Quote from: Scott J on September 20, 2012, 09:23:54 PM

Quote from: CryptoFreak33 on September 20, 2012, 09:03:40 PM

I don't believe Silk Road is going to crash.

By 'The Great Silk Road Crash' I was referring to the BTC price crash that Silk Road disappearing would precipitate.

Quote from: CryptoFreak33 on September 20, 2012, 09:03:40 PM

I don't believe SR is large enough to crash Bitcoin. I don't think we'll even see that big of a dip in prices.

Silk Road revenue is said to be "approximately USD 1.9 million per month". If this demand suddenly disappeared then I think there would be a massive dip. You can also add market panic to the mix.

I want to add that I am not trying to spread FUD with this topic - I just think this is something Bitcoin will have to go through during its evolution.

Well said,
SR is not big enough to get some serious resources to be used to bust them out, once it reaches a critical point that some agency/agencies would took it seriously and dump resources, besides, SR may be get busted all by traditional means (get some random clue from someone, caught one involved, snitch others)
When it happens, bitcoin may endure a hard hit.