What made Agora so great?

I always hear "Agora-this or Agora-that", nothing but shining praise, but I don't get why. From what I've gathered (I never used it), it was a big market, and they peacefully and cooperatively exited. Are there any other reasons people pray to the DNM gods for Agora to come back?


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[8 Points] None:

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[6 Points] Hank_Vendor:

because agora was a king among men.

you knew with absolute certainty he wasn't gonna rob you. he's like that one friend who always pays you back on time and in full.

the kind of guy who you'd let come over to your house and fuck your wife. if she was a little better looking.

when you asked him to do sokething he almost never replied (at least to me) you'd wait patiently for a reply. Then after a day or two you'd realise he had done what you asked.


[3 Points] Nbffyhh:

You want another reason than their honorable exit and apparent obsession with site security? Well, I guess you didn't mention the second so... those two reasons. They deserve all the praise despite their frequent downtimes and slow server speed. You could still order your drugs just fine even at their worst.


[4 Points] None:

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[2 Points] None:

They plain and simple had the best most user friendly website. Laid out with google simplicity, search results arraigned however you like it. Alphabay comes close but Agora was simple. Buyers liked it because any complaint/dispute by a buyer was treated with a refund even if it was a classic buyer scam


[2 Points] Throughawayup:

A lot of people in this thread seem to be living in fantasies. When Evo and Agora were the two biggest markets people were fighting about which one would exit scam first. People just chose one and sided with it randomly it seemed.

As far as I'm concerned, as a small time buyer, any market that exists now is just as good/bad as evo or agora.

The only thing that made agora special (exclusively in hindsight) is that they did not exit scam. That is the only reason people pray to the DNM gods for it to come back.

Granted while it was up there were generally few complaints except for bad uptime but how hard is it to run a site like that legitimately? Don't fuck up the coding, have competent support, maintain opsec.


[2 Points] None:

The black chicks.....oh god......the black chicks....


[2 Points] TripAddict:

You could actually trust them, they even let you take your coins out before they went down.


[1 Points] Pelican_Vendor:

The Bird!


[1 Points] slimyftw:

Agora was for me and I think for alot of people like Jesus for christians :)


[1 Points] None:

Trust and longevity.


[1 Points] supreme_bepis:

everything you could want was on there, good support, trusted site, the most popular alternative was evo at the time and that was derived from a carding forum so it had no trust (look what happened)


[1 Points] justpassinbuy:

The best thing about Agora everyone seems to leave out was they were committed on keeping everyone safe. Opsec came first with them moving servers was common and maintenance to upgrade security protocols as time progressed which caused regular downtime. Alot of people freaked out during these times but most knew just be patient. The selection of items were all there no need to venture out. Vendors as well as buyers all felt safe overall thanks to a great team.