Silk Road Market URL & Silk Road Market Link s a darknet market based only on Canada with a 3-year uptime!
Silk Road Market Link
Silk Road 4.0 Link
About Silk Road Market
Silk Road 4 is a Darknet Marketplace (DNM). As a tor marketplace, it allows vendors to sell (almost) whatever they want ; and buyers to buy while keeping their identity safe. Version 4 of Silk Road was launched by Silk Road vendors after SR3.1's outage, and a lot of vendors migrated to this new marketplace.
Silk Road has taken a rather smart stance to its rules by not allowing any fentanyl-containing products, covid-related materials, along with the usual outlawed stuff. Perhaps most important is their ban on sales of anything related to ransomware, as well. Somewhat interestingly, Silk Road has excluded activity from specific CIS countries, including Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan.
One thing that is a bit annoying about the “new” Silk Road is the DDOS and spammer prevention filters which can make logging in (and staying logged in) a real headache, especially if you are the type who drifts away for two minutes, you will find your session has expired, need to solve another captcha, and begin the process anew. At the very least it appears they are making a genuine effort to keep things up and running, despite admittedly incredible odds against them.
In any case, for those who are patient, Silk Road could prove themselves to be the real deal. You’ll know this is the case when they have the vendors to show for it. Our final verdict is that it may be a good idea to hold off until you see some recognizable vendor names join the market, and there’s perhaps a bit more chatter about it elsewhere. For now, it appears to be something of a gamble, but then again, most things are.
Disclaimer: The information provided here is for educational and research purposes only. silkroad-marketdarknet.com does not promote, condone or accept any liability for any illegal activity that may occur when using Silk Road Market. Users should ensure they comply with local laws.
Silk Road Market - Key Information
Before you read this short review, check out the basic information about Silk Road Market.
Name
Silk Road Market
Silk Road Market Link
Status
• Active
Online Since
13th August 2021
Cryptocurrency
Only Bitcoin (BTC)
Creating an Account in Silk Road Market
For now, there is only one (1) official Silk Road market URL. They will undoubtedly have some sort of captcha that must be solved before the login page can be reached, and users are placed in a queue if there is currently high traffic. The captcha is a bit tough and if you fail it three times in a row, you’ll be greeted with a message that reads,
“Captcha failed too many times. Try again in 30 seconds with a new identity.”
In this case, just press the New Identity (broom) button on the Tor browser and re-visit the Silk Road URL. After you manage to solve the captcha, you’ll be brought to the main Login screen. You’ll notice that right beneath the word “Login” is a message that says “Not registered? Register here.” Click the second half of the message to go to the account registration page.
Note that your “Name” is what other users in the market see you as, whereas “Username” is your login credential, entered alongside your password. We recommend keeping both names separate from your real life or other online identities. Same thing goes with your password: choose something unique, and never re-use market credentials.
After you have entered your password twice, select a 6-digit PIN that will be used for purchases. Finally select “User” as the account type you wish to register, fill the captcha, and press “Register” to create your account. If everything goes as planned, you’ll be transported back to the login screen, where you will need to enter your freshly-created username and password.
After logging in, you’ll be greeted with a unique notice containing your account’s wallet recovery key and recovery phrase. If you ever get locked out of your account or account wallet, you’ll need these to regain access to them.
After saving this info someplace secure, scroll down and take a read through the Silk Road rules, presented in the introductory welcome screen for your easy reference. There is admittedly a lot to read, and your session may timeout before reading it all. But when you are done reading it, you’ll notice there is a button that says “I agree & understand the rules. I have saved the information above.” Click this button after you have completed its instructions, and you will be brought to the main market page, along with another welcome message.
You can now start browsing the market but will need to assign a PGP key to your account before making any purchases.
Browsing Silk Road Market
If you were familiar with Silk Road the first time it was around, you’ll notice the market layout is almost identical, except for a few minor changes. For example, one thing a bit different is their complete lack of featured vendors and featured listings in categories. While this makes the main pages look somewhat lonely, the market does this to ensure all vendors have an equal start. To see listings, you need to first click on a category and then subcategory where appropriate. The market has few listings (less than 400 at the time of writing this guide) spread out across dozens of subcategories. The most popular categories (and subcategories) are currently:
Fraud (Accounts & Bank Drops, CVV & Cards, Personal Info)
Hacking & Spam (Exploits, Hacking Tools & Scripts)
Drugs & Chemicals (Benzos, Cannabis & Hashish, Dissociatives, Ecstasy, Opioids, Prescription, Stimulants, Psychedelics)
Guides & Tutorials (Fraud Guides, Security & Anonymity Guides)
There is a Quick Search feature located in the middle of the main market page. In the lower left panel there is a diverse array of filters, but there are so few listings that sorting through them is far from a problem at this point.
Here is an example of a subcategory page (notice the ship to/from info isn’t readily available):
Clicking on the listing reveals the following information:
Here we can see more advanced information about the product, including quantity sold, product pictures, ship to/from info, payment types accepted, shipping options, and purchase price. Scrolling down a bit we see tabs for the product description, feedback left by buyers, and the vendor’s refund policy. Be sure to give these tabs a thorough readthrough because it will prepare you in terms of what to expect and what they expect, as well.
Funding Your Account On Silk Road Market
You will need to make a deposit of Bitcoin (BTC) before making a purchase. Silk Road uses in effect the traditional escrow system, although they claim the funds are more securely held than most markets and can still be recovered in the event the market should go down. We haven’t fully tested their claims but recommend only depositing enough BTC for one order at a time.
To find your deposit address, click on the BTC balance under your login name toward the upper-right corner of the screen. Take a moment to read the info displayed about how the market’s deposit and withdrawal system works. After doing so, scroll down until you see the captcha and the orange button which reads “I agree with and understand the instructions. Get Bitcoin Address”.
After solving the captcha and pressing the button, your BTC deposit address will be generated.
Note that each address is good for one deposit only. This means you should never make multiple deposits to the same address. Deposits will be reflected in your account balance after 10 confirmations, which is usually within half an hour. Afterward, your deposit address will be changed to a new one.
Clicking on the bar button below the address will reveal a PGP signed message from Silk Road which contains the address in it. This is a way for you to verify that the deposit address actually belongs to the market and not a phishing site. To find the market’s PGP public key, affix “/pgp.txt” to the end of the verified Silk Road URL, after “.onion”. If you are sure you are on the one and only verified URL for this market, this is an unnecessary step, but still its not a bad idea to get the practice of verifying a PGP message.
Purchasing Products on Silk Road Market
When you are ready to make a purchase, first set the shipping option you want and quantity. Note the price you will pay in BTC. If this is fine with you, press “Buy Now” to continue. If this is your first time placing an order on Silk Road, we recommend reading their rules instead of just scrolling through them as they contain many of the finer nuances of the order process not described here.
Down beneath Silk Road’s rules is the vendor’s PGP key. Import this key into your PGP application as you will use it to encrypt shipping information for your order. Next, review the order total and keep in mind you will need enough BTC in your account balance to cover the amount displayed.
Beneath this is the vendor’s refund policy, followed by a text box into which you will paste your encrypted shipping information. When filled correctly, the text box will look something like this:
Theoretically it doesn’t matter if you check or uncheck the “Encrypt messages/notes with Sellers PGP Key” box because you have done so already. Forcing them to decrypt the contents twice would be unnecessary. Never send unencrypted shipping information (its probably fine for general questions). After you are ready, press the “Confirm Purchase” button to proceed. The order total will be deducted from account balance, and the vendor will begin preparing your order for shipping.
Silk Road provides buyers with the following caveat when placing an order:
“The process is different from other marketplaces as we have built upon certain elements from what we have previously learned running a successful marketplace, making it more streamlined and easier for all parties involved to conduct business faster and more securely.”
All purchases are conducted through Silk Road escrow, which means the market will hold your funds until you have marked the order as finalized and released payment to the vendor. Be sure to finalize the order after you have received it and determined it to be of your expectations, as this is considered proper buyer etiquette.
The buyer has 7 days from the time or purchase to mark the order as received before it is auto-finalized. If you have not received the order within this time, the auto-finalize time can be extended, and the market recommends never finalizing an order before you have received it (unless you are using a FE-enabled vendor; in which case payment should be finalized after the vendor has market it as shipped – as of now no vendors have this option enabled).
A novel element added by Silk Road is their Automatic Dispute Resolution system, which makes it easier for buyers and sellers to work out a deal with each other before getting a moderator involved. According to the market, the new system is “basically a proposition system between buyer and seller involving extending escrow time, full refund, percentage refund or replacement options.”
Disputes require the seller to respond within 3 days. If the seller does not respond, the buyer’s payment will be refunded back to their account. Of course, its better to never have to get to that point in the first place. We recommend sticking only with higher-rated vendors with a number of sales under their belt. At the moment, this excludes every vendor on Silk Road (make of this advice what you will, but it might be a good idea to wait until the market becomes a bit more established instead of becoming a guinea pig in a relatively new experiment).
Conclusions on Silk Road Market:
Silk Road is still very new in its second incarnation (DeSnake insists it’s the same market, not a “2.0”) and as such it hasn’t had a lot of time to accumulate vendors. We didn’t see a single sale under any of the vendors of featured products, or elsewhere. The market admins seem to have put a great deal of thought into incorporating improvements, some of which haven’t been seen or described elsewhere.
In conclusion, what can we say, other than to re-iterate what was stated at the end of the section above: it may be wise to let somebody else do the pioneering at the “revived” Silk Road and wait for vendors to rack up a few sales under their belt before deciding to take part. At present, there are vendors trying to give product away – literally selling pills for pennies as introductory offers – and they have no takers. Not that this is a warning sign necessarily, but the market is entering territory shared only by Silk Road at this point by attempting to revive a darknet brand name, and so far they’ve been off to a slow start.
Silk Road 4.0 Link
About Silk Road Market
Silk Road 4 is a Darknet Marketplace (DNM). As a tor marketplace, it allows vendors to sell (almost) whatever they want ; and buyers to buy while keeping their identity safe. Version 4 of Silk Road was launched by Silk Road vendors after SR3.1's outage, and a lot of vendors migrated to this new marketplace.
Silk Road has taken a rather smart stance to its rules by not allowing any fentanyl-containing products, covid-related materials, along with the usual outlawed stuff. Perhaps most important is their ban on sales of anything related to ransomware, as well. Somewhat interestingly, Silk Road has excluded activity from specific CIS countries, including Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan.
One thing that is a bit annoying about the “new” Silk Road is the DDOS and spammer prevention filters which can make logging in (and staying logged in) a real headache, especially if you are the type who drifts away for two minutes, you will find your session has expired, need to solve another captcha, and begin the process anew. At the very least it appears they are making a genuine effort to keep things up and running, despite admittedly incredible odds against them.
In any case, for those who are patient, Silk Road could prove themselves to be the real deal. You’ll know this is the case when they have the vendors to show for it. Our final verdict is that it may be a good idea to hold off until you see some recognizable vendor names join the market, and there’s perhaps a bit more chatter about it elsewhere. For now, it appears to be something of a gamble, but then again, most things are.
Disclaimer: The information provided here is for educational and research purposes only. silkroad-marketdarknet.com does not promote, condone or accept any liability for any illegal activity that may occur when using Silk Road Market. Users should ensure they comply with local laws.
Silk Road Market - Key Information
Before you read this short review, check out the basic information about Silk Road Market.
Name
Silk Road Market
Silk Road Market Link
Status
• Active
Online Since
13th August 2021
Cryptocurrency
Only Bitcoin (BTC)
Creating an Account in Silk Road Market
For now, there is only one (1) official Silk Road market URL. They will undoubtedly have some sort of captcha that must be solved before the login page can be reached, and users are placed in a queue if there is currently high traffic. The captcha is a bit tough and if you fail it three times in a row, you’ll be greeted with a message that reads,
“Captcha failed too many times. Try again in 30 seconds with a new identity.”
In this case, just press the New Identity (broom) button on the Tor browser and re-visit the Silk Road URL. After you manage to solve the captcha, you’ll be brought to the main Login screen. You’ll notice that right beneath the word “Login” is a message that says “Not registered? Register here.” Click the second half of the message to go to the account registration page.
Note that your “Name” is what other users in the market see you as, whereas “Username” is your login credential, entered alongside your password. We recommend keeping both names separate from your real life or other online identities. Same thing goes with your password: choose something unique, and never re-use market credentials.
After you have entered your password twice, select a 6-digit PIN that will be used for purchases. Finally select “User” as the account type you wish to register, fill the captcha, and press “Register” to create your account. If everything goes as planned, you’ll be transported back to the login screen, where you will need to enter your freshly-created username and password.
After logging in, you’ll be greeted with a unique notice containing your account’s wallet recovery key and recovery phrase. If you ever get locked out of your account or account wallet, you’ll need these to regain access to them.
After saving this info someplace secure, scroll down and take a read through the Silk Road rules, presented in the introductory welcome screen for your easy reference. There is admittedly a lot to read, and your session may timeout before reading it all. But when you are done reading it, you’ll notice there is a button that says “I agree & understand the rules. I have saved the information above.” Click this button after you have completed its instructions, and you will be brought to the main market page, along with another welcome message.
You can now start browsing the market but will need to assign a PGP key to your account before making any purchases.
Browsing Silk Road Market
If you were familiar with Silk Road the first time it was around, you’ll notice the market layout is almost identical, except for a few minor changes. For example, one thing a bit different is their complete lack of featured vendors and featured listings in categories. While this makes the main pages look somewhat lonely, the market does this to ensure all vendors have an equal start. To see listings, you need to first click on a category and then subcategory where appropriate. The market has few listings (less than 400 at the time of writing this guide) spread out across dozens of subcategories. The most popular categories (and subcategories) are currently:
Fraud (Accounts & Bank Drops, CVV & Cards, Personal Info)
Hacking & Spam (Exploits, Hacking Tools & Scripts)
Drugs & Chemicals (Benzos, Cannabis & Hashish, Dissociatives, Ecstasy, Opioids, Prescription, Stimulants, Psychedelics)
Guides & Tutorials (Fraud Guides, Security & Anonymity Guides)
There is a Quick Search feature located in the middle of the main market page. In the lower left panel there is a diverse array of filters, but there are so few listings that sorting through them is far from a problem at this point.
Here is an example of a subcategory page (notice the ship to/from info isn’t readily available):
Clicking on the listing reveals the following information:
Here we can see more advanced information about the product, including quantity sold, product pictures, ship to/from info, payment types accepted, shipping options, and purchase price. Scrolling down a bit we see tabs for the product description, feedback left by buyers, and the vendor’s refund policy. Be sure to give these tabs a thorough readthrough because it will prepare you in terms of what to expect and what they expect, as well.
Funding Your Account On Silk Road Market
You will need to make a deposit of Bitcoin (BTC) before making a purchase. Silk Road uses in effect the traditional escrow system, although they claim the funds are more securely held than most markets and can still be recovered in the event the market should go down. We haven’t fully tested their claims but recommend only depositing enough BTC for one order at a time.
To find your deposit address, click on the BTC balance under your login name toward the upper-right corner of the screen. Take a moment to read the info displayed about how the market’s deposit and withdrawal system works. After doing so, scroll down until you see the captcha and the orange button which reads “I agree with and understand the instructions. Get Bitcoin Address”.
After solving the captcha and pressing the button, your BTC deposit address will be generated.
Note that each address is good for one deposit only. This means you should never make multiple deposits to the same address. Deposits will be reflected in your account balance after 10 confirmations, which is usually within half an hour. Afterward, your deposit address will be changed to a new one.
Clicking on the bar button below the address will reveal a PGP signed message from Silk Road which contains the address in it. This is a way for you to verify that the deposit address actually belongs to the market and not a phishing site. To find the market’s PGP public key, affix “/pgp.txt” to the end of the verified Silk Road URL, after “.onion”. If you are sure you are on the one and only verified URL for this market, this is an unnecessary step, but still its not a bad idea to get the practice of verifying a PGP message.
Purchasing Products on Silk Road Market
When you are ready to make a purchase, first set the shipping option you want and quantity. Note the price you will pay in BTC. If this is fine with you, press “Buy Now” to continue. If this is your first time placing an order on Silk Road, we recommend reading their rules instead of just scrolling through them as they contain many of the finer nuances of the order process not described here.
Down beneath Silk Road’s rules is the vendor’s PGP key. Import this key into your PGP application as you will use it to encrypt shipping information for your order. Next, review the order total and keep in mind you will need enough BTC in your account balance to cover the amount displayed.
Beneath this is the vendor’s refund policy, followed by a text box into which you will paste your encrypted shipping information. When filled correctly, the text box will look something like this:
Theoretically it doesn’t matter if you check or uncheck the “Encrypt messages/notes with Sellers PGP Key” box because you have done so already. Forcing them to decrypt the contents twice would be unnecessary. Never send unencrypted shipping information (its probably fine for general questions). After you are ready, press the “Confirm Purchase” button to proceed. The order total will be deducted from account balance, and the vendor will begin preparing your order for shipping.
Silk Road provides buyers with the following caveat when placing an order:
“The process is different from other marketplaces as we have built upon certain elements from what we have previously learned running a successful marketplace, making it more streamlined and easier for all parties involved to conduct business faster and more securely.”
All purchases are conducted through Silk Road escrow, which means the market will hold your funds until you have marked the order as finalized and released payment to the vendor. Be sure to finalize the order after you have received it and determined it to be of your expectations, as this is considered proper buyer etiquette.
The buyer has 7 days from the time or purchase to mark the order as received before it is auto-finalized. If you have not received the order within this time, the auto-finalize time can be extended, and the market recommends never finalizing an order before you have received it (unless you are using a FE-enabled vendor; in which case payment should be finalized after the vendor has market it as shipped – as of now no vendors have this option enabled).
A novel element added by Silk Road is their Automatic Dispute Resolution system, which makes it easier for buyers and sellers to work out a deal with each other before getting a moderator involved. According to the market, the new system is “basically a proposition system between buyer and seller involving extending escrow time, full refund, percentage refund or replacement options.”
Disputes require the seller to respond within 3 days. If the seller does not respond, the buyer’s payment will be refunded back to their account. Of course, its better to never have to get to that point in the first place. We recommend sticking only with higher-rated vendors with a number of sales under their belt. At the moment, this excludes every vendor on Silk Road (make of this advice what you will, but it might be a good idea to wait until the market becomes a bit more established instead of becoming a guinea pig in a relatively new experiment).
Conclusions on Silk Road Market:
Silk Road is still very new in its second incarnation (DeSnake insists it’s the same market, not a “2.0”) and as such it hasn’t had a lot of time to accumulate vendors. We didn’t see a single sale under any of the vendors of featured products, or elsewhere. The market admins seem to have put a great deal of thought into incorporating improvements, some of which haven’t been seen or described elsewhere.
In conclusion, what can we say, other than to re-iterate what was stated at the end of the section above: it may be wise to let somebody else do the pioneering at the “revived” Silk Road and wait for vendors to rack up a few sales under their belt before deciding to take part. At present, there are vendors trying to give product away – literally selling pills for pennies as introductory offers – and they have no takers. Not that this is a warning sign necessarily, but the market is entering territory shared only by Silk Road at this point by attempting to revive a darknet brand name, and so far they’ve been off to a slow start.