WeTheNorth Market is a Canadian-focused Tor storefront active since the second half of 2021. It ships domestically within Canada as the primary use case and serves a smaller international audience through vendors who opt into cross-border shipping. This page covers the storefront at reference length.
Canadian focus
Most vendors on WeTheNorth ship domestically within Canada. Most buyers pay in Canadian-preferred coin flows. Shipping windows tend to be shorter than international because the majority of orders never cross a border. This is the single distinguishing feature of the storefront relative to larger international Tor markets.
Escrow
Every order settles through 2 of 3 multisig. Three keys, held by buyer, vendor, platform. Any two release. In the healthy path, buyer and vendor sign the release themselves after delivery and the platform key never moves. If a dispute is raised, the platform arbitrates and cosigns with the side it judges correct.
Coin support
Bitcoin at launch. Monero added in 2023 and now the default for new deposits. Both fund the same multisig escrow at checkout. Monero is preferred where privacy matters, Bitcoin remains fully supported for buyers who already hold it.
Mirror rotation
The operator maintains a small set of rotating onion addresses. All addresses in the current set resolve to the same storefront with the same account, balance and order history. When an address rotates out, the others continue serving without interruption. The current set is on the mirrors page.
Timeline
Launched second half of 2021. Second mirror added 2022. Monero support 2023. Wallet default switched to Monero for new accounts 2024. Captcha reworked to embed the current mirror address 2025. Operator PGP signing key unchanged since launch, approaching five years of stability.