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TOR

Anonymizing network that conceals users' IP addresses through relays.

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    Silk Road generated $1.2 billion in sales, primarily through Bitcoin transactions.
    Ross Ulbricht was charged with drug trafficking and hacking tools, facing two life sentences plus 40 years without parole.
    TOR, originally invented by the US Navy, complicates law enforcement by anonymizing users' IP addresses.
    The FBI's 'Onion Peeler' operation targeted 26 onion sites, including Silk Road.
    After Silk Road's takedown, dark markets proliferated instead of collapsing.

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