Obvious troll or FUD attempt. Forums were put up very quickly. This forum appearance is just the standard Simple machine Forums. Google them and check out their forums, its exactly like Silk roads! Conspiracy?!!? DPR thinks the best time to close the marketplace is during xmas as some admin/mods are taking some time off. I'll still be manning the forums as I don't have a life. But this will also allow him to work on updates. He's giving everyone plenty of warning, so everyone can make arrangements, pull BTC out. Its better than unscheduled downtime, and it should give the developers (who are having no break at all) lots of time for testing and updating.