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I don't like how this title oversimplifies the causes of growth to be the NSA scandal. I guess Silk Road also played an important role in this increase and it i

I don't like how this title oversimplifies the causes of growth to be the NSA scandal. I guess Silk Road also played an important role in this increase and it is not mentioned.

Ihmahr 13y ago
How did silk road add more bandwidth to the network? Also, SR was way before Snowden.
- ressaid1 13y ago
  The only way to access Silk road was through TOR
  - gwern 13y ago
    Yes, but that means SR users were using up Tor bandwidth, they weren't necessarily supplying any.
alan_cx 13y ago
I wonder how much is to do with the Piratebay, and circumventing blocked sites?