The site, which was shut down in 2013 alongside Ulbricht's arrest, was a notorious marketplace for illegal drugs, among other products.

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Ross Ulbricht—who was serving a life sentence over a conviction for running a dark web illicit drug market before being ...

The Silk Road was an online marketplace where more than 100,000 users traded illegal drugs and other illegal goods while ...

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for running an underground online marketplace where drug dealers and others ...

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Ross Ulbricht, founder of the now-defunct darknet drug market previously known as Silk Road, thanked President Donald Trump for setting him free and hinted at his future plans in a video posted to X.

The Silk Road marketplace was launched in 2011. It was shut down by the FBI in October 2013, leading to Ulbricht's arrest and subsequent conviction. Ulbricht was arrested in 2013.

Shutdowns like this have become a recurring feature of the dark web. They are usually not a significant turning point.