What's the deal with Alpaca and Cannabis Road ?

Hi everyone.

I am Rigr, lead developer and admin on Alpaca Marketplace.

Lately, this subreddit has been subject to a lot of ill-informed discussion and speculation regarding the relaunch of Cannabis Road and the role of me and other admins from Alpaca Marketplace.

Understandably, many people are confused as to what exactly is going on. Hopefully I can clear a few things up:

If you have any further questions, please ask, and I will try to answer to the best of my knowledge.

Edit: signed message to prove identity

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This is Rigr, lead developer and admin on Alpaca Marketplace.

Answering questions regarding CR relaunch on /r/DarkNetMarkets/ to the best of my ability.

15:49 UTC,
24 October 2014

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Edit 2:

Also, I guess I forgot to mention, I currently control CR's server.

I did not think this would come as a suprise, but it seems people are making a bigger deal of it than I would've expected.

Now whether I will continue to manage their servers in the future or pass on the keys to someone else has yet to be agreed upon.


Comments


[19 Points] None:

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[14 Points] MeowImAHorse:

It's a fairly easy comparison... Market w/ MultiSig that hasn't stolen my btc VS Market w/ MultiSig that has stolen my btc.

I would not use CR2.0 anymore than I would SR/SR2.


[9 Points] None:

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[9 Points] None:

cannabis road was good while it lasted but im pretty sure they stole the bitcoin, i mean, it was an easy 100k.

have fun going out of business ECC


[6 Points] -FreewayRickRoss:

Care to confirm your identity?


[6 Points] vanillavisa:

Too much sketch.

The last theft was blamed on everyone using the escrow system they set up.

Does this mean that if our BTC disappear again, CR 2.0 will blame it on Alpaca's multisig framework?

Backdoor conspiracy, anyone?


[7 Points] bobandmargaret:

What I'd like to know is why you would associate your fledgling market with a market that is suspected of stealing users' funds?

Multi-sig or not, theft allegations true or not, Alpaca is now inextricably linked to a "scam" market. It will do your image absolutely no good...... unless you got paid quite a lot of money to go ahead with this CR thing. Which then begs the question - where did the money come from?

p.s. Alpacas are spitty, long necked, fluffy, fuckwit, TB carrying camelids and I hate them. Nothing to do with your market, just an observation about Alpacas.


[3 Points] None:

I think the damage is already done and there's no going back. There's too many people who lost too much money. Even after being re-paid, I still wouldn't ever use a market that is even remotely associated with the same market that lost/stole my money.

It makes absolutely no sense people are insisting on using the name of CR. There's been lame excuses about wanting to keep the community together, but I don't buy it at all. Communities can migrate or intergrate into other communities.


[2 Points] PM_ME_YOUR_YOGA_BUTT:

Do you really sell Alpacas?


[1 Points] imeyeless:

I've had 2 perfect transactions with a reliable vendor there with multi sig. It just needs time to show people it's still breathing okay.


[1 Points] young_k:

this whole thing is dumb, stuff running on your server, on your code, that you designed, but other people have admin access on the forums or something? so its not yours?

you think if LE found child porn on your computer, you could say someone else was using it and its not yours?

possession is 9/10ths of the law, and my friend, you possess CR.