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One of the first notable projects was Anoncoin , a fork of Litecoin launched in mid-2013, which was meant to be used over SOCKS for i2p and Tor darknets. The asset underwent a major price surge after the seizure of the Silk Road, but it never saw any widespread adoption and no significant darknet markets ever implemented it.