News report # We spoke to the shady opportunist behind Silk Road 3.0 The Daily Dot, November 7, 2014. Silk Road 3 Reloaded appearing within hours of the news that Blake Benthall had been arrested and Silk Road 2.0 seized - the month-old Diabolus Market rebranding itself onto the Silk Road name at its existing onion address.. **Source type:** News report **Published:** November 7, 2014 **Research grade:** S2 **Used in entries:** 1 ## Bibliographic record **Publisher:** The Daily Dot **Published:** November 7, 2014 **Source type:** News report **Research grade:** Source grade S2 **Language:** English **Official record:** Not an official publication **Address:** [https://www.dailydot.com/politics/silk-road-3-blake-benthall/](https://www.dailydot.com/politics/silk-road-3-blake-benthall/) **What it supports:** Silk Road 3 Reloaded appearing within hours of the news that Blake Benthall had been arrested and Silk Road 2.0 seized - the month-old Diabolus Market rebranding itself onto the Silk Road name at its existing onion address. **Dataset id:** src\_dailydot\_silk\_road\_3\_2014 ## Research notes - By Rob Price. Byline block reads 'Nov 7, 2014, 10:08am CT | Last updated Nov 7, 2014, 10:13am CT'. - The live dailydot.com URL now returns 404; read via the Wayback capture of 2015-04-14 cited by the record, which is recorded as archive\_url. - The piece is an interview with the operator, so its claims about the relaunch are the operator's own; treat the rebrand-at-same-address detail as reported, not independently confirmed. How this source is used Cited 1 time across 1 record type. The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards. Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here. ## Cited by ### Later activity 1 citation Cited for activity recorded after the takedown. - [Silk Road 3 Reloaded (formerly Diabolus Market)](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-onymous) Copycat, Operation Onymous Later outcome [All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)