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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: gwern on June 24, 2013, 06:33 pm
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I'm stuck as a newbie, so I'm posting here. If some kind forum user would copy or link my comments into the respective
threads, I'd be grateful.
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http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=175703.0
I agree. The search is *awful*. Here is a real example: I was searching for the user "Truckin", which turns up nothing. I discover the actual user name is "-Truckin-"; ok, that's a seriously crappy search because 'Truckin' is obviously a substring of '-Truckin-'. But whatever; I search for '-Truckin-' - *zero* hits. The user has 30 posts! WTF?!
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http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=176338.0
> Well.. because it's been updated recently.. At the top of the article it tells us that the most recent update was on the 19th of June.
Yes; that update was for adding a link to my de-anonymizing of the active SR vendor Casey Jones (specifically, http://www.reddit.com/r/SilkRoad/comments/1gxiv7/srrelated_bitcoin_seizure/caoxlmg ).
> I don't know when the quoted paragraphs were added to the article. I have no access to the document history.. so i can't diff the various versions. Were they added before or after the DoS attacks suffered by SR ? I don't know.
You can check revisions in the Internet Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.gwern.net/Silk%20Road The paragraphs in question were originally added 16 September 2012 (you can verify this in the first October archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20121006004502/http://www.gwern.net/Silk%20Road ), that is, before the DoS attacks. I'm a little proud of 'calling it' like that.
I'd also point out that later on I write:
> SR's administrator stated (http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/21/3675278/silk-road-operator-says-fail-whale-not-feds-brought-down-notorious) the downtime was due to "record" numbers of users; but if large numbers of legitimate users can accidentally take down the site, clearly a full-fledged DoS attack is feasible. A real DoS attack by a single attacker in April 2013 degraded access for a week and essentially blocked all access for ~2 days (http://www.reddit.com/r/SilkRoad/comments/1d569v/the_dread_pirate_roberts_discounts_all_items_on/), prompting SR to suspend its commissions for several days to encourage purchases.
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http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=176320.0
> I think this was an SR vendor. Look at the nick name, "Casey Jones". He is indeed a vendor, but apparently in stealth mode. Here's his vendor page.
Sorry hypnotick, but I beat you to this last night :) See http://www.reddit.com/r/SilkRoad/comments/1gxiv7/srrelated_bitcoin_seizure/caoxlmg Incidentally, after I posted that I messaged Jones both here and on SR, so there's no need for anyone else to ping him with warnings. Personally, I'm shocked he is still using the account, selling or buying, even after a run in with the government and now having been de-anonymized; if nothing else, he's putting his customers at risk. Maybe there should be a SR policy against doing (illegal) business while having been linked or de-anonymized.
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do not buy from pharmington rex!!! never!!
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What does Rex have to do with my comments?