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.
Find the row that matches what is actually on your screen rather than what you assume is happening. That distinction is where most wasted evenings come from. Somebody decides the market is down, reloads for an hour, and the error had already said the failure was in the lookup and no reload was ever going to change it.
Match the screen
| What is on screen | What broke | First move | Full explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| An error saying the onionsite was not found, code 0xF0 | Directory lookup, before any connection | Check the address, then try another one | Onionsite Not Found |
| An error saying the onionsite has disconnected, code 0xF2 | The service did not answer a valid introduction | Retry once, then wait a few minutes | Onionsite Has Disconnected |
| An error saying it cannot connect, code 0xF3 | The introduction handshake never completed | New circuit for the site, then retry | Unable to connect to the onionsite |
| A spinner that runs and runs, then nothing | Depends entirely on how long it ran | Time it, then read the table | No error page, just a spinner that gives up |
| A long blank wait and then the whole page at once | Normal setup cost for a cold connection | Wait it out, do not reload | Long wait before anything appears |
| Text and links fine, images crawling or empty | Circuit throughput, not latency | New circuit only if you need the photos | Text lands fast, images crawl |
| A working session that freezes for half a minute | A relay dropped and the circuit is being repaired | Wait. Never resubmit a payment step | The session freezes partway and then resumes |
| An upload stuck at a fixed percentage | Bandwidth ceiling on your path | New circuit, and send something smaller | Uploads and large pages stall out |
| A checking page that loops back to itself | Protection gate token and circuit out of step | Let one attempt finish untouched | The protection gate never lets you through |
| Signed out again on every page you open | Browser storage or two mirrors open at once | Allow cookies for that address, use one mirror | Logged out on every page you open |
| Page loads with no styling and dead buttons | Stylesheets and scripts did not arrive | Reload once, then check the address bar | The page loads but half of it is missing |
| The onion on the page differs from your address bar | Nothing. This is not a fault | Close the tab. Do not sign in | The address on the page is not the address in your bar |
If nothing here matches
Then the useful question is whether the problem is the address or your own client. Open any other onion service you know. If that fails too, nothing is wrong with the market and the fix is on your side, usually a full restart of Tor Browser. If other onions work, take a proper reading on two of the three addresses and the answer falls out of it.
The order that saves the most time
- Confirm the address before typing anything into it.
- Let one attempt run to completion before judging it. Cancelling at fifteen seconds produces no information at all.
- Request a new circuit for the site before switching addresses.
- Switch addresses before concluding the market is down.
- Wait before searching for anything, always. That last one is the difference between a slow evening and a lost account.
The one row that is not a diagnosis
Every line in that table describes something to work through except the last. If the onion printed on the login screen and the onion in your address bar disagree, there is nothing to investigate and nothing to retry. A clone copies the design perfectly because the design is handed to anybody who loads the page. What it cannot do is sit at the real address. Close the tab.
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