These are the pages we wish existed when we started. Each one is a single task done properly, with the mistakes called out by name. Read them top to bottom the first time and you will have covered most of what trips people up.
Every step from a normal computer to a logged-in account on a darknet market, in the order you do them, with the mistakes that cost people money called out by name.
A plain-language explanation of what a darknet market is, how escrow and vendors work, and where the real risks sit, without the hype and without the doom.
A fake mirror is a pixel-perfect copy of a real market, waiting for your password. Here is the exact sequence of checks that catches it, and the one detail that gives a copy away.
The real difference between paying in Monero and paying in Bitcoin is not speed or fee, it is whether your payment leaves a permanent public record. Here is what that means in practice.
You do not need to configure Tor Browser like a sysadmin to use it well. Here are the few settings that actually change your safety, and the tweaks that mostly add hassle.
A vendor's profile is a set of numbers, and most people read them wrong. Here is what each number actually tells you, and the pattern that separates a safe vendor from a risky one.
An order did not arrive, arrived damaged, or the vendor has gone quiet. Here is the exact sequence for opening a dispute and the timing rules that decide whether you win it.
There is no single best market, there is only the best fit for what you are buying and how much you care about each tradeoff. Here is the framework for making that call.
