About MarsDNM
MarsDNM is an independent site about Mars Market, the darknet market on Tor, and about the tools its users depend on: PGP, onion address checks, Bitcoin and Monero payments, and operational security. It has no relationship with Mars Market or the people who run it. The name and the domain, darknet-mars.com, refer to the market the site covers; Mars Market does not own or operate either.
Who writes MarsDNM
Every page on MarsDNM is written by admin, the pseudonym of a Tor user who has been a regular on Tor forums since 2016, previously worked at a cybersecurity company, and works with PGP and OPSEC practice daily.
Corrections and questions reach admin by email, at the address on the MarsDNM contact page.
What the site covers
One market in depth, and the practical skills that apply to any market:
- Mars Market: what it is, how paying and logging in work, and its record since January 2025.
- Mars Market links: why addresses differ from site to site, and how to check one against the Mars signing key.
- The darknet market list: which markets are answering this month and how they compare.
- Exit scams and seizures from 2024 to 2026, with the warning signs that came first.
- Verifying an onion link against a PGP-signed message, and the Dread link after the forum's October 2026 move.
- Using PGP: your own key pair, encrypted messages and market login challenges.
- Monero vs Bitcoin privacy: what each payment reveals, and to whom.
- Darknet OPSEC: keeping a Tor identity apart from a real one.
No tie to Mars Market
MarsDNM is not Mars Market's website, a mirror of it, or its support desk. It cannot see or change a Mars account, an order or a dispute, and Mars staff do not review, approve or pay for anything published here. Nothing on the site speaks for Mars.
The same holds for every other market, forum, vendor and software project the site mentions, Dread and the Tor Project included.