First-time visitor path

Read in order if you have never used the storefront before.

  1. What WeTheNorth Market actually is 5 min
  2. Installing Tor Browser, correctly 4 min
  3. Picking a WeTheNorth mirror 3 min
  4. First login walkthrough 4 min
  5. Registering a WeTheNorth account 4 min
  6. Depositing Bitcoin, first time 5 min
  7. Placing a first order 4 min
  8. Marking an order received 3 min

Verification, from key to signature

The full workflow for verifying a WeTheNorth rotation with PGP.

  1. What PGP signatures actually prove 4 min
  2. Importing the operator PGP key 3 min
  3. Verifying a rotation message 3 min
  4. Reading gpg output like a normal person 3 min
  5. Kleopatra on Windows 3 min
  6. The captcha URL check, per session 3 min
  7. Common verify errors and what they mean 3 min

Wallet and funding

Coin choice, wallet software, non-KYC funding paths.

  1. Coins accepted at WeTheNorth 3 min
  2. Bitcoin deposit workflow 4 min
  3. Monero adoption in Canadian Tor markets 4 min
  4. Wallet software shortlist 3 min
  5. Non-KYC funding paths for Canadians 5 min
  6. Coin swaps inside Cake Wallet 3 min
  7. Withdrawing promptly 2 min

Safety and OpSec

The habits that separate buyers who last from buyers who lose accounts.

  1. Phishing defence workflow 5 min
  2. Bookmark hygiene 2 min
  3. Recognising a real WeTheNorth address 2 min
  4. Where to store the mnemonic 2 min
  5. Encrypt anything sensitive with vendor PGP 2 min
  6. Session length and New Identity 2 min
  7. Do not finalise early 2 min

How to evaluate a vendor

The specific numbers to check and the pattern to follow.

  1. Reading a WeTheNorth vendor page 4 min
  2. Dispute ratio thresholds explained 3 min
  3. Finalisation ratio, what the number tells you 3 min
  4. Recent reviews beat lifetime average 3 min
  5. First-order protocol 2 min
  6. What to do when a package is late 3 min