Just wanted everyone to know that they did not steal my money. I deposited $100 for the vendor bond, but it was unfortunately increased to $150 so I simply withdrew it back into my wallet. It came back within a few minutes.
I used a 0.004 as the miner's fee ($1.30) in the deposit, which made it have pretty fast confirmations (showed up after 20 minutes).
So honestly, use 2FA, have a complex password, and even use TAILS. If you do so, I'm sure you'll be fine. I don't think anyone can know who the posts of the people saying Alphabay stole their money came from. It could be the usual phishing, or it could be competition from another market. Who knows?
Either way, anyone know a nice instant BTC exchange service?
I've said it before and I'll say it again. The day that I listen to people who get scammed by a new market every other month and drop the market ive had over 75 flawless transactions on is the day I become another scammed idiot. Alpha Bay is only second to EIC and if they ever make the market multisig only they'll be better.