Silk Road Reloaded to Add New Altcoins as Payment Option

Silk Road Reloaded to Add New Altcoins as Payment Option

Newly launched underground marketplace Silk Road Reloaded (SRR) recently added new altcoins to its platform and announced to integrate them all to its checkout process. On its website, the online drug bazaar has listed Anoncoin, BitBar, Dopecoin, Potcoin, BitcoinDark, Quark and Reddcoin - all slated to join as the site's go-to payment options to purchase a series of illegal goods. SRR is already accepting Bitcoin, Blackcoin, Dogecoin, Darkcoin, Feathercoin and Litecoin as payment options. The site administrators are also open about adding more altcoins on request. The online marketplace....


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Silk Road Timeline

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