Thank you /r/darknetmarkets This sub out of all of reddit has been the most valuable in the aspects of safety, news, and most important the community.

Seriously, thank you /r/darknetmarkets This subreddit, despite the shills/trolls, has been extremely valuable and informative. I have multiple throwaways, but I usually lurk unless I feel I need to say something in a thread

I found out about the original Silk Road in 2011, however never used it/was ignorant to what it had to offer. In early 2012, I started learning more about it, and making my first purchase felt like I got presents from Santa Claus... During this time, I was using /r/silkroad and /r/silkroaddeals for information. I don't anymore associate with it though ever since the seizure. I knew SR2 was trouble, and never even visited there. I see a lot of moderators from /r/silkroad have migrated here which is nice. Despite a lot of shitty mods on reddit in other subreddits, all the mods here seem to be good people (except AutoModerator... stop deleting the posts that don't need to be! haha)

Anyways... just want to say over the years, this subreddit helped me out tremendously in lots of ways that I could go on and on about. I'll list a few...

• Being informed on safety and proper OpSec techniques

• Reviews (although I don't really trust of them from here, still helpful)

• People sharing their experiences and mistakes for us to learn from. Even sometimes bringing some light humor out of dark situations with LE (belize/sand/HoS to name a few lol)

• News and what's going on related to dark net (hell... I found out about both SR1 and SR2 shutdowns from this subreddit LOL)

• Most importantly, this awesome community. We are all dnm advocates I'm assuming (LE please leave :3) and this subreddit has been extremely valuable throughout the years since 2012. Just want to say thanks to the community, the cool mods, and everyone.

As you're all aware this trial going on.... will definitely set new precedent regarding our privacy/anonymity/freedom as human beings. I hope Ross will be okay. Josh Dratel seems to be an elite lawyer too. Really hope he gets his freedom back. I really don't think that it was right for the judge to dismiss the fact the FBI found the server illegally...

However, I don't think it's right to set the murder charges aside in the charges against him either. Premeditated murder and hosting a dark net markets are two very different things. I do believe that Ross did not have anything to do with the murders though, since he invented SR and he gave the torch to someone else. So I support him. However... if he was really DPR throughout, and if evidence shows that he did make plans to really murder a potential threat I would be very disappointed and withdraw my support as I think that is evil, and it's a bit ironic because the ideal dark net market should be a safe haven to avoid violence... to each his own. For now I believe the former unless proven, he has my support.

Why are dnms so targetted? caligirl, mdpro, xanax king.... the FBI/Operation Onymous/LE make it sound like they did something important (even the dnm seizures) in reality drugs will still prevail everywhere, and they are making it more dangerous from obtaining drugs on the street. They are only contributing to the cycle, and scapegoat these sellers as an achievement when in reality.... they did nothing... and drug lords/cartels will continue to operate... I would bet good money that the # of drug deals made on dark net markets, contribute to less than 1% of the drug deals made in real life. I hate my government (USA)

Anyways, sorry for going on a tangent, but just want to share my appreciation and thanks this subreddit has given me. I've learned so much throughout the years. Stay safe my friends, and let's take action to change what we can for a better, safer, and less intrusive world. So ya, just wanted to say thank you <3


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[3 Points] HagakureLife:

Not to mention we got some damn intelligent dudes here, as few as there may be, they are for the most part kind helpful and have knowledge predating my existence on this particular subject. Not to mention if they don't tell you to move to Belize, burn down your toaster (it's being watched), and start cleaning your washroom... They will actually help you.