Darknet Market
An online marketplace reachable through an anonymity network such as Tor, settling trades in cryptocurrency and holding payment in escrow instead of using conventional payment rails.
Darknet markets are shops, not communities — the discussion layer lives on forums such as Dread. Their lifespans are short and their endings cluster into two types: seizure and exit scam. See the market catalog for current entries and the takedown timeline for the historical record.
Category: Markets
This page is a short glossary definition, not a full encyclopedia article. See the Tor glossary A–Z for the rest of the set.