Silk Road

The Silk Road refers to the historical network of trade routes connecting East Asia and the Mediterranean, which facilitated not only commerce but also cultural and intellectual exchange. In more recent digital contexts, it also refers to the darknet marketplace that popularized Bitcoin by giving it one of its first mainstream illicit use cases.

Claims that use this term

• Fair dealing on the Silk Road built trust that outcompeted short-term gouging
• Silk Road gave Bitcoin its first mainstream use case and attention