article_snippet: of the underground drug marketplace Silk Road.
article_snippet: Silk Road was an underground website where people bought .
article_snippet: the time authorities shut it down in October 2013, Silk Road had .
article_snippet: Silk Road was an underground website where people bought drugs and other illicit goods using bitcoin digital currency .
article_snippet: By the time authorities shut the Silk Road down in October 2013, the website had generated around $200 million in sales, prosecutors said.
article_snippet: The homepage to Silk Road 2.0, allegedly an underground drug market, is seen in a screenshot after it was closed by U.S. authorities November 6, 2014 .
article_snippet: This infographic purportedly reveals how money transactions on the Silk Road were handled .
highlights_snippet: Silk Road was an underground website where people bought drugs and other illicit goods using bitcoin digital currency .
  