Some would consumer the early days of crypto as the golden age of crypto-based cyber crime. In 2011 when crypto was nothing more than a whisper in the media and far from a household name, the darknet was making a killing in illegal trading. Typified as the the eBay of drugs, the infamous Silk Road market was home to some of the largest listings for narcotics with a height of 13,000 listings among 1,400 vendors. Before its FBI shutdown in 2013, Silk Road had amassed a worth of $1.2 billion made mostly though bitcoin transactions.
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