Callum Valentine
2011-12-14
http://www.newswire.co.nz/2011/12/silk/
IT’S been described as the Amazon of acid and the E-bay of ecstasy– and it ships to New Zealand.
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Bruce discovered Silk Road through internet research about Bitcoin, a new digital crypto-currency which makes the drug-market’s supposed anonymity possible.
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Despite its draw-backs and unsecure future, where Bitcoin does succeed is its ability to allow seamless international transactions, and it has been hailed by libertarian supporters as a way to opt out of the traditional banking structure.