My thought on all this yes silk road was a dark market but im pretty sure this agents made users do even worst stuff from what their normal operations where at some point.
Cops and federal agents have been framing fake charges from time immemorial. The same has happened in the case of Silk Road as well.
There was another case recently (think I saw it on reddit) where undercover feds set up a honeypot selling arms on a dark market. The buyer ended up going getting arrested (though there was no talk of entrapment).
Framing, entrapment and corruption seem to be the hallmarks of modern day federal agents.
Who's watching the watchmen?
