Nexus Market mirrors in 2026 — the operational triad
The three production mirrors served by Nexus Market in 2026: their roles, their independent guard pools, and what determines which one will work for you on a given Tor circuit.
Mirror role assignment is not random. The headline mirror serves the bulk of buyer traffic and lives behind the platform's primary L7 anti-DDoS challenge layer. Backup A absorbs spillover during traffic peaks and is the recommended mirror for vendors during high-volume settlement windows. Backup B is the explicit failover — same backend, lower-throughput guard relays, intentional latency budget.
Which mirror works for you on a given Tor circuit depends on which guard pool your circuit terminates through. There is no “best” answer that applies universally; the recommendation is to copy from the headline first, then cycle through Backup A and Backup B in order if congestion or DDoS-challenge timeouts surface. Tor Browser's “New Tor Circuit for this Site” menu item is the fastest way to retry without manually pasting addresses.
Verified working Nexus Market mirrors
Three v3 onion addresses currently serving the production market, signed under PGP fingerprint 0x7F2A0A9D. Use the Copy buttons.