Several crypto communities have claimed to have revolutionary potential and to present a possible alternative to the state legal order. In this paper, we first mention three different generations of crypto communities, revealing their shared narrative, before focusing on the Silk Road dark web marketplace. Based on the qualitative content analysis of the Silk Road forum, we look into whether this platform should be understood as a legal order, a revolutionary movement, or simply a capitalist marketplace. Lastly, the article includes a short discussion of the question whether or not an online platform such as the Silk Road poses a serious challenge for state sovereignty.

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加密社区作为法律命令

几个加密社区声称具有革命性的潜力，并提出了替代州法律秩序的可能方案。在本文中，我们在关注丝绸之路暗网市场之前，首先提到了三代不同的加密社区，揭示了它们的共同叙述。基于对“丝绸之路”论坛的定性内容分析，我们研究该平台应该被理解为法律秩序，革命运动还是资本主义市场。最后，本文简短讨论了诸如“丝绸之路”之类的在线平台是否对国家主权构成严重挑战的问题。