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casascius:
Quote from: n0m4d on January 31, 2011, 05:40:29 PM
You route your goods - whatever they are (how about firearms - since it seems like some of you are so freaked out about drugs - HAH) through a chain of trusted mules.
What if someone steals the goods? Unlike on Tor, one can't "encrypt" the goods.
What if the last-mile-system were simply to produce an random but extremely specific rendezvous point that wouldn't be suspicious in and of itself. A specific time - in 30 or 60 second increments - would prevent the need for anybody to loiter at the drop point. They'd loiter somewhere semi-nearby, and approach at the exact time. You'd have a 2 person flash mob that simply passed something in hand, and disappeared.
e.g. "Meet at gas pump #3 at the Texaco on 1234 W. Main St at 7:37:30 pm".
"Meet in the baking goods aisle #17 at Kroger 5678 S. First St at 6:24:00pm".
"Meet in the mens room at East 50th Burger King 9:15:30 pm".
"Meet at xyz parking stall in the North Haven Mall parking lot at 8:29:00 pm".
FatherMcGruder:
Quote from: altoid on January 29, 2011, 07:44:51 PM
What an awesome thread! You guys have a ton of great ideas. Has anyone seen Silk Road yet? It's kind of like an anonymous amazon.com. I don't think they have heroin on there, but they are selling other stuff. They basically use bitcoin and tor to broker anonymous transactions. It's at http://tydgccykixpbu6uz.onion. Those not familiar with Tor can go to silkroad420.wordpress.com for instructions on how to access the .onion site.
Let me know what you guys think
Cool. How do we know it's not a honey pot or just a rip off? Perhaps who ever runs it should reduce prices to attract customers and build its reputation.
Anonymous:
The obvious answer is that bitcoin is perfect for bribing police and politicians.
tl;dr make the cops your drug mules.
n0m4d:
I moved discussion of my physical-layer mixmaster network to a new topic http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3088.0.
I am willing to put my USD where my mouth is to kick it off, and eat postage for awhile.
n0m4d:
Quote from: casascius on February 01, 2011, 04:23:14 AM
Quote from: n0m4d on January 31, 2011, 05:40:29 PM
You route your goods - whatever they are (how about firearms - since it seems like some of you are so freaked out about drugs - HAH) through a chain of trusted mules.
What if someone steals the goods? Unlike on Tor, one can't "encrypt" the goods.
That is an excellent point. I have a few theories on how to deal with trying to game the system.
A1) Individuals get tied to a anonymous reputation - perhaps leveraging a GPG trust web.
B2) Anonymous auditing - costs bitcoin to perform.
C3) Starting small - the network can start initially as a remixer for postcards, legal goods of small value, etc. As trust networks develop, those nodes can start charging postage.
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