MarketLinks — frequently asked questions

On MarketLinks. We publish verified onion URLs for seven Tor marketplaces, each one sourced from the operator’s verified Dread post. There is no editorial, no review, no comparison — just the links.

Every time a marketplace operator publishes a new signed mirror announcement. Operators rotate links roughly every few weeks; the cadence varies by operator and by DDoS pressure.

DDoS resilience. Running several concurrent onion means an attack on one doesn’t take the marketplace offline. Users paste a different link and continue. All links for one operator share a back-end.

Yes. The links are the operator’s own signed-public mirror set. Sharing them does not compromise anyone. Sharing chat-channel links of unknown provenance, on the other hand, is exactly how phishing spreads.

Try the next link for the same marketplace. If none load, the operator may be mid-rotation or under DDoS — check the operator’s Dread account for a signed update. Don’t accept links surfaced in Telegram, Reddit or email during outages.

Using Tor and visiting a Tor marketplace is legal in most jurisdictions. What you buy with the marketplace can be illegal in your jurisdiction. This page is not legal advice; consult counsel if unsure about a specific use case.

Install Tor Browser. Paste the link into the address bar. Press enter. Do not use a regular browser, do not use a VPN as a substitute, do not install browser extensions.

A onion is the current Tor hidden-service standard — 56 characters, self-authenticating against the operator’s modern crypto public key. The earlier v2 standard (16 characters) was deprecated in 2021 and is no longer routable.