By July 2017, AlphaBay was ten times the size of its predecessor Silk Road[26] (which was busted in October 2013), had over 369,000 listings,[1] 400,000 users,[3] was facilitating USD$600,000-$800,000 of transactions per day,[27] and had reportedly built a strong reputation.[1][28] However, a series of elementary operational security errors lead to its downfall: