That's where I note the reasoning of whether it stands in court. See taking a significant quantity of cash to meet a dealer who possesses drugs is enough for conviction in court, it's happened many times before. Now the law is the law and they still must prove guilt, but it is not what is on show with the movies about some tiny "what if" scenario, it is merely beyond reasonable doubt so yes, you may purchase some things legally here, PlutoPete is a good example of a wide variety of legal items - but it gets difficult at that stage because if they can prove you have funded the account, you're going to have to show somehow it was not your intention to purchase illegal items since most items here are readily available elsewhere at a more reasonable cost.At the end of the day, although SilkRoad is a marketplace, it is an illegal one here in the UK so at the same time, accessing it is not illegal nor is browsing, but it's use will contribute towards facilitation. I don't know if you're from the UK Libertas, but there have been a string of high profile operations in recent years whereby people have been charged and found guilty on very loose definitions of the term intention or significant step towards it unfortunately. I've had my own nasty run-ins with the law before and they really do go to some extreme lengths to place a charge on your head when they have little proof and the fact that bitcoins are a new concept, especially if put before a court of law, leaves plenty of influence which could be exerted over the judges and jury so having a lawyer unfamiliar with how bitcoins and Tor work will make your case very hard to defend.