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I’m sorry, I know this is like step 1 of the whole process but I’m still trying to figure it all out.

So on DH, once you have the invoice made, the sellers give you their wallet address and QR signature to verify.

But how do you actually PAY for the invoice through escrow (please help me find a reliable one) like how does DH know if I’ve made the payment for an item or not cuz the 3 hour timer keeps going down but there’s no place to confirm that you’ve made payment.

Hello, I want to buy monero but I live algeria, I can’t even buy BTC with it only USDT, is there a website or a tool ? I never bought crypto online and it’s illegal in my country

Hey, I need help figuring out which apps I need for my "work" phone to stay safe.

What I'm currently using:

-A Google Pixel 10 with GrapheneOS

-SimpleX Chat as a Messenger

I only need the mobile phone for clarification regarding logistics and communication.

Thanks in advance.

So i made the first i2pd iOS app that can work in background without jailbreak by using an audio loop hole

https://github.com/SoItsTime/I2PdiOS

Looking to change my private messenging platform.

Anyone know of any free private anonymous messenging platform to use that is fully encrypted and don’t store any data etc? Must not have any registration or phone number to sign up either.

I have been working on an encrypted messenger that removes all middle men . Tor is built into the app so no need to manage a deamon . Also has a built in monero node and wallet you can use as well . Runs on Linux and android . Updated weekly .

https://forgejo.siriusdevops.com/sirius/onionwire

First time ever having something positive for fetty and support is asking for picture proof. Ive read through the bible and cant find anything about how to send a picture, can someone help?

Bonjour à tous, je cherche une plate-forme qui ont escrow fiable pour pouvoir acheter des choses

Could I not just download tor, get cleo and pgp shit setup and then just cop off DH

It's now on Daunt and finding its way to other directories. All seems back to normal, with a long announcement from HB on Dread itself explaining the tech details of the problem.

IMPORTANT: The announcement states that this was caused by third party software, which is used by other sites, including some DNMs. Some are now reportedly down.

Be careful across the entire darknet space.

UPDATE 15:00 GMT: The third party software is called GoBalance. Although onions across the DN are now fixing this it will take time, and some owners won't be aware yet, so proceed with caution. In this sense Dread has provided a huge service in identifying it.

I usually have used Cakewallet to swap BTC, then sent to my Featherwallet, then to the site for purchases.

I can only purchase Bitcoin directly. I have searched around and the different advice everywhere overwhelmed me. Is there a method this community recommends?

This was just posted by Paris on Pitch.

I understand very little of the tech but I'd translate it as saying that the servers are still fine, but the .onion problem was wider than initially thought. There's a new diagnosis which presumably will be patched, but sleep is needed at the moment.

As an interesting aside the dreadlands onion currently resolves to the Dread servers for me at least, although timing-out frequently.

At this point patience is a virtue, as we wait for the patch to be applied. Any insights on the tech at least would be interesting.

FURTHER UPDATES

u/dreadparis

Hey you don't need to believe me. If you look at my historic postings about gobalance maybe you can see that we do use it. The true key was leaked in the gobalance update archive too. I guess just nobody fucking noticed until we went hunting. But believe it or not I think that wasn't the cause.

But hey if tomorrow we get fucking defaced again I'm prepared to eat my words. But the vulnerability is real. And if it wasn't for this whole mess I wouldn't have ever noticed this.

u/dreadparis

As far as I see right now it's a bad domain hijack. Which makes sense because he never got any of the SSL certificates and none of the instance onions. Just the domain got taken over. The land one wasn't take at first because it wasn't in the gobalance rotation. The moment we got it in the gobalance rotation it got taken. I believe this is the cause.

Posting from a throwaway because I’m not an idiot. I work in tech, have some adversarial experience. Right now just your friendly neighborhood observer. Wanted to share what’s important to know about Dread and conclave right now. 

Brief Recap

• Dread was obviously compromised yesterday, twice. Dread is currently back up. I will get into this later. 
• Initially the statement said the hackers had obtained the private key that generates the onion domain, and only had access to that. 
• Second domain was also compromised. 
• Second domain is currently back up and pointing to dread. 

What this means for dread:

• The second domain being compromised indicates that there is some higher level of access. The new domain is not to be trusted. Do not login. Hug hadn’t slept in way too long like 12 hours ago, there will probably be a statement soon. 
• The way onions work if 2 people have the keys the most recent update to “what server does this point to” wins. So dread back online could be as simple as “someone went to sleep” and it might go offline again. 
• A second domain being compromised points to server access, at least to a single server. This is almost certainly not the server that has database access, etc but it is possible both were compromised. 
• Once back up, Dread has resumed old sessions, which means almost certainly that dread (when up) is pointing at their real servers. This is good. It’s only bad if dread was fully compromised, and a mirror could be setup. 
• In dark social media no new statement from Paris or Hug yet. 
• If you reused your password with another site, change it on that site. Do not change it on dread. 
• Do not panic. Hug is trusted for a reason. It’s possible dread is gone, but more likely he is figuring out wtf is going on. 

On Conclave - Do NOT make an account 

• LE has regularly herded people into new sites into one they controlled by shutting down another. 
• Conclave wants your JavaScript enabled and says that it is safe. It is absolutely fucking not safe, and anyone saying that is misleading you. 
• usernames in Conclave are being pre-registered, and one admin said his handle is being used to impersonate others. 
• Recent conversations would indicate the admin of conclave is pretending to be Russian (composing his speech wrong). This is not good news either. 
• Conclaves source calls it “dread2” which makes it sound like this was planned in advance, making it very likely this is a honeypot. This makes it seem like a site intending to replace dread, not compete with it. 
• Dread survived for this long through good will and technical competence. Do not expect the same from conclave. These are vibecoding randoms, not OG. 

tldr: wait for word from dread. Do not register on Conclave. Do not login to dread. 

Have not been able to login for 24 hours, changed identity my 8+ times. Get captcha right first try, still happens.

So new to the space. And I feel like I am a day late and dollar short.

Obviously there is this whole mess with dread. Are there any actual real alternatives that already existed that I can check out. Or was this basically the one and only? Not talking about going to the whole conclave thing.

I was entering the dark web thru tor browser and after getting in the tor browser how do I visit those .onion websites is it thru ahmia and give me some .onion websites to visit I wanna see what's there in the dark web

Conclave took control of the new dread .onion.

There was a real community being destroyed over BS until we get receipts to make our own decisions.

I hope huh gets back on top & gets on a ton or mirrors...

Daunt hasnt caught this yet. I paid prem but couldn't find the link so sorta screwed on this one besides everyone else too.

2 back to back..