Nexus Link Desk Provenance, not popularity

Current Nexus addresses

Three nodes, one platform behind them. Copy, never retype, and verify the signature when you arrive.

Node 01 nexusb2l7fmqnefwphyy7m5zjhlkytlbo7qbb5lu5dlczr3azgii2gyd.onion
Node 02 nexusma2iqgauqqvjcgds4ckv5xbf272tkfagq4epojjhsgleqpwxiqd.onion
Node 03 nexusabcd6tyfhdwilyitaqiri6tisj2v2hueyjuj6qkvd6azvi5tuqd.onion

An address that loads is not an address that is genuine. The check that settles it takes under a minute.

Where did your Nexus link come from?

Almost everyone asks whether a link is real. Very few ask where it came from, which is the question that actually predicts the answer. This site grades every channel a Nexus address travels through and tells you plainly what each one can and cannot establish.

The one idea this site is built on

An onion address is a public key. Serving traffic at it requires the matching private key, which means the address is a claim that can be proved or not proved and nothing in between. Everything else people use to judge a link, familiarity, ranking, the reputation of whoever posted it, how confident the page looks, is decoration on top of that single fact.

So the useful question is not whether a link looks right. It is what the channel that delivered it is capable of establishing. Once you ask that, most sources turn out to establish nothing at all, which sounds bleak until you notice it makes the decision simple. If the channel proves nothing, you check. Every time, the same way.

Put bluntlyA link that loads, ranks first, and has been posted by the same account for three years is exactly as unverified as one a stranger sent you five minutes ago. None of those properties touch key ownership.

The source grades

Every channel below has its own page explaining how it works, the specific attack it enables, and how to use it without getting hurt. The short version fits in one table.

ChannelWhat it provesRisk aloneWhy
Search resultsNothingHighRanking measures links and clicks, never key ownership.
Link directoriesNothing on its ownHighA list is only as current as whoever last touched it.
Forum postsNothingHighAccounts are bought, borrowed and taken over.
Chat and messagingNothingSevereNo market runs support or announcements there at all.
Wikis and community listsNothingModerateOpen editing means the last edit decides what you read.
Archives and cachesWhat was true thenModerateA faithful copy of a page that has since expired.
Clearnet onion gatewaysNothingSevereThe operator makes the request and sees everything you send.
Someone you trustNothingModerateHonesty is not the same as having checked.
Paste and dump sitesNothingHighAnonymous, undated, unattributable by design.

What this site is not

It is not a link list that asks you to trust it. This page shows three addresses at the top like every other site in this space, and by its own argument those addresses prove nothing either. That is not a contradiction, it is the point. Treat them as a lead worth checking rather than an answer, exactly as you should treat any address from anywhere.

It also takes no money from any market, carries no advertising, and has no affiliate arrangement. That matters here more than in most subjects, because the standard business model for a site covering this ground is to be paid by what it covers, and readers have no way to tell from the outside which sites do.

Start here

If you have a link in front of you right now and want to know whether to use it, read the checking section first and come back to the source grades afterwards.

Where links come fromWhere Nexus links come fromNine channels, graded on what each one can actually establish.Where links come fromLinks you found in a search engineRanking measures popularity. It has never measured authenticity.Where links come fromLink directories and list sitesA list is only as current as the last time somebody touched it.Where links come fromForum posts and threadsAccount age proves an account is old. Accounts change hands.Where links come fromChat apps and messaging groupsNo market runs support or announcements on a messaging app. None.Where links come fromWikis and community edited listsOpen editing means the most recent edit is what you read.Where links come fromArchives and cached pagesFaithful copies of pages that expired. Accurate and out of date.Where links come fromClearnet onion gatewaysThe operator makes the request for you and sees everything you send.Where links come fromA link from someone you trustHonesty and having checked are different things.Where links come fromPaste sites and anonymous dumpsAnonymous, undated, unattributable. Nothing to evaluate.How a link agesHow a link agesAddresses are born, spread, go stale and get reused. Four stages.How a link agesHow a link is madeGenerated from a keypair, not registered with anyone.How a link agesHow a link spreadsCopying is one way. Nothing propagates a correction.How a link agesHow a link goes staleRetirement looks exactly like an outage for the first few days.How a link agesHow a link is recycledA dead address that answers again is not a recovery.Checking oneChecking a linkThe part that actually settles anything. Four pages.Checking oneReading an addressCompare the middle. That is where a forgery differs.Checking oneThe signature checkUnder a minute, and it is the only thing that settles anything.Checking onePinning a keyHalf an hour once, and every later check is mechanical.Checking oneLimits of a checkIt answers one question well and several others not at all.HandlingHandling linksStoring addresses, surviving an outage, spotting the tells.HandlingSaving addressesSomewhere you control, dated, and pruned rather than archived.HandlingThe outage windowThe half hour when certainty peaks and judgement is worst.HandlingRed flagsSix tells, all of them variations on manufacturing hurry.ReferenceQuestionsDirect answers, including the ones people would rather not hear.ReferenceGlossaryThe terms used across this site, defined plainly.

Common questions

Is there one permanent Nexus address?

No, and a permanent one would be worse. A stable address is a stable target, it can be flooded indefinitely, and it teaches people to stop checking. What stays stable is the method, which is verifying a signature on arrival.

Which source is the safest?

None of them establish anything on their own, which is the honest answer. Archives come closest to being useful because they at least tell you what was true at a stated date, and that is still not the same as current.

Why do you show addresses if addresses prove nothing?

Because you need somewhere to start, and a lead you are told to check is more honest than a lead presented as an answer. The addresses at the top of every page here come with the same warning attached.