Inside the seedy underbelly of Bitcoin's Darknet market! How do Darknet markets like the old Silk Road work? How big are they? Are people still using Darknet markets? @cbspears 🤝 @asilayhodling 🤝 @btcszn2 Notes: - Darknet markets processed ~2-3.5B annually - Farmers Market (2006) had only 3,000 users - Silk Road processed 182M from 100,000 users - Market volume remained flat despite crypto growth - Monero losing popularity after exchange delistings - Kraken darknet market: ~800M volume in 2024 Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:50 Chainalysis Darknet Market Report 05:15 Farmer's Market 14:27 After Silk Road 16:11 Arch 16:42 Rise of Monero 23:38 Quality control 29:24 Exit scams