Firstly, I do not know why people are making comparisons with silk road. I have had a full read of the whitepaper and can see where it _could_ be used illegally, But so can Ebay? I can see you can run hidden stores but not everyone wants to show the public what they have for sale if you only want a select group of people. A website userbase for example.

I create and sell some MMORPG Bots, I would not want these displayed publicly but would be happy to have the SSL Key sent to a community of people I trust. That way there is less chance in these bots being figured out and ban-able. I could also see the benefit from my point if I was going to sell a website or script to someone and only wanted them to see it.

This looks like a really good project and I will be following closely. Added to my watch list.

Is there any time frame on a release date or any roadmap available?