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Title: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: Libertas on 03 October 2013, 01:51:32
Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters in arms,

It is with a heavy heart that I come before you today. A heart filled with sadness for the infringements of our freedoms by government oppressors, and a heart filled with sadness for the pain that all of you whom have lost everything are feeling.

Silk Road has fallen.

Whilst this is devastating to me personally on so many levels, and I will not be commenting on the arrest of any person portrayed by the media as "Dread Pirate Roberts", it serves to strengthen my resolve to fighting the hands of Law Enforcement that are committed to strangling personal freedom from our bodies, demonstrating a lack of conscience and justice on their part in the process. They will stop at nothing to enforce the unjust laws created and maintained by the societal and governmental framework within which they operate, and the actions of one persona, the Dread Pirate Roberts, has managed to stymie their efforts for two and a half years.

Think about that for a moment.

Dread Pirate Roberts - as a persona - has singlehandedly kept world governments at bay for two and a half years. This idea that this one entity can successfully thwart the phenomenal resources and bloodthirsty power of numerous governments for so long is something that should be taken to heart, and never forgotten. We have the power to fight these agents of oppression, to fight the governments that task them with that oppression, and with the fires that Silk Road has stoked in our hearts and minds we must do just that.

Dread Pirate Roberts has shown that free people can engage in consensual free-market transactions for any good or service that they desire without societal or community breakdown, nor the need for enforcement from jackbooted thugs. Silk Road as an experiment has shown that the idea of the free-market is one that works, and works exceptionally well.

We must stand on the shoulders of this tragedy that has befallen us and raise high what still remains - our sense of community, freedom and justice. No doubt we will all regroup elsewhere, and I look forward to seeing all of you again, still free and still engaging in free trade without government interference into your personal affairs.

Whilst Silk Road may have fallen, its spirit will spring eternal. The spirit of this community that has inspired and helped so many will continue to live on regardless of what governments wish to say about it. It has been an absolute pleasure serving and working with all of you, and I sincerely wish you all the best for the future wherever you choose to go.

The Dread Pirate Roberts is a revolutionary, a comrade in arms and a true hero who will live on as such in our hearts and minds without fail for as long as we breathe. His ideals and sacrifices will never be forgotten, and they will spur the next generation of revolutionaries into action against oppression.

To the members of Law Enforcement that are no doubt reading this, many of you may have received pats on the back and "high-fives" from your peers. You may feel good now, ecstatic even, but I urge you to consider the effects of your actions. You are going to see more bloodshed on our streets (note "our", not "your", for those streets belong to the people), and more dealer on buyer violence as free people that wish to engage in activities that harm none are forced to return to their previous methods of securing the goods that they wish to put into their own bodies. That blood is now on your hands, and the hands of the politicians that you live to serve and serve to live. I pity you, for as long as you live to serve you will never know freedom.

To the community at large, you have been nothing short of incredible. Keep fighting the good fight, and never let they who are bound by the chains of law tell you that you are not permitted to be free simply because they are shackled themselves. Governments tells us that we are free but the reality is that the moment we are born we are shackled by the rule of law. Government has no place in a free society, and we need to make sure that they who deem it their right to take away the natural rights of others as free beings are made fully aware of that.

Take the fight wherever it is needed, and support every effort to take your government down. You are justified in those actions as they would not hesitate to take you down for standing up for your freedom.

"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."
- Martin Luther King Jr.

It has been an honor and a privilege to be part of something so incredible with all of you.

Until we meet again, brothers and sisters.

Libertas
Title: Re: Silk Road
Post by: abercrombiekidjf on 03 October 2013, 01:55:58
well said libertas well said! its ashame but we shall prevail!
Title: Re: Silk Road
Post by: 4903kmn1d on 03 October 2013, 01:56:54
Thanks for the post. Any advice on where we should go instead, bmr or sheep? maybe we will eventually see a new and improved SR..
Title: Re: Silk Road
Post by: minerals on 03 October 2013, 01:57:08
this was beautiful.
Title: Re: Silk Road
Post by: Bungee54 on 03 October 2013, 01:58:21
Until we meet again Brother !


VERY WELL SAID !
Title: Re: Silk Road
Post by: weather420 on 03 October 2013, 02:03:39
I wish you well Libertas and the rest of the SR team.The Road is truly revolutionary, I do not think we have seen the last of "Dread Pirate Roberts" ..Time to trash this laptop..
Title: Re: Silk Road
Post by: flwrchlds9 on 03 October 2013, 02:05:47
Great words our friend and may the best be with you.

Question though, what happened to all of the backup plans? Many backup URLs that were created for this very scenario, etc.?
Title: Re: Silk Road
Post by: ILikeYou on 03 October 2013, 02:08:58
Hope the $1k a week payments have been tumbled to beyond shit.

Thanks for everything you did.
Title: Re: Silk Road
Post by: b0lixtrader on 03 October 2013, 02:10:59
Damn this is sad.
Title: Re: Silk Road
Post by: Libertas on 03 October 2013, 02:12:15
Great words our friend and may the best be with you.

Question though, what happened to all of the backup plans? Many backup URLs that were created for this very scenario, etc.?

Law Enforcement seizing the server was most probably never envisioned so I'm not sure what will happen with those. I think it highly unlikely that they will come online.

Libertas
Title: Re: Silk Road
Post by: flwrchlds9 on 03 October 2013, 02:24:48
We envisioned the server being seized from day 1.

The backup URL's would be if the private keys of the initial URL were compromised, seizing the server is one way of compromising them. Should be a backup server, even a current imaged backup that can be redeployed with one of the new URL's just change the private keys.

Being overly simplistic here in the post and you understand that, but the kind of radical mission that was envisioned here should have backup plan that is viable beyond a server being seized. ?

Can these forums be archived for the knowledge contained and maintained in some way?
Title: Re: Silk Road
Post by: Eternal Sunshine on 03 October 2013, 02:31:31
Great words our friend and may the best be with you.

Question though, what happened to all of the backup plans? Many backup URLs that were created for this very scenario, etc.?

Law Enforcement seizing the server was most probably never envisioned so I'm not sure what will happen with those. I think it highly unlikely that they will come online.

Libertas

Although DPR is a great guy, he should have shared the source code of the website with at least one other person so the site could be relaunched within 2hrs after FBI get the server. There are plenty of offshore VPS providers that accept bitcoin and total anonymity. I guess he and most of us just neglected the human element. Tor is a great system but in the end he left quite a huge trail (understandable since in 2000 - 2001 he was lacking the technical knowledge to pull this off).
Title: Re: Silk Road
Post by: Bungee54 on 03 October 2013, 02:32:29
We envisioned the server being seized from day 1.

The backup URL's would be if the private keys of the initial URL were compromised, seizing the server is one way of compromising them. Should be a backup server, even a current imaged backup that can be redeployed with one of the new URL's just change the private keys.

Being overly simplistic here in the post and you understand that, but the kind of radical mission that was envisioned here should have backup plan that is viable beyond a server being seized. ?

Can these forums be archived for the knowledge contained and maintained in some way?

Yes..seized servers should probably have been incorporated in any backup plan ... ???

But okay anyway ...mirroring the forums is very very important..

Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: Dracivonican on 03 October 2013, 02:33:19
Libra, why was the scamming allowed? So many times support looked the other way. Why? No reason to lie no. What was the thinking behind it?
Title: Re: Silk Road
Post by: Libertas on 03 October 2013, 02:35:02
We envisioned the server being seized from day 1.

The backup URL's would be if the private keys of the initial URL were compromised, seizing the server is one way of compromising them. Should be a backup server, even a current imaged backup that can be redeployed with one of the new URL's just change the private keys.

Being overly simplistic here in the post and you understand that, but the kind of radical mission that was envisioned here should have backup plan that is viable beyond a server being seized. ?

Can these forums be archived for the knowledge contained and maintained in some way?

I'm afraid I can offer no further information on any of that, flwrchlds9. I'm not sure what the plan was with the backups but my presumption is that they will not be going online. If they do, ensure that you proceed with caution.

To all of you, please note that it is not impossible that the forum is in the hands of LE. We have no way of knowing that at this time. With that in mind, please ensure that you have scripts disabled and use PGP when discussing anything via private message.

Libertas
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: GroovyBruce on 03 October 2013, 02:40:21
Lib I'm sorry about the argument we had about me getting banned. Regardless of the altercation we had I'm glad that you and SSBD and Cirrus are free.

Thanks for the memories and the opportunity DPR.

You guys are beautiful.

Brilliant strategy by the way guys. Just leave a bunch of people pissed off and without connects and let us roam loose in society again.

Fuck the Police.

Regards,

BruceCampbell


Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: flwrchlds9 on 03 October 2013, 02:41:45
Respect Sir and we have all enjoyed the ride with you.

Please do what you can to put in motion any kind of backup of the forums. Somebody that can needs to follow through with this. A simple archive of the forums can be made very easily and re-hosted on a dozen different onion sites in a few hours. This single point of failure protocol that appears to be emerging is a little disappointing.
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: abby on 03 October 2013, 02:42:19
since you're still around, what do you make of the claim that SR is back up?

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=216859.msg1584293;topicseen#new
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: gn0ssos on 03 October 2013, 02:45:45
To the members of Law Enforcement that are no doubt reading this, many of you may have received pats on the back and "high-fives" from your peers. You may feel good now, ecstatic even, but I urge you to consider the effects of your actions. You are going to see more bloodshed on our streets (note "our", not "your", for those streets belong to the people), and more dealer on buyer violence as free people that wish to engage in activities that harm none are forced to return to their previous methods of securing the goods that they wish to put into their own bodies. That blood is now on your hands, and the hands of the politicians that you live to serve and serve to live. I pity you, for as long as you live to serve you will never know freedom.

I thought this same thing, that LE should really be thanking DPR for keeping drug-related crime off the streets. Good job, boys in blue, good job... now with SR customers not having any real viable online options anymore, we will have to once again turn back to the streets. We all know what that entails: more crime, more arrests, etc. etc. Really helping the community, aren't they?
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: slyguy498 on 03 October 2013, 02:46:04
:'[   this so sad. i caant lie and say i didnt think this was coming but what i can say is i didnt think it would affect me the way it is. Im truely feeling for DPR and this community. i feel like a piece of me has been taken. i never thought id feel so strong about ppl ive never met....but at the end of the day ive spent countless hours on here and i really feel like this is my community. i mean i come here for questions and i love to help ppl. if the forums go down i dont know what i would do. Long Live SR!!!!!
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: boxexpert on 03 October 2013, 02:51:48
To the members of Law Enforcement that are no doubt reading this, many of you may have received pats on the back and "high-fives" from your peers. You may feel good now, ecstatic even, but I urge you to consider the effects of your actions. You are going to see more bloodshed on our streets (note "our", not "your", for those streets belong to the people), and more dealer on buyer violence as free people that wish to engage in activities that harm none are forced to return to their previous methods of securing the goods that they wish to put into their own bodies. That blood is now on your hands, and the hands of the politicians that you live to serve and serve to live. I pity you, for as long as you live to serve you will never know freedom.

I thought this same thing, that LE should really be thanking DPR for keeping drug-related crime off the streets. Good job, boys in blue, good job... now with SR customers not having any real viable online options anymore, we will have to once again turn back to the streets. We all know what that entails: more crime, more arrests, etc. etc. Really helping the community, aren't they?


it's not the boys in blue.
its the shits in suits, they made this happen.
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: collarbones on 03 October 2013, 02:53:33
Great words Libertas. Vale SR.
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: adamiz on 03 October 2013, 02:54:04
I feel the same with you Lib.

I pity all the LE. Fucking slaves, unable to think. Inhuman creatures with robotic and brainwashed mind.
I feel pity of them...
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: Libertas on 03 October 2013, 02:55:20
Lib I'm sorry about the argument we had about me getting banned. Regardless of the altercation we had I'm glad that you and SSBD and Cirrus are free.

Thanks for the memories and the opportunity DPR.

You guys are beautiful.

Brilliant strategy by the way guys. Just leave a bunch of people pissed off and without connects and let us roam loose in society again.

Fuck the Police.

Regards,

BruceCampbell

Thanks Bruce. Sorry to have been such a stubborn hardass! I wish you the very best of luck in your future endeavors.
 
since you're still around, what do you make of the claim that SR is back up?

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=216859.msg1584293;topicseen#new

Absolutely impossible. If I'm unable to log in, he's definitely unable to log in.

Respect Sir and we have all enjoyed the ride with you.

Please do what you can to put in motion any kind of backup of the forums. Somebody that can needs to follow through with this. A simple archive of the forums can be made very easily and re-hosted on a dozen different onion sites in a few hours. This single point of failure protocol that appears to be emerging is a little disappointing.

I'm unfortunately unable to help with this but perhaps some others would be able to work on it?

Libertas
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: weather420 on 03 October 2013, 02:56:00
Of course the government doesn't want a fully functioning drug market online. Not to "protect the public", but to push individuals to the street, to consume impure products, where violence is common.Doesn't everyone see, it fits the government narrative, that drug users are evil, violent psychopaths; when in reality it is the individuals, who enforce arcane morality laws who are sinister.Allowing pure drugs to be sold only saves people. The problem with most overdoses are adulterated or counterfeit substances. This market along with the many contributors, highlights how a true free market can operate. It shows that humans really can work together, to form a functioning system without overbearing state influence. I hope everyone keeps sailing...
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: GGGreenbud on 03 October 2013, 02:57:55
I hope Thomas Harrigan and Sen. Chuck Shumer are happy, sick fuckers. 
How many kids will OD on bad molly because of you and your selfish pigs?
All you have to look at is Hank Schrader and Mike Gomez on Breaking Bad to see
what a lost cause this is on your part, you discourage harm reduction, fail to warn the
public when tainted and poisonous drugs come into circulation. keep users from being
able to legally test what they put in their bodies, and for what- for a mistake Nixon made
back in 1970, when he declared War on Drugs, to stop the New Left and the anti-war effort.
The real Kingpin- the head of the Sinaloa cartel, along with the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas,
are chilling in their haciendas, doing more business than silk road did in a year, in less than a
week, killing over 120,000 Mexicans, mostly civilians.  Thats TWO Vietnam wars for a country
smaller than the US.  These mass murderers, who own private armies are treated better than
a man who simply set up a marketplace for the safe, free exchange of psychotropics(mostly weed
and psychedelics) because drug users are sick of being shot at, robbed, raped, imprisoned, by gangs, and
tortured by police.   We will come back stronger, just like the three little pigs, SR v1.0 might have been
built of straw, but the next iteration will be sticks, and when you blow down the stick house, the
next one will be bricks.  The next one after that, if you get that far, will be made of reactive armor and
10m thick titanium under half a kilometer of sand.  You will curse this day, when you could have done
honest police work and busted some dealers on a fucking open non-invite site.  Next time, it will
be harder, I assure you.  Global connections have been made, ideas have spread, and soon governments
will fear their people more than people fear their government(or what is left of it.)  Your choosing
of this day, with all of the media coverage of the shutdown was a smokescreen, to take away from
the fact that YOU the government, and your wealthy benefactors, profit more from illegal drugs
than all the dealers combined.  Want proof? a low-level drug user/dealer costs $30-40k to keep in
prison per year, 99% of SR users on here for 2 years haven't even spent that much money, so
it is obvious that the government has nothing but blood on its hands, bloody money.   
   Every drug related death that could have been prevented by good practices and safe gear is now
YOUR fault, because it could have been prevented.  Oh yeah, while you were busting this site,
100 metric tonnes of Spice and other unsafe, untested drugs were imported from China right under
your nose.  You weren't on watch, I guess, so its your fault.
                  FUCK OFF, DEA!!!!  Your misdeeds will catch up with you,
          do you really want an entire generation angry with you? you've done it. 
       I'm not going to do anything radical or violent, and I don't suggest anyone else do that.
       I would ideally like to see some kind of silent/anonymous protest, like stickers on
        various public places, that say "THE DEA KILLS KIDS." and "WE WARNED YOU."
               WHo is with me?
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: BlueGiraffe on 03 October 2013, 02:59:03
Respect...
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: Veetano on 03 October 2013, 03:04:03
Libertas,

Can you shed any light on whether or not someone(feds) having access to the server means they can see all processing orders? If someone had their address unencrypted could they see it, or would they have to go through to each individual user and look at their orders? Can they also easily see all of the collective individual user wallets on the server?
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: abercrombiekidjf on 03 October 2013, 03:05:15
it a shame , everything DPR fought against finally came back to bite him, and there are many things saying some BS about a murder charge or some fake ID shit, clearly this was the work of a rat, someone close to DPR and knew things of him and about him and than screwed him, im sure most ppl will be ok, but the one who
is responsible for day in and out keeping the site up and allowing us to express our liberties of freedom as human beings is now behind bars.....if only there was a way to rally up and help him out, damn quite a sad day for this strong community
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: abby on 03 October 2013, 03:06:39
Thanks Libertas, now do like the others and get lost. ok?

(again, in the nicest possible way of course)
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: That Guy on 03 October 2013, 03:07:34
Libra, why was the scamming allowed? So many times support looked the other way. Why? No reason to lie no. What was the thinking behind it?

I hate to feed the troll BUT gtfo with this chit. It's over, what does it matter..

Thanks for the update, Libertas.

Love.
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: GroovyBruce on 03 October 2013, 03:07:52
I say since the mods, Inigo and Libertas are still free you guys communicate while you still can and bring us Silk Road 2.0. I for one would think DPR would like everyone to try and continue on. Just one of those charges is a life term in prison. Something about letting the brand name die off and have all these people with different skills go our separate ways is a disservice to someone who possibly sacrificed his entire life; regardless of his motives.
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: dipset on 03 October 2013, 03:15:16
So, how about the emergency account withdrawals? and the money we all have in escrow buyers and sellers alike? Are we giving up all hope now? For all the confidence of DPR new and old with the "impenetrability" of this site, where is the back up plans we were promised? Do I just have to be patient, but this means over 4 grand personally in losses if this all goes the way it seem it is.   
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: SR_Seller_Accounts on 03 October 2013, 03:18:51
The tech and payments system driving SR is still solid. DPR got nailed because he didnt protect himself properly. Simply recreate Silk Road.
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: 2C-Beats on 03 October 2013, 03:24:31
yall are cruel man obviously Libertas cant. but there are people here that can dont let DPR die in vein we have to keep the SR Brand alive! he would want that i promise you if there is anyone out there that can recreate this impenetrable network you should go forth with it! i wish i had the knowledge to do as such but my skills lie elsewhere. keep SR alive no better way to get back at the feds than to launch silkroad 2! Silkroad reloaded whatever you wanna call it keep the brand alive we are all members of the Silkroad. Love you all !
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: andyspartan on 03 October 2013, 03:28:07
I knew i should have taken advantage of the site while I still could. But instead i decided on waiting on new listings and lost $80. But it was nice being able to be part of the community and use the road. Im going onto Black market for now but hopefully another version of silkroad come back. Also I heard DPR is not the actual founder of Silkroad but he bought it or something from the first owner? And also His account was logged into today not long ago. And also I agree with the post above me, SR still has the power to be rebuilt.

 DRP messed up while using his marketing tactics which lead to his gmail being found by the fbi. It was something that nobody could have seen coming but atleast a lesson was learned from it if anyone would ever want to be his predecessor
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: Libertas on 03 October 2013, 03:35:19
Libertas,

Can you shed any light on whether or not someone(feds) having access to the server means they can see all processing orders? If someone had their address unencrypted could they see it, or would they have to go through to each individual user and look at their orders? Can they also easily see all of the collective individual user wallets on the server?

I can't comment on that I'm afraid as I'm not sure exactly what LE have done nor exactly how they have gone about doing it, but you should presume that all information is compromised and act accordingly.

Thanks Libertas, now do like the others and get lost. ok?

(again, in the nicest possible way of course)

I appreciate that abby.

I say since the mods, Inigo and Libertas are still free you guys communicate while you still can and bring us Silk Road 2.0. I for one would think DPR would like everyone to try and continue on. Just one of those charges is a life term in prison. Something about letting the brand name die off and have all these people with different skills go our separate ways is a disservice to someone who possibly sacrificed his entire life; regardless of his motives.

We have initiated backup contact methods amongst ourselves and will try our best to work something out. However, unfortunately for now the chances of us having anything to do with any possible implementation of Silk Road rising from this are nil. Perhaps others can assist in this regard, but for the moment we cannot associate ourselves with anything; certainly not until we know the entire story and have trawled through all court documents to relating to the case against the person that the LE and the media are portraying as Dread Pirate Roberts.

So, how about the emergency account withdrawals? and the money we all have in escrow buyers and sellers alike? Are we giving up all hope now? For all the confidence of DPR new and old with the "impenetrability" of this site, where is the back up plans we were promised? Do I just have to be patient, but this means over 4 grand personally in losses if this all goes the way it seem it is.

I'm not sure that the site has "shut down" per se (it could very well still be up and running with LE replacing the domain landing page with a seizure notice), so it is unlikely that the backup wallet function has been activated; keep in mind that it is possible that they may be able to switch that off. I can't comment further on that because I don't know the ins and outs of it, but for now you should consider all bitcoins lost. I'm very sorry. :( I share your pain in that regard.

Libertas
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: Magic Man on 03 October 2013, 03:45:39
Well thanks for the closure. Atleast I can sleep now.
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: syme on 03 October 2013, 04:11:12
DRP messed up while using his marketing tactics which lead to his gmail being found by the fbi. It was something that nobody could have seen coming but atleast a lesson was learned from it if anyone would ever want to be his predecessor

They'd be his successor; DPR would have preceded them.

Grammar anal-retentiveness aside, thanks for sticking around Libertas and giving us some closure about all this. Just have to wait and see what happens, I suppose. It's a brave new world we're at the forefront of.
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: doodoo79 on 03 October 2013, 04:24:18
Thanks for fighting the good fight DPR, even though I know you can't read this. Thanks for the liberties you afforded us.

      "Oh captain, my captain"
                                              "Oh captain, my captian"
"Oh captain, my captian"
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: madma on 03 October 2013, 04:30:32
i am happy that i've been a small part of this movement.

i think SR changed something in my, and probably a lot more peoples, life.

it was the first time i could get what i wanted for fair prices and good quality. and if you where cautious you wouldn't get ripped of .

RIP SR i will miss the time here, thx to all the staff ( i hpe you earned some btc) all the best to dpr and those other got/get busted
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: DtownsFinest on 03 October 2013, 04:37:16
Im sorry, but it seems amatuerish with the amount of money this site is worth that just because some dude at a library is caught with his pants down, that there arent other people with greenback motives who are ready to restart the site immediately. So the guy got caught, but it seems like he is the only one involved. It cant be! There have to be lawyers, predecessors, almost cartel like business figures who are in the waiting and plans made to keep this place going? There is too much money at stake to just let it die! How did they even get on the site? So they caught him and he gave over all passwords and security details, personal wallet info etc within 1 day? This is ridiculous!  Oh and as for the place called sheep whatever? No thanks, ya sure sounds like a bunch of blind sheep being hearded into a trap. FML!!
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: postrex on 03 October 2013, 04:45:07
Im sorry, but it seems amatuerish with the amount of money this site is worth that just because some dude at a library is caught with his pants down, that there arent other people with greenback motives who are ready to restart the site immediately. So the guy got caught, but it seems like he is the only one involved. It cant be!
Until the full extent of this raid is known, restarting SR would be a serious risk.  And the truth is, the full extent likely never will be known.  When something like this happens, the best thing you can do is step back for a while - not jump forward.  And don't believe everything you read in the news... propaganda is a powerful thing.  I promise you this tho: there will be plenty of follow up on this... it's big news.
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: SR_Seller_Accounts on 03 October 2013, 04:47:37
yall are cruel man

I was not tryin to be cruel. Just realistic.
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: DanDanTheIceCreamMan on 03 October 2013, 04:49:14
A sad day indeed :( I just want everyone to remember that although you may have lost money you have not lost your freedom. Take all the proper precautions, clean house if need be, and stay safe. inigo, Libertas, samesame PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stay safe as I'm sure you may be in the crosshairs. Everyone else, stay safe, and I'll see you on the other side..

DanDan out :'(
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: abercrombiekidjf on 03 October 2013, 05:04:04
i have complete faith in the rest of the team that DPR had in place to take over and effectively run SR. i think this is just a minor setback in the overall prevailing of the "DPR Ideals". i dont think this will last for long im sure someone in the SR community or amongst the mods has the intelligence to get things back into proper hands and to carry on what was set forth 2 years ago, its going to suck for the next couple days/weeks until all is figured out but like said before i know cirrus, libertas, samesame, inigo, will all do whatever it takes to help get things straightened out and im sure other members of the community will step up and help get the this show back on the Road, they cant stop us for good, they can only set us back momentarily, we are too strong as a community to let the oppression of LE stop the beauty that has been created. long live the road and i believe it will be back in full force and stronger and more profitable than ever! keep up the great work mods and staff and stay safe!!
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: airblaster1 on 03 October 2013, 05:05:01
fuck. i spent so many hours here, same with all of you, just reading everything, getting to know everyone and making money without dealing with punks, i hope everybody regroups to a place that works at least till something better gets set up, in the mean time ill be elsewhere  :-X DEA KILLS KIDS  >:(
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: NeoLex on 03 October 2013, 05:10:48
Silk roaders unite!!!!
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: Aurelius Venport on 03 October 2013, 06:16:42
2pac aint dead.


see you niggas on the other side.
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: mrxempire on 03 October 2013, 06:31:31
I feel honored to have been a part of this, even though I was just a mere buyer. The shutting down of SR will ruin way more lives than it saves. I know what you guys are doing is right, and I have faith that we will win the war against drugs one day. Long live DPR, and long live personal freedom
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: arcanine on 03 October 2013, 06:57:00
Libertas, a true thank you for your words. It has been an honor and a privilege to be a part of this community and it has changed mine and thousands of others lives forever. We must all take responsibility and work towards creating a truly free society, this place was a step towards that.

I wish all the founders, mods, and others who have helped make this possible a safe journey in the rest of your life and may our paths cross again in the future.

To DPR, you are an inspiration. Godspeed.
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: gn0ssos on 03 October 2013, 06:58:40
The only way I can put this into words is with a meme *CLEARNET WARNING*:

http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/a8Wo9mV_700b.jpg
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: jimvisa on 03 October 2013, 07:09:38
it's funny, a majority of the coins I spent over the ~2 years I've been around have been largely for medical purposes, you guys have helped me more than any psychiatrist has, I can't thank all the great vendors I've had the pleasure of interacting with enough. (and to everybody else that helped make this place what it was, it was a good coupla years)
Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: Remediless on 03 October 2013, 07:10:06
Oh Libertas darling, that post made me cry a bit. I just recently woke up - after taking some valium and trying to sleep on this news for an hour or two -  with that sinking feeling of "FUCK THAT REALLY HAPPENED" you get when a loved one dies.

BUT the idea of Silk Road will never die. This site has set the wheels in motion for the way things will be at some point in the future when prohibition and constraints on personal freedom are a quaint thing of the past.

As for the individual they claim is DPR who is currently in custody, well, he if it IS him, he said recently that he has already meditated on the fact that he could well spend the rest of his life is prison. I'm not saying that makes it alright that he's incarcerated (it breaks my heart) but he'll work out, read, write, play ping pong and get into his beloved painting and drawing without the tremendous stress of looking over his shoulder all day every day without being able to talk to anyone in RL about it all.

I believe the stress of running SR got to one so young and highly intelligent -  a self-admitted pot smoking hippy 'softy' - and on some level it'll be a relief knowing this is all out there now. I think perhaps too he knew we'd all reconvene elsewhere should the worst happen and the ideals he has woken us ALL up to will never die.

Also: Just think- so many people who never knew about Silk Road before GLOBALLY will see the publicity surrounding the case and his ideals will reach so many more people understanding to the revolution - millions more than just the several thousand or so people who wanted to score drugs off the internet.

Someone who knew him personally posted this to reddit - it made me smile :

"I don't feel it's best for anyone to speculate about the allegations, so I won't.

He was a physics major when I knew him (2002-2006) although we lost touch after college and he moved out of Dallas back to Austin. The kind of guy who'd walk around campus barefoot and shirtless wearing a camelbak in the middle of summer.

I met him at college orientation, and got to know him really well through a mutual friend, we'd work out daily at 6AM together. Ross was a total hippie and never wore deodorant. I never said anything but I HATED having him as a spotter because he smelled.

Seriously though, he is utterly brilliant. You know how people in college like to think they're being all intellectual and have "deep" conversations? Well, Ross was for real. He'd lose everyone in the conversation after a few minutes, he was just thinking through things at a level so profoundly different than the rest of us.

Great artist as well, he had an incredible notebook full of amazing sketches. Lots of his own art up on the walls too.

He taught me how to meditate, specifically a method I could use to get help get rid of headaches.

But honestly, most of the time I spent with him was just hanging out in the on-campus apartments, eating pizza and playing video games. Just like any other college student. That's why all this feels so unreal.

I actually just posted to his Facebook wall, but I don't expect he'll be able to see it.

Edited to add: he always kicked my ass at ping pong too."


Clearnet link to screencaps of "alleged" DPR's facebook with his art etc http://imgur.com/a/RlQH5


Gone for now, but not forgotten........Viva the revolution baby.

Stay safe, Lib. Much love, thanks and positive vibes your and the other mods' way xo

Title: Re: Silk Road - A sad farewell.
Post by: schmuckboy on 03 October 2013, 07:14:18
Great post Libertas. I will say that I believe in government, I simply think that our laws regarding drugs is shit. But hardcore libertarians types are the ones who worked hardest on making SR what it was.

As I read posts like this I'm always in awe of how intellectual the leadership and most SR users are. Just fucking look at us compared to street dealers! I spent a while dealing with some real pieces of shit when I went on my journey of understanding the street dealing world and dealing with those schmucks fuckin' sucks. But look at what us nerds have made here! Any fucking drug you want any fucking where you want. It's not crazy to predict that a large part of drug dealing in the future will be controlled by nerds.

SR GOING DOWN AIN'T SHIT! WE WILL MOVE ON COMRADES! BMR and Sheep are already loadin' up. Internet drug trafficking is here to stay.