BlackOps Market glossary

Escrow

Holding a payment in a 2 of 3 multisig contract until buyer and vendor agree the order is done.

Finalise-early (FE)

Confirming receipt before a package arrives. It releases escrow to the vendor and removes the dispute path.

Mirror node

A distinct onion address resolving to the same market. BlackOps keeps several warm for resilience.

Monero (XMR)

A privacy coin that hides sender, receiver and amount. The only coin BlackOps accepts.

Onion address

A fifty-six character v3 Tor address ending in .onion. Copy it, never type it, and verify against the captcha.

PGP signature

A cryptographic signature proving who published a message and that it is unchanged. BlackOps signs its mirror list.

Recovery phrase

The words that restore an account if the password is lost. Store it on paper. No login ever asks for it.

Safest

The top Tor Browser security level, scripting off everywhere. The correct setting for BlackOps.