[cody8295]

Condolences to any users/vendors who lost coin because of the takedown.

Anybody have info on how the admin was found? Was the method of DDoSing Tor nodes used to force traffic into honeypot'd Tor nodes?

[eugeneionesco]

Yeah man, those poor poor vendors who make money on addicted users...

[alasdair_]

The single most highly traded item in terms of volume on most of these markets is pot, then non-addictive (but still potentially dangerous) drugs like MDMA.

The number of hardcore opioid addicts that have a laptop, internet connection, knowledge of bitcoin, someone to convert cash into a bitcoin balance, a tor installation, a good address to pick up from and a willingness to wait a week to get their fix delivered is likely fairly small.

[pentae]

And those types of users are, from what i've witnessed typically still highly functional members of society (lawyers, tech entrepreneurs, etc)

[rankam]

What are your thoughts on alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical companies that make money from addicted users?

[glbrew]

Poor poor vendors who provide safety and reputation protection to addicts who would otherwise be in alleys.