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		nurumaik on Jan 22, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon Idk about silk road, but hydra (russian online marketplace) was the best thing that happened to russia drug market. It had very good reputation system and even labs that did random testing of drugs being sold Existence of big marketplaces definitely lower chances of people dying from drugs

popcalc on Jan 22, 2025 [–]

Russians must have become experts at geocaching with all their experience chasing dead-drops.

nurumaik on Jan 22, 2025 | [–]

It really surprises me that it's not widely used in the rest of the world

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