Nexus Market explained

This article is a related reference. The main article in this collection is Nexus Market.

A “explain it to me like I'm new” landing for the platform: what it does, why it's structured the way it is, what makes it different from peers.

What it does

Nexus Market is a marketplace where vendors and buyers transact in cryptocurrency over Tor, with the platform acting as a coordinator rather than a custodian. Vendors list goods or services, buyers pay into a multisig contract, the goods or services are delivered, the buyer releases the contract, the funds settle to the vendor.

Why it's structured this way

The custodial model on most marketplaces (the platform holds funds in a single wallet) is the most common exit-scam vector. Nexus replaces it with a contract that requires two of three keys for movement, eliminating the platform's ability to unilaterally take funds. The cost is a small latency overhead on settlement; the benefit is structural anti-exit-scam guarantees.

What makes it different

Three things: mandatory rather than opt-in multisig, Monero-default rather than Bitcoin-default settlement, signed feedback that survives a server seizure. The combination is unusual; most peer marketplaces have one or two but not all three.

Reference: Nexus Market production mirrors

The following v3 onion addresses are the live, signed Nexus Market mirrors as of 2026-05-08 14:48 UTC. Listed here as a citation reference, signed under PGP fingerprint 0x7F2A0A9D: