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Silk Road

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30 articles decelerating

Silk Road has appeared in 30 articles since 2014-12. Coverage peaked in 2015Q4 with 5 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Ross Ulbricht, Ulbricht, Bitcoin, FBI.

Articles
30
mentions
Velocity
-50.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
-1.500
velocity change
Sources
15
publications

Coverage Timeline

2023-10-18
CNBC 3 related

How IRS officials tracked down James Zhong, a hacker who stole 50K+ bitcoin from Silk Road in 2012 and was involved in the development of bitcoin itself in 2009

- In 2012, someone stole 50,000 bitcoin from the Silk Road, an illegal dark web marketplace.

2020-09-02
Rest of World

Illegal drug trade in Ukraine is thriving on Telegram, which reportedly accounts for 90% of the drug sales in the country, helped by its end-to-end encryption

In February 2019, Amos Dov Silver, a slight man in his mid-30s who often wears his shoulder-length hair in a bun … Tweets: @anupkaphle Tweets: Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle : Ukraine has long been a testi...

2015-12-27
New York Times

How Gary Alford, an IRS special agent assigned to work with the DEA, used Google search, old chat room logs, and more to track down Silk Road's Ross Ulbricht

The Tax Sleuth Who Took Down a Drug Lord  —  Gary L. Alford was running on adrenaline when he arrived for work on a Monday in June 2013 … Tweets: @capitalobserver , @annaholmes , @ariyahidayat , @matt...

2015-04-29
Wired 2 related

The rise of Silk Road: how Ross Ulbricht built a global drug bazaar

Joshuah Bearman / Wired :

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Quarterly Coverage

Top Sources

Narrative

TEXXR tracks 61 Techmeme articles mentioning Silk Road, dating back to December 2014. The biggest stories include Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht, a crypto and libertarian cult hero serving... and Founder of Silk Road drug marketplace Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison, to.... Frequently covered alongside Ross Ulbricht, FBI, BTC, James Zhong, and Andy Greenberg.

Key Moments

2024Q2competition -100pts; regulation +100pts
2024Q3enterprise +50pts; consumer +50pts; regulation -100pts
2025Q1enterprise -50pts; consumer -17pts; funding +33pts

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