That was not the true real silk road. Most likely silk road 2. The original was shutdown in 2013

You are over complicating it. I suggest starting out with some sort of VPN. Wireguard is super simple to setup with a wg-easy container

If you are talking about the silkroad that was way before the fentanyl crisis in the US wasn’t it?

I use a a 1080TI. I do some occasional gaming like Minecraft, used to play GTA and the like. Nothing competitive.

It is a dell ultrasharp U4924DW

I use a 49" ultrawide. I find a window manger work very well with it.

5120x1440p

Edit: one downside is getting proper wallpapers for it that are not stretched or cut

Might be able to disable it with adb?

I have been using a 1080TI for years on Linux. It works fine for the most part. If I am going to build a new system which I am planning to do. I would avoid it.