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The helper approach on paper, for later

I wrote a friend a short note to follow later. This is what fit on the note and what did not.

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The three addresses

Nexus Market publishes these three onion addresses. Present as supplied, in no order, with no ranking. This site does not probe them and shows no uptime figure.

nexusb2l7fmqnefwphyy7m5zjhlkytlbo7qbb5lu5dlczr3azgii2gyd.onion
nexusma2iqgauqqvjcgds4ckv5xbf272tkfagq4epojjhsgleqpwxiqd.onion
nexusabcd6tyfhdwilyitaqiri6tisj2v2hueyjuj6qkvd6azvi5tuqd.onion

The shape of the note

The note fits on one small piece of paper folded once. Anything that does not fit is not on it. The constraint is the design.

On the outside of the fold, the name of this site. On the inside, four short lines: install Tor Browser from its own site; open this site in it; copy one of the three addresses; paste it in Tor Browser and go from there.

Nothing else. The note is a pointer, not a manual.

Why paper for this

Paper does not sync anywhere. Paper is not a place where a substitution can happen between me writing it and my friend reading it. Paper is small and legible and disposable.

The friend can burn it or shred it when they are done, and there is no version of it left on any server anywhere.

The trade is that paper is easy to lose. That is fine because the note is not a secret. The addresses are on this site regardless of the note.

What is on the note and what is not

On: the name of this site, four short instructions, and a line saying to come back to me with questions after they have done the four steps.

Not on: any onion address, any password, any account name, any recommendation about what to do on the market. Those are for later conversations, if any.

The note is deliberately small so it stays useful for a year. Anything more specific would go stale.

The four steps, in the order they are on the note

One. Install Tor Browser from torproject dot org. That is the only URL on the note that is not this site.

Two. Open this site in Tor Browser. The domain is the name on the outside of the fold.

Three. Copy any of the three onion addresses at the top of any article using the copy button.

Four. Paste it into Tor Browser and let the front page load.

What the note does not do

It does not walk through creating an account. That is a decision the friend makes on their own.

It does not walk through funding an account or placing an order. Those are decisions the friend also makes on their own, if at all.

It does not tell them what to expect on the front page. The front page speaks for itself.

When I give somebody the note

When they have asked how to look at the market. When they are curious and want to see it without me sitting next to them. When we have talked about it in general terms and they want to take the next small step alone.

I do not hand the note to somebody who has not asked. The note is a response, not an unsolicited push.

What I told them in person along with the note

  • The note is not a secret. Do not treat it like one.
  • The addresses on the site can change over time. Come back to the site each visit for the current three.
  • Nothing on the site logs them in anywhere. It is a directory, not a portal.
  • If they want a longer walk through, we can do the desk session from the other article in this group.

The tone of the note

Small. Calm. Specific. A note that does exactly one thing well. Anything bigger goes in a longer format.

The helper approach on paper is a design choice about knowing the size of what I can teach in that format, and staying inside it.

The opposite approach

The helper approach at one desk with two readers, the same instructions delivered live at their desk

What this article is not. This is not a full guide. It is a note that fits on one side of a folded card.

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