The dark web is freaking amazing. Judging by all the comments here, I doubt anyone's actually spent any time or investigated very thoroughly. They seem to be regurgitating things They've heard before but I could be wrong. Yes, you can buy drugs, and guns, and lots of drugs, and counterfeit money. Hell, there have even been instances of human slaves for sale. But you can also buy some other really cool stuff. Like denial-of-service attacks on your enemies. You can shut down A website for 24 hours with a DDOS attack for $35. You can shut down a website with a DDOS attack for a week for $150. You can buy porn site backlinks, and Target your enemies or competitors, and all kinds of cool stuff related to search engine optimization black hat. And that's just the beginning. The underworld is a bazillion times more interesting than anything on the world wide web.