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Hello fellow Litecoiners.

We have made posts on the Litecoin forums, however we needed to wait for this account to be approved by a moderator before we officially launched here. So here it is. The official thread. We will update this thread as we go, and answer questions when we can find the time away from our busy development schedule. We have lots planned to ensure the successful growth of Atlantis.

Today we would like to officially announce the release of our new website & service, Atlantis -- The free market.

Many of you will be familiar with SilkRoad, and as I'm sure most of you will agree, SR has put Bitcoin on the map and in the eyes of the general public, the media, and the cryptocurrency communities. SR continues to strengthen the Bitcoin economy to this day.

Our team decided that in order for Litecoin to make its mark in the cryptocurrency world it needed a similar service backing it.

So, with that being said, we would like to officially invite you all to Atlantis (or ATL for short), the Litecoin free market. Users of SR will feel at home using our website. However we've also improved on a few key areas that are a weakness in the current SR service, such as security, overall look & feel, ease of use, regular updates and last but definitely not least -- cheaper commission rates!

Regardless of whether or not you support this kind of activity, we are certain that with the right leadership this is a positive step toward the adoption and tangibility of the Litecoin currency.

To access Atlantis, you have a few options:

1. Download the Tor Browser Bundle at: https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en and navigate to http://atlantisrky4es5q.onion
2. Configure your browser to use the Tor client (Tor client also downloaded at the above).
3. You can access the website without any additional software by clicking here: http://atlantisrky4es5q.onion.sh or here: http://atlantisrky4es5q.tor2web.org -- These are Tor proxy services.

We tend to find the proxy services operate faster, however if maximum security is your concern you should use the Browser Bundle. This should not be an issue if you are using the website to purchase legal goods (yes, we sell those too).

To familiarize yourself with the website we have created a buyer and seller guide which can be accessed upon logging in.

For a limited time, we will also be giving the first 3 MONTHS of trades entirely commission free to high sellers on other markets. If you wish to take up this opportunity, and can provide proof of ownership of your account on the other market, please create an account on Atlantis and message support. Please note we will only be giving these to limited users, apologies if you miss out.

We will also be answering questions in this thread, so feel free to ask away. Trolls will be ignored.

* Edit 1: Vendor fee reduced to $10 from $25 whilst we get our bearings. This won't last so get in quick.
* Edit 2: We have our first wave of products hitting the shelves very soon. All coming from reputable vendors with great feedback. Stay tuned.
* Edit 3: First wave of products live. Most coming from reputable vendors from other markets.
* Edit 4:

Commission has been reduced to %6 for orders under $50, and less for other orders. View sellers guide for further information.
Vendor account status has been increased to $20 ($10 is too cheap to deter scammers according to the community feedback we have received).

* Edit 5: Robust & customizable shipping options have been implemented. We only display the relevant shipping options to your customers based off their country & region as well.
* Edit 6: Forums will be up within the next 24 hours (hopefully -- we're awaiting activation of our VPN service, proving to be a lengthy process due to the provider companies incompetency).
* Edit 7: We've added a button to indicate which sellers have been manually verified as legitimate sellers on other markets (such as SR and BMR). Buyers should feel comfortable buying from sellers with the "VERIFIED SELLER" button.
* Edit 8: We're in the process of implementing a thorough transaction history view, so you can reconcile your coins easily.

Many thanks,
The Atlantis team.

Let me be the first here on Bitcointalk to welcome you guys and congratulate you on a job well done. Even though it's only been released a few days ago, you guys have already improved Atlantis greatly in that time span, and I'm looking forward to having an alternative to the Bitcoin free markets.

Hopefully, even for people that don't agree morally or don't use this sort of thing, this will be beneficial to all Litecoin users for years to come, and will help Litecoin the same way that SR/BMR has helped introduce Bitcoin to the world.

Good luck in your business Atlantis (although you really won't need it!) Stick it to the man! :D :D

Thanks a lot CoinHoarder, I'm sure you'll be hearing lots of us in the weeks to come.

We think so too, Wolf0. Thank you for your support.

Faster and better looking than silk road. Once it's going full throttle, would you consider allowing sellers to accept bitcoins as well?

The site looks better and is indeed way faster than Silkroad. However it seems like there is no activity going on as well (not that I expect it though, seeing as it is a new site). I hope the traffic increases quickly :)

Not that I'm overly opposed to people buying drugs, but technically, aren't drugs hurting people? *Not that Tobacco/Alcohol doesn't hurt people as well*

Hi Salty, we agree, drugs definitely have the potential to cause a lot of damage. However with that being said, we believe it is up to the individual to make the informed decision of what they do with their own body. As you know, moderation is key, much like everything else in life.

Curious to see what kind of marketshare Atlantis gets.

Nice site - good work!

It keeps asking me for a pin but I never registered with a pin, do you know what this is?

Interesting development  :)

Site looks good and is so much quicker than SR.  I like the idea of the "verified seller" button, informing customers this seller has been verified on other free markets.

Will definitely be looking into using it in the future.

Please don't integrate BTC :) yet anyway.

Nice looking site! How is it so fast?

If I had one suggestion it would be buyer feedback, imo the biggest thing missing from SR..

I am conducting research on the litecoin economy for my blog. I would love to know what the tradevolume on Atlantis is for the past month.

Best

Please consider becoming available on I2P too. I2P is faster on hidden services. First you get a b32 address for your service, then just register a domain on a "dns" server there.


www.i2p2.de (http://www.i2p2.de)

Please consider using Gamecoin at your site. It is probably the best new altcoin, and it could bring tons of new potential customers.

And maybe also Bitbars. They are BARS, and not coins. That's maybe much better than Litecoins, because they are BARS and not coins.

How cute  :-*

Joking?

And McDonalds. Long term, that's hurting people too.

No. Just an idiot.

That was pretty harsh. Do you not care about hurting my feelings? I guess not, because you are such a big MEANIE!

 >:(  :'(

Awesome.  Good luck.

I2P would be great.
The best of luck, it's nice to see a market that's accepting Litecoins!
But please stop DDOSing SR, please! :P

Very nice site. Hope it all goes well. Litecoin could certainly use the attention.

A lot of vendors ask for shipping address to be sent via PGP. Can anybody give a quick tutorial and how to do this?

What is a "paddler"? lol

And I guess wanting to kill people is much better than selling certain substances, and people buying certain substances (that YOU don't like), of their own FREE will...

Man people like you just perplex me, why do you hate people's choices so bad? In fact so bad that you want to kill them for it!

Do you go into a supermarket and want to kill the owner or csahier for selling cigarettes or alcohol? How about fatty food or sugar... How about salt? That can be pretty bad for you if you take it all the time... How about knives? Baseballbats? guns? cars? trains,  busses? They can all kill you and cause a lot of harm...

I don't know, sometimes I fear for the human race, everyone (okay not everyone but damn near it) gets off on controlling other people! Pretty damn sad...

As for the market place, I haven't checked it out yet but bravo all the same! We need more people like you in the world! :)

Come available on the I2P network, and accept ANC which supports native I2P destinations :)

atlantisrky4es5q.onion does not work anymore?

litecoin silkroad.. loving it!

LTC will soar.

Atlantis scammed all vendors and buyers a couple months ago.


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