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Re:OpenBazaar is a decentralized Dark Net market that's 'unt... by joshschreuder on Saturday November 08, 2014 @06:19PM (#8578479)
I'm not sure it's equivalent. What you're saying is that whoever wrote the stack that SR used should be prosecuted for facilitating the site's creation.

This is simply a project in the same way BitTorrent is a project - it can be used for many things, illegality being just one, and even if that is the main usage pattern (which isn't clear at this point), that's no reason for the creator to be punished.

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Re:OpenBazaar is a decentralized Dark Net market that's 'unt... by tikhon on Sunday November 09, 2014 @01:44AM (#8579299)
Tell that to the creator of cryptocat
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Re:OpenBazaar is a decentralized Dark Net market that's 'unt... by kordless on Sunday November 16, 2014 @10:53AM (#8614468)
TMK, he was never prosecuted. Baited, yes.
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Re:OpenBazaar is a decentralized Dark Net market that's 'unt... by mike_hearn on Sunday November 09, 2014 @06:41AM (#8579683)
Nope. PHP is overwhelmingly used for ordinary, legitimate websites and has no particular features designed to aid criminal usage. It's all about volume and intent.
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