r/SilkRoad
41k members
r/silkroad is a subreddit with 41k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses silk road, ross ulbricht, sex, drugs, and bitcoin.
A community for discussion of the history of & research on the now-defunct darknet markets Silk Road 1 & 2, and topics such as arrests of their users, Ross Ulbricht's legal case, the status of Blake Benthall, privacy etc.
Post non-SR reviews, crypto or anonymity, or specific site questions to their respective subreddits. Noobs please check out our FAQ/sidebar before posting, as well as /r/DarkNetMarketsNOOBS. Attempts to purchase or or offer for sale product is *strictly* forbidden.
Popular Themes in r/SilkRoad
#1
News
: "Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace"
27 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Possible use of Stylometry to clear Ross Ulbricht(Requesting Programmers)"
3 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "Silk Road 2 scrape torrent released"
3 posts
#4
Advice Requests
: "SR1 Questions"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/SilkRoad
#1
Silk Road
: "Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace"
105 posts
#2
Ross Ulbricht
: "Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace"
43 posts
#3
Sex
24 posts
#4
Drugs
: "Northern Ireland men jailed over running international Drugs 'party pack' business from Silk Road"
23 posts
#5
Bitcoin
: "2 federal agents in SR1 investigation stole/embezzled Bitcoins"
19 posts
#6
Vendor
: "SR1 marijuana Vendor 'darkexpresso' busted"
17 posts
#7
Arrest
: "SR1 seller 'Natural Weed' Arrested; German buyer prosecuted over seller records + server image"
13 posts
#8
Silkroad
: "FBI Agent Threatens to Kill Silk Road Architect, Ulbricht’s Family for Bitcoin"
13 posts
#9
Sarees
12 posts
#10
Dark Web
: ""Dark Web Vendor of Illegal Narcotics [“dragoncove”/“originaldragoncove”/“theoriginaldragoncove”] Indicted for Distributing Heroin and Cocaine in Exchange for Bitcoin", DoJ (SR, AlphaBay, Dream, Wall Street)"
11 posts
Flair Used in r/SilkRoad
#1
SR1
: "Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace"
60 posts
#2
SR2
: "Silk Road 2.0 Admin Blake Benthall (Defcon) May Only Be Prosecuted For Tax Crimes After Cooperating with Feds"
10 posts
#3
SR1, SR2
: ""Feds Arrest an Alleged $336M Bitcoin-Laundering Kingpin: The alleged administrator of Bitcoin Fog kept the dark web service running for 10 years before the IRS caught up with him""
3 posts
#4
PSA
: "Iowa bust: Adam Lawin & Benjamin Walker"
3 posts
#5
New article
: "Silk Road Probe: Former Secret Service Agent Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering After Stealing $820K : BIZ TECH : Tech Times"
1 post
#6
Article/LE/OPSEC
: "Known SR1 arrests by country"
1 post
#7
security
: "Unknown SR1/2 seller arrest"
1 post
#8
Not SR related
: "What email is best to use while talking to vendors?"
1 post
#9
Meta
: "ANN: New moderator, off-topic rule"
1 post
#10
LE
: "Did the SR1 server cause the Hammertime and other busts?"
1 post
Member Growth in r/SilkRoad
Yearly
+329 members(0.8%)
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Last updated: June 9, 2026