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Silk Road
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Silk Road generated $1.2 billion in sales, primarily through Bitcoin transactions.
Chris Tarbell · Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road
Ross Ulbricht was charged with drug trafficking and hacking tools, facing two life sentences plus 40 years without parole.
Chris Tarbell · Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road
TOR, originally invented by the US Navy, complicates law enforcement by anonymizing users' IP addresses.
Chris Tarbell · Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road
The FBI's 'Onion Peeler' operation targeted 26 onion sites, including Silk Road.
Chris Tarbell · Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road
After Silk Road's takedown, dark markets proliferated instead of collapsing.
Chris Tarbell · Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road
Voices on Silk Road
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Go read
3 books and papers cited across these episodes.
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Still unresolved
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The thinkers
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