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How did you find out it wasn't the original? I didn't realize bitcoin magazine did that. The quotes in the title should be around "world's largest" only (since

• colejohnson66 6y ago
  From the Bitcoin Magazine article: > “Police in the northern city of Oldenburg ‘were able to arrest the alleged operator of the suspected world’s largest illegal marketplace on the darknet, the DarkMarket, at the weekend,’ prosecutors said in a statement,” according to Barron’s. (with "Barron’s" linking to the Barron's article) I'd call it a stretch to say Barron's is the original source. It's entirely possible Bitcoin Magazine just pulled a quote from the Barron's article, but I don't know journalism.
  • r721 6y ago
    Here is the original source (Europol's press release): https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/darkmarket-worlds-largest-illegal-dark-web-marketplace-taken-down https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/darkmarket-world...
• viraptor 6y ago
  There's a <<..." according to Barron’s.>> quote in the article.
• dang 6y ago
  I just looked in the article and saw what it linked to. I'm not sure I follow your point about the quotes but it's the article's own title and it doesn't appear to be misleading or linkbait, so we can probably just keep it. (From the guidelines: "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.") https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  • thinkloop 6y ago
    You're right, my mistake.