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May 28, 2015 Peter Yeh

From a documentary with a title like Deep Web: The Untold Story of Bitcoin and Silk Road, one expects new details on how the Silk Road vendors and community operates, how bitcoin enables deep web markets, and a discussion that could bridge the gap for the average person between the anarchic cypherpunks and fear-mongering government […]

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October 3, 2013 Andy Cush

Silk Road, the “deep web” service that allowed its users to anonymously buy and sell things like illegal drugs and weapons, was shuttered this week, leaving countless users without their usual connect. A redditor posting from what looks like a throwaway account took to the site yesterday to issue a “PSA” about the relative purity […]

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July 17, 2013 Kyle Chayka

You probably haven’t run into the artist LaTurbo Avedon at a new media gallery opening or bummed a cigarette outside “the club.” She has a shock of bright blonde hair recently shaved down to that undercut that’s so popular at the moment, misty hazel eyes, and porcelain skin, plus a hyperactive social media presence to […]

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June 26, 2013 Andy Cush

“Meet Charlie. He’s a stoner. And recently his job made him move cities, and he can’t find any dank buds.” What is Charlie to do? Why not get on Atlantis, the recently established deep web marketplace (think Silk Road) that promises total anonymity for buyers and sellers looking to traffic in all manner of controlled […]

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