V says that as a teenager he bought drugs on the original Silk Road.
Explicit Confidence 99% · V EP 81 Details
“When I was a teenager, I was buying on the Silk Road.”
Person
person:v
Pseudonymous former darknet-market vendor interviewed in the episode.
Pseudonymous former darknet-market vendor interviewed in the episode.
“Okay, so let’s pick a letter, then; V. This is V.”
“Yeah, I think you can just use a fake name.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | Silk Road | Explicit | 81 |
| outgoing | USES | Agora | Explicit | 81 |
| outgoing | USES | Bitcoin | Explicit | 81 |
| outgoing | USES | Pretty Good Privacy | Explicit | 81 |
| outgoing | USES | Tails | Explicit | 81 |
| outgoing | USES | Tor | Derived | 81 |
| outgoing | USES | Seed phrase | Explicit | 81 |
| outgoing | USES | AlphaBay | Explicit | 81 |
| outgoing | USES | LocalBitcoins | Explicit | 81 |
| outgoing | USES | LocalBitcoins | Explicit | 81 |
| outgoing | USES | Dream Market | Explicit | 81 |
V says that as a teenager he bought drugs on the original Silk Road.
Explicit Confidence 99% · V EP 81 Details
“When I was a teenager, I was buying on the Silk Road.”
After Silk Road went down, V moved to Agora and bought drugs there for resale.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 81 Details
“V here just moved to Agora, another darknet market.”
V learned about and used Bitcoin for darknet-market transactions and transfers.
Explicit Confidence 98% · V EP 81 Details
“I learned a lot through the darknets about Bitcoin and PGP and cyber-security.”
V USES Pretty Good Privacy
V used PGP credentials and decryption challenges to access his AlphaBay account.
Explicit Confidence 99% · V EP 81 Details
“Every morning or every time I logged in, I would have to copy and paste this block, decrypt it.”
V used Tails as his operating system for darknet activity.
Explicit Confidence 99% · V EP 81 Details
“I used Tails.”
V used Tails, which the episode says automatically connected him to Tor for his darknet work.
Derived Confidence 92% · Jack Rhysider EP 81 Details
“Basically, you power up Tails which has a browser and automatically connects you to Tor”
V USES Seed phrase
V memorized the seed phrase for his Bitcoin wallet.
Explicit Confidence 99% · V EP 81 Details
“I also had the seed memorized and all that.”
V established a vendor account and sold drugs on AlphaBay.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 81 Details
“he decided to set up shop on the AlphaBay darknet marketplace.”
V USES LocalBitcoins
V used LocalBitcoins to obtain Bitcoin by depositing cash into another user's bank account.
Explicit Confidence 99% · V EP 81 Details
“Went to LocalBitcoins and direct deposited money into somebody’s account.”
V USES LocalBitcoins
V later used LocalBitcoins to sell Bitcoin for cash sent through the mail.
Explicit Confidence 99% · V EP 81 Details
“I had set up a LocalBitcoins account for cash-in-mail.”
V USES Dream Market
V opened a vendor account on Dream Market in addition to AlphaBay.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 81 Details
“he actually opened up as a vendor on Dream Market too at this point”