Silk Road

Summary

Silk Road is a darknet market^[1]. It draws 2,462 Wikipedia views per month (darknet_market category, ranking #1 of 4).^[2]

Key Facts

• Silk Road's instance of is recorded as darknet market^[3].
• Silk Road's instance of is recorded as "notorious market" website^[4].
• Silk Road's currency is recorded as Bitcoin^[5].
• Silk Road's owned by is recorded as Ross Ulbricht^[6].
• Silk Road is named after Silk Road^[7].
• Silk Road's Commons category is recorded as Silk Road (marketplace)^[8].
• Silk Road's language of work or name is recorded as English^[9].
• +2011-02-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Silk Road^[10].
• Silk Road was dissolved in +2013-10-02T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Silk Road's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gx0xw0^[12].
• Silk Road's service entry is recorded as +2011-02-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Silk Road's official website is recorded as http://silkroad6ownowfk.onion^[14].
• Silk Road's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/tags/silk-road^[15].
• Silk Road's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Silk Road'}^[16].
• Silk Road's different from is recorded as Silk Road^[17].
• Silk Road's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'Q259502', 'amount': '+1200000'}^[18].
• Silk Road's Quora topic ID is recorded as Silk-Road-online-market^[19].
• Silk Road's subreddit is recorded as silkroad^[20].
• Silk Road's Casefile ID is recorded as 76^[21].
• Silk Road's Know Your Meme slug is recorded as silk-road^[22].

Body

Founding

+2011-02-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Silk Road^[10].

Ownership

Silk Road's owned by is recorded as Ross Ulbricht^[6].

Dissolution

Silk Road was dissolved in +2013-10-02T00:00:00Z^[11].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Silk Road include it^[23], a film^[24], directed by Tiller Russell^[25].

Why It Matters

Silk Road draws 2,462 Wikipedia views per month (darknet_market category, ranking #1 of 4).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26]

Entities named for it include it^[23], a film^[24], directed by Tiller Russell^[25].