Darken markets of Crypto Currency

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Crypto currency is also used in controversial settings in the form
of online black markets, such as Silk Road.
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The original Silk Road was shut down in October 2013 and there have been
two more versions in use since then.
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The current version is Silk Road 3.0.
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The successful format of Silk Road has been widely used in online dark
markets, which has led to a subsequent decentralization of the online dark
market.
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In the year following the initial shutdown of Silk Road, the number of
prominent dark markets increased from four to twelve, while the amount of drug
listings increased from 18,000 to 32,000.
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Darknet markets present growing challenges in regard to legality.
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Bitcoins and other forms of crypto currency used in dark markets are not
clearly or legally classified in almost all parts of the world.
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In the U.S., bitcoins are labelled as "virtual assets".
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This type of ambiguous classification puts mounting pressure on law
enforcement agencies around the world to adapt to the shifting drug trade of
dark markets.
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Since most darknet markets run through Tor, they can be found with
relative ease on public domains.
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This means that their addresses can be found, as well as customer
reviews and open forums pertaining to the drugs being sold on the market, all
without incriminating any form of user.
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This kind of anonymity enables users on both sides of dark markets to
escape the reaches of law enforcement.
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The result is that law enforcement adheres to a campaign of singling out
individual markets and drug dealers to cut down supply. However, dealers and
suppliers are able to stay one step ahead of law enforcement, who cannot keep
up with the rapidly expanding and anonymous marketplaces of dark markets.
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Economics
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Crypto currencies are used primarily outside existing banking and
governmental institutions, and exchanged over the Internet. While these
alternative, decentralized modes of exchange are in the early stages of
development, they have the unique potential to challenge existing systems of
currency and payments.
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As of June 2017 total market capitalization of crypto currencies is
bigger than 100 billion USD and record high daily volume is larger than 6
billion USD.
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