The Great Silk Road Crash of 20** ...? - page 6.

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Quote from: molecular on November 19, 2012, 04:36:03 PM

Quote from: piramida on November 19, 2012, 03:30:21 PM

Quote from: molecular on November 18, 2012, 02:21:18 PM

it's been back up for roughly 3 days now.

I must admit I wasnt sitting clicking refresh 10 days, but I did a test before posting yesterday and it didn't respond in several tries, so I assumed it is still being down. I guess then it still is has ups and downs, while the price had only ups lately.

it depends on the time of the day it seems

You're right. I find very early AM is the best time for me...

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Quote from: bitcats on November 19, 2012, 07:01:28 AM

You think that Europe is a safe harbour for drug buyers?

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Pretty funny would be indeed to be arrested because of buying drugs on SilkRoad.

When you get busted, I m sure you will have fun.

Go and crawl back under the rock you crawled out from. I know it makes you feel like a big man to try to scare people, but no one is worried by your stupid FUD.

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Quote from: piramida on November 19, 2012, 03:30:21 PM

Quote from: molecular on November 18, 2012, 02:21:18 PM

it's been back up for roughly 3 days now.

I must admit I wasnt sitting clicking refresh 10 days, but I did a test before posting yesterday and it didn't respond in several tries, so I assumed it is still being down. I guess then it still is has ups and downs, while the price had only ups lately.

it depends on the time of the day it seems

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Works fine.

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Quote from: molecular on November 18, 2012, 02:21:18 PM

it's been back up for roughly 3 days now.

I must admit I wasnt sitting clicking refresh 10 days, but I did a test before posting yesterday and it didn't respond in several tries, so I assumed it is still being down. I guess then it still is has ups and downs, while the price had only ups lately.

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Quote from: awakening on November 19, 2012, 08:50:03 AM

Quote from: cheebydi on November 19, 2012, 08:31:24 AM

Quote from: awakening on November 19, 2012, 08:11:16 AM

Quote from: bitcats on November 19, 2012, 07:01:28 AM

You think that Europe is a safe harbour for drug buyers?

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Pretty funny would be indeed to be arrested because of buying drugs on SilkRoad.

When you get busted, I m sure you will have fun.

I hope also that they can prove that It was me indeed the person who was buying drugs through SilkRoad. Plausible deniability.
Also, for the quantities I buy.. The police can just put me a fine. Grin

Sooo. Yes, I don't really care.

He says, surfing the clearnet and posting in a forum.

If you start talking about plausible deniability I sure hope you never logged into your account without tor/proxies, as you basically just admitted to buying drugs on the internet.

Of course I know that I'm saying in a forum that I buy drugs, anyway, as I'm saying I just don't care. I'm not scared, and I don't even consider that some cops are going to arrest me because of that.
And yes, I don't use always Tor, but atleast a VPN, and my email is in tormail. I can say my name and exactly where I live and I wouldn't care also.
I think that you people in USA are a lot more ~~harassed~~ brainwashed by the ~~police~~ media in the drugs thing, that here in Europe. It's pretty common go along the streets and smell hash etc

FTFY
"drugs are bad, mmkay???"
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Drugs addiction should be treated as an illness instead of a criminal matter.

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Quote from: AndrewBUD on November 19, 2012, 09:04:51 AM

Privatized prison systems are horrible...

+1 It's a national shame really. Not only the perverse privatization scheme, but that we can only think to lock people up in a sad effort to control their behavior. Sure, some people should go to jail forever. Many others could be dealt with in other ways. Consider the hot oil test. This is an African tradition that can be as good at getting to the truth as a western court. I will find a link and edit this shortly.

EDIT: Here is a pdf that discusses the "test" I was talking about.
www.bjournal.co.uk/paper/BJASS_3_1/BJASS_03_01_11.pdf

Basically both the accused and accuser must dip their hand into boiling oil to prove their conviction. In the example I saw the accused panicked and refused to do it, he then admitted his guilt. The accuser confidently reached in and took out an object from the bottom of the oil. He seemed completely unphased by the oil. Confident that God would protect the innocent.

P.S. I am not saying we should use this method, but we should look into other ways of dealing with criminality.

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Europe has grown up.. They realize harm reduction is the best avenue..

The USA is all about greed... Greedy business people building jails. Greedy people pushing to keep the status quo because they make a lot of money the way things are.

Privatized prison systems are horrible...

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Quote from: cheebydi on November 19, 2012, 08:31:24 AM

Quote from: awakening on November 19, 2012, 08:11:16 AM

Quote from: bitcats on November 19, 2012, 07:01:28 AM

You think that Europe is a safe harbour for drug buyers?

Quote

Pretty funny would be indeed to be arrested because of buying drugs on SilkRoad.

When you get busted, I m sure you will have fun.

I hope also that they can prove that It was me indeed the person who was buying drugs through SilkRoad. Plausible deniability.
Also, for the quantities I buy.. The police can just put me a fine. Grin

Sooo. Yes, I don't really care.

He says, surfing the clearnet and posting in a forum.

If you start talking about plausible deniability I sure hope you never logged into your account without tor/proxies, as you basically just admitted to buying drugs on the internet.

Of course I know that I'm saying in a forum that I buy drugs, anyway, as I'm saying I just don't care. I'm not scared, and I don't even consider that some cops are going to arrest me because of that.
And yes, I don't use always Tor, but atleast a VPN, and my email is in tormail. I can say my name and exactly where I live and I wouldn't care also.
I think that you people in USA are a lot more harassed by the police in the drugs thing, that here in Europe. It's pretty common go along the streets and smell hash etc

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I have bought drugs online.... Hash... I love Hash

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Quote from: awakening on November 19, 2012, 08:11:16 AM

Quote from: bitcats on November 19, 2012, 07:01:28 AM

You think that Europe is a safe harbour for drug buyers?

Quote

Pretty funny would be indeed to be arrested because of buying drugs on SilkRoad.

When you get busted, I m sure you will have fun.

I hope also that they can prove that It was me indeed the person who was buying drugs through SilkRoad. Plausible deniability.
Also, for the quantities I buy.. The police can just put me a fine. Grin

Sooo. Yes, I don't really care.

He says, surfing the clearnet and posting in a forum.

If you start talking about plausible deniability I sure hope you never logged into your account without tor/proxies, as you basically just admitted to buying drugs on the internet.

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Quote from: bitcats on November 19, 2012, 07:01:28 AM

You think that Europe is a safe harbour for drug buyers?

Quote

Pretty funny would be indeed to be arrested because of buying drugs on SilkRoad.

When you get busted, I m sure you will have fun.

I hope also that they can prove that It was me indeed the person who was buying drugs through SilkRoad. Plausible deniability.
Also, for the quantities I buy.. The police can just put me a fine. Grin

Sooo. Yes, I don't really care.

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You think that Europe is a safe harbour for drug buyers?

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Pretty funny would be indeed to be arrested because of buying drugs on SilkRoad.

When you get busted, I m sure you will have fun.

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Quote from: legitnick on November 18, 2012, 09:31:31 PM

Quote from: molecular on November 18, 2012, 02:21:18 PM

Quote from: piramida on November 18, 2012, 01:20:21 PM

Quote from: Scott J on November 18, 2012, 07:04:57 AM

Personally I think the shock to the market would be far greater than the recent 'pirate crash'.

well, it has been down for like 10 days now, and the shock seems to go in another direction, so no, I doubt there would be any crash due to one (even large) site going down - don't forget that most coins that changed hands there were most probably quickly sold, so it only is a large factor in transactions volume (and even there, annihilated by Satoshi Dice), not in raising bitcoin prices.

which is not a bad thing, stable is good.

it's been back up for roughly 3 days now.

And is now run by FBI/NSA/DEA Huh

I don't care. Tongue

They can come to Europe to arrest me. Pretty funny would be indeed to be arrested because of buying drugs on SilkRoad. Grin

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Quote from: molecular on November 18, 2012, 02:21:18 PM

Quote from: piramida on November 18, 2012, 01:20:21 PM

Quote from: Scott J on November 18, 2012, 07:04:57 AM

Personally I think the shock to the market would be far greater than the recent 'pirate crash'.

well, it has been down for like 10 days now, and the shock seems to go in another direction, so no, I doubt there would be any crash due to one (even large) site going down - don't forget that most coins that changed hands there were most probably quickly sold, so it only is a large factor in transactions volume (and even there, annihilated by Satoshi Dice), not in raising bitcoin prices.

which is not a bad thing, stable is good.

it's been back up for roughly 3 days now.

And is now run by FBI/NSA/DEA Huh

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Quote from: piramida on November 18, 2012, 01:20:21 PM

Quote from: Scott J on November 18, 2012, 07:04:57 AM

Personally I think the shock to the market would be far greater than the recent 'pirate crash'.

well, it has been down for like 10 days now, and the shock seems to go in another direction, so no, I doubt there would be any crash due to one (even large) site going down - don't forget that most coins that changed hands there were most probably quickly sold, so it only is a large factor in transactions volume (and even there, annihilated by Satoshi Dice), not in raising bitcoin prices.

which is not a bad thing, stable is good.

it's been back up for roughly 3 days now.

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Quote from: Scott J on November 18, 2012, 07:04:57 AM

Personally I think the shock to the market would be far greater than the recent 'pirate crash'.

well, it has been down for like 10 days now, and the shock seems to go in another direction, so no, I doubt there would be any crash due to one (even large) site going down - don't forget that most coins that changed hands there were most probably quickly sold, so it only is a large factor in transactions volume (and even there, annihilated by Satoshi Dice), not in raising bitcoin prices.

which is not a bad thing, stable is good.

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Obviously this is a test of how dependent BTC is upon SR. However it sounds like SR's management is working on upgrading their system to handle the increased load.

SR isn't the only game in town, merely the most trusted/best established. If they were to go away the current set of competitors would grow to fill the void.

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In an attempt to get this back on track..

Surely the recent downtime shows how SR is not as invulnerable as many people in this thread claimed.

It has shown that it can also be brought down by its own success rather than by its enemies.

What effect on the price of BTC would a couple of months downtime have? What if it was down indefinitely?

Obviously people would move to alternatives but this would take time.

Personally I think the shock to the market would be far greater than the recent 'pirate crash'.

Disclaimer: I am pro SR in terms of having an anon marketplace (now that they have removed weapons), I am only interested in the BTC economics here.

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