How come more vendors and buyers aren't mentioning bitmessage as an alternative? I've personally grown tired of waiting for DDoS to stop or scrambling to another market. BitMessage seems like a good alternative but I know of very few vendors using it.
The Grand Wizard has been trying to get BitMessage up and running but has had it drop a couple messages recently (something about "searching for key" but never finding it). Anybody who wants to lend the Greatest Mind the Darknet World Has Ever Known a hand is welcome to drop a note to BM-2cUf6a7GV6pPobScsUdBV3EzENkm67x1D5 -- if you get a reply you know the Grand Wizard's BitMessage is up and running.