Are legal cases (like indictments) in the US available online? I'd love to read that HH case. It was well before my time and I've only managed to hunt down the dateline interview on a pirated streaming site. The interview was pretty damn juicy, the legal cases surely is eye popping

BB is a bad platform for communication and safety

DerAlteSack you are incorrect. The infamous 'Nothing here, nor will there be' page, with the U.S.
Justice department seal on it was the only thing displayed when one tried to access the site after The Science Alliance was connected to HH and the site was taken down.

I'm not sure what you think you know but the govt did seize the domain and shut it down. Anyone around back then knows this if they tried to access it in that short timeframe. True, it was because of TSA primarily but nonetheless it was taken down, there were plenty of people who would have been willing to continue the hive under that banner. The reason this didn't happen is as stated. Whatever it was that was continued was not the original hive domain To this day nobody is clear on who or what rhodium was.

Edit: I am aware that it continued in a much depleted form until 2004 or so, meaning it came back online at some point after I quit going there in 2001 (which was when it was actually closed for however long, IDK)

I was incarcerated from the time of Strikes arrest until 2005 so, yes, I was unaware for a while that it continued in whatever form, but it *was* closed for a time when HH got popped and indicted. Total Synthesis 2, The Science Alliance domain and yes, the original hive, were ALL introduced into evidence in HHs conspiracy indictment. It's highly likely that what little security it had was severely compromised once HH was gone.

Maybe I am wrong but I'm not aware of any sites other than the hive where it was shut down by law enforcement.
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The-HIVE was never shut down by law enforcement, Strike had passed on the keys to Rhodium for some time already when he went down for him flirting with Mexican organized crime. After Strikes infamous Dateline interview registration was disabled for some time because the place got overrun by enthusiasts....

So not a single one of the boards related to drug-chemistry was shut down. Also I have not heard of anybody whos participation on such boards was even mentioned in a trial, computers were seized often enough and most were not encrypted but wide open - nothing.

Anyways, Fentanyl would be the only topic coming to mind which might be problematic for it being a matter of state security - by Bidens presidential order. Which should be rescinded soon as Trump seems to seriously  do away with every single one.
Marketplaces - now thats another question and thats the reason bbgate will be taken down by LE sooner or later.
Otherwise: It is a new generation, if they want to do things differently no problem with me and it is not all bad, at least peole on bbgate do not feel entitelt to be spoonfed from golden platters for free....

As per an executive order by the Trump administration. Dread Pirate Roberts, aka Ross Ulbricht, is released under a full and unconditional pardon.