Drugs for Sale! An Analysis and Estimation of Drug Products on the Cryptomarket Ecosystem
Shu Liu,
Richard Frank,
Noelle Warkentin
Abstract:Cryptomarkets are marketplaces on the dark web that facilitate the sale of mostly illicit goods and services between vendors and buyers. There were few to no studies that examine the cryptomarket ecosystem using data from multiple cryptomarkets collected at one point in time. This study strives to fill that gap by collecting all product information from eight large or notable cryptomarkets between June 2021 and January 2022 to understand the cryptomarket drug ecosystem, the products available, and identify fac… Show more
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