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Massive thank you to <strong>/u/TTTz</strong> for providing majority of the information shown over here (/post/ed8318721fda07858577/#c-6100d2bb6b094e7c7e on Dread). As without them it would've taken me so much more longer to complete this. 

Another massive thank you to <strong>/u/samwhiskey</strong> for providing information about what has been happening on the DarkNet since September 2023 through their "weekly whiskey" (renamed from Darknet News after their 100th post). They have been a significant contributor to the DarkNet, and their efforts have especially made my tasks easier.

== 2025 ==
To be made
== 2024 ==
To be made
== 2023 == 
<strong>20th December:</strong> Kingdom Market has been seized <br> 
<strong>18th December:</strong> Speculation in regards to Kingdom market being likely seized <br>
<strong>24th November:</strong> Monumental update to Tor Browser in regards to PoW access  <br>
<strong>22nd November:</strong> Hugbunter sets out warning in regards to the wallet withdrawal issue <br>
<strong>22nd November:</strong> Bohemia Market reopens - supposedly <br>
<strong>4th November:</strong> M00nkey is experiencing uncertainty due to disappearance   <br>
<strong>29th October:</strong> Bohemia white-screen, said to be due to overwhelming DDOS <br>
<strong>13th October:</strong> DNMX was raided <br>
<strong>13th October:</strong> Bohemia releases emergency link <br>
<strong>12th October:</strong> Test4Pay proposition & removal of Steveirwin from /d/Test4Pay moderation due to arrest <br> 
<strong>12th October:</strong> Cypher Market goes on maintenance  <br>
<strong>2nd October:</strong> Bohmeia receives a mega-thread, withdrawal problems remain questionable <br> 
<strong>2nd October:</strong> Bohemia experiences wallet withdrawal bug <br> 
<strong>1st October:</strong> Raspberry Pi 5 is going to be released <br> 
<strong>24th September:</strong> Dark Matter moves from probationary list to the superlist <br>
<strong>19th September:</strong> Tor2Door sub-dread has been locked out until further notice<br>
<strong>15th September:</strong> Tor2Door experiences unusual downtime <br>
<strong>7th September:</strong> Searching on Dread now works <br>
<strong>1st September:</strong> BigBossChefOfArchetyp publishes an open letter to governments and law enforcement<br>
<strong>28th August:</strong> Dark Matter Market releases private shops<br>
<strong>25th August:</strong> A bug on dnm.watch (Tor2Door rotatory mirror) said "Warning!!! You are in a phishing website." for a link<br>
<strong>22nd August:</strong> Searching on Dread has been going under work<br>
<strong>April-August:</strong> Trying to collect all information within this period, apologies.<br>
<strong>27th April:</strong> The Drug Users Bible by DMTrott is made free!<br>
<strong>5th April:</strong> Elude Exchange Exit Scams <br>
<strong>30th March:</strong> Tor Market Announces Temporary Closure <br>
<strong>5th March:</strong> Dread Relaunches <br>
<strong>14th February:</strong> AlphaBay Exit Scams <br>
<strong>20th January:</strong> Kilos Exchange Exit Scams <br>
<strong>3rd January:</strong> Deutschland.im Deep Web Seized <br>

== 2022 == 
<strong>23rd June:</strong> [[Seized:</strong>Monopoly|Monopoly Market]] was seized <br>
<strong>9th June:</strong> Tor Network experiences a network-wide DDoS <br>
<strong>June:</strong> [[Seized:</strong>SSNDOB|SSNDOB]] was seized <br>
<strong>26th May:</strong> VenTor Launched <br>
<strong>22nd May:</strong> Versus Retires <br>
<strong>12th April:</strong> Dread Launches I2P Mirror <br>
<strong>6th April:</strong> xChange.me Shuts Down <br>
<strong>5th April:</strong> Hydra Market Gets Seized <br>
<strong>25th March:</strong> World Market Exit Scams <br>
<strong>8th March:</strong> Archetyp Leaves Dread <br>
<strong>7th March:</strong> Dread v3 Released <br>
<strong>25th February:</strong> Dark0de Reborn Exit Scams <br>
<strong>16th February:</strong> Dread's 4 Year Anniversary <br>
<strong>28th January:</strong> DeepDotWeb Admin Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison <br>

== 2021 ==
<strong>30th December:</strong> Monopoly Market Disappears <br>
<strong>23rd December:</strong> Cartel Market Disappears <br>
<strong>16th December:</strong> ToRReZ Market Retire <br>
<strong>8th December:</strong> Someone is Running Hundreds of Malicious Tor Relays <br>
<strong>27th November:</strong> Shredd Launched <br>
<strong>23rd November:</strong> Cannazon Market Retires <br>
<strong>19th October:</strong> Dread's Search Goes Offline <br>
<strong>16th October:</strong> Envoy Relaunched <br>
<strong>6th October:</strong> PGP.fail Launched <br>
<strong>1st October:</strong> White House Market Retires <br>
<strong>27th September:</strong> Abacus Market Launched <br>
<strong>23rd September:</strong> Televend is Potentiality Compromised <br>
<strong>9th August:</strong> NamasteLSD's Private Shop Has Been Seized <br>
<strong>7th August:</strong> AlphaBay Relaunched <br>
<strong>29th July:</strong> Secmail Goes Offline Permanently <br>
<strong>22nd June:</strong> White House and Dark0de Launch Harm Reduction Programs <br>
<strong>11th June:</strong> Slilpp Has Been Sezied <br>
<strong>23rd May:</strong> Bohemia Market Launched <br>
<strong>5th May:</strong> DarkDotFail Regained Control of His Domain <br>
<strong>2nd May:</strong> Tor is Killing off Support for v2 Onion Services <br>
<strong>29th April:</strong> DarkDotFail's Domain Got Hijacked <br>
<strong>28th April:</strong> Aurora Market Exit Scams <br>
<strong>18th April:</strong> The Unofficial Scam Market, Dread Market, Is Launched <br>
<strong>9th April:</strong> Big Blue Market Shuts Down and Gives User Data to Law Enforcement <br>
<strong>31st March:</strong> Incognito Market Launched <br>
<strong>13th February:</strong> Darknet Avengers Gets Seized <br>
<strong>3rd February:</strong> XMR.to, a Popular Monero Exchange, is Shutting Down <br>
<strong>19th January:</strong> Joker's Stash, the Largest Carding Shop, is Shutting Down <br>
<strong>14th January:</strong> Yellow Brick Market is Gone <br>
<strong>13th January:</strong> DarkMarket Has Been Seized <br>
<strong>12th January:</strong> Tor "Experimental Fix" Might Make Tor Usable Again <br>
<strong>9th January:</strong> Tor v3 Concensus Attack <br>

== 2020 ==
<strong>29th December:</strong> White House Market Ends Support for Bitcoin <br>
<strong>27th December:</strong> Neptune Market Disappears <br>
<strong>11th December:</strong> Finnish Authorities Seized Sipulimarket <br>
<strong>29th November:</strong> Tor2Door Market Launched <br>
<strong>9th November:</strong> World Market Launched <br>
<strong>5th November:</strong> Someone Moved $1b in Bitcoins From the Silk Road <br>
<strong>2nd November:</strong> Aurora Market Launched <br>
<strong>14th October:</strong> Cartel Market Launched <br>
<strong>9th September:</strong> The Creator of Imperiya Launched Invictus Market <br>
<strong>1st September:</strong> CipherTrace Provided Feds with "Monero Tracing" Tools <br>
<strong>25th August:</strong> Empire Market Exit Scams <br>
<strong>7th August:</strong> Torum Shuts Down <br>
<strong>7th August:</strong> Feds Did Not Accuse Dark.Fail of a Crime <br>
<strong>14th July:</strong> Neptune Market Launched <br>
<strong>10th July:</strong> Versus Market Gets Hacked <br>
<strong>9th July:</strong> Czech Police Seize Atlayo <br>
<strong>20th June:</strong> DarkMarket Launched <br>
<strong>14th June:</strong> BitBazaar Exit Scams <br>
<strong>4th June:</strong> Icarus Market Launched <br>
<strong>4th June:</strong> Envoy is Back Online with Design Overhaul <br>
<strong>26th May:</strong> End Game's Source Code is Released <br>
<strong>25th May:</strong> Vice City Market Launched <br>
<strong>20th May:</strong> Europa Market Exit Scams with Fake Seizure Banner <br>
<strong>17th May:</strong> Archetyp Market Launched <br>
<strong>16th May:</strong> DeepSea Market Launched <br>
<strong>15th May:</strong> Dark0de Market Launched <br>
<strong>14th May:</strong> Europol Dismantles InfinityBlack Hacking Group <br>
<strong>7th May:</strong> Avior Market Exit Scams <br>
<strong>28th April:</strong> Pax Romana Exit Scams <br>
<strong>19th April:</strong> Tor Project Cuts a Third of Its Staff <br>
<strong>13th April:</strong> Empire Market Becomes the First Market to Use End Game <br>
<strong>25th March:</strong> ASAP Market Launched <br>
<strong>21st March:</strong> Versus Pauses Operations to Audit Security <br>
<strong>14th March:</strong> Pax Romana Launched <br>
<strong>13th March:</strong> Child Abuse Site "DarkScandals" Seized by Europol <br>
<strong>10th March:</strong> Daniel's Hosting is Shutting Down <br>
<strong>2nd March:</strong> Recon Launched <br>
<strong>28th February:</strong> ToRReZ Market Launched <br> 
<strong>26th February:</strong> Reddit Bans /r/DrugStashes <br> 
<strong>25th February:</strong> Europa Market Launched <br> 
<strong>21st February:</strong> DNStats.net Starts Serving Phishing Links <br> 
<strong>20th February:</strong> BitBazaar Launched <br> 
<strong>19th February:</strong> Apollon Market Started Exit Scamming <br> 
<strong>18th February:</strong> PrivCoin Shuts Down, Blames "New and Extensive Regulations" <br> 
<strong>16th February:</strong> Dread's 2 Year Anniversary <br> 
<strong>12th February:</strong> Grams Admin Indicted for Money Laundering <br> 
<strong>4th February:</strong> Darkweb Vendors are Blackmailing Customers <br> 
<strong>4th February:</strong> Kilos Launches A Bitcoin Mixer <br> 
<strong>21st January:</strong> Dark.Fail Releases Tool for Checking Signed Messages <br> 
<strong>10th January:</strong> Dread is Migrating to a New Host <br>

== 2019 ==
<strong>31st December:</strong> Grey Market Exit Scams <br>
<strong>12th December:</strong> Versus Market Launched <br>
<strong>11th December:</strong> Envoy Admin Launches, Imperiya, a Market for Vendor Shops <br>
<strong>10th December:</strong> China's Biggest Darkweb Market, DeepMix, Shuts Down <br>
<strong>5th December:</strong> The DNSTARS Harm Reduction Forum is Shutting Down <br>
<strong>19th November:</strong> Monero Project Served Infected Binaries for 35 Minutes <br>
<strong>17th November:</strong> Dread to Return with Fixes and Some Data Loss <br>
<strong>15th November:</strong> Kilos Launched <br>
<strong>14th November:</strong> Cryptonia Market is Shutting Down <br>
<strong>14th November:</strong> The Admin of SamSara Market is Gone <br>
<strong>10th November:</strong> The Darknet Collective is Formed, Markets Join Forces to Prevent Scams <br>
<strong>7th November:</strong> Italian Authorities Seized Berlusconi Market <br>
<strong>39th October:</strong> Dark.Fail Introduces New Guidelines for Market Admins<br>
<strong>21st October:</strong> Grey Market Launched<br>
<strong>19th October:</strong> Fake Tor Browser Steals Bitcoin from Russian Darkweb Users<br>
<strong>17th October:</strong> Avaris Market Launched<br>
<strong>12th October:</strong> Avior Market Launched<br>
<strong>4th October:</strong> Berlusconi's Market Admins Have Disappeared<br>
<strong>2nd October:</strong> Tochka Market Exit Scams<br>
<strong>27th September:</strong> HugBunter's Deadman has been Switched<br>
<strong>15th September:</strong> CannaHome Market Launched<br>
<strong>6th September:</strong> Belarusian Authorities Seized XakFor Hacking Forum<br>
<strong>3rd September:</strong> DarkBay Launched<br>
<strong>25th August:</strong> Big Blue Market Launched<br>
<strong>22nd August:</strong> White House Market Launched<br>
<strong>20th August:</strong> DEA Awards 130K Contract to Chainalysis to Track Cryptocurrency<br>
<strong>19th August:</strong> Admin of Deutschland im Deep Web Sentenced to Six Years in Prison<br>
<strong>24th July:</strong> Nightmare Market Exit Scams<br>
<strong>13th July:</strong> Monopoly Market Launched<br>
<strong>4th July:</strong> SamSara Market Launched<br>
<strong>19th June:</strong> Libertas Market Shuts Down Due to 'Lack of Use' on I2P<br>
<strong>13th June:</strong> Authorities Arrest Three Suspected Admins of France's Biggest Darkweb Market<br>
<strong>9th June:</strong> U.S. Police Launch their Own Tor Site for Darkweb Vendor Busts<br>
<strong>3rd June:</strong> LocalBitcoins Disables Cash for Bitcoin Transactions<br>
<strong>3rd June:</strong> Yellow Brick Market Has Returned<br>
<strong>28th May:</strong> Bitcoin Blender Announces Shutdown<br>
<strong>25th May:</strong> Raddle, Like Reddit, Killed the Darknetmarkets Subforum<br>
<strong>23rd May:</strong> Libertas Market is Available Via I2P<br>
<strong>23rd May:</strong> Dutch Police Seize Bitcoin Tumbler "Bestmixer.io"<br>
<strong>14th May:</strong> CGMC Silently Shut Down<br>
<strong>10th May:</strong> Reddit is Blocking 15% of Tor Exit Relays<br>
<strong>9th May:</strong> Darkwebnews.com Shuts Down<br>
<strong>7th May:</strong> International Law Enforcement Seizes DeepDotWeb and Arrests Admin<br>
<strong>3rd May:</strong> Europol Announces the Takedown of Valhalla Market<br>
<strong>2nd May:</strong> German Law Enforcement Seize Wallstreet Market<br>
<strong>30th April:</strong> Dream Market is Shutting Down<br>
<strong>21st April:</strong> Wallstreet Market Exit Scams<br>
<strong>6th April:</strong> Gangsta's Paradise Forum Shut Down by Dread<br>
<strong>April:</strong> Yellow Brick Market Launched<br>
<strong>April:</strong> Cryptonia Market Launched<br>

== 2018 ==
<strong>2nd December:</strong> Phishkingz, Darknet Market Phisher Announces Retirement<br>
<strong>7th November:</strong> Law Enforcement Decrypt IronChat<br>
<strong>28th October:</strong> The Grams Replacement, Masterlist, Launched<br>
<strong>23rd October:</strong> Nightmare Market Launched<br>
<strong>4th September:</strong> Olympus Market Exit Scams<br>
<strong>17th June:</strong> Black Hand Forum Seized by Police<br>
<strong>29th May:</strong> Dread Relaunched<br>
<strong>15th April:</strong> German Police Bust Child Abuse Site, Elysium<br>
<strong>5th April:</strong> Elude Launches Its Monero Exchange<br>
<strong>30th March:</strong> Apollon Market Launched<br>
<strong>27th March:</strong> Reddit Bans Darknetmarkets Subreddit<br>
<strong>24th March:</strong> Cannazon Market Launched<br>
<strong>January:</strong> Empire Market Launched<br>

== 2017 ==
<strong>5th July:</strong> AlphaBay Has Been Seized<br>
<strong>16th May:</strong> Outlaw Market Gets Hacked and Shuts Down<br>
<strong>May:</strong> Elude.in Launched<br>

== 2016 ==
<strong>22nd October:</strong> TheRealDeal Market Shuts Down <br>
<strong>19th October:</strong> Wallstreet Market Launched <br>

== 2015 ==
<strong>6th September:</strong> Agora Market Shuts Down <br>
<strong>July:</strong> Dark0de Forum has Been Seized <br>
<strong>28th April:</strong> East India Company Launched <br>
<strong>9th April:</strong> TheRealDeal Market Launched <br>
<strong>18th March:</strong> Evolution Market Exit Scams <br>
<strong>15th January:</strong> Hydra Market Launched <br>

== 2014 ==
<strong>22nd December:</strong> AlphaBay v1 Launched<br>
<strong>19th April:</strong> Tochka Market Launched<br>
<strong>9th March:</strong> Hansa Market Launched<br>

== 2013 ==
<strong>29th December:</strong> Outlaw Market Launched<br>
<strong>3rd December:</strong> Agora Market Launched<br>
<strong>29th November:</strong> A Vendor Steals $6 Million From Sheep Marketplace<br>
<strong>15th November:</strong> Dream Market Launched<br>
<strong>1st October:</strong> Silk Road has Been Seized<br>

== 2012 ==
<strong>April:</strong> The Farmer's Market has Been Seized

== 2011 ==
<strong>31st Janurary:</strong> Silk Road Launched

== 2010 ==
The Farmer's Market Moved To Tor