Found the Nexus mirror last fall after my usual spot went down for three days and I was sick of refreshing dead links. A buddy on a forum dropped the mirror address, I bookmarked it, figured I’d give it one order and bail if it felt sketch. Six months and maybe two-dozen orders later, here’s the no-BS rundown.
First Click & Getting Inside
Mirror loaded faster than most clones I’ve used—no 30-second cloud-flare dance, just the captcha and in. Registration is the usual: username, password, 6-digit PIN, mnemonic you swear you’ll write down and then almost lose (yeah, I did that). One nice touch: the Nexus darknet mirror forces 2FA on vendors, so you don’t have to dig through profiles wondering if they’re lazy or LE. Buyers can skip it, but I turned it on anyway after I once got phished on another market—lesson learned.
Ordering: Smooth Until It Isn’t
Search is lightning fast and actually returns relevant stuff instead of 500 knock-off listings. Filters work: country, shipping type, escrow/FE, price bracket. Carts stay alive for 24 h; I’ve had markets dump my cart after an hour, so that’s cool.
Two gripes: (1) no “sort by oldest listing,” so you sometimes bump into dead vendor pages, and (2) the final order confirmation screen still scares me—twice I thought I’d set the address, hit “Confirm,” and realized the box was blank. Cancel button saved me, but heart attack city. Pro tip: triple-check the address field, the mirror doesn’t auto-load your saved info on every refresh.
Vendor Pool & Quality
Domestic hash and MDMA scene is solid—recognizable names from my previous go-to market moved over. I stick to +100 tx vendors, escrow only. Three orders landed in 3 days, one in 7 (vendor warned me upfront, Christmas post). Stealth ranged from “decent” to “holy crap that’s clever.” Only one pack never showed; vendor ghosted after a week. Opened a dispute, staff refunded 80 % in 48 h. Not perfect, but faster than the six-week nightmare I had on a certain Russian market.
One headache: newbies pop up with 5-star reviews written in the same broken English. Filter ‘established vendors’ and you dodge most landmines.
Support & Disputes
Live ticket system, not chat. They answered my first ticket in three hours, my second in twelve—seems to depend which mod grabs it. When I posted the non-arrival, they asked for PGP-signed address and a screenshot of the order. Professional, no drama. Could use an auto-update message so you’re not checking tickets every 20 minutes like I did.
Pros & Cons So Far
- Pros: fast mirror uptime (only seen two short downtimes), low deposit confirmation requirement (2 for BTC, 1 for XMR), lots of established vendors, forced vendor 2FA, dispute resolution doesn’t drag.
- Cons: occasional dead listings in search, address box bug on confirmation page, no built-in exchange (had to convert elsewhere), finalizing feels scary if you’re high.
Bottom Line
Nexus mirror 2 isn’t the Disneyland of darknet markets, but it’s the most reliable ride I’ve found lately. If you already know how to PGP, tumble coins, and not be an idiot, you’ll be fine. New folks? Stick to small escrow orders, read the vendor’s “Terms” tab, and you’ll avoid my rookie panic attacks. I’m still keeping a second market on standby—never trust just one front door—but for now about 80 % of my spend goes through this darknet mirror. Good enough to bookmark, not good enough to marry. Stay safe, order small, and write down that mnemonic—seriously.