SR background and why the it'll be a long time before the new goes down
That's the thing. When the original SR went down they actually went down very little to what happen in the past because they were other sites like SR and a lot of people's were in SR so they couldn't sell their coins.
Since then at least 3 other sites have been opened up and the original SR went down because they guy put a hit on one guy and he had thought he killed one guy in the past (they were agents working together so they faked the guys death and sent him the pictures).
He also used his real name with his real email to ask around for IT guys and to promote his account. He did so many stupid things that these guys haven't done.
They took down Napster and that took YEARS and these new sites are not like Napster anymore.
Bitcoins and why this right now is really scary
Okay so here is the issue. The last huge bitcoin crash was because hackers overloaded MTGox and it slowed transactions down so much that people panicked and sold all they could. Since then (since it was the second time I believe) people said fuck you MTGox and your cheap ass's for not fixing this the first time. So now they base the prices off of MTGox and Bitstamp.
Why right now is really scary is because the prices are very higher and they are a lot of smart hackers out there. So they might be working on crash all the major sites at once so people freak out again and sell every, make prices drop, purchase the coins, and watch a HUGE recovery within a short amount of time. The hackers own coins, sell all they got, crash the market, and buy more coins and sit on them.
There is already a hedge funds based on them and they got in last year I believe. So shit has been serious for a while now. Oh and I think one to two countries accept them as a currency.
P.S. Just noticed this is a 4 day old freak