What is a Bitcoin Mixer?
Bitcoin mixers are solutions that let users mix their coins with other users, to preserve their privacy. Bitcoin is not entirely anonymous as it looks. It is partially anonymous because one does not need to give personal details to do bitcoin transactions or while opening an anonymous wallet. Bitcoin transactions…
Escrow. Is there one on Dark web?
An escrow is a mutual financial arrangement where a third party holds and regulates payment of the funds required for two parties involved in a given business. That third party is known as an escrow provider, who holds the funds temporarily and makes the transaction safer. The word Escrow derived…
Silk Road – Tale of first darknet market
Silk Road was an internet black market and the first modern-day darknet market. It was founded by Ross William Ulbricht (also known as Dread Pirate Roberts) born in Texas, the U.S. who had a different ideology. He believed everyone should have the right to buy, sell whatever they want as long as…
What is Onion Domain? Buying and hosting a .onion site on Tor
A .onion domain is a top-level domain suffix that is specially used as an anonymous hidden service and can be accessed through the Tor network. Onion sites are not present in WWW and Regular browsers won’t be able to navigate through the relay of proxy servers that will take users…
What can we find on the dark web?
The dark web is part of the internet that isn’t visible to search engines and requires the use of an anonymizing browser called Tor to be accessed. The Dark Web is the murky underbelly of the Internet. This is a lawless domain, where the rule of law doesn’t exist and…
Email Encryption. How to send and receive an encrypted email?
Email encryption involves encrypting, or disguising, the content of email messages to protect potentially sensitive information from being read by anyone other than intended recipients. Email encryption often includes authentication. Email is a vulnerable medium, especially if the emails are sent over public Wi-Fi networks which are unsecure and hackers…
Bitcoin explained. How do Cryptocurrency work?
Cryptocurrencies are a new concept in the global economy. They exist only for approximately a few years and they already attracted a lot of attention. Especially since the year 2013, they experience turbulent changes in their exchange rates. Cryptocurrency payments can be made without personal information linked to the transaction….
Tor (Special Browser), the portal to Secret web.
What is Tor/Onion Router? The Tor project is a non-profit organisation that conducts research and development into online privacy and anonymity. It is designed to stop people including government agencies and corporations learning your location or tracking your browsing habits. Tor Browser isolates each website you visit so third-party trackers…
What is the dark web? How to access it and what to expect.
The dark web is the deeper part of the internet that isn’t visible to normal search engines or browsers. They can be accessed with the help of an anonymizing browser called Tor. The Deep Web is vast. Thousands of times larger than the surface web. Alex Winter, Deep Web Documentary 2015…