In my mind, it is inevitable that Silk Road will either be shut down or cease to operate in the not too distant future.
While successors will eventually spring up in its place, there will still be a large, sudden drop in demand for BTC.
How low will BTC go?
How soon might this happen?
Since I believe Bitcoin is bigger than Silkroad, I would welcome the opportunity to buy coins cheaply, but others may see this scenario as a disaster for the community.
I'm interested in peoples thoughts.
My thoughts exactly. Silk road will get closed down eventually, be it by the owners themselves or the FBI / DEA. Nothing lasts forever, all it takes is for the public to demand Silk Road to be closed and politicians will start handing out promises to the public and at the same time putting pressure on the feds.
If the US government uses all its resources it could probably disrupt SR enough too force them to shutdown.