I am interested in websites selling drugs over Tor or i2p, using cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin/Litecoin/Dogecoin, allowing multiple sellers other than the site operators, and providing some sort of escrow functionality. This excludes clearnet sites like Topix, single-vendor shops like Modern Culture or Bungee54, carding shops like Tor Carders Market, hosting services like Cryuserv or Bad Wolf, black-market-focused forums like The Hub, and forums for buyers & sellers to deal directly with each other like The Majestic Gardens.
Silk Road Reloaded seems to’ve been abandoned. RAMP, Magic Shop, Silkk are excluded because they’re in Russian or Finnish and I can’t get good information about them. DrugMarket (4yjes6zfucnh7vcj.onion
) is excluded because it reportedly has always been a scam. The Majestic Garden & Underground Market Board 3.0 are excluded because they are forums and do not do escrow for their users.
Variables:
A more up to date table (23 April 2014):
Market | Start | End | Alive | URL | Closure | Multisig | Hacks | Doxed | Codebase | Guns | Fraud | Notes |
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Silk Road | 2011-01-31 | 2013-10-02 | FALSE | silkroadvb5piz3r.onion |
raided | FALSE | 2 | TRUE | custom | FALSE | FALSE | SR1 temporarily sold guns as part of “the Armory” but only for a brief time as sales were poor. |
BlackMarket Reloaded | 2011-06-31 | 2013-12-02 | FALSE | r6rcmz6lga4i5vb4.onion |
hacked | FALSE | 1 | custom | TRUE | TRUE | backopy stopped buying on 2 Dec aggravated in part by a big theft, fully shutdown by 23 December. May reopen. BMR permitted gun sales, and also seems to have permitted credit card information sales, judging by angry feedback. | |
Atlantis | 2013-03-26 | 2013-09-20 | FALSE | atlantisrky4es5q.onion |
scam | FALSE | 0 | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | Atlantis’s shutdown seems, judging by comments on Reddit pages & All Things Vice to have initially allowed withdrawals, but disabled it after a few days and then stole the remaining deposits+escrow+vendor-bonds. | |
Sheep Marketplace | 2013-02-28 | 2013-11-29 | FALSE | sheep5u64fi457aw.onion |
scam | FALSE | 1 | TRUE | Nette | FALSE | TRUE | withdrawals were halted before 29 Nov, but deposits & sales were ongoing. I choose 29 Nov as the day where the Sheep scam became irrefutably obvious |
Deepbay | 2013-06-31 | 2013-11-04 | FALSE | deepbay4xr3sw2va.onion |
scam | FALSE | 0 | FALSE | http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1qaewa/deepbay_marketplace_owner_steals_sites_bitcoins/ | |||
Budster | 2013-10-10 | 2013-10-20 | FALSE | budsterga5hcdxjn.onion |
scam | FALSE | 1 | TRUE | WordPress | FALSE | FALSE | http://www.reddit.com/r/Budster/comments/1ove9w/has_anyone_made_a_purchase_yet/ccw8srh http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/1xyixa/psa_cyruserv_is_down_for_good_budster_taf_hosting/ Budster did not seem to use genuine multisig and this enabled the scam: http://www.reddit.com/r/SilkRoad/comments/1opmha/budster_the_worlds_first_p2p_marketplace/ |
Project Black Flag | 2013-10-14 | 2013-10-28 | FALSE | ajd4yqq7ngzmqo3p.onion |
scam | FALSE | 1 | FALSE | custom | http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/1peguv/pbf_rip/ | ||
TorMarket | 2013-11-07 | 2013-12-22 | FALSE | tormarkozaegyvco.onion |
scam | FALSE | 1 | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE | Part of the TorMarket user list was leaked by DPR2 on SRF2; further rumors that TorMarket’s shut down was precipitated by a hack by Profesorhouse have not been substantiated. TM may have used Bitwasp, but it didn’t seem to have Bitwasp error pages and doesn’t really look like the usual Bitwasp black-market. | |
FloMarket | 2013-12-01 | 2014-01-01 | FALSE | fmkt3wixc772jxyj.onion |
hack | FALSE | 2 | FALSE | Bitwasp | Apparently hacked 20 December 2013 (previously noted to be hackable); withdrawals began failing on 1 January 2014 & FloMarket announced a second hack on 6 January 2014; for the operator’s explanation, see his interview | ||
Tortuga | 2013-12-16 | 2014-01-05 | FALSE | tortugauwngwecwd.onion |
voluntary | FALSE | 0 | FALSE | Advertised in the SRF2 on 19 Dec; advertised on the BMR forums on 16 Dec. Up on 1 January 2014, down on 9 January 2014 & afterwards. No news about reasons for its closure. | |||
BlackBox Market | 2013-11-12 | 2014-02-01 | FALSE | 77yqlxe7pnxhnxvi.onion |
voluntary | FALSE | 0 | FALSE | TRUE | TRUE | Interesting site, but not sure it should be listed here. Start date based on Reddit. Site stopped responding 1 February 2014. On-site escrow did not use multisig (“We do not make use of the Escrow services provided by Bitcoin itself as this associates buyers and sellers.”) | |
GreyRoad | 2014-01-04 | 2014-02-01 | FALSE | greyroaderw4qymd.onion |
voluntary | FALSE | 0 | FALSE | TRUE | TRUE | Went public 4 January 2013, operator claims to have been selling for a while but refuses to provide any specifics & very few sellers on market so opening date is used; forums: grforums5qwzbhkl.onion . URL stopped working 1 February 2014 |
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Cantina | 2014-01-20 | 2014-02-07 | FALSE | vsudl2g3em6qhcw4.onion |
hacked | FALSE | 3 | TRUE | custom | Cantina spammed vendors on SRF2 on 20 Jan 2014; earliest known mention of the market. It was repeatedly hacked & doxed | ||
Breaking Bad | 2014-02-01 | 2014-02-06 | FALSE | breakingnartglxd.onion |
voluntary | FALSE | 0 | FALSE | custom | TRUE | TRUE | Announced on Reddit; site went down 6 February, owner explained shutdown due to “Lack of interest from vendors, constant hate mail, downvotes and claims on security vulnerabilities” |
Black Goblin Market | 2014-02-03 | 2014-02-04 | FALSE | ua4aptglh45m5p6b.onion |
hacked | FALSE | 0 | TRUE | Drupal | Announced on Reddit; I de-anonymized the site, so it shut down. | ||
Cannabis Road | 2014-02-03 | 2014-02-07 | FALSE | ji4wrifhsnawaw7t.onion |
hacked | FALSE | 1 | TRUE | custom | FALSE | FALSE | Announced on The Hub; thoroughly hacked & de-anonymized |
Utopia | 2014-02-03 | 2014-02-11 | FALSE | ggvow6fj3sehlm45.onion |
raided | FALSE | 0 | TRUE | CakePHP | TRUE | TRUE | forums: ysas7uv4drg7rlwv.onion ; forms opened in early January, site opened to ex-BMR sellers late January, general buyers only allowed in February. Dutch seizure notice posted ~7:30AM EST, followed by 5 arrests in Netherlands & Germany |
Black Services Market | 2013-12-02 | 2014-02-01 | FALSE | thebsm6okkbx7fik.onion |
scam | FALSE | 0 | FALSE | Start date based on oldest listing when I checked on 26 December 2013; last admin forum post 18 Jan & PMs to him disabled, reports of escrow problems in late Jan/early Feb, many complaints on forums; site went down 14 February 2014 | |||
Red Sun Marketplace | 2014-03-20 | 2014-03-23 | FALSE | redsun4lvjrxwwuy.onion |
hacked | FALSE | 1 | FALSE | Bitwasp | Announced on Reddit; hacked (SQli etc); forum: forumsyccj7ekvvv.onion |
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BuyItNow | 2013-04-30 | 2014-02-17 | FALSE | buyitnowquyft7dx.onion |
voluntary | FALSE | 0 | FALSE | Site did not respond on 17 February 2014 or afterwards; no reports on shutdown reason or whether it was a scam | |||
EXXTACY | 2014-03-23 | 2014-03-24 | FALSE | j3gwwsnswrg7dtf4.onion |
hacked | FALSE | 0 | TRUE | Bitwasp | Announced & de-anonymized on Reddit | ||
drugslist | 2014-01-08 | 2014-02-28 | FALSE | drugslisvdknitqd.onion |
scam | FALSE | 1 | FALSE | custom | FALSE | FALSE | Withdrawals began failing & admin ceased responding in February 2014; date closure to the forum admin account’s last login. |
Doge Road | 2014-01-18 | 2014-03-13 | FALSE | dogeroadiqt6olb6.onion |
scam | FALSE | 0 | FALSE | Bitwasp | FALSE | TRUE | Announced on Reddit; forums: dogeroadqmu2yzcg.onion . Went down sometime in March 2014, may have gone bad in late February. |
White Rabbit | 2013-12-23 | 2014-02-01 | FALSE | rabbittorvr74veg.onion |
scam | FALSE | 0 | FALSE | TRUE | TRUE | Start date based on Reddit posts. Unable to find reports of successful sales, and WR withdrawal has been broken at least since 21 February 2014. Dead date is based on the February news notice “There are problems with payment gateway”. Forum states only CP is banned (“Items which are not allowed: child porn (and other sick stuff).”) i2p: wrmarket.i2p |
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FreeBay | 2013-12-02 | 2014-02-28 | FALSE | freebay3yxuebsog.onion |
voluntary | FALSE | 0 | FALSE | URL is also apparently litebay7vp5pm77f.onion ; open date is guess based on Reddit post; site was not up on 28 February 2014 when I checked. |
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Sanitarium Market | 2014-02-20 | 2014-03-28 | FALSE | sanitarium-market.i2p |
voluntary | FALSE | 0 | FALSE | Bitwasp | Announced on Reddit; long address: dhd5okd2imkskbhsrlbs5c4nx3cdtmwpplvcei6o3l2sc35kt4ma.b32.i2p ; Tor mirror: nyu7nlbj33ym2va3.onion . Unreachable by DeepDotWeb 28 March 2014, and last subreddit activity was 19 March 2014. The operator claimed on 24 February 2014 to have integrated multisig but I can’t find any reports of use of it. |
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Darknet Nation | 2014-02-19 | 2014-03-01 | FALSE | 26a2ueoc3xxrrgs4.onion |
hacked | FALSE | 0 | TRUE | Announced on Reddit; Q&A. The site leaked its IP address. Down 3 April 2014; best guess, shut down sometime in March (the admin’s last post on The Hub was 1 March 2014.) | |||
Armory Vendor Market | 2014-02-06 | 2014-04-07 | FALSE | armoryx7kvdq3jds.onion |
scam | FALSE | 1 | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | Announced on Reddit; their Cryuserv hosting, according to the hacker, dated back to 23 May 2013 but it’s unclear when they had their first sale. | |
Tor Escrow | 2014-02-02 | 2014-04-19 | FALSE | torescrow7upglhe.onion |
scam | FALSE | 0 | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE | Initially just an escrow, but TE expanded into a market. Forums: 4rtvonaubslk7vvk.onion . TE seems to have permitted carding: “We do not allow the sale of weapons, pornography, ebooks, pirated software or hits.” |
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Mr Nice Guy | 2014-03-29 | 2014-04-20 | FALSE | niceguymn4plorwb.onion |
voluntary | FALSE | 0 | TRUE | Bitwasp | FALSE | FALSE | Announced on Reddit; forum: ngforumjj4dkis7w.onion . IP was leaking. |
TorBay | 2013-12-18 | 2014-04-20 | FALSE | tyedahhf56xli7xp.onion |
voluntary | FALSE | 0 | TRUE | hyops | TRUE | Start date based on Reddit announcement; ceased responding in April 2014, after listings had fallen to near-zero. | |
Hansa | 2014-03-09 | 2014-03-20 | FALSE | hansann7wim5ier2.onion |
voluntary | FALSE | 0 | TRUE | Bitwasp | TRUE | TRUE | Announced on Reddit & de-anonymized; closure date based on last transaction by their IP. They planned to implement multisig but seem to have shut down before it went live. Bitwasp classification based on two comments & screenshot of login page. |
Pandora | 2013-10-21 | TRUE | pandorajodqp5zrr.onion |
FALSE | 1 | FALSE | custom | FALSE | TRUE | See “Forbidden Items on PANDORA”. | ||
The Marketplace | 2013-11-28 | TRUE | themarketplace.i2p |
TRUE | 0 | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE | Start date from personal communication; Tor Proxy: 7z7s2qezpj3rlrww.onion . The ToS ban CP, guns, and Bitcoin/dollar sales. |
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Blue Sky | 2013-12-03 | TRUE | blueskyplzv4fsti.onion |
FALSE | 0 | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | Or is the opening 12 December 2013? | |||
Agora | 2013-12-03 | TRUE | agorahooawayyfoe.onion |
FALSE | 0 | FALSE | custom | TRUE | TRUE | Forums: lacbzxobeprssrfx.onion |
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Pirate Market | 2013-11-29 | TRUE | yjhzeedl5osagmmr.onion |
FALSE | 0 | FALSE | TRUE | Start date based on Reddit Originally RoadSilk. | ||||
Dream Market | 2013-11-15 | TRUE | ltxocqh4nvwkofil.onion |
FALSE | 0 | FALSE | Site claims to’ve opened 15 November 2013; first mention of it I found was on 7 January 2014. | |||||
Outlaw Market | 2013-12-29 | TRUE | drugs26ucskmvcef.onion |
FALSE | 1 | FALSE | custom | Open date based on the date of the “Welcome” post on the OM forum; apparently formerly “Drugs’n’Bets”. Site was hacked & user PMs released in 2013. They claim in an interview it’s custom software. | ||||
evolution | 2014-01-14 | TRUE | k5zq47j6wd3wdvjq.onion |
FALSE | 0 | FALSE | TRUE | TRUE | Announced on Reddit 20 Jan, but forums claim first sale on 14 January; forums: i25c62nvu4cgeqyz.onion ; new url: nifgk5szbodg7qbo.onion |
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DarkBay | 2014-01-30 | TRUE | darkbay4rwgvdkqn.onion |
TRUE | 0 | TRUE | TRUE | Announced on Reddit; forums: 7y26aczl3wdyujkc.onion ; formerly, UltraVioletCity/ultracityi2gdwhq.onion |
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TorBazaar | 2014-01-26 | TRUE | 3p42y56a76g6okuv.onion |
TRUE | 0 | FALSE | Bitwasp | TRUE | TRUE | Announced on The Hub | ||
BlackBank Market | 2014-02-05 | TRUE | wztyb7vlfcw6l4xd.onion |
TRUE | 0 | FALSE | TRUE | TRUE | Active before its Reddit announcement but no apparent sales. Forums: kth2mwuwlkezwziy.onion . Forbidden items are listed on the wiki |
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Cloud-Nine | 2014-02-11 | TRUE | xvqrvtnn4pbcnxwt.onion |
TRUE | 0 | FALSE | custom | Announced on Reddit | ||||
Cannabis Road 2 | 2014-03-28 | TRUE | cannabiskofvl7pa.onion |
TRUE | 0 | FALSE | custom | FALSE | FALSE | Forum: forumzxmoorof4ja.onion ; forum opened 26 February 2014, but site was not operational. The soft-launch/raffle announced 28 March 2014 seems a good start date. |
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Hydra | 2014-03-27 | TRUE | hydrampvvnunildl.onion |
TRUE | 0 | FALSE | Announced on The Hub; forum: hydrafmchvpq5yc6.onion |
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Silk Road 2 | 2013-11-06 | TRUE | silkroad6ownowfk.onion |
FALSE | 1 | TRUE | custom | FALSE | FALSE | Forum moderator Cirrus advises considering SR2 compromised (22 December 2013); new operators Defcon/Hux/etc deny it. Defcon announced the cold wallet had been lost to DPR2, but then that it had been restored. SR2 experienced repeated account balance problems, failed to ever implement autofinalize or dispute resolution (forcing accumulation of orders’ balances), and announced 13 February 2014 that all deposits & escrow had been stolen due to their mimicking Mtgox (with its accompanying vulnerability to Bitcoin malleability). Use of SR is not advised. | ||
Andromeda | 2014-04-05 | TRUE | andromedam363aux.onion |
FALSE | 0 | FALSE | TRUE | TRUE | Formerly Silk Road 3/silkroad3wqdnifp.onion ; site has no connection to SR1 or SR2. |
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Underground Market | 2014-04-09 | TRUE | unground6baopdio.onion |
FALSE | 0 | FALSE | Bitwasp | TRUE | TRUE | Announced on Reddit; forums: vxcwhb4lzqltfauq.onion |
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Silk Street | 2014-04-08 | TRUE | silkr2xyqsu73qhh.onion |
FALSE | 0 | FALSE | Bitwasp | Announced on The Hub | ||||
1776 | 2014-04-19 | TRUE | n6tzonxy7sod7eqt.onion |
FALSE | 0 | FALSE | Announced by DeepDotWeb & on Reddit. Not Bitwasp, given the traceback on error pages. | |||||
Pigeon Market | 2014-04-14 | TRUE | pigeonkcmw5h44lq.onion |
FALSE | 0 | FALSE | TRUE | TRUE | ||||
Alpaca Marketplace | 2014-04-20 | TRUE | alpaca7bcqv2rnu3.onion |
TRUE | 0 | FALSE | TRUE | TRUE | Announced on The Hub; policies based on [Secret Laboratory writeup](http://secretlaboratory.org/?p=10064 " NEW Alpaca Marketplace: Another new Dark Net Market … but at least it has multi-signature escrow.“) | |||
Tortuga 2 | 2014-04-23 | TRUE | l6hkncqo46wgzx7y.onion |
FALSE | 0 | FALSE | Drupal | FALSE | FALSE | Announced on Reddit; i2p: wtat6dgz57j5xllu2j7htb7aydq5rgls6edg7e6lf2tumqn5ej3a.b32.i2p /tortuga-marketplace.i2p |
See also DeepDotWeb’s list and the Hidden Wiki’s “Comparison of Darknet Markets” (but note that the Hidden Wiki is notorious for vandals providing phishing links).