Darknet Markets History Timeline

2011
Black Market Reloaded Launched
Black Market Reloaded Launched

Black Market Reloaded was a .onion hidden Tor website which sold illegal drugs and other illegal goods such as stolen credit cards and firearms. Its popularity increased dramatically after the closure of Silk Road, its largest competitor.

Silk Road Live
Silk Road Live

By February 1, 2011 Silk Road was live and well. It could be accessed by link http://tydgccykixpbu6uz.onion

Silk Road Launched
Silk Road Launched

User altoid on a forum called shroomery.org posted on 27 January 2011 a message: I came across this website called Silk Road.  It’s a Tor hidden service that claims to allow you to buy and sell anything online anonymously.  I’m thinking of buying off it, but wanted to see if anyone here had heard of it and could recommend it.

I found it through silkroad420.wordpress.com, which, if you have a tor browser, directs you to the real site at http://tydgccykixpbu6uz.onion.

Let me know what you think…

 

Silk Road Market started it’s journey here.

2006
The Farmers Market
The Farmers Market

The online black marketplace was launched in or before 2006 by Marc Peter Willems as Adamflowers. The site connected buyers and sellers and mediated transactions of illicit substances through extensive use of Hushmail, an encrypted email service promoted as private and anonymous.

This is the full history of darknet markets from the early days of Farmers Market in 2006 to a modern day markets like Archetyp and Abacus. You can use this in anyway you like in your projects or whatever. Everything from this timeline has been checked and verified multiple times. Enjoy.