This was posted on the Agora forums. (I find it funny that I can never get the market and the forums to work at the same time)
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We are sorry to say that we have yet another downtime, especially considering the latest bad news within the dark market ecosystem. However our security protocols have unfortunately again caused an incident that we have to resolve and we estimate that this can take 24 hours, in the worst case 48 hours of downtime. We wish to assure you that we haven't "run off" with any money and the service will be restored properly. All the deposit addresses will be restored as before, but obviously we don't encourage you to deposit anything at this time, it's only common sense to wait with that until the issue has been resolved and the site is operational again. Thank you for understanding. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
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Given circumstances I've started to realize how much the darknet has spoiled me, and how much I rely on them. I put up with these downtimes and keep putting money in because even though I lose money sometimes it's still safer, less expensive, and I know what I'm getting generally comes from a reliable source. If I was forced to go back to the streets to get drugs... Well I probably wouldn't even bother. Honestly I think there's so many shitty people surrounding drugs as a whole that I wouldn't even try to find someone to supply me with huge amounts of acid and the other things I do from time to time. I know lots of people are upset and distressed by this, but thank you Agora for staying up as long as you have and giving me the experiences I needed to change my life around and save me from almost commiting suicide, I stopped smoking, I dropped out of college and found a good job doing what I love, found the woman of my dreams, an apartment, a car, and the opportunity to visit Europe for a month, propose, and see new years in London. I know drugs aren't for everyone. But they were for me, and because of the darknet my life has never been better. I'm no longer depressed like I was, I'm not sitting around thinking of ways to off myself, and quite often I find myself looking back and feeling like the last year of my life has been a fairytale. If you ever leave, I'll be at peace with that knowing that what I have gotten out of my drug experiences has and will influence me for the rest of my life in a positive way, and I won't go looking for another fix, knowing I've already lived this chapter of my life to it's end. My fiancée is aware of my drug use and hasn't minded it, and now I'm officially at a point where I no longer need them and have stopped doing everything except lsd and occasionally my now prescribed benzos for panic attacks and anxiety. I don't know exactly where I would be if I had never found the markets, but I know I would not have been given these opportunities. You guys are the best, smartest community that I've spent time with on reddit, blue light, agora, evo, TMG, and SR forums. I've spent countless hours here and there and everywhere, mostly just lurking. It warms my heart to see that I am definitely not the only person out there, and lots of if not most of us are respectable, considerate people. I'm not saying drugs are good, but this environment was exactly what I needed to motivate myself to go out and be the person I wished to be in the world. Thanks guys. Thanks Agora. You gave me the tools to change my life for the better, and that's exactly what I've done. Drugs gave me a better, more positive outlook on life, and without it I would probably be pushing up daisies.