Thanks. I've been out of that world for roughly a decade, it's neat to see a more resilient social ecosystem emerging around these markets. I'm still sort of surprised that the three letter agencies can't just immediately unmask the server IP of new markets when they pop up and take them down immediately
DNMs are several orders of magnitude larger than the Silk Road days and all the technology is way better, Tor is super fast(ish) but that’s partially because the exit nodes and relay nodes are (probably) adversaries lol
Cat and mouse game. They're trying timing attacks all the time while improving the UX, assuming “they” are state actors
