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Am I the only one who was confused by title. Thinking it was about illegal animalnsales on dark web?
by njharman 6y ago
Am I the only one who was confused by title. Thinking it was about illegal animalnsales on dark web?
- kanobo 6y agoI had to think for a couple seconds to figure out what you were referring to, but now I understand how you were confused! Maybe the title should be updated to include the date.
- 082349872349872 6y agoThe original silk road was a "dark web" by the standards of maritime nations, being an overland set of trade routes far from any coast. Oddly, WP[1] on the decline of the overland routes doesn't mention the invention of the carrack[2] and related navigational techniques as having allowed a blue-water seaborne alternative trade, which has pretty much been the dominant pattern ever since. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road#Decline_and_disintegration_(15th_century) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road#Decline_and_disinteg... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrack
- RIMR 6y agoCryptokitties, but you're buying cats on the Internet with Bitcoin.
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