/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>56935219
>How would someone who is motivated to learn more information about setting that up start researching? Asking for a friend

Well, first you'd need to understand what your friend would be getting into: selling unlimited no-KYC bullion runs afoul of money transmission laws and will eventually attract unwanted attention from glowies. Hefty fines and jail time are possible if somehow caught.

Therefore, the entire operation would have to be 100% darknet based, with the clearnet only being used to share links to the hidden service by OTHERS.

Your friend would also need a *reliable* supplier that doesn't ask too many questions. Somebody buying bulk amounts of bullion on the regular could be flagged as a potential underground dealer. Straw purchases might be necessary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_purchase

Then your friend would need to know how to *competently* set up and harden a Linux web server and run a Tor/I2P hidden service on it. He would then need to either *competently* code a custom shopping cart from scratch or *competently* modify an existing shopping cart to work with darknet browsers i.e. no Javascript. He would also need to learn how to integrate Monero and 3rd-party escrow into the check-out process. FairTrade is a Monero-only darknet escrow service that could potentially be used.

Lastly, your friend would need to be able to reliably ship packages with rock-solid OPSEC. Assume glowies will be making controlled buys in an attempt to trace point of shipping, so randomizing where packages are mailed from will be necessary. Using remailers located in other states might be good way of mitigating this concern. The painful lesson that has been taught over and over again is: never get comfy, getting comfy = getting sloppy = just asking to get caught

The upside of course is that there is an insatiable demand for darknet bullion and with even a modest markup good money can be made

So, learning how to run Tor/I2P sites would be a good start