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The full Windows route to a Nexus onion address, what the operating system keeps behind your back, and the settings worth changing before you start.

3 verified addresses published // 8 access routes // 6 setup steps // no accounts, no forms, nothing collected

Nexus Market onion addresses

All three reach the same market with the same account, balance and orders behind each. Copy one rather than typing it, then confirm it on the login screen before you sign in.

[01]nexusb2l7fmqnefwphyy7m5zjhlkytlbo7qbb5lu5dlczr3azgii2gyd.onion

[02]nexusma2iqgauqqvjcgds4ckv5xbf272tkfagq4epojjhsgleqpwxiqd.onion

[03]nexusabcd6tyfhdwilyitaqiri6tisj2v2hueyjuj6qkvd6azvi5tuqd.onion

Read this before signing in Open these in Tor Browser only. When the login screen loads, compare the onion printed on the page against your browser address bar, reading from the end backwards. A copied page reproduces the design perfectly and cannot sit at the real address. If they differ, close the tab.

Windows is what most people have, so this is the most common way in. It also does more logging by default than any other option here, which is worth knowing before you decide it is good enough.

The short version

Download Tor Browser from the Tor Project site and nowhere else.
Verify the signature before running it. This is the one step people skip and the one that matters.
Install it to a folder you control rather than a shared machine profile.
Set the security level to Safest from the shield menu.
Paste an address from this site and confirm it on the login screen.

What Windows records without asking

Recent documents, jump lists, thumbnail caches, search indexing and crash reports all happen quietly and all of them can outlive the session. None of that touches the Tor connection itself, which is separate, but it does mean the machine has a memory of what you opened. On a computer other people use, that memory is the weak point rather than the network.

Settings worth changing first

Turn off search indexing for the folder you keep Tor Browser in.
Disable delivery of diagnostic data if the edition allows it.
Use a real account password rather than a four digit PIN, because the PIN protects nothing if the drive is not encrypted.
Turn on drive encryption if the edition supports it, since a machine that is only protected while running is not protected at all.

Where Windows falls short

It has no built in way to leave no trace. Everything you do writes something somewhere, and cleaning up afterwards is guesswork rather than a guarantee. That is not an argument against using it, it is an argument for knowing what it is: convenient, familiar, and the least private option on this page.

When to move to something else

If the machine is shared, or if you would rather nothing persisted at all, a live system on a USB stick is a better answer and takes about twenty minutes to prepare. It leaves the Windows install untouched and forgets everything when you shut down.