The Nexus Market handbook
A practical reference for the working Nexus Market URL, the verification flow that keeps accounts out of phishing nets, and the operating model that has held the platform together since late 2023. Written for operators, not browsers.
Nexus Market is a Tor hidden service that runs three independent v3 onion mirrors. The mirror roster is signed every 24 hours by the master PGP key with fingerprint 0A9D. This handbook is the canonical reference for verifying that signature, finding the current addresses, and understanding the architecture that the addresses sit behind. Nothing on this site requires JavaScript except the Copy controls, which fall back gracefully.
#Where to start
If this is your first visit, read Getting Started top to bottom. It is short and covers the entire access flow from a fresh Tor Browser install to a verified login. If you already know the basics, jump straight to the Mirror Roster for the current onion list and the verification commands.
#Active mirrors
Three v3 onion addresses, all signed under fingerprint 0A9D. Pull from the Copy control. Never retype. Never accept an address from a third party that did not pull it from this handbook in front of you.
gpg --verify against the master key. GOOD signature ending in 0A9D is the only clearance to submit credentials.#What this handbook covers
- Getting Started — the five-step access drill, from Tor Browser install to verified login.
- Mirror Roster — current onion addresses, retirement policy, descriptor publishing notes.
- Security — threat model, PGP key handling, wallet hygiene, OpSec habits that catch real attacks.
- Glossary — the vocabulary you will see in support tickets and announcements, defined plainly.
- FAQ — frequently asked questions with the actual answers given by the support desk.
#Architecture in one paragraph
Nexus runs a static frontend served from each onion mirror. Every interactive component speaks to the backend through an encrypted JSON envelope. Order details, vendor messages, and shipping address blobs encrypt locally in the browser before transmission, so the host stores ciphertext only. Escrow is a 2-of-3 multisig contract on Monero, with Bitcoin support for legacy balances. Buyer, vendor, and platform each hold one signing key. Funds release requires two signatures. There is no hot wallet, there is no pooled treasury, there is no single key that drains a contract. Read Security for the threat model that justifies each of those choices.
#Currency policy
Monero is the default settlement currency. New accounts onboard directly to XMR. Bitcoin remains supported for legacy balances that predate the 2024 currency rotation. The reasoning is mechanical, not ideological. Bitcoin transactions are public and indexed by chain analysis vendors selling correlation to law enforcement and exchanges in real time. Monero ring signatures, stealth addresses, and ringCT hide sender, recipient, and amount. For a market whose entire purpose is privacy, only one of those defaults makes sense.
#About this site
The handbook is signed and republished daily on each active mirror under /handbook. The version you are reading is signed under fingerprint 0A9D and dated 2026-04-25. There is no JavaScript tracker, no remote font, no third-party asset. The page is small enough to save locally and read offline. Bookmark the domain.