[Article] "After the closure of Silk Road 2.0 and a rise in enforcement activity, the battle between Darknet marketplaces and law enforcement 'rages on' "

http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=5c7678ac-8872-4e29-a9e7-391b67192363

Is this really true? "eight of the top 10 marketplaces in July 2014 are no longer in existence."


Comments


[4 Points] None:

Yes, but it doesn't mean much as the marketshare has been completely dominated by only three markets, evo, agora and SR2.

They could have said the same thing with 1 out of 3 of the top market places are gone or if they wanted to be accurate and not make it sound like LEO is doing stuff they should have just said "the top 2 market places are unaffected, but LEO was able to round up some low hanging fruit and scammers". But that would make it sound like we are all on teh same team; we reserve that right for coffee breaks in the employee loungue, we have to keep up this image of a war for fundings sake.


[3 Points] None:

Abraxas - who?

Agora - obviusly

Alphabay - who?

BlackBank - a fair choice

Evolution - obviously

The Free Market - who?

Middle Earth Marketplace - who?

Nucleus Market - some points here

Outlaw Market - who?

Tochka - who?

Left out Pancea. Granted its a small market but I doubt 7/10 of the ones listed have comparable volume. Wonder if this dude pulled this list from the hidden wiki or something.