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by gwern 4601 days ago
I agree. One of the smaller (but oldest) surviving black markets, Deepbay, apparently seized all bitcoins on deposit and stole them from its users a few days ago. Was it hacked? No, just the operator decided to cash out. Does this have something to do with Bitcoin tripling over the last month and additional competition from new black markets like Pandora and SR 2 and Tormarket? Probably...