The dark web is known for hosting a large variety of illicit content. In 2011, the online marketplace “The Silk Road” gained notoriety for allowing users to offer and purchase drugs and contraband. As servers reachable through .onion domains are difficult to locate and their domains impossible to seize, the Tor network theoretically provides ideal shelter from censorship and the reach of the law.
However, most offers on the dark web, from weapons to pornography and drugs are scams created to part curious visitors from their Bitcoin.