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Popular Dark Web Market Disappears, Users Migrate In Panic (vice.com)

Posted by msmash on from the watching-the-dark-place-burn dept.

An anonymous reader cites an article on Motherboard: Like the changing of the seasons, a natural stage in the dark web marketplace life cycle has once again manifested. Nucleus market, which primarily sold illegal drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine, and cannabis, has disappeared: The site is unresponsive, and the market administrators have not made any announcements about planned downtime. This has forced vendors to migrate to other sites and panicked users to figure out where to go next, all amidst a whirlwind of rumours and speculation of where Nucleus -- and its cash -- has gone. 'Nucleus is an awesome market. One of the best. Hope all the admins are ok and nothing serious happened,' someone identifying themselves as a vendor wrote in a comment on the news site Deep Dot Web. At the moment, it's not totally clear why Nucleus' website is unresponsive. It could be an exit scam -- a scam where site administrators stop allowing users to withdraw their funds and then disappear with the stockpile of bitcoins.

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  1. One can only hope by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That it was shutdown by the feds and every person that sold or bought drugs on the site will be arrested and sentenced to death.

    1. Re:One can only hope by Grishnakh · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      You have to understand that roughly half the American population *is* batshit crazy. That's why they vote Republican. There has to be someone seriously wrong with you mentally if you really care about what two people do in their bedroom and want to legislate against it. And a large chunk of the remainder isn't much better, since they vote for obviously corrupt Democrats like Hillary.

    2. Re:One can only hope by 110010001000 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Consenting adults who break into your house at night to get their next fix. Give me a break. Another white "libertarian" who lives in the suburbs. Idiot.

    3. Re:One can only hope by GLMDesigns · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Yeah. If wanting limited government is crazy then I'm crazy. The federal government be limited as per the constitution. It should be much smaller: not provide for the roads, not provide any social safety net. You want a social safety net get it from local and state government. By the way I'm entirely in favor of a safety net - just not provided by the Federal government. Why? Take a look at the constitution. Read the Federalist Papers. Educate yourselves instead of saying everything would be fine if the rich paid for it.

      The (1/10 of one percent) rich have what at most 500 billion dollars in assets? You could kill all the undeserving rich, take all their assets - and how long would that last 2 months? Yah. Feel the Bern.

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      If you're scared of your govt then you need to further restrict its powers
      Vote 3rd Party in 2016 and beyond
  2. Re:Junkies, their handlers, and their dealers by smooth+wombat · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Make healthcare free for everyone.

    It's easy to be generous with other people's money.

    If you want someone to have free healthcare, you pay for it. Forcing everyone else to pay is not "free" healthcare.

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    We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
  3. Re:Washington State by 110010001000 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You sound like a real winner. What does that have to do with anything?