Will this be as successful as the last SR or will it be a complete flop due to most vendors jumping onto Sheep and BMR. As much as I would love to see it work, its just more money for vendors who aren't exactly guaranteed to make much money from it.. I'm guessing only time will tell. Your thoughts guys/gals?
I think everyone on BMR and SMP realizes that those sites are insecure and poorly managed. However, currently there are no other options, so people are using them, at least temporarily.
The success of Silk Road 2.0 will depend on how secure and functional the site is. Both SMP and BMR are severely lacking basic functionalities and the site security for both is clearly lacking. If SR 2.0 comes out with similar problems, then I don't think it will do very well long term. On the other hand, if it comes out with security and functionality meeting or exceeding the original silk road, I think you will see a huge migration to SR 2.0 and SMP and BMR will lose a lot of business.
The key for SR 2.0 is to not come out before they're absolutely ready. November 5th sounds like it's too soon for the site to be truly ready to me, but I haven't seen it so I'm not sure how well it's done.