Quote from: enpiping on June 24, 2013, 02:52 amQuote from: astor on June 24, 2013, 02:25 amI see nothing in that article that indicates it was related to SR. Transactions on the market are not in the block chain, so if it had any relation to SR at all, ie if the DEA met the guy through SR, it would be an out of escrow transaction.I'm pretty much a newbie--can you explain how the transactions are not in the block chain? Is this because of how the coins are "tumbled"? Thanks!When you deposit to your account, once the coins are received by the bitcoin address associated with your account, they're transferred right back out to one or more other bitcoin addresses. That's the SR tumbler.So what you're left with is your account balance not being actual bitcoins or USD, but just the SR ledger vouching that you have such-and-such an amount of currency. Buy something, and the ledger subtracts from you and adds to the vendor. No coins necessary (until you go to withdraw, of course).