Cryptomarkets: A Research Companion (emerald Studies In Digital Crime, Technology And Social Harms)

Hitmen for hire, drugs for sale. Inside the dangerous world that lurks beneath the bright, friendly light of your internet screenDark...A kingpin willing to murder to protect his dark web drug empire. A corrupt government official determined to avoid exposure. The death of a dark web drugs czar in mysterious circumstances in a Bangkok jail cell, just as the author arrives there. Who is Variety Jones and why have darknet markets ballooned tenfold since authorities shut down the original dark web drugs bazaar, Silk Road? Who are the kingpins willing to sell poisons and weapons, identities and bank accounts, malware and life-ruining services online to anyone with a wallet full of Bitcoin? Darker...A death in Minnesota leads detectives into the world of dark web murder-for-hire where hundreds of thousands of dollars in Bitcoin is paid to arrange killings, beatings and rapes. Meanwhile, the owner of the most successful hitman website in history is threatening the journalists who investigate his business with a visit from his operatives - and the author is at the top of his list. Darkest...People with the most depraved perversions gather to share their obscene materials in an almost inaccessible corner of the dark web. A video circulates and the pursuit of the monsters responsible for'Daisy's Destruction'lead detectives into the unimaginable horror of the world of hurtcore. There's the world wide web - the internet we all know that connects us via news, email, forums, shopping and social media. Then there's the dark web - the parallel internet accessed by only a select few. Usually, those it connects wish to remain anonymous and for good reason.Eileen Ormsby has spent the past five years exploring every corner of the Dark Web. She has shopped on darknet markets, contributed to forums, waited in red rooms and been threatened by hitmen on murder-for-hire sites. On occasions, her dark web activities have poured out into the real world and she has attended trials, met with criminals and the law enforcement who tracked them down, interviewed dark web identities and visited them in prison.This book will take you into the murkiest depths of the web's dark underbelly: a place of hitmen for hire, red rooms, hurtcore sites and markets that will sell anything a person is willing to pay for - including another person. The Darkest Web. Since the launch of the infamous Silk Road , the use of cryptomarkets - illicit markets for drugs on the dark web - has expanded rapidly around the world. Cryptomarkets: A Research Companion is an accessible, detailed guidebook which offers all the tools necessary to begin researching cryptomarket phenomena and the dark web trade in illicit drugs. Offering an in-depth historical account of the development of cryptomarkets up until the present day, the book goes on to examine key trends and findings regarding the contemporary operations of cryptomarkets. The principal methodologies used to conduct cryptomarket research, as well as questions regarding research ethics, are further explored. Finally, the authors outline underdeveloped areas of the field and pose key questions for future cryptomarket research. Whether an academic researcher, post-graduate student, law enforcement officer, or public health professional, this book is essential reading for those researching and working in the realm of cryptomarkets. Hitmen For Hire, Drugs For Sale. Inside The Dangerous World That Lurks Beneath The Bright, Friendly Light Of Your Internet Screen. Eileen Ormsby Has Spent The Past Five Years Exploring Every Corner Of The Dark Web. She Has Shopped On Darknet Markets, Contributed To Forums, Waited In Red Rooms And Been Threatened By Hitmen On Murder-for-hire Sites. On Occasions, Her Dark Web Activities Have Poured Out Into The Real World And She Has Attended Trials, Met With Criminals And The Law Enforcement Who Tracked Them Down, Interviewed Dark Web Identities And Visited Them In Prison. This Book Will Take You Into The Murkiest Depths Of The Web's Dark Underbelly: A Place Of Hitmen For Hire, Red Rooms, Hurtcore Sites And Markets That Will Sell Anything A Person Is Willing To Pay For - Including Another Person. The Darkest Web. Eileen Ormsby. Drugs, Death And Destroyed Lives...the Inside Story Of The Internet's Evil Twin-- Cover. "Online research methods are popular, dynamic and fast-changing. Following on from the great success of the first edition, published in 2008, The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods, Second Edition offers both updates of existing subject areas and new chapters covering more recent developments, such as social media, big data, data visualization and CAQDAS. Bringing together the leading names in both qualitative and quantitative online research."-- Site de l'éditeur Online research methods are popular, dynamic and fast-changing. This edition offers both updates of existing subject areas and new chapters covering more recent developments, such as social media, big data, data visualization and CAQDAS. It covers online data capture and collection, online surveys, digital quantitative analysis, visual ethnography, and more Introduction Chapter 1. A Modern-Day History of Cryptomarkets Chapter 2. The Current State of the Cryptomarket Trade Chapter 3. Cryptomarket Research Methods, Ethics and Epistemologies Chapter 4. Charting the Unknown and Future Directions This best-selling handbook has been brought fully up-to-date with coverage of recent developments in the field including social media, big data, data visualization and CAQDAS