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Silk Roads down? or is it my computer?

January 28, 2012, 03:11:47 AM

hi guys,
i have some BTC on the silk roads site and iv tried logging on today to get it out, but the page just times out every time. it worked fine for me in the past and i haven't changed anything settings wise. yes, i am using their new URL too.
other onion sites are working just fine too.

thanks guys!

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January 28, 2012, 03:33:12 AM

Same minus the bitcoins thing.

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January 28, 2012, 03:50:06 AM

My guess is they are swamped with traffic due to an article about SR coming out from Gawker today, saying they have guns for sale.

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January 28, 2012, 03:52:02 AM

Quote from: casascius on January 28, 2012, 03:50:06 AM

My guess is they are swamped with traffic due to an article about SR coming out from Gawker today, saying they have guns for sale.

+1 bomb article for SR yeah

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January 28, 2012, 02:40:56 PM

from Mr. SR himself:

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UPDATE: everything appears as it should on our end. A traffic spike (most likely from gawker) caused the outage. we'll take a closer look at what happened and hopefully devise a solution in case this happens again. Thanks everyone for your patience.

UPDATE: we are back online. there may be intermittent outages in the immediate future as we look at the cause of the outage. Please allow at least a few hours for the system to catch up in regards to processing deposits, vendor rankings, etc.

UPDATE: all server data is intact, all backups are up-to-date, and all bitcoins are accounted for.

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hey gang,
sorry for the sudden outage. just found out about it and am looking into it. I'll keep this thread updated with any developments. sorry for the trouble.

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