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How to Enter a Dark Market

People who type dark market how to enter need an order of operations, not a sponsored lander. Onions are on each market page. This page is the sequence.

The goal is a session that started from a research page on this desk, not from an ad that already holds a phishing onion. Official Tor Browser (or Tails / Whonix) first. Then a brand. Then the frame. Then a spare bookmark. PGP and Monero come after that — not before you know which string you opened.

1. Official Tor Browser. Tails or Whonix if you already run them — Getting Started. A “Tor for markets” installer from a banner is a stop.
2. Open a brand page from Markets. Torzon is first on this desk because English ads chase it. If your query named another brand, use that card in the left rail instead of improvising a URL.
3. Paste an onion from that page’s frame. Read the phrase. Save a second mirror from the same frame, not from a comment that appeared after a timeout.
4. Enable PGP 2FA. Prefer Monero when the question is payment hygiene. Do not send a “test payment” to an address from a clearnet form.
5. Skip ads, Telegram “staff,” and any first-load seed prompt. Those three are how clone kits finish.

If the onion matches only the prefix, or the page asks you to generate a wallet before market chrome loads, close the tab. Return to the brand page on this desk. Full checklist: How to verify a dark market link.

Common failures

• Replacing a known-good string after a timeout with a chat paste
• Logging in on a clearnet clone that copied the brand name
• Skipping the spare bookmark, then hunting “fresh links” on social
• Treating scan hubs as a login — they redistribute status only

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