AlphaBay shut down by law enforcement

wsj.com/articles/illegal-goods-website-alphabay-shut-following-law-enforcement-action-1499968444

Will this cause a downturn in cryptocurrency prices like when Silk Road was shut down?

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I'm here from the future btc will go down from 2300 to 2200 act fast!

was alphabay ever that popular in the first place?

never heard of it

yeah it was the #1 darknet market. if you've never heard of it you obviously are a total noob to crypto

Something else will rise to take its place
The black market is too profitable
Supply demand

Large marketplace allowing people to sell illegal stuff (CP, drugs, weapons, etc.) never lasts. I'm glad it was shut down.

I don't see why it would cause crypto to crash. It's much easier to buy illegal stuff with fiat...

it's fucking pointless, they only do it for the news creds. Oh look how great we are, we shut down this illegal marketplace wahhhhh. So the normies feel safe and protected.

Like with anything, you shut it down, another opens, leave it be. Most normies are too fucking brain-dead to figure out how to access it anyway.

harsh

>I'm glad it was shut down.
You are a faggot.

>tfw people are loathe to admit it, but cryptos are backed by drugs and CP sold on those deep web markets, the same way fiat currencies are backed by goods and services offered by entities within those countries

something something BITBAY LITERALLY THE NEXT SILK ROAD

this
bitcoin would not even be a grand if deep web didn't exist

2017 - dont have domen name....
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Seconded for BAY. Just watch the upcoming weeks..... comfy gains general

>CP
obvious never went to alphabay, opinion discarded

> I'm glad it was shut down.

kys statist cuck

Comfy gains, can't be shut down, this kills the juden

We don't loathe it we just don't like spreading bad press.

well this is sad. I think crypto is just gonna become a big corporate scheme in the future anyway, sadly. All people talk about is big biz when it comes to it nowadays

what's the next best place to buy weed?

thanks

This.

You could say the same thing about fiat sponsoring terrorism in foreign countries.

you're a week late
news.bitcoin.com/major-darknet-marketplace-alphabay-goes-down-exit-scam-speculations-arise/
I shorted BTC as soon as I saw this

Invest in a weed mining rig

>2017
>living in a place that doesnt have legal weed

Bruh

Fiat isn't 100% backed by illicit goods though.

Any alternatives?? Inb4 Dream market

CGMC
few vendors, all are required to have pretty good rep on past sites.
great prices, great quality..

WE FINNA BE RICH!!!!!!!

as an user who used ab, i disagree

the feds are going to take down some of the big vendors, once they get their hands on the drives its only a matter of time.

Neither is crypto.

This. My dad works for the feds and is modding his camry with the bitcoin seized.

bitbay becoming a decentralized crypto exchange instead u heard it here first

BTC transactions are down 50% since it got popped on the 4th.

lol that would work but i'm trying to buy a boat with my BTC senpai.

It literally is though

New.particl.io

Thank me later.

Average Bitcoin transaction cost is like $1.70 now.

Nobody pays that much to move money around unless they're trying to buy drugs, booze, or hookers.

See also: How those bar and 24/7 convenience store ATMs keep making money despite charging $5 per transaction

>2017 - dont have domen name....
>bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1984615.0

>It's much easier to buy illegal stuff with fiat...
Also much less safe.

Who cares, if there's a market for it, something else will come.

Supply and demand.

Crypto is arguably better than fiat in almost all aspects, but the main reason why it won't crash and will keep rising is because it's basically money laundering and tax evasion wet's dream.

silkroad was shut down in 2013 august, BTC was @$170~
by december, BTC was @$1180

silkroad didn't cause any short of crash, maybe a very temporal dip

>the same way fiat currencies are backed by goods and services offered by entities within those countries
In god we trust goy

fuuuuck my ketamine isnt going to arrive, is it?

Holy shit bitcoin confirmed $14,000 usd by december

confirmed by some asshol* ?

DHL is pretty good but you need an invite to sign up.

Not memeing, but anyones first purchase with fiat gained from crypto needs to be a firearm.

Plus they're fun and hold their value well on top of keepong yourself protected.

So this is why Bitcoin crashed?

What is AlphaBay?

I just go to a local weed store and pay with cash.

Cops don't really care about arresting people for weed anymore, so literally anywhere.

H E W A S R I G H T

Anyone use Hanza?