A short reading list, in order, for someone who has never placed an order on a darknet market. Read these four pages and you are ready to go.
Read these in order. Each one builds on the previous. If you skip ahead, you will end up looking up something on the second page that the first page already explained.
1. Buyer onboarding walkthrough
Six steps, from a clean machine to a funded account on Anubis or Nexus. This is the only operational page on this directory that you have to read end-to-end.
2. Monero deposits
Funding the account. Wallet selection, send procedure, common mistakes. Worth reading once before you deposit so you do not pay the "first deposit" tax of a few minor screw-ups.
3. Multisig escrow
What 2-of-3 actually does. The protective property is the reason this directory lists Anubis and Nexus and not their single-sig peers. Read it once.
4. Practical tips
Habits experienced buyers have. None of these are secret; most are just habit. Adopt them on day one.
That is the starter pack. Bookmark this directory, run through the four pages above, and you are operational. If you have a question that is not covered, the FAQ probably answers it.
