Research-grade guide to WeTheNorth (WTN): Canada's bilingual Tor marketplace. Verified WTN URL, current mirror list, escrow model, BTC + XMR payments and a neutral access walkthrough. Independent — not the market.
Practical, ordered, no fluff. Read top to bottom on your first WTN visit.
Most WTN-related losses are phishing, not exit scams. Adversaries clone the WTN red/white theme, the login form, and the captcha screen, and intercept your credentials + funds. Mitigations:
One Tor window per purpose; default to “Safer” on the security slider; no extensions. Avoid Tor over VPN unless you understand the threat model.
Sign and verify everything: vendor messages, address handoff, recovery codes. A small investment now saves the worst-case scenarios later.
Use a fresh BTC address per deposit; for XMR, use subaddresses per vendor where supported. Never reuse a deposit address you've already withdrawn from.
