Nexus Market Notes
Short editor notes, one small idea per note, four hundred words or less.
Why three mirrors, not five, not ten
A short note on the size of the mirror set.
Reading a vendor page in two minutes
The specific numbers to read and the specific ones to ignore.
The first order protocol, small and cheap
How to run your first order on a new vendor without much at stake.
Do not finalise early, one more time
A short note on the FE trap, because it never stops catching new buyers.
Encrypt anything sensitive with the vendor PGP key
The message system is encrypted, but layering your own PGP on top matters for the fields that matter.
Where to store the mnemonic
Paper works. Cloud does not. A few options in between.
Bookmark hygiene, one entry only
Your Tor Browser bookmarks list should have one Nexus entry. Not five.
First-vendor checklist, thirty seconds
The six things to check before ordering from a vendor you have never used.
Withdraw after each order
Do not keep a running balance on the storefront. Sized-to-order only.
Keep sessions short
Long-lived Tor Browser sessions accumulate risk. Close and reopen.
Never stack a VPN under Tor
The combination adds latency and reduces anonymity for most readers.
Recognising a real Nexus address
Prefix, length, character set. The three quick checks.