Its been hinted that they'll be busting other Tor marketplaces in the next day or so. I wonder if they were similarly infiltrated and what effect that will have on the community.
Or maybe someone is trying to get out of the market and pocket all of the wallet funds sitting on another marketplace.
Seriously, if you were running a Tor marketplace and one of your competitors goes down, it is a perfect cover for running away with everyone's bitcoins and disappearing.
On the community I have no idea, but I imagine the next reincarnation of these type of markets will have to be managed by lone wolfs out of a cave in Afghanistan.
Space law tends to be extrapolated from maritime law as many of the legal condundrums are similar. So if you had a pirate satellite then it could probably be seized under a letter of marque. It's a fun question, I'll look into it.
If you don't live in Iran, staring down the Iranian justice system [given the lack of love other nations have for them] is pretty easy.
Tbh tho, I wouldn't be surprised if you setup an Iranian site that you weren't accused of "funding terrorist operations" and the trial gets replaced with a US drone strike.
To my knowledge, there have not been any drone missile strikes in Iran. That would likely constitute an act of war. Iran did shoot down a spy drone back in 2011.
The US would never extradite to Iran, so unless you are
so desperate to open a "dark net market" that you move
to Iran, you will stare down the US justice system, not
the Iranian tribunals.
Seriously, if you were running a Tor marketplace and one of your competitors goes down, it is a perfect cover for running away with everyone's bitcoins and disappearing.