Quote from: Suggestive Melon on August 28, 2016, 03:47:27 PM

Question. Does anyone know how much money money goes through online dark net markets currently? Because the answer to that will give you an idea as to what kind of money will go into Monero in the near future. I've had trouble finding any estimate as to how much money currently goes through them, but I can tell you that the Silk Road was raking in roughly 100mil a year as of 2013. This should give at least some kind of idea as to how much could potentially end up going into Monero, that is assuming it does become the de facto darknet currency.

http://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/online-drugs-trade-trafficking.html

Summary: "Illegal drug transactions on cryptomarkets have tripled since 2013, with revenues doubling. But at $12-21 (10.5-18.5) million a month, this is clearly a niche market compared to the traditional offline market, estimated at $2.3 (2) billion a month in Europe alone."