The Rise And Fall of Silk road.

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  1. Baldy50

    The Rise And Fall of Silk road.

    https://www.wired.com/2015/04/silk-road-1/

    There’s a part two, too. So your not reading it in a coffee break.

    Could have been a William Gibson novel, nearly as long as one!

    Oh! Please.

    'In the end, one of the best law enforcement tools was Google.'

    1. GrumpenKraut
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      Re: The Rise And Fall of Silk road.

      Thanks for the pointer, a fine read I must say.

    2. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: The Rise And Fall of Silk road.

      "The postman only rang once. Curtis Green was at home, greeting the morning with 64 ounces of Coca-Cola and powdered mini doughnuts."

      From the school of bad faction, how could the writer possibly know how many ounces were in the Coca-Cola or that Green noticed the van or what the postman was wearing. This reads like the screen directions of a bad movie.

      "DPR, as he was often called, was the proprietor of the site and the visionary leader of its growing community"

      Who sat in the same public library all day to mastermind the enterprise, not much of a criminal mastermind.

      "Ross Ulbricht was deep into his regular drum circle when he spotted her. As Ross slapped the hide on his djembe, a West African drum,"

      I have a name for this style of writing, I call it the New Yorker Disease. it's the written equivilent of getting your teeth drilled. I can't read anymore of this.

      1. jake Silver badge

        @ Walter Bishop (was:Re: The Rise And Fall of Silk road.)

        You tried to read an article on Wired? Must be a slow weekend for you.

  2. pajamas
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    The Rise And Fall of Silk road.

    a fine read I must say.

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