Shadow is a very interesting project. They are still far from deploying a functional market but they have my respect for the effort. I think i even own some SDC. If my memory serves me right, supporters of sdc tried to spam and manipulate votes of the "proof of honour" award which eventually was won by Evan. Not the most honorable move but the Internet is full of trolls
you are totally right, they are a bit dodgy, no doubt
this market idea sounds interesting, i know they were always talking about starting their own DarkNet Market , SDC only
i am not sure if this is it
and sure, they have more work to do