Our market is decentralized that's the advantage...and the point, we don't target DM users if they want to use it they cant be stopped but we are just building a platform for people to do business on that is decentralized and privacy centered..we build it and who ever uses uses it..but we are most definitely not targeting DM users..that would be the quickest way to kill this project
I wasn't implying that you target the darknet users specifically, because I don't think it will need much advertising anyway. But the Shadow brand implies a platform of privacy and anonymity, which will be most useful to darknet users. These are the users that will quickly migrate, populate, expand and test the ecosystem. I just doubt you will be able to pull many users from the mainstream markets. Decentralization and privacy don't seem to be priorities to them, judging by the popularity of current social networks. I certainly don't have hard data to back my assertions, so take it for what it is.
Regarding your second point, how exactly would someone kill an open-source project of this maturity? Even if the developers of this project were to quit outright, would the code not live on to be developed by others? I ask this because the market will inevitably attract the attention of law enforcement. If they could, wouldn't they try to shut it down anyway? Does the Shadow team have a plan for such an eventuality?