AlphaBay
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Type of site | Market |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | alpha02 & DeSnake |
| URL | clcua5cwkutouq2mgpf4dgejgx6reugt7pma5h5sueyogfl57xfsd5ad.onion/ |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required |
| Users | 240,000+ |
| Launched | December 2014 |
| Current status | Relaunched in 2021 |
AlphaBay Market was an online darknet marketplace operating on the Tor network. It was shut down by the FBI and the United States Department of Justice on July 2017. [1]
History
[change | change source]It started in November 2014 and officially launched on December 22, 2014. It had 14,000 new users in the first 90 days of its operation. The darknet informer website Gwern.net placed AlphaBay Market in the top tier of markets regarding the 6-month survival probability, and it has proven to be successful.[2] In October 2015, it was recognized as the largest online darknet market according to Dan Palumbo, research director at Digital Citizens Alliance.[3] It was relaunched by vendor who identifies himself as co-founder "DeSnake" in 2021. [4][5]
Sources
[change | change source]- ↑ "AlphaBay, the Largest Online 'Dark Market,' Shut Down". 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ↑ "Black-market risks - Gwern.net". Gwern.
- ↑ "Buying Drugs Online Remains Easy". Southwest Coalition.
- ↑ Greenberg, Andy. "He Escaped the Dark Web's Biggest Bust. Now He's Back". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- ↑ "AlphaBay Darknet Market is Back!". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2023-01-21.