nexusb2l7fmqnefwphyy7m5zjhlkytlbo7qbb5lu5dlczr3azgii2gyd.onionnexusma2iqgauqqvjcgds4ckv5xbf272tkfagq4epojjhsgleqpwxiqd.onionnexusabcd6tyfhdwilyitaqiri6tisj2v2hueyjuj6qkvd6azvi5tuqd.onionRun the check before you sign in. Open these in Tor Browser only. When the login screen loads, compare the onion printed on the page against your address bar, reading from the end. If they differ, close the tab.
Five procedures, each short enough to run properly rather than skip. Between them they cover almost everything that goes wrong, and the one thing that is not a problem to be solved but a reason to close the tab.
How to take an honest reading of a mirror
A repeatable way to measure whether a Nexus mirror is slow, broken or fine, without tooling and without fooling yourself.
MethodChoosing which of the three mirrors to use
The three Nexus addresses reach the same market. How to pick between them sensibly and why the fastest one today may not be tomorrow.
FixRequesting a new circuit, and when it actually helps
The single most useful control in Tor Browser for onion problems, what it does, what it costs and which symptoms it fixes.
SafetyConfirming you are on a real Nexus mirror
The check that separates the market from a convincing copy, why appearance proves nothing and what to do if the check fails.
IncidentWhat to do when none of the three answer
How to tell a service wide outage from a problem on your side, and the one action that turns an inconvenience into a loss.
Where to start
If a mirror will not open, take a reading first. It is three minutes and it tells you whether the fault is your path or the address, which decides everything you do next. Skipping it is how people spend an hour reloading.
If you are about to sign in anywhere, run the address check instead. That one is not a diagnosis and it is not optional, and it is the only procedure here where getting it wrong costs more than time.
The order that works
- Confirm the address before typing anything.
- Take a reading before deciding an address is down.
- Request a new circuit before switching mirrors.
- Switch mirrors before concluding the market is down.
- Wait before searching for anything, always.