Torzon Encyclopedia

The standard payment protection system on Torzon Market. When a buyer places an order, the funds (BTC/XMR) are moved to a temporary wallet controlled by the market's smart contract. The vendor can see the order is paid but cannot touch the funds. The funds are only released when the buyer clicks "Finalize" (after receiving goods) or when the auto-timer expires. This prevents vendors from taking money and disappearing (Exit Scamming).

A transaction status where the buyer releases funds to the vendor before the item is shipped or received. Vendors with high trust ratings ("FE Enabled") often request this to avoid volatility risk or to buy restocking supplies. Warning: Once you FE, you lose all buyer protection. 90% of scams happen because a user agreed to FE with an unverified vendor.

An advanced form of Escrow available on Torzon onion links. It requires 2 out of 3 private keys to move funds. The three keys are held by: (1) The Buyer, (2) The Vendor, (3) The Market Admin.
Advantage: Even if the market is seized or the admins disappear, the Buyer and Vendor can sign a transaction together to move the funds, making it impossible for the market to steal the coins.

The native currency of the darknet. Unlike Bitcoin, which has a public ledger showing transaction history, Monero uses ring signatures to obfuscate the origin, destination, and amount of a transfer. Using XMR is the only way to break the link between your personal identity (exchange account) and your Torzon activity.

The process of obscuring the trail of cryptocurrency. If using Bitcoin, tumbling is mandatory. Services like Whirlpool or ChipMixer take coins from thousands of users, mix them together in a complex mathematical pool, and output "clean" coins to new addresses. Torzon has a built-in mini-mixer for deposits, but external mixing is recommended for high-value targets.

A passive security mechanism. It is a regularly updated, PGP-signed statement by the admins saying "We have not been compromised." If the admins are arrested, they cannot be forced to sign the canary (due to encryption keys or coercion). Therefore, if the canary expires or disappears, users know to stop using the site immediately.

The art of concealing contraband inside legal mail. Good stealth means the package looks like normal business mail (Amazon, eBay, letters).
Level 1 Stealth: Vacuum sealed, padded envelope.
Level 2 Stealth (Decoy): The item is hidden inside a fake product (e.g., inside a hollowed-out book, a DVD case, or cosmetic jar).
Visual Stealth: Ensuring the package does not rattle, smell, or look suspicious under X-ray.

The physical location where a package is delivered.
Home Drop: Your actual house (Safe only for small, personal amounts if your OpSec is perfect).
Dead Drop: A hidden location in public (e.g., behind a park bench) where a vendor leaves items for pickup. Rare in online markets, common in local telegram deals.
Burner Drop: An empty house or PO box used specifically for receiving illegal goods.

Slang for a seizure notification from Customs or Postal Services. It is a letter stating "We have seized a package addressed to you containing prohibited items." If you receive a Love Letter, your address is "burned." Do not order there again. Clean your house of any illegal items immediately.