sipulimarket Darknet Marketplace Sipulimarket Shut Down and Bitcoin Seized

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On 12/17/2020 at 3:11 PM, bogdanoff said:

This is the way the operations against the illegal markets of the darknet should be made. It is not Bitcoin that is the problem but the people that use it in illegal ways. They use cryptocurrencies but this is not the reason these markets exist. Also with using Bitcoin they get arrested easier because it is transparent.

You have just made the good points here. The main intention is to run buying and selling activities of illicit goods in such marketplaces. I will just get surprised if the modern technology has gone too far away to detect hidden services from the darknet marketplaces easily to punish crypto criminals. It will surely help to down crimes in a large scale. 

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17 hours ago, Lilik3 said:

I think bitcoin is never used in places where bitcoin is used but many people don't know there are different exchangers then there are different sites that work with bitcoin they work with direct they work with bitcoin so they must be hidden about it

What do you mean here friend? Unfortunately scammers use Bitcoin to purchase the goods from darknet marketplaces but transactions record will be still traced. The entire transaction route will be visible to the concerned authorities and eventually they can and punish the scammers. I believe , more such darknet marketplaces will be caught in the near future. 

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If you manage to close this page, that means that it will be able in the future to block such oppressive markets and reduce the percentage of illegal transactions. And at the same time, the darker side will not remain persistent, of course, it will develop its methods in order to carry out such actions in the dark. The firewall has evolved better than it used to be.

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6 hours ago, pablomarwan said:

If you manage to close this page, that means that it will be able in the future to block such oppressive markets and reduce the percentage of illegal transactions. And at the same time, the darker side will not remain persistent, of course, it will develop its methods in order to carry out such actions in the dark. The firewall has evolved better than it used to be.

Everything is okay but what does it ("If you manage to close this page") mean ? Some countries have already enabled firewall to prevent such markets for example China but according to the pace of technology, scammers have also developed the techniques to bypass such firewall by using Tor networks too. 

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2 hours ago, elwinded said:

Yes, well, I hope it is not very common because it really is a very strong issue since when using cryptocurrency as a payment method it would be very difficult to recover it, if traditional payment methods such as cards or paypal sometimes takes time for you make a refund, with cryptocurrencies it would be hell, let's hope that little by little there will be no scammers

What ? Brother, all records are recorded in the blockchain and no matter there is no refund or rebate option for the cryptocurrency. The main concern in this discussion thread is , how scammers are attempting to use illegally earned crypto in the darknet marketplaces and how law enforcements is tackling against them. What do you think, all darknet marketplaces will be closed in future?