Know the Torzon onion before you open it
The checked Torzon market onion and its mirrors sit in the grid, each locked until verified. Around them: short explainers on how a Torzon URL is built and how fakes copy it.
Primary Torzon onion
The main Torzon market onion address. It opens only after the full 56-character string has been matched against a checked, dated source.
Link pendingMirror A
First Torzon mirror for busy periods.
Link pendingMirror B
Second mirror, same service and login.
Link pendingReserve slot
Held open for a newly announced address.
Link pendingOnion addresses, explained
All explainers →Anatomy of a Torzon onion address, character by character
A version 3 Torzon onion address is 56 characters plus .onion. What those characters encode and why none of them are random decoration.
Address anatomyWhy the Torzon URL only uses letters and the digits 2 to 7
Onion addresses use base32, which skips 0, 1, 8 and 9. Knowing the alphabet helps you catch a fake Torzon URL at a glance.
Address anatomyThe built-in checksum in every Torzon link
Part of each v3 onion address is a checksum. Why that stops random typos from working but does not protect you from deliberate lookalikes.
How onion services workHow Tor Browser reaches a Torzon onion service
Introduction points, a rendezvous relay and six hops: a plain-language walk through what happens when you open a Torzon onion.
How onion services workWhy a new Torzon mirror needs time to become reachable
A new Torzon mirror is only reachable once its descriptor has been published. Why fresh addresses sometimes fail for the first minutes.
How onion services workHow one service can sit behind several Torzon market mirrors
Large onion services spread load across several back-end servers and several addresses. How that relates to the Torzon market mirror list.
How onion services workProof of work and slow starts on the Torzon market link
Recent Tor versions let onion services ask browsers to solve a small puzzle during floods. What that means when a Torzon market link is slow to start.
Lookalike attacksVanity prefixes: how fake Torzon URLs copy the first characters
Attackers can generate onion addresses that start with the same letters as a real Torzon URL. Why matching the first few characters proves nothing.
Four checks before an address goes live
An address is published in the grid only after it passes four checks, each one based on how onion addresses actually work.
Format
The string must be 56 valid base32 characters plus .onion, with a correct built-in checksum.
Origin
It must come from a channel the service itself uses, ideally inside a signed message.
Full match
It is compared in full, not just the first characters, against the previous verified address and the signed list.
Live test
It is opened in an up-to-date Tor Browser to confirm the expected service answers.
Questions about Torzon addresses
Which Torzon onion should I open first?
The large primary cell. Use a Torzon mirror cell only when the primary address is overloaded or down.
Are torzon url, torzon link and torzon onion the same thing?
Yes. All three phrases describe the same .onion address that opens in Tor Browser.
Why are some cells Pending?
No address in that slot has passed all four checks yet. A locked cell is safer than a guessed address.
Can a fake address match the first letters?
Yes. Vanity tools make that cheap, so always compare the whole Torzon market URL.
Do you store anything about visitors?
No accounts, no forms and no tracking scripts. The grid is read-only.
Is this the Torzon market?
No. Torzon Onion Grid is an independent explainer site and is not run by Torzon.
Torzon Onion Grid is an independent information site. It does not operate or represent Torzon and is not responsible for activity on any listed address. Check the law where you live before using onion services.