Crown Market mirrors and verified onion links

Why three addresses

Running multiple entry points protects against traffic attacks. A distributed denial of service attack can clog one route, making that specific address slow or unreachable. While one path suffers under heavy load, the others usually stay responsive. Think of it like having three doors into a building. If one gets blocked by a crowd, the other two remain open for people to walk through.

The addresses are rotated when the operator announces a change. An old address may keep working for a short transition period, then stop resolving. That is normal, not a sign of trouble. The list on this page is updated after each confirmed rotation, and the check date is printed next to it.

How to verify an address

Verification happens in two independent steps. First, compare the address on this page with the one you are about to open. Second, once the market loads, check the text displayed in the login captcha against your browser address bar. Never try to memorize or retype the 56-character string by hand. Typos happen easily with long alphanumeric codes, and a single wrong character changes the destination entirely.

If the strings do not match exactly, close the tab. Do not proceed. You might be on a phishing page that mimics the real interface but routes your transactions elsewhere. Stop, refresh this page, and try again with a clean copy-paste.

The two checks are independent on purpose. This page can be cloned, and the captcha can be faked, but a copy that passes both checks at the same time has to be running the real backend. That is the bar.

What to do with a copied address

Paste the address directly into the Tor Browser location bar and press enter. Wait. Loading sometimes takes longer than usual because of anti-DDoS queues processing incoming connections, so give it a few minutes before assuming failure. If the page stays blank, switch your exit node and retry the same address, or pick a different mirror from the list above.