Nexus, and how to reach it without getting burned

Nexus has been around long enough to build the two things a buyer actually cares about, a deep bench of vendors with reputations that mean something and an escrow setup that does not ask you to trust anyone on faith.

This is a reference for reaching Nexus Market and using it without stepping on the obvious rakes. It is not the market and it takes no payment. What it gives you is a set of verified onion links, kept in the bar at the top of every page so a working address is always one click from your clipboard, and a straight explanation of how the place runs.

Why people stay on Nexus

Two reasons come up again and again. The first is age. Nexus is one of the longer-lived markets of its group, and that time shows up as a vendor list with real history behind each name, ratings that were earned over hundreds of orders rather than a fresh account with a clean slate. The second is that reputation survives a mirror change. When one onion goes down and you move to another, your account, your balance and every vendor's record come with you. Nothing resets.

Both coins, Monero first

Nexus takes Bitcoin and Monero. That is a genuine choice, not a gimmick, and for anything you want kept quiet the answer is Monero, because Bitcoin writes every payment into a public ledger that stays readable forever. Bitcoin is there for people who already hold it and understand the trade. The coins page lays out which to reach for.

Where to start

If you have never used the market, read the buying page first, then the escrow page, then grab a link from the access page and go. If you just need a current address, the bar at the top has all three.