Silk Road' the Play Seeks Bitcoin Funding for Edinburgh Fringe Debut
A play based on the story of notorious online black market Silk Road will debut at the Edinburgh Festival in August. Like its online namesake, the production will be funded by bitcoin. The play, entitled 'Silk Road', sets the Dread Pirate Roberts (DPR) story in the north of England, and is reportedly based on writer Alex Oates' interviews with real-life website vendors. It's a one-man play told through the eyes of DPR - who has still not been definitely identified - as he encounters both new online and economic realities, and the more traditional characters inhabiting them. Funding.....
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The FBI shut down black marketplace Silk Road a year ago. This hidden website was used for the sale and purchase of items and services such as drugs, weapons, fake passports and other forged documents. To refresh your memory of the full Silk Road story, check out our interactive timeline below: This article is part of CoinDesk's Silk Road: One Year On series. Keep checking back for new additions to the series. Road. Silk RoadTimelines
If reports are to be believed, a new version of the online drug marketplace Silk Road - "Silk Road Reloaded" - has been launched recently. It is only a coincidence that the new Silk Road's introduction arrived only after the death of its predecessor Silk Road 2. In fact, our research revealed that Silk Road Reloaded was in development for over a year. This somewhat indicates that the makers of previous versions may not be backing this new project after all. And it reflects in the outcome as well. Silk Road Reloaded apparently uses "I2P" instead of the Fed's favorite Tor. I2P stands for....