands, and the hands of the politicians that you live to serve and serve to live. I pity you, for as long as you live to serve you will never know freedom.
I thought this same thing, that LE should really be thanking DPR for keeping drug-related crime off the streets. Good job, boys in blue, good job... now with SR customers not having any real viable online options anymore, we will have to once again turn back to the streets. We all know what that entails: more crime, more arrests, etc. etc. Really helping the community, aren't they?
it's not the boys in blue.
its the shits in suits, they made this happen.
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Great words Libertas. Vale SR.
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I feel the same with you Lib.
I pity all the LE. Fucking slaves, unable to think. Inhuman creatures with robotic and brainwashed mind.
I feel pity of them...
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Lib I'm sorry about the argument we had about me getting banned. Regardless of the altercation we had I'm glad that you and SSBD and Cirrus are free.
Thanks for the memories and the opportunity DPR.
You guys are beautiful.
Brilliant strategy by the way guys. Just leave a bunch of people pissed off and without connects and let us roam loose in society again.
Fuck the Police.
Regards,
BruceCampbell
Thanks Bruce. Sorry to have been such a stubborn hardass! I wish you the very best of luck in your future endeavors.
since you're still around, what do you make of the claim that SR is back up?
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=216859.msg1584293;topicseen#new
Absolutely impossible. If I'm unable to log in, he's definitely unable to log in.
Respect Sir and we have all enjoyed the ride with you.
Please do what you can to put in motion any kind of backup of the forums. Somebody that can needs to follow through with this. A simple archive of the forums can be made very easily and re-hosted on a dozen different onion sites in a few hours. This single point of failure protocol that appears to be emerging is a little disappointing.
I'm unfortunately unable to help with this but perhaps some others would be able to work on it?
Libertas
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Of course the government doesn't want a fully functioning drug market online. Not to "protect the public", but to push individuals to the street, to consume impure products, where violence is common.Doesn't everyone see, it fits the government narrative, that drug users are evil, violent psychopaths; when in reality it is the individuals, who enforce arcane morality laws who are sinister.Allowing pure drugs to be sold only saves people. The problem with most overdoses are adulterated or counterfeit substances. This market along with the many contributors, highlights how a true free market can operate. It shows that humans really can work together, to form a functioning system without overbearing state influence. I hope everyone keeps sailing...
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I hope Thomas Harrigan and Sen. Chuck Shumer are happy, sick fuckers.
How many kids will OD on bad molly because of you and your selfish pigs?
All you have to look at is Hank Schrader and Mike Gomez on Breaking Bad to see
what a lost cause this is on your part, you discourage harm reduction, fail to warn the
public when tainted and poisonous drugs come into circulation. keep users from being
able to legally test what they put in their bodies, and for what- for a mistake Nixon made
back in 1970, when he declared War on Drugs, to stop the New Left and the anti-war effort.
The real Kingpin- the head of the Sinaloa cartel, along with the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas,
are chilling in their haciendas, doing more business than silk road did in a year, in less than a
week, killing over 120,000 Mexicans, mostly civilians. Thats TWO Vietnam wars for a country
smaller than the US. These mass murderers, who own private armies are treated better than
a man who simply set up a marketplace for the safe, free exchange of psychotropics(mostly weed
and psychedelics) because drug users are sick of being shot at, robbed, raped, imprisoned, by gangs, and
tortured by police. We will come back stronger, just like the three little pigs, SR v1.0 might have been
built of straw, but the next iteration will be sticks, and when you blow down the stick house, the
next one will be bricks. The next one after that, if you get that far, will be made of reactive armor and
10m thick titanium under half a kilometer of sand. You will curse this day, when you could have done
honest police work and busted some dealers on a fucking open non-invite site. Next time, it will
be harder, I assure you. Global connections have been made, ideas have spread, and soon governments
will fear their people more than people fear their government(or what is left of it.) Your choosing
of this day, with all of the media coverage of the shutdown was a smokescreen, to take away from
the fact that YOU the government, and your wealthy benefactors, profit more from illegal drugs
than all the dealers combined. Want proof? a low-level drug user/dealer costs $30-40k to keep in
prison per year, 99% of SR users on here for 2 years haven't even spent that much money, so
it is obvious that the government has nothing but blood on its hands, bloody money.
Every drug related death that could have been prevented by good practices and safe gear is now
YOUR fault, because it could have been prevented. Oh yeah, while you were busting this site,
100 metric tonnes of Spice and other unsafe, untested drugs were imported from China right under
your nose. You weren't on watch, I guess, so its your fault.
FUCK OFF, DEA!!!! Your misdeeds will catch up with you,
do you really want an entire generation angry with you? you've done it.
I'm not going to do anything radical or violent, and I don't suggest anyone else do that.
I would ideally like to see some kind of silent/anonymous protest, like stickers on
various public places, that say "THE DEA KILLS KIDS." and "WE WARNED YOU."
WHo is with me?
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Respect...
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Libertas,
Can you shed any light on whether or not someone(feds) having access to the server means they can see all processing orders? If someone had their address unencrypted could they see it, or would they have to go through to each individual user and look at their orders? Can they also easily see all of the collective individual user wallets on the server?
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it a shame , everything DPR fought against finally came back to bite him, and there are many things saying some BS about a murder charge or some fake ID shit, clearly this was the work of a rat, someone close to DPR and knew things of him and about him and than screwed him, im sure most ppl will be ok, but the one who
is responsible for day in and out keeping the site up and allowing us to express our liberties of freedom as human beings is now behind bars.....if only there was a way to rally up and help him out, damn quite a sad day for this strong community
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Thanks Libertas, now do like the others and get lost. ok?
(again, in the nicest possible way of course)
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Libra, why was the scamming allowed? So many times support looked the other way. Why? No reason to lie no. What was the thinking behind it?
I hate to feed the troll BUT gtfo with this chit. It's over, what does it matter..
Thanks for the update, Libertas.
Love.
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I say since the mods, Inigo and Libertas are still free you guys communicate while you still can and bring us Silk Road 2.0. I for one would think DPR would like everyone to try and continue on. Just one of those charges is a life term in prison. Something about letting the brand name die off and have all these people with different skills go our separate ways is a disservice to someone who possibly sacrificed his entire life; regardless of his motives.
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So, how about the emergency account withdrawals? and the money we all have in escrow buyers and sellers alike? Are we giving up all hope now? For all the confidence of DPR new and old with the "impenetrability" of this site, where is the back up plans we were promised? Do I just have to be patient, but this means over 4 grand personally in losses if this all goes the way it seem it is.
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The tech and payments system driving SR is still solid. DPR got nailed because he didnt protect himself properly. Simply recreate Silk Road.
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yall are cruel man obviously Libertas cant. but there are people here that can dont let DPR die in vein we have to keep the SR Brand alive! he would want that i promise you if there is anyone out there that can recreate this impenetrable network you should go forth with it! i wish i had the knowledge to do as such but my skills lie elsewhere. keep SR alive no better way to get back at the feds than to launch silkroad 2! Silkroad reloaded whatever you wanna call it keep the brand alive we are all members of the Silkroad. Love you all !
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I knew i should have taken advantage of the site while I still could. But instead i decided on waiting on new listings and lost $80. But it was nice being able to be part of the community and use the road. Im going onto Black market for now but hopefully another version of silkroad come back. Also I heard DPR is not the actual founder of Silkroad but he bought it or something from the first owner? And also His account was logged into today not long ago. And also I agree with the post above me, SR still has the power to be rebuilt.
DRP messed up while using his marketing tactics which lead to his gmail being found by the fbi. It was something that nobody could have seen coming but atleast a lesson was learned from it if anyone would ever want to be his predecessor
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Libertas,
Can you shed any light on whether or not someone(feds) having access to the server means they can see all processing orders? If someone had their address unencrypted could they see it, or would they have to go through to each individual user and look at their orders? Can they also easily see all of the collective individual user wallets on the server?
I can't comment on that I'm afraid as I'm not sure exactly what LE have done nor exactly how they have gone about doing it, but you should presume that all information is compromised and act accordingly.
Thanks Libertas, now do like the others and get lost. ok?
(again, in the nicest possible way of course)
I appreciate that abby.
I say since the mods, Inigo and Libertas are still free you guys communicate while you still can and bring us Silk Road 2.0. I for one would think DPR would like everyone to try and continue on. Just one of those charges is a life term in prison. Something about letting the brand name die off and have all these people with different skills go our separate ways is a disservice to someone who possibly sacrificed his entire life; regardless of his motives.
We have initiated backup contact methods amongst ourselves and will try our best to work something out. However, unfortunately for now the chances of us having anything to do with any possible implementation of Silk Road rising from this are nil. Perhaps others can assist in this regard, but for the moment we cannot associate ourselves with anything; certainly not until we know the entire story and have trawled through all court documents to relating to the case against the person that the LE and the media are portraying as Dread Pirate Roberts.
So, how about the emergency account withdrawals? and the money we all have in escrow buyers and sellers alike? Are we giving up all hope now? For all the confidence of DPR new and old with the "impenetrability" of this site, where is the back up plans we were promised? Do I just have to be patient, but this means over 4 grand personally in losses if this all goes the way it seem it is.
I'm not sure that the site has "shut down" per se (it could very well still be up and running with LE replacing the domain landing page with a seizure notice), so it is unlikely that the backup wallet function has been activated; keep in mind that it is possible that they may be able to switch that off. I can't comment further on that because I don't know the ins and outs of it, but for now you should consider all bitcoins lost. I'm very sorry. :( I share your pain in that regard.
Libertas
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Well thanks for the closure. Atleast I can sleep now.
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DRP messed up while using his marketing tactics which lead to his gmail being found by the fbi. It was something that nobody could have seen coming but atleast a lesson was learned from it if anyone would ever want to be his predecessor
They'd be his successor; DPR would have preceded them.
Grammar anal-retentiveness aside, thanks for sticking around Libertas and giving us some closure about all this. Just have to wait and see what happens, I suppose. It's a brave new world we're at the forefront of.
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Thanks for fighting the good fight DPR, even though I know you can't read this. Thanks for the liberties you afforded us.
"Oh captain, my captain"
"Oh captain, my captian"
"Oh captain, my captian"
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i am happy that i've been a small part of this movement.
i think SR changed something in my, and probably a lot more peoples, life.
it was the first time i could get what i wanted for fair prices and good quality. and if you where cautious you wouldn't get ripped of .
RIP SR i will miss the time here, thx to all the staff ( i hpe you earned some btc) all the best to dpr and those other got/get busted
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Im sorry, but it seems amatuerish with the amount of money this site is worth that just because some dude at a library is caught with his pants down, that there arent other people with greenback motives who are ready to restart the site immediately. So the guy got caught, but it seems like he is the only one involved. It cant be! There have to be lawyers, predecessors, almost cartel like business figures who are in the waiting and plans made to keep this place going? There is too much money at stake to just let it die! How did they even get on the site? So they caught him and he gave over all passwords and security details, personal wallet info etc within 1 day? This is ridiculous! Oh and as for the place called sheep whatever? No thanks, ya sure sounds like a bunch of blind sheep being hearded into a trap. FML!!
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Im sorry, but it seems amatuerish with the amount of money this site is worth that just because some dude at a library is caught with his pants down, that there arent other people with greenback motives who are ready to restart the site immediately. So the guy got caught, but it seems like he is the only one involved. It cant be!
Until the full extent of this raid is known, restarting SR would be a serious risk. And the truth is, the full extent likely never will be known. When something like this happens, the best thing you can do is step back for a while - not jump forward. And don't believe everything you read in the news... propaganda is a powerful thing. I promise you this tho: there will be plenty of follow up on this... it's big news.
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yall are cruel man
I was not tryin to be cruel. Just realistic.
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A sad day indeed :( I just want everyone to remember that although you may have lost money you have not lost your freedom. Take all the proper precautions, clean house if need be, and stay safe. inigo, Libertas, samesame PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stay safe as I'm sure you may be in the crosshairs. Everyone else, stay safe, and I'll see you on the other side..
DanDan out :'(
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i have complete faith in the rest of the team that DPR had in place to take over and effectively run SR. i think this is just a minor setback in the overall prevailing of the "DPR Ideals". i dont think this will last for long im sure someone in the SR community or amongst the mods has the intelligence to get things back into proper hands and to carry on what was set forth 2 years ago, its going to suck for the next couple days/weeks until all is figured out but like said before i know cirrus, libertas, samesame, inigo, will all do whatever it takes to help get things straightened out and im sure other members of the community will step up and help get the this show back on the Road, they cant stop us for good, they can only set us back momentarily, we are too strong as a community to let the oppression of LE stop the beauty that has been created. long live the road and i believe it will be back in full force and stronger and more profitable than ever! keep up the great work mods and staff and stay safe!!
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fuck. i spent so many hours here, same with all of you, just reading everything, getting to know everyone and making money without dealing with punks, i hope everybody regroups to a place that works at least till something better gets set up, in the mean time ill be elsewhere :-X DEA KILLS KIDS >:(
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Silk roaders unite!!!!
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2pac aint dead.
see you niggas on the other side.
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I feel honored to have been a part of this, even though I was just a mere buyer. The shutting down of SR will ruin way more lives than it saves. I know what you guys are doing is right, and I have faith that we will win the war against drugs one day. Long live DPR, and long live personal freedom
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Libertas, a true thank you for your words. It has been an honor and a privilege to be a part of this community and it has changed mine and thousands of others lives forever. We must all take responsibility and work towards creating a truly free society, this place was a step towards that.
I wish all the founders, mods, and others who have helped make this possible a safe journey in the rest of your life and may our paths cross again in the future.
To DPR, you are an inspiration. Godspeed.
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The only way I can put this into words is with a meme *CLEARNET WARNING*:
http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/a8Wo9mV_700b.jpg
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it's funny, a majority of the coins I spent over the ~2 years I've been around have been largely for medical purposes, you guys have helped me more than any psychiatrist has, I can't thank all the great vendors I've had the pleasure of interacting with enough. (and to everybody else that helped make this place what it was, it was a good coupla years)
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Oh Libertas darling, that post made me cry a bit. I just recently woke up - after taking some valium and trying to sleep on this news for an hour or two - with that sinking feeling of "FUCK THAT REALLY HAPPENED" you get when a loved one dies.
BUT the idea of Silk Road will never die. This site has set the wheels in motion for the way things will be at some point in the future when prohibition and constraints on personal freedom are a quaint thing of the past.
As for the individual they claim is DPR who is currently in custody, well, he if it IS him, he said recently that he has already meditated on the fact that he could well spend the rest of his life is prison. I'm not saying that makes it alright that he's incarcerated (it breaks my heart) but he'll work out, read, write, play ping pong and get into his beloved painting and drawing without the tremendous stress of looking over his shoulder all day every day without being able to talk to anyone in RL about it all.
I believe the stress of running SR got to one so young and highly intelligent - a self-admitted pot smoking hippy 'softy' - and on some level it'll be a relief knowing this is all out there now. I think perhaps too he knew we'd all reconvene elsewhere should the worst happen and the ideals he has woken us ALL up to will never die.
Also: Just think- so many people who never knew about Silk Road before GLOBALLY will see the publicity surrounding the case and his ideals will reach so many more people understanding to the revolution - millions more than just the several thousand or so people who wanted to score drugs off the internet.
Someone who knew him personally posted this to reddit - it made me smile :
"I don't feel it's best for anyone to speculate about the allegations, so I won't.
He was a physics major when I knew him (2002-2006) although we lost touch after college and he moved out of Dallas back to Austin. The kind of guy who'd walk around campus barefoot and shirtless wearing a camelbak in the middle of summer.
I met him at college orientation, and got to know him really well through a mutual friend, we'd work out daily at 6AM together. Ross was a total hippie and never wore deodorant. I never said anything but I HATED having him as a spotter because he smelled.
Seriously though, he is utterly brilliant. You know how people in college like to think they're being all intellectual and have "deep" conversations? Well, Ross was for real. He'd lose everyone in the conversation after a few minutes, he was just thinking through things at a level so profoundly different than the rest of us.
Great artist as well, he had an incredible notebook full of amazing sketches. Lots of his own art up on the walls too.
He taught me how to meditate, specifically a method I could use to get help get rid of headaches.
But honestly, most of the time I spent with him was just hanging out in the on-campus apartments, eating pizza and playing video games. Just like any other college student. That's why all this feels so unreal.
I actually just posted to his Facebook wall, but I don't expect he'll be able to see it.
Edited to add: he always kicked my ass at ping pong too."
Clearnet link to screencaps of "alleged" DPR's facebook with his art etc http://imgur.com/a/RlQH5
Gone for now, but not forgotten........Viva the revolution baby.
Stay safe, Lib. Much love, thanks and positive vibes your and the other mods' way xo
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Great post Libertas. I will say that I believe in government, I simply think that our laws regarding drugs is shit. But hardcore libertarians types are the ones who worked hardest on making SR what it was.
As I read posts like this I'm always in awe of how intellectual the leadership and most SR users are. Just fucking look at us compared to street dealers! I spent a while dealing with some real pieces of shit when I went on my journey of understanding the street dealing world and dealing with those schmucks fuckin' sucks. But look at what us nerds have made here! Any fucking drug you want any fucking where you want. It's not crazy to predict that a large part of drug dealing in the future will be controlled by nerds.
SR GOING DOWN AIN'T SHIT! WE WILL MOVE ON COMRADES! BMR and Sheep are already loadin' up. Internet drug trafficking is here to stay.
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I wonder what kind of evidence they actually have against him. Well, it's been a good ride from beginning to end. I'm gonna miss this place, it really sucks to see it finally go. I look forward to seeing all of you here in other markets down the Road.
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is the person they're saying is DPR just an image to depict / strike fear in the standard 20 something SR user?
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I lost 16 fucking thousand dollars. fuck my life.
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you are free and have life by the horns.
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It truly has been an honor. I hope to see some of you flexing your freedoms and buying from us and other wonderful vendors on the Silk Road alternatives. I hope this isn't the last we'll see of Dread Pirate Roberts. The one we have come to know is gone, but I pray that another individual will take up the throne. Rest easy brothers and sisters.
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DPR himself said, even if SR goes down......the can is open.
but then again who knows wtf kinda powers teh govts hav...
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I wonder what kind of evidence they actually have against him.
It does not look good for DPR. As someone who has been around for a little while, this news does not come as a surprise to me. DPR's attempt to legitimize this business was his, and it's, downfall. Unhappy to just stay in the shadows, he seemed intent on getting into the news and he paid the price with, what looks like, a lifetime behind bars. This is the John Gotti syndrome where a criminal actually begins to believe that he is doing a service to society and the laws do not pertain to him. It is a horrible situation for him but anybody who tries to portray him as a martyr is a fool. He took a $150k contract out on someone's life and told the hitman that he had already done this once for $80k? WTF? I'm sorry but any respect I once had for the man is now gone.
I know I'll take flack for this but anybody who looks at the facts and at the subpoena will quickly see that this was a man that subconsciously wanted to get caught. There are just too many 'mistakes' and security breaches in his recent past that paint a clear picture of either gross incompetence or, like I said, he wanted to get caught. And you know what? It looks like a bunch of vendors compromised their own security and subjected their customers (and The Road) to potential arrest due to their failure to even destroy addresses like they were supposed to.
I appreciate what Silk Road provided for us as drug users. I appreciate the fact that people risked their livelihood to provide these, and other services, to us. However, this is not over and I'd advise anyone here to keep their head down for the next several months before attempting to set up business again. This means cleaning house and staying clean during this period. And this means users as well as vendors. LE has a big list of targets that they are categorizing for maximum benefit. Big sellers will go first. Then the little guys. Then the big users. Then the little guys. You don't think that they got that whole server and they're just going to take down one guy, do you?
I am NOT one to spread FUD. This is just sage advice from someone who has been behind bars and who does NOT want to go back. Please stay safe and lay low.
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perhaps. Its just been one big media hype after another; more and more attention to the dark net, multiple similar sites. now more than ever our community will come together. The can is open, and these aren't your garden-variety worms
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I wonder what kind of evidence they actually have against him.
It does not look good for DPR. As someone who has been around for a little while, this news does not come as a surprise to me. DPR's attempt to legitimize this business was his, and it's, downfall. Unhappy to just stay in the shadows, he seemed intent on getting into the news and he paid the price with, what looks like, a lifetime behind bars. This is the John Gotti syndrome where a criminal actually begins to believe that he is doing a service to society and the laws do not pertain to him. It is a horrible situation for him but anybody who tries to portray him as a martyr is a fool. He took a $150k contract out on someone's life and told the hitman that he had already done this once for $80k? WTF? I'm sorry but any respect I once had for the man is now gone.
I know I'll take flack for this but anybody who looks at the facts and at the subpoena will quickly see that this was a man that subconsciously wanted to get caught. There are just too many 'mistakes' and security breaches in his recent past that paint a clear picture of either gross incompetence or, like I said, he wanted to get caught. And you know what? It looks like a bunch of vendors compromised their own security and subjected their customers (and The Road) to potential arrest due to their failure to even destroy addresses like they were supposed to.
I appreciate what Silk Road provided for us as drug users. I appreciate the fact that people risked their livelihood to provide these, and other services, to us. However, this is not over and I'd advise anyone here to keep their head down for the next several months before attempting to set up business again. This means cleaning house and staying clean during this period. And this means users as well as vendors. LE has a big list of targets that they are categorizing for maximum benefit. Big sellers will go first. Then the little guys. Then the big users. Then the little guys. You don't think that they got that whole server and they're just going to take down one guy, do you?
I am NOT one to spread FUD. This is just sage advice from someone who has been behind bars and who does NOT want to go back. Please stay safe and lay low.
In reply to you Squirel ill start of by saying your a twat for starters.
Do you even know the story behind the hired assassination and why it led to that being the only solution in order to save peoples privacy and in turn there lives from prison?? Im pretty sure under the same circumstances you would have done the same.
Especially if you were one of people that the blackmailer had your personal information i.e home address to? Which could have potentially leaded to your arrest for possession of copious amounts of A grade drugs..
Just take a step back and before you criticize one for their wrong doings or actions, its only opinionated as being wrong in your eyes.
Im pretty sure, actually most possitive DPR didnt 'subconsiously' want to get caught at such an early stage in his life you twat manky balled headed peice of anus.
Be appreciative of the guy who has most likely saved your ass from going back to jail again.
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So sad. Thanks everyone who has been a big part of this, we will live on forever. DPR gave it all to provide us just a glimpse of this paradise, words to not describe my thanks to him. Generations after generations will talk about these events. Well said Libertas, beautiful words. Goodbye everyone, I'm sure we shall all find eachother soon. You are me and I am you, I'll always be with you.
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I wonder what kind of evidence they actually have against him.
It does not look good for DPR. As someone who has been around for a little while, this news does not come as a surprise to me. DPR's attempt to legitimize this business was his, and it's, downfall. Unhappy to just stay in the shadows, he seemed intent on getting into the news and he paid the price with, what looks like, a lifetime behind bars. This is the John Gotti syndrome where a criminal actually begins to believe that he is doing a service to society and the laws do not pertain to him. It is a horrible situation for him but anybody who tries to portray him as a martyr is a fool. He took a $150k contract out on someone's life and told the hitman that he had already done this once for $80k? WTF? I'm sorry but any respect I once had for the man is now gone.
I know I'll take flack for this but anybody who looks at the facts and at the subpoena will quickly see that this was a man that subconsciously wanted to get caught. There are just too many 'mistakes' and security breaches in his recent past that paint a clear picture of either gross incompetence or, like I said, he wanted to get caught. And you know what? It looks like a bunch of vendors compromised their own security and subjected their customers (and The Road) to potential arrest due to their failure to even destroy addresses like they were supposed to.
I appreciate what Silk Road provided for us as drug users. I appreciate the fact that people risked their livelihood to provide these, and other services, to us. However, this is not over and I'd advise anyone here to keep their head down for the next several months before attempting to set up business again. This means cleaning house and staying clean during this period. And this means users as well as vendors. LE has a big list of targets that they are categorizing for maximum benefit. Big sellers will go first. Then the little guys. Then the big users. Then the little guys. You don't think that they got that whole server and they're just going to take down one guy, do you?
I am NOT one to spread FUD. This is just sage advice from someone who has been behind bars and who does NOT want to go back. Please stay safe and lay low.
I dunno, I think SR was on their radar even before all the publicity, but they probably did dedicate a lot more resources when they realised how successful it was. Plus, there was no way SR wasn't going to explode into the mainstream at some point. Wasn't that the whole point, really?
It does strike me as weird that he was careless to leave those breadcrumbs over the years that they followed him, or at least not going back and editing them, but people do things like that. We get distracted and careless, I'm sure he had enough on his plate other than that and never thought they'd get to him, or at least not like that.
Could've paid to be OCD and go through the entire internet at some point to remove every personal detail you ever revealed ever :P
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In reply to you Squirel ill start of by saying your a twat for starters.
Yes, I know I can come across that way and I'm sorry if anyone takes offense.
Do you even know the story behind the hired assassination and why it led to that being the only solution in order to save peoples privacy and in turn there lives from prison??
Have you read the affidavit and heard the accompanying backstory and the did you hear the word on the street when the blackmail was going on and the word here and the word in other forums? Yes, I know the WHOLE story. It still doesn't justify FUCKING MURDER you ignoramus. And do you know why he was being blackmailed? How did this 'rogue vendor' get lists of addresses to begin with? WHY THE FUCK WERE VENDORS (or DPR himself KEEPING LISTS OF FUCKING ADDRESSES when this was prohibited by HIS rules?
The bottom line is that he placed his vendors and his customers at risk by his failure to follow even basic security for himself and now he's going to pay the ultimate price. The loss of freedom. Something we all should cherish while we still have it.
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The 1st $80k hit was with an undercover FBI agent. The person the hit was for was a former SR employee of some sort. Most likely they worked with LE after the fake "hit". The 2nd hit for $150k was the one for FriendlyChemist.
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I lost £12,000 and all my product was fronted.. FUCK!
But remember! A failure is only a failure if we fail to learn from it. Heads up people!
P.s if there are any bulk cannabis vendors, preferably 007Weed, please personal message my with you're pgp key. I want to speak to you!
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LIBERTAS
Thanks for this post.
You are wonderfully eloquent, but all the same, if you'd like the help of a professional sales, marketing & PR writer who shares your vision of freedom, please contact me: WickedWords@Safe-mail.net
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Well said Libertas. Stay safe.
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Thanks for all your hard work Libertas. This shit just aint right. See you around brother!
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I believe they targeted the silk road for the fact that, despite its minor problems, The Silk Road displayed proof contrary to the propaganda the government uses to fuel the drug wars. The Silk Road was a success ,and that is a threat to the governments tenuous grip on power which is maintained through the manipulation of perceptions. If they are declaring that drugs and drug dealers cannot be allowed to operate because of the danger that they pose to the public the model provided by The Silk Road is compelling evidence to counter their arguments, minus any "murder for hire" plot if in fact there was any, which sadly happens in all facets of life and one needs to look no further than government and corporations for the very proof of that.
Spoken beautifully Libertas!
As a community we must always remember that united we shall stand, but if we allow ourselves to be divided then we allow ourselves to be defeated.
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Deep thanks, Libertas, to you and to the other mods.
Personally, I think that some government is desirable, perhaps even inevitable, but it should never operate in opposition to the people who create and support it. I not only respect your views, however, but recognise that without them something like SR might never have been created.
I hope that this forum shall be able to continue, even if we cannot know who now controls it. The sense of community here is strong and, I think, immensely valuable.
I lost £12,000 and all my product was fronted.. FUCK!
But remember! A failure is only a failure if we fail to learn from it. Heads up people!
Indeed. I feel for everyone who's lost large amounts of money over this but I hope that everyone considered it a calculated risk, even if we didn't anticipate the precise moment at which things would collapse.
DRP messed up while using his marketing tactics which lead to his gmail being found by the fbi. It was something that nobody could have seen coming but atleast a lesson was learned from it if anyone would ever want to be his predecessor
They'd be his successor; DPR would have preceded them.
Well, if we're getting into semantics, and remembering the origins of the name, the Dread Pirate Roberts who created SR was the real DPR, the Dread Pirate Roberts who was here at the end was the read DPR and the Dread Pirate Roberts who continues the vision in future will be the real DPR. Or is that crossing from semantics to ontology? ;)
Someone who knew him personally posted this to reddit - it made me smile :
I like this quote from the accused's mother: "He is a really stellar, good person and very idealistic." That seems to fit someone who was part of the DPR persona.
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Well.
I've always maintained anything can happen, and this is just the shit-on-a-stick I was talking about.
Thanks mods, DPR, and everyone else here that made this community what it is.
We'll meet again.
I don't know where, I don't know when.
You are all in my heart, stay safe.
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Well friends, we all knew this day may come, that being said, I had no idea how profoundly I would be affected. I must say, the sadness in my heart is close to the grief of losing a loved one. Instead of wallowing in misery, I have decided to reflect upon all of the joy that SR brought to my life and I can't help but feel a deep sense of gratitude to DPR and his staff for risking their very freedom, to truly empower the disenfranchised. Through the use of hallucinogens procured from SR, my wife and I have fallen back in love, I have faced and defeated many personal demons, I have mended many relationships in my life, I have came very close to self actualization, but most importantly, I was awakened from my slumber and reminded that I was worried about all the wrong things. I love all of you and I pray that we will find a way to carry on this dream. Godspeed, and I will see you all on the other side.
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Libertas, that was extremely well put.
My impression from reading DPR's posts -- the FBI's claims notwithstanding -- is that there was a solid philosophical understanding underlying this SR operation. Whatever direction we go from here, it should be rooted in the same kind of true understanding, free from the illusions of this pathological system of control that we live under This may be the end of a legend, but DPR's legacy lives on within each and every one of us who benefited from his deeds.
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People are going on about DPR and sayin shit about him! >:( 2 and a half year, Fuckin WOW!! I've had a great time, I think you were the first person I spoke to on the forum Libertas. A huge thank you for all your help, peace! :)
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Im sorry, but it seems amatuerish with the amount of money this site is worth that just because some dude at a library is caught with his pants down, that there arent other people with greenback motives who are ready to restart the site immediately. So the guy got caught, but it seems like he is the only one involved. It cant be! There have to be lawyers, predecessors, almost cartel like business figures who are in the waiting and plans made to keep this place going? There is too much money at stake to just let it die! How did they even get on the site? So they caught him and he gave over all passwords and security details, personal wallet info etc within 1 day? This is ridiculous! Oh and as for the place called sheep whatever? No thanks, ya sure sounds like a bunch of blind sheep being hearded into a trap. FML!!
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Well what can I say,
It's been some ride, and SR has given me some experiences of a lifetime.
This aint the end.
See y'all around :)
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"Silk Road as an experiment has shown that the idea of the free-market is one that works, and works exceptionally well."
Thats my favorite part.
I have not purchased for a long time but it was nice to know I could get what I want when I want, SR took the power away from all those dodgy street dealers, it took the shine away. Drugs being so easy to get via SR made me want them less because they were always there, if somethings hard to get you will want it more. It was nothing but a good thing for me, everything about it. Ticked a few fuckin boxes in my life aswel.
The majority of us here are out to harm nobody just enjoy ourselves, we are not bad people, which is reflected in the free-market being a success.
Love to you all, see you around.
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i hope the person accused will receive millions and millions of annon. letters to keep them busy. its a sad thing to think about like what if in 2-3 years hes forgotten about and dont even have enough money on his books to buy a honeybun? we gotta keep track of how this plays out and remember this person accused may spend the rest of his life in a cage for helping further our freedom. i wish shit went different and his face was on a 100.00 dollar bill instead of the news. i also wish that it would look like michael jacksons court date and millions of supporters flood the courthouse and blocks around. and it needs to be looked into how to get money annon. to his books so he can eat sum snacks at the least. i also wish that in prison he gets treated with the respect he deserves, to bad we cant arrange some protection for him inside. and also i wish we would come together as a community and rebuild because we cant let his life be wasted for a few years of and not let the idea live. too bad if its not already in place that some annon. donors get the best leagl defense in the country like a team of sharks ass lawyers take it to trial and what if most of the jurors were SR users? i hope the person accused atleast isnt forgot about and gets some support so he dont feel all his efforts were in vain. did he fuck up sum? yep. im sure most of us have were just not under the same scope as he was. anyways its been great im so glad i was a part of this and look forward to being a part of the rebuilding.
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Very well said...saddens me to think its over. See everyone again someday
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I will truly miss the Road.
But to be honest it will continue in another form, many of us will continue on.
They have wounded us but we are not dead.
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Is this guy for real or what?
http://6zyze2mkwyla7jwe.onion/silkroad/backup/i
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Is this guy for real or what?
http://6zyze2mkwyla7jwe.onion/silkroad/backup/i
http://6zyze2mkwyla7jwe.onion/silkroad/backup/index.php does appear to be a real attempt to provide somewhere to go once this place disappears.
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Thanks SR, thanks DPR. You guys did a great job....
:'(
OldAmsterdam
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Thanks SR, thanks DPR. You guys did a great job....
:'(
OldAmsterdam
OA, get your butt over on BMR! The people need access to quality molly. And why don't you take this opportunity to start sharing tracking numbers with your buyers :-p
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I love you all, more than ever do we need to remember:
Long Live Silk Road and Viva la Revolution!
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(0_0) Just found out. I'm going to have to let this settle in a bit. Damn.
I do love love love the people in this forum, lets keep the love alive here regardless. If possible...............
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Is this guy for real or what?
http://6zyze2mkwyla7jwe.onion/silkroad/backup/i
http://6zyze2mkwyla7jwe.onion/silkroad/backup/index.php does appear to be a real attempt to provide somewhere to go once this place disappears.
By the time this site disappears, there will no longer be a need for a SR forum. It's only useful right now as a reference as all are trying to make sure we don't lose connections as we migrate. Otherwise it's obsolete.
I don't know what's behind that site, but that its link has to be spammed all over this forum doesn't really say much for the site, especially with the BS comments about Libertas that have nothing to do with where the link is pointing.
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Wonderful insightful words Libertas.
To echo your words I feel exactly the same as you in that I have felt honored and privileged to have been of service to this amazing community.
We have choice in front of us now, we need to regroup and find a new home. There is no knowing how long these forums will stay up for, they are undoubtedly in the hands of LE now and even though I thought I had posted my final post yesterday here I am again, inextricably drawn back to the place that I love, I really cannot imagine my life without being a part of this community even if my partner is looking forward to having some more SSBD time not glued to the fucking laptop.
I hope everyone is taking the appropriate precautions, I sincerely doubt LE will go after the small time buyers but it is always good to be cautious, plan for the worst and hope for the best.
I spent most of yesterday cleaning house, I even think a holiday might be called for because there is no knowing what LE will do, whether they will consider a forum moderator a high class target or not I don't know but I have to consider my options.
I have signed a post with my PGP in the thread StExo created, if you read any uncharacteristic posts from this account you should request they sign it because it might not be me. I am sure LE once they have finished congratulating themselves on regressing drug law and harm reduction by a decade they could conceivably come here to try to cause the community to fracture ti disrupt us regrouping.
This is not the end, SR was just the beginning.
ssbd
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i thought DPR said all messages / transaction was gone after 2-3 months, this is not true is it?
they are saying they got all messages since 2011 to now, around 1 million messages / and 900k accounts, do they have EVERYTHING or what?
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I just want to thank everyone for putting up with me and my shitty jokes. ;) I didn't get to interact with many people here but those I did interact with were quality peeps in my book.
I've made some friends though we know for the most part we are all Anonie. Yet we share similar interests, experiences, and motto's. Much love to all of you.
Also I am proud to say I was one of the lucky ones who received one the last orders from SR. Monday-Wed.
I'd like to thank all the vendors who treated me fairly and also the vendor that was due my escrow payment, I'll make up for it somehow and I hope to see you again. ;)
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they are saying they got all messages since 2011 to now, around 1 million messages / and 900k accounts, do they have EVERYTHING or what?
What they are saying is that they know, based on the July image they received, how many registered accounts there were, that there were around 1.2 million PMs sent over the sixty days prior to the image date (they do not specify how many were encrypted) and that from February to that date there were around 1.2 million transactions involving 146,946 buyer accounts and 3,877 vendor accounts (the generalised archive data, AIUI) generating about 9.5 million BC including 614,305 BC in commissions. A different server gave them an idea of the flow of BC in and out of escrow.
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maybe someone should come up with a .onion encrypted site where you can conduct transactions in escrow whatever it may be, drugs, tobacco, software, miscellaneous goods (basically the same shit you could get on sr..). no hitman shit, no cp, no weapons, and everything that could shut it down. this way there wont be drugs on the main site haha, itd be a bit harder to take down no? kinda the same escrow lay out as SR...you sign up with a username and that account will have a btc wallet where you can transfer funds to the member you conduct biz with. when it comes you release funds, same shit as sr but no blatant drug shit yknowmsayin? someone with the money should prolly do this and put the servers off shore somewhere where its cool and wont rat you out. and please be discreet never leave your tracks when using clearnet..change up your usernames, your email address, everything dont use the same shit like "altoid" dont do that, to the guy who might do somethin like this. i dont think its a bad idea tho...i will miss sr and i dont think this is over, when a door closes a window will open. but seriously tho this hurts more than any break up ever, those were just bitches...this was somethin else
*also, in addition to the proposed" anonymous escrow marketplace" (if you can call it that, sorry am a bit high) i mentioned above there should be a forum type layout .onion site where people sign up as a customer or vendor (vendor pays a one time $80 fee) and people can browse and see whos got what for sale. different sections for different types of merchandise of course and vendors are limited to posting one new "thread" every 4-5 hours. in the thread people can ask questions and if you click on the vendors profile and on there, you can read and leave feedback on em as well as read their terms and conditions and see what theyve gott for sale. so that way you can get a feel of them and see if they worthy of doing biz with...you can go to a customers page and the more referrals the customer gets, the more trusted they should be considered...the site should have a pm feature and everyone should use pgp of course, from there people exchange their btc wallet address ID thru messages and then go to the other site i proposed and carry out the transaction like on sr..this all of course on safe off shore servers. of course the forum should have a discussion section and there you would have the same SR forum sections...trouble shooting, rumor mill, etc. i think this should be pretty safe no? or at least work for a while if executed properly by the right person with the right team of mods or what have you. we have a good community fuck all the scammers but to the people who did good and always pulled thru whether it was you finalizing or you shippin the right amount we did good, where we go we gotta stick together man or at least try our damn hardest. this was life changing, it would be devastating to let this fade into nothing
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I expect by DPR's sloppy mistake in the beginning (e-mail attached to altoid account) he was just unaware of just how big SR would get. Now someone else knows the potential of a site like this, and exactly what mistakes NOT to make. The blueprint has been laid.
The new Silkroad will be bigger and better than the last one.
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DPR has never served a days jail, he is like most SR users educated kind and gentle, how is this man going to deal with 100+years?? I seriously feel for him right now.
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You can't keep a good idea down...
See you all out there, it was warming to the heart to have spent some time here over the last year...
Thoughts to all those who are directly experiencing the state violence at the moment...
jor
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they are saying they got all messages since 2011 to now, around 1 million messages / and 900k accounts, do they have EVERYTHING or what?
What they are saying is that they know, based on the July image they received, how many registered accounts there were, that there were around 1.2 million PMs sent over the sixty days prior to the image date (they do not specify how many were encrypted) and that from February to that date there were around 1.2 million transactions involving 146,946 buyer accounts and 3,877 vendor accounts (the generalised archive data, AIUI) generating about 9.5 million BC including 614,305 BC in commissions. A different server gave them an idea of the flow of BC in and out of escrow.
so the feds can't read anything that's been sent over the past couple year I understand? they just have stats and cashflow, not actual information.
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I placed three orders on Monday, one was an FE, the other two were marked in transit within four to six hours of placement. So far I have received one of the escrow orders. I can't find those two vendors on the forum..mwtcgreen PM me here or use my PGP key posted in the PGP thread to discuss. I'm hoping the other two get through before the forum goes off line...the other escrow order especially as it was the biggest value of them all. The FE was the smallest thankfully.
I just want to thank everyone for putting up with me and my shitty jokes. ;) I didn't get to interact with many people here but those I did interact with were quality peeps in my book.
I've made some friends though we know for the most part we are all Anonie. Yet we share similar interests, experiences, and motto's. Much love to all of you.
Also I am proud to say I was one of the lucky ones who received one the last orders from SR. Monday-Wed.
I'd like to thank all the vendors who treated me fairly and also the vendor that was due my escrow payment, I'll make up for it somehow and I hope to see you again. ;)
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Great post. It's so sad to see such a good service come to an end. Now instead of people getting good, safe stuff. They will flock to the streets and get that dirty, unsafe, cut stuff. I know LE doesn't really care about that. But that was one major pro with a site like SR. You were getting pretty clean, consistent stuff. Away from the public. Doing your stuff safe at home. You'd never hear a story on the news about how someone OD'ed or went psycho in public from stuff they got on this site. The users were pretty responsible. I don't really know what it is they feel they accomplished with this bust since I don't think they are going after the sellers. Another 1 or 2 will take it's place by the end of the month. This drug war is a joke.
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Just want to add a post here for LucyMcGee.
Order received, sorry I didn't FE for you girl.
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Interesting times indeed. It was grand while it lasted. Who knows where we will all be in 6-12 months? We are only underdogs now, and a resurgence is possible and probably likely.
My tinfoil hat finds it very interesting that this coincided with:
Federal govt shutdown
Debt ceiling drama
Upcoming elections
Breaking Bad conclusion (relatively high profile in pop culture)
I think the above have possible implications for both BTC/USD and usual gangster state propaganda.
Lay low and beware of honeytrap alternatives.
Ideally the next step would be a TOR/PGP based meetup network for IRL connections but who knows how that could work with confidence in security.
Fuck the gangster state.
Stay smart, stay safe, and lay low. Take a break. If you are seriously hurting go cold cop. Don't fall for "SR alternatives" until they have a track record. It sounds crazy to say but I would say cold copping right now is much less risky than signing up to a supposed "SR alternative".
Bravo to all who risked their freedom to make SR a real thing.
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I couldn't believe it when I first arrived at the site a couple of years ago.
The idea that you could order the best hash from all round the globe, stuff I hadn't smoked in 20years, was just fantastic.
I will miss this site massively
I can't believe SR has gone
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What they are saying is that they know, based on the July image they received, how many registered accounts there were, that there were around 1.2 million PMs sent over the sixty days prior to the image date (they do not specify how many were encrypted) and that from February to that date there were around 1.2 million transactions involving 146,946 buyer accounts and 3,877 vendor accounts (the generalised archive data, AIUI) generating about 9.5 million BC including 614,305 BC in commissions. A different server gave them an idea of the flow of BC in and out of escrow.
so the feds can't read anything that's been sent over the past couple year I understand? they just have stats and cashflow, not actual information.
I would think that they now have the latest server image, meaning that they would probably have any PMs (albeit being unable read encrypted ones) and all running data from around August.
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http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=120169.15
Thread about the LEO that DPR backed up and paid for murder (the first one for 80, 000). DPR I am seriously disappointed in you...