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The attitude of the Atlantis CEO seems much different from the founder of SilkRoad, Dread Pirate Roberts. Whereas the Atlantis CEO seems very into this busines

by vichu 13y ago

The attitude of the Atlantis CEO seems much different from the founder of SilkRoad, Dread Pirate Roberts. Whereas the Atlantis CEO seems very into this business for the money and fame, DPR seems more interested in the ideological standpoint of it all (libertarian ideals and all that jazz). Quotation from Dread Pirate Roberts: All that being said, my primary motivation is not personal wealth, but making a difference. As corny as it sounds, I just want to look back on my life and know that I did something worthwhile that helped people. It’s fulfilling to me. Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/04/29/collected-quotations-of-the-dread-pirate-roberts-founder-of-the-drug-site-silk-road-and-radical-libertarian/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/04/29/collect... EDIT: some formatting mistakes

qwertzlcoatl 13y ago
Atlantis CEO also claimed that their service is technically much more sophisticated than SilkRoad. His/Her answer when asked what Atlantis has that SR doesn't: “To put it bluntly, a well written codebase and server setup. SR claims to have suffered from ‘DDoS’ attacks, which is very unlikely due to the way Tor hidden services are designed. It’s far more likely to me and technical gurus I’ve consulted that it was a result of poor or uncoping infrastructure. Most likely database related. Ironically we still received all the blame for the supposed ‘attacks’.” http://weirderweb.com/2013/06/13/atlantis-wasnt-built-in-a-day-520800-in-sales-and-counting/ http://weirderweb.com/2013/06/13/atlantis-wasnt-built-in-a-d...
- haakon 13y ago
  > SR claims to have suffered from ‘DDoS’ attacks, which is very unlikely due to the way Tor hidden services are designed. This is wrong; Tor hidden services are quite easy to DDoS for someone familiar with Tor. In fact, the attack was described on the Tor blog [1] shortly before it was executed against Silk Road, so this is likely where the attacker got the idea. [1] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/hidden-services-need-some-love https://blog.torproject.org/blog/hidden-services-need-some-l...
  - glomph 13y ago
    DoS not DDos.

by vichu 13y ago

qwertzlcoatl 13y ago

Atlantis CEO also claimed that their service is technically much more sophisticated than SilkRoad. His/Her answer when asked what Atlantis has that SR doesn't: “To put it bluntly, a well written codebase and server setup. SR claims to have suffered from ‘DDoS’ attacks, which is very unlikely due to the way Tor hidden services are designed. It’s far more likely to me and technical gurus I’ve consulted that it was a result of poor or uncoping infrastructure. Most likely database related. Ironically we still received all the blame for the supposed ‘attacks’.” http://weirderweb.com/2013/06/13/atlantis-wasnt-built-in-a-day-520800-in-sales-and-counting/ http://weirderweb.com/2013/06/13/atlantis-wasnt-built-in-a-d...

haakon 13y ago
> SR claims to have suffered from ‘DDoS’ attacks, which is very unlikely due to the way Tor hidden services are designed. This is wrong; Tor hidden services are quite easy to DDoS for someone familiar with Tor. In fact, the attack was described on the Tor blog [1] shortly before it was executed against Silk Road, so this is likely where the attacker got the idea. [1] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/hidden-services-need-some-love https://blog.torproject.org/blog/hidden-services-need-some-l...
- glomph 13y ago
  DoS not DDos.