Tim Bingham presented on drugs and the dark net at the Bray Drugs Awareness Conference on November 26th, 2014. He discussed the emergence of online drug marketplaces on the dark web, accessible through Tor anonymizing software. Specifically, he analyzed the history and rise of Silk Road, an infamous dark web marketplace launched in 2011, and its impact in driving up bitcoin values and demand. Bingham also outlined some perceived benefits of online drug markets like harm reduction information sharing, reduced presence of open-air drug markets, and removing conventional drug supply chain middlemen by allowing direct sales from producers to consumers.