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

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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That's why people can move. There are small Scandinavian countries that are "roll" models here in the states - so population isn't really the problem. Re the some places richer than others -- that's why people can and do move. How about you let the states decide; then people will live in the states that best suit their personality.

Don't like the hillbillies and rednecks and other ignorant republicans? Don't send them your hard earned money. According to many liberals the blue states are supporting the red states. So stop supporting them. If you're right then the rednecks will be forced to accept the wisdom of the liberal welfare state. And if they still prefer to live in their ignorance and squalor - well that's on them isn't it?

The new American liberal: scared of freedom. We go from home of the free to home of the serfs.