RT Article
T1 Collective Displacement of Regional Cryptomarket Vendors—A Study on the Aftermath of the Flugsvamp 3.0 Closure
JF International criminal justice review
VO 34
IS 3
SP 206
OP 223
A1 Waldner, Oscar
A2 Møller, Kim 1971-
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1897091206
AB The cryptomarket ecosystem has become increasingly volatile and fragmented with sites shutting down on short notice. Displacement to new marketplaces is tricky when the original location was domestically oriented. We examine the spatial and temporal displacement of 83 Swedish vendors in the aftermath of the Flugsvamp 3.0 shutdown. Vendors rejected the successor Flugsvamp 4.0 and moved to German-run Archetyp Market. Using quantitative cross-sectional data from Archetyp Market we measure bivariate correlations between the temporal displacement and status-related variables. We found moderately strong correlation between vendors’ number of sales per day and the order of their relocation to Archetyp. We also examined cryptomarket discussion forums and blogs during the time of the Flugsvamp 3.0 shutdown. This qualitative data supported the finding that migration choices of high-status vendors inspired others to follow.
K1 Migration
K1 Reputation
K1 Status
K1 online drug market
K1 darknet
K1 cryptomarket
DO 10.1177/10575677241229682