In a recent bitcoin-fraud case, Evolution has reportedly vanished with over $12m in bitcoin. The infamous dark web market place, accessible only via the Tor network, soon became the go-to online drug bazaar after the shutdown of Silk Road.
Reddit's Evolution discussion page was flooded with user messages that the site's administrators had blamed the delays on a backlog of withdrawals, comforting anxious vendors that the problem would be resolved within 24 hours.
However, the marketplace and its discussion forum went offline later, suggesting the possibility that the administrators had taken the money and vanished.
Reddit user NSWGreat, who previously claimed to handle the site's public relations, said: "Evolution can officially be put on the Wall of Shame. Verto and Kimble have [expletive] us all."
