Nexus Market timeline

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

A chronological reference of platform-side operational events from launch to the current quarter.

2023

Q4 2023: Platform launches as a Tor hidden service. PGP key fingerprint 0x7F2A0A9D published. First signed v3 onion live. Closed beta with ~200 buyers and a small invite-only vendor cohort.

2024

Q2 2024: Second production mirror added. Q3 2024: Layer-7 anti-DDoS challenge introduced after first sustained flood event. Q4 2024: Third production mirror added; rotation cadence settled at 24 hours.

2025

H1 2025: Monero-default settlement migration begins. H2 2025: Migration completes; new accounts default to XMR. Bitcoin retained for legacy.

2026

Year-to-date covered in the “Nexus Market in 2026” entry. Three rotations, multisig adoption past 92 percent, dispute SLA at 4.8 hours.

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: