The Silicon Road Total supply: 50 Silk Road was an online black market and the first modern darknet market. As part of the dark web, it was operated as a Tor hidden service. The website was launched in February 2011 and initially there were a limited number of new seller accounts available; new sellers had to purchase an account in an auction. Later, a fixed fee was charged for each new seller account. Silk Road provided goods and services to over 100,000 buyers. Date January 15, 2022 Category (III) Very Rare Share facebook twitter linkedIn pinterest