Quote from: Minotaur26 on June 13, 2014, 04:48:01 PM

Quote from: JakeThePanda on June 13, 2014, 04:39:39 PM

Quote from: Minotaur26 on June 13, 2014, 04:31:49 PM

What to expect from DRK in the next few weeks

One major milestone could be SilkRoad 2.0

Argggg, why do people want to lay anon technology out as only for a means of conducting illegal business? There are so many other reasons for private transactions that don't involve breaking laws.

That only says that could be a major milestone, because these markets have a more immediate need for our product and they currently only use Bitcoin. So yes it would be major and there are obviously a lot of other applications for privacy but if you are risking your freedom over a crypto currency you should be quicker to adopt new developments that enhance anonymity. I am also a libertarian and believe drugs should be legal so I dont really care about the "breaking the law" part it is just a huge market that should adopt quicker.

Even the governments are starting to take these "black market" numbers into account nowadays:

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http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/salman-sakir/black-market-economy_b_5460936.html
The European System of Accounts would require member countries to add their respective black market when calculating GDP for next year. Countries like Italy, Spain and the UK would be counting their black markets when calculating GDP. Some of the things that the black market or underground economy includes are drugs, weapons trafficking and prostitution. According to Eurostat, the inclusion of all illegal activities would yield a growth rate of 2.4 per cent for the European economies.