News & Status Notes

Last updated: July 2026

Operational notes on mirror rotations, phishing waves, and market status. Short teasers below — open Read all for the full write-up.


Bible update: fresh Drug Hub & Dark Matter onion set

July 29, 2026

Fresh public Drug Hub and Dark Matter onion sets are live on service pages and the home directory. Save all three per market; confirm phrase before login.

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TorZon phishing after mirror rotation

July 18, 2026

Lookalike TorZon landers showed up in search ads within hours of endpoint churn. Prefer Trusted mirrors, then confirm the anti-phishing phrase before login.

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Nexus: keep a second mirror bookmarked

July 14, 2026

Primary Nexus endpoints timed out for some regions while secondary mirrors answered. One bookmark is not redundancy.

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WeTheNorth corridor notes

July 12, 2026

Canada-focused fulfillment still keeps WeTheNorth visible beside larger English hubs. Cross-check mirrors before trusting a new paste.

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Clearnet hubs are maps, not logins

July 8, 2026

Trusted mirrors redistribute onions. Typing market credentials on a clearnet “mirror shop” is how accounts burn.

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Monero remains safer settlement

July 5, 2026

Transparent ledgers still link lazy deposit paths. If a service supports XMR, start there.

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Fake support chats after downtime

July 2, 2026

Messenger “staff” often appear during outages and ask for emergency deposits. Real markets do not collect rescue coins in DMs.

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Young domains in Bing results

June 28, 2026

Fresh domains can rank for market-name queries because competition is thin. Domain age is not a trust signal.

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Escrow is not insurance

June 24, 2026

Escrow reduces some vendor risk. It does not fix phishing, FE pressure, or seed-phrase scams.

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Mirror hygiene during stalls

June 20, 2026

When one endpoint stalls, rotate to the next verified mirror — do not invent sources mid-incident.

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Source list refresh for monitoring

June 15, 2026

We expanded the clearnet sources we poll for mirror churn and clone reports. Full list under Information is scanned from these sites.

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Information is scanned from these sites

Trusted mirrors

Note: Trusted mirrors redistribute links. Authenticate only on .onion inside Tor Browser after phrase / PGP checks.