Evolution was a darknet market operating on the Tor network. The site was founded by an individual known as 'Verto' who also founded the now defunct Tor Carding Forum.[4] Evolution was active between 14 January 2014 and mid March 2015.[5]
Launched January 14, 2014, it saw rapid growth within its first several months, helped in part by law enforcement seizures of some of its competitors during the six-month-long investigation codenamed Operation Onymous.[6] Speaking about why Evolution was not part of Operation Onymous, the head of the European police cybercrimes division said it was "because there's only so much we can do on one day."[7]Wired estimated that as of November 2014[update] it was one of the two largest drug markets.[8][9]
Evolution was similar to other darknet markets in its prohibitions, disallowing "child pornography, services related to murder/assassination/terrorism, prostitution, ponzi schemes, and lotteries".[9] Where it most prominently differed was in its more lax rules concerning stolen credit cards and others kinds of fraud, permitting, for example, the wholesaling of credit card data.[9][10]
Shut downedit
In mid-March 2015, administrators froze its users escrow accounts, disallowing withdrawals, citing technical difficulties.[11] Evolution had earned a reputation not just for its security, but also for its professionalism and reliability, with an uptime rate much higher than its competition.[12][11] Partly for that reason, when the site went offline a few days later, on March 18, the user community panicked.[11] The shut down was discovered to be an exit scam, with the operators of the site shutting down abruptly in order to steal the approximately $12 million in bitcoins it was holding as escrow.[13][14]
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Further readingedit
Ormsby, Eileen (27 March 2020). "Darkest Markets". Luckbox Magazine.
evolution, marketplace, evolution, darknet, market, operating, network, site, founded, individual, known, verto, also, founded, defunct, carding, forum, evolution, active, between, january, 2014, march, 2015, evolutiontype, sitedarknet, marketavailable, inengl. Evolution was a darknet market operating on the Tor network The site was founded by an individual known as Verto who also founded the now defunct Tor Carding Forum 4 Evolution was active between 14 January 2014 and mid March 2015 5 EvolutionType of siteDarknet marketAvailable inEnglishOwnerVertoURLk5zq47j6wd3wdvjq onion defunct 1 2 CommercialYesRegistrationRequiredLaunchedJanuary 2014Current statusOfflineAn analysis of the defunct Evolution marketplace shows the different types of products and vendors on a market 3 Contents 1 History 2 Shut down 3 See also 4 References 5 Further readingHistory editLaunched January 14 2014 it saw rapid growth within its first several months helped in part by law enforcement seizures of some of its competitors during the six month long investigation codenamed Operation Onymous 6 Speaking about why Evolution was not part of Operation Onymous the head of the European police cybercrimes division said it was because there s only so much we can do on one day 7 Wired estimated that as of November 2014 update it was one of the two largest drug markets 8 9 Evolution was similar to other darknet markets in its prohibitions disallowing child pornography services related to murder assassination terrorism prostitution ponzi schemes and lotteries 9 Where it most prominently differed was in its more lax rules concerning stolen credit cards and others kinds of fraud permitting for example the wholesaling of credit card data 9 10 Shut down editIn mid March 2015 administrators froze its users escrow accounts disallowing withdrawals citing technical difficulties 11 Evolution had earned a reputation not just for its security but also for its professionalism and reliability with an uptime rate much higher than its competition 12 11 Partly for that reason when the site went offline a few days later on March 18 the user community panicked 11 The shut down was discovered to be an exit scam with the operators of the site shutting down abruptly in order to steal the approximately 12 million in bitcoins it was holding as escrow 13 14 See also editAgorism Black market Crypto anarchism OpenBazaar Ross Ulbricht War on drugsReferences edit Reddit Dive into anything Archived from the original on 2015 03 10 Retrieved 2017 08 23 Branwen Gwern 30 October 2013 Darknet Market mortality risks Archived from the original on 23 August 2017 Retrieved 23 August 2017 Compton Ryan 24 March 2015 Darknet Market Basket Analysis ryancompton net Archived from the original on 30 June 2015 Retrieved 29 June 2015 Wired Staff 1 January 2015 The Most Dangerous People on the Internet Right Now Archived from the original on 22 January 2021 Retrieved 1 August 2015 Shan Sylvester 2020 Behavioral Profiling of Darknet Marketplace Vendors PDF Bachelor of Advance Computing Honours thesis The Australian National University James Cook 7 November 2014 More Details Emerge Of How Police Shut Down Over 400 Deep Web Marketplaces As Part Of Operation Onymous UK Business Insider Archived from the original on 9 November 2014 Retrieved 9 November 2014 Raids on underground Darknet websites DW 7 November 2014 Archived from the original on 12 November 2014 Retrieved 11 November 2014 Greenberg Andy 6 November 2014 Not Just Silk Road 2 Feds Seize Two Other Drug Markets and Counting Wired Archived from the original on 9 November 2014 Retrieved 6 March 2017 a b c Greenberg Andy 18 September 2014 The Dark Web Gets Darker With Rise of the Evolution Drug Market Wired Archived from the original on 15 May 2015 Retrieved 24 May 2015 McCluskey Brent 23 September 2014 Evolution Replaces Silk Road as New Online Drug Market The Fix Archived from the original on 4 December 2014 Retrieved 11 November 2014 a b c Greenberg Andy 18 March 2015 The Dark Web s Top Drug Market Evolution Just Vanished Wired Archived from the original on 5 July 2015 Retrieved 3 September 2016 Glance David Despite Darknet drug market arrests and seizures can they be stopped The Conversation Archived from the original on 2014 11 11 Retrieved 2014 11 11 Krebs Brian 2015 03 18 Dark Web s Evolution Market Vanishes Krebs on Security Archived from the original on 2015 03 18 Retrieved 2015 03 18 Woolf Nicky 2015 03 18 Bitcoin exit scam deep web market operators disappear with 12m The Guardian Archived from the original on 2015 03 18 Retrieved 2015 03 18 Further reading editOrmsby Eileen 27 March 2020 Darkest Markets Luckbox Magazine Roxburgh Amanda 18 February 2016 A Short History Of Darknet Markets National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Evolution marketplace amp oldid 1216521025, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
