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The secondary approach during a move between markets

For a few weeks I ran nexus in parallel with another market before I stopped using the other one. This is what that overlap looked like.

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The three addresses

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Why an overlap happens at all

A move from one market to another is not a switch that happens in one visit. It happens over a stretch, because the old market still has open orders, still has an inbox, still has a balance. Closing all of that takes a few visits.

During that stretch the two markets are both active on my side. That is the overlap, and it is temporary by definition.

The rule I set for myself during the overlap

The old market is for closing. The new market is for starting. Everything I do on the old market during the overlap is about winding down a state that already existed. Everything I do on the new market is about establishing a new state.

That means no new orders on the old market during the overlap. No new deposits. No new listings bookmarked. Just wind down.

It means small new activity on the new market. Slow, careful, learning. The overlap is where mistakes are most likely, because I have two active markets to keep straight.

How I keep the two visits distinct

Every visit is either an old market visit or a new market visit. I decide before I open Tor Browser which of the two the visit is for. I do not mix them in one browser session.

For nexus visits, I go through this site and use one of the three onion addresses at the top of any article. For the other market's visits, I use whatever reference I used before the move started. The two sources do not overlap.

The temptations during a move

The main one is to visit both in the same evening because I have things to do on each. That is fine, as long as they are two separate sittings with a browser close in between.

The second is to move state from the old market to the new one. Copy a note about a vendor, copy a message, copy a listing description. Do not. The move is about closing the old and starting the new, not translating.

The third is to speed up the wind down because I am eager to be on the new market fully. Speeding the wind down leaves loose ends. Slow wind downs are worth the extra week.

How I know the overlap is over

When the old market has no active orders, no positive balance, no messages I still owe a reply to, and nothing in the inbox I care about, the wind down is done. I sign in one more time, do a final look, and stop visiting.

From that point on, only the new market is active on my side. The overlap has resolved.

This can take a few weeks. It can take longer if a slow order is in flight. The overlap ends when it ends.

What I do with the old markets account after the wind down

I do not delete it if the market does not offer a good way to. I stop signing in. I remove the account from my manager, keeping only a note of the account name in case I need to remember later. The account exists on the market's side; me not signing in is what closes it for me.

I do not go back to check whether anybody has done anything with the account. That would be a fresh visit and I have stopped visiting.

What I keep from the old market after the move

  • Nothing about the account or the interface. That was the old market.
  • Some habits from my visit routine, if they were good ones.
  • The awareness that markets differ, and that assumptions from one do not port to another.
  • A private note on paper about how the old market wound down, in case I ever need to reason about the same shape of move again.

Why the move article is worth writing

Because most people who move between markets do it in a rush and leave the old market half wound down. That is not a good state. The overlap is the visible moment where the move can be done well or badly.

A slow overlap is a well done overlap. A fast one leaves loose ends that come back later.

The opposite approach

The routine approach on a normal evening, the routine after the overlap has resolved

What this article is not. This is not a comparison of markets and not a recommendation of a move. It is a description of the overlap when a move is happening.

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