DarkBook - A Darknet Social Experiment

The response received from has taught us many things about what the needs of darknet users are, we have shut down this project and are working on developing a more secure alternative than what was launched today. For those who want to know, the software used was called HumHub, and worked pretty nicely.

Thanks for the feedback and support, we hope to see you again soon.

OPEN BETA

On path leading away from failing centralized markets and stolen escrow funds, Darknet Market users need a place where they can build a reputation for their name, and partake in a community of trusted buyers and vendors.

Out of this need a server was born, software loaded, and configurations set. We set up some open source social networking software up on a hidden service and are interested to know if it'll catch on.

We bring you Darkbook: jt6ybaabekepytyc.onion

Darkbook is the darknet's social network. DarkBook is NOT a Marketplace: all potential transactions take place off-site. Darkbook's aim is to become a home for DarknetMarket users to establish community trust, and encourage them to use their profile pages and member spaces to promote goods and services, to provide public feedback, create wiki guides, etc.

Featuring: User Profiles Newsfeed & commenting Public/private Spaces Simple Wiki pages Messaging

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Comments


[4 Points] None:

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[3 Points] BizzyWriter:

I don't think this is a good idea, but I raise my hat to you for being brave and going ahead with this.

I am a big believer in escrow markets, they keep users safe.

Just because a couple dogs bite doesn't mean they all do.


[2 Points] Axaq:

Good initiative but these things don't catch on as they seem mediocre and last time this happened, it was ran by a 16 year old kid and the site became filled with CP. I just don't think this is viable over Grams vendor profiles and direct sales over email.


[2 Points] The_Madhouse:

let me just say without going into detail that I have marketing experience IRL. First of all if you want your service to take off you need to attract vendors to your site. Agora offers 1.5 btc to vendors from another site. If you get even one vendor with a big following your service will be viable. The grandwizzardslair was just asking about places for direct deals maybe message him or HOS. Next look at advertising for clearnet you can advertise on reddit for very cheap like .05 cents for 1000 impressions. Also consider tor ads from grams for advertising on tor. Next I would disable Javascript because darknet users avoid that like the plague so that's nessacary to attract a user base and pgp is easy enough to do as it is. Any on site encryption won't be trusted by the users it's just the way we are there's multiple sites that have proven this. I wish you the best of luck and be careful who you ask for help regarding security there's been a lot of blackmail going on