In the wake of Alphabay's and Hansa's untimely deaths we need to stop doing the same thing over and expecting different results. A market needs to be created that will trump all other markets. In my opinion, a perfect market would have the following things.
Decentralized- It can't be possible to take down this market, the same way it's impossible to take down bitcoin. (Open Bazaar?)
Multi-sig- Important so that the market can't get away with an exit scam
Monero- Let's be honest, we'd all be better off if every market used Monero.
Review system- Similar to Hansa's review system where you could say how many layers of Mylar came with the package and other specifics.
No Auto Encrypt- It shouldn't even be an option, if your too lazy to encrypt your messages then you shouldn't be allowed on any market.
Anyone else have any ideas? I may add them to the list.
Reviews that publicise the specifics of a vendor's stealth are considered very poor opsec. It could make it possible to profile packages. If LE have multiple leads and one bulk orders a material mentioned in the reviews, that could sign the warrant. It could cause any number of unforeseen problems that aren't possible when we keep our cards close to our chests. A 1-10 system is adequate.
e: Also instead of auto-encryption the site should reject messages that don't match the format of an encrypted message.
e2: And absolutely no javascript.