You're all very highly educated.

According to the findings of the Global Drug Survey, users of dark web that order illicit drugs and narcotics using darknet marketplaces are likely to be male, young and recipients of high level education.

"They are a highly educated group. It's not necessarily the sort of drugs supply that is accessed by all kinds of people who use drugs. Naturally, people who don't have this kind of quite sophisticated technology available can't really just go onto the darknet and press a button and get a drug delivered. There's a lot more that you have to do, in terms of having Bitcoin, having a fixed address where you can actually receive the package and so on, so it's not necessarily open to all groups in society," said Barratt.

Earlier in May, award-winning business journalist Anthony Hilton stated that the majority of dark web and darknet marketplaces operate as well-structured global criminal networks. Each illicit drug marketplace listed on the dark web has its own independent supply chain of growers, producers, finance, logistics, distribution and sales. For financing, highly educated young dark web users and computer experts rely on cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Monero to incentivize distributors and sellers.

To distribute and obtain drugs, sellers and buyers utilize remote locations that are often faraway from the actual pickup point of the drugs to circumvent potential investigations led by local law enforcement and police agencies.

Barratt told Sputnik Radio in an exclusive interview and also noted on the Global Drug Survey 2017 report that the abovementioned process of financing drug traders and selecting remote pickup points for drug delivery require highly educated young drug users that are heavily involved in dark web trading, marketplaces and digital currencies.

Hilton also noted that young specialists participate in illegal dark web drug trades by leveraging their expertise in computing and development. As a result, tracking down dark web criminals and drug traders on the dark web has become increasingly difficult for law enforcement.

"It divides into software specialists, distributors of that software, hackers, network specialists and financial experts capable of handling and laundering the ill-gotten gains. It has middlemen and subcontractors who will offer hacking services to organisations that lack the required skills themselves," wrote Hilton.

However, Barratt emphasized that Bitcoin can't be condemned as the root cause or driving factor of dark web drug trading. Bitcoin is not anonymous in nature and with the utilization of Bitcoin transaction untangling software and the help of anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC)-compliant Bitcoin exchanges, it is possible for law enforcement agencies to trace transactions originated from dark web and dark net marketplaces.

Also, most Bitcoin wallets including Blockchain offer users the option to disable transactions coming from the Tor network. Hence, using this feature, law enforcement agencies can differentiate wallets connected to the Tor network to those that aren't. More importantly, Barratt explained that Tor gateways could be deanonymized in the future.

"I wouldn't say that Bitcoin is anonymous, it's actually incredibly open in the sense that the blockchain is available for anyone to view but all you can really see there is a transaction that went from point A to point B, you can't really see who owned the wallet. Tor is not necessarily going to be anonymous when the gateways for Tor can actually be monitored."

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[46 Points] None:

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[43 Points] RIP_Meth_9000:

I have a PHD in Shardology.....Got it from the University Of Meth in Germany.....Bahahahahahahaaa!!!!!!

The METH Must Flow!!!!

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[24 Points] ptbmnnn:

Idk man I'm dumb as fuck


[13 Points] None:

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[14 Points] maywest44:

Even though I'm an older person, I'd honestly say that the amount of learning and effort put into learning to proficiently setup and navigate the dnm, was at least the equivalent of one college level class. It's like the old saying goes "if it were that easy, everyone would be doing it". People have become so spoiled and lazy that they think the dnm should just be some app to download or some magical website to go to - NOT the case ! You can just see some of the questions on DNMNoobs and think "this person's never gonna figure this shit out" - lol

Now, if we could all just keep our Opsec straight, we'd be alright ! lol


[8 Points] samwhiskey:

Damn, I'm a dumb old woman.


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[4 Points] chinacat92:

I mean, I didn't really expect a different result. These findings do not surprise me in the least bit.


[4 Points] asefjkijio:

WRONG! I'm actually a dolphin, fuck you.


[3 Points] modestwitness:

The Global Drug Survey numbers are always interesting, but I worry about how representative they are. I suspect more educated people are more likely to hear about it and participate.


[4 Points] None:

What I think after scrolling through this subreddit. I watched the movie dope then I discovered this sub and I have no idea how you guys keep up with this shit lol. It sounds super complicated. I don't even do drugs, all this shit just sounds awesome to me. The media portrays drug users as dumb, clueless teenagers who dropped out and decided to go on the wrong route in life but after going through here I realized this shit is hard work and you need the smarts to be in the drug game. Props to everyone here and keep doing your thang.


[3 Points] nomorebullshittt:

users of dark web that order illicit drugs and narcotics using darknet marketplaces are likely to be male, young

Right, some of them are 15 y.o. school boys who had no chance to become recipients of high level education yet.


[2 Points] teehateeha:

Yeah, let us circle jerk about how intelligent we are!


[1 Points] sneakyexe:

I make memes all day.. I guess you can say I'm smrt


[1 Points] pnut_butterjelly:

I am so smart! S-M-R-T... I mean S-M-A-R-T


[1 Points] Cewlt:

very highly

for a group of "very highly educated" people you guys sure completely miss that