According to the new article on the ab seizure, everything is not what it seems https://www.google.com/amp/s/news247worldpressuk.com/2017/09/06/brett-gollumfun-johnson-alphabay-did-the-feds-really-get-the-ringleader-my-conversation-with-ranklez/amp/ while another lately admitted closing AB and hansa was actually a mistake. We keep seeing arrests mainly linked to fentanyl or carfentanyl. The HF bust is huge and could be far reaching based on their records they possibly left. However referencing the first article it seems that LE is pretty happy w themselves, and it's all zipped up tight. "Good job boys, our pensions are justified locking up peaceful adults who want what they want. Bravo". That said it did say we will still see arrests, but I'd like to hear from the community. As we move further away from the closure, buyers and sellers who were relatively small time, NOT DEALING in fent or heroin or crazy shit, seem like the Feds don't have the time money and resources to pursue all the AB vendors. Even sloppy ones who didn't pgp or were not super stringent with vpn or bitcoin, without a direct buy, and without physical evidence in hand, it seems there's just too much work, too many current vendors on other markets and not enough LE to go after everyone. Keep your mouth shut and nose clean and never talk to the cops and even the sloppiest low hanging fruit should get lucky...... thoughts??
high profile vendors obviously have prority for law enforcement but if I were a vendor I would not count on being invincible just because I vend something other than fent or h.
normal buyers just have to stay 'normal' [i.e. do not order 5 pounds of weed at once], keep their opsec tight [i.e. follow the dnm bible https://www.reddit.com/r/darknetmarketsnoobs/wiki/bible/buyer ] and use common sense. then you are extremely unlikely to get busted.