Crown Market status

How the check works

Checks happen manually using a standard Tor Browser installation. Two things get verified: whether the page loads without errors, and whether the captcha text matches the address bar. These checks run at irregular intervals, usually after operator announcements and at least once a week.

There is no automated script polling the servers constantly. A bot can report that a page loads, but it cannot confirm the page is the right one, and on a network where clones are cheap, that distinction is the whole job.

If everything looks down

If all addresses appear offline, several factors could be at play. A large scale attack might overwhelm all current paths simultaneously. The operators may be in the middle of a rotation where old links are being decommissioned. Your local Tor node configuration could also cause routing issues that look like downtime.

To troubleshoot, try switching your Tor exit node. Wait a few minutes for network conditions to stabilize. Then cross-reference with official announcements from the market operators. If they confirm maintenance or rotation, the outage is expected and temporary.