Silk Road

The Silk Road was an online black market and the first modern darknet market, operating from 2011 to 2013, where users could anonymously buy and sell illicit goods using cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. As a pioneering example of a dark web marketplace, the Silk Road's rise and fall have significant implications for the tech community, highlighting the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between law enforcement and those seeking to exploit the anonymity of the dark web.