Silk Road
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Silk Road was an online black market and the first modern darknet market. It was launched in 2011 by its American founder Ross Ulbricht under the pseudonym "Dread Pirate Roberts." Wikipedia
Launch date: February 2011
Bitcoin worth: roughly $2 billion
URL: Old URL: silkroad6ownowfk.onion (defunct); New URL: silkroad7rn2puhj.onion (defunct)