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Silk Road Fans On Reddit Go Ballistic After Seizure

Silk Road Fans On Reddit Go Ballistic After Seizure
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Silk Road, an anonymous Internet marketplace known as a destination for buying illegal drugs, has been seized by the FBI and it's alleged owner arrested.

The news has prompted Reddit's Silk Road community, r/SilkRoad, to freak out.

Here's some of the most recent topics:

Silk Road Reddit

Reddit

Most of the discussion is limited to one thread, however: "SR shutdown fallout discussion".

On this thread, it appears that some people have lost some serious money (they are not getting much sympathy though):

Silk Road Reddit

Reddit

Others are worried that they may not get their drugs:

Reddit Silk Road

Reddit

There's worries that users' data could be compromised:

Silk Road Reddit

Reddit

Those with orders in transit are worried that the vendors won't get paid:

Reddit Silk Road

Reddit

Some are worried about how they will order illicit supplies now:

Silk Road Reddit

Reddit

Others worry about the price of Bitcoin:

Reddit Silk Road

Reddit

There's some theories that a Silk Road alternative, Atlantis, may have been behind the seizure somehow. Atlantis itself, which billed itself as a "flashier" alternative to SR, was shut down last month:

Silk Road Reddit

Reddit

For at least one person, however, there's a bright side:

Silk Road Bitcoin Reddit

Reddit

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