Travelling light
The small habits that separate buyers who last from buyers who lose accounts.
Operational security on this terrain is not one dramatic precaution. It is a stack of small habits, each cheap, that together keep an account standing. This plate is the packing list for travelling light.
A fresh identity
Pick a username you have never used anywhere else. Reusing a handle from a clear-web forum or an old account is exactly how a name gets tied to an account across platforms. Start clean.
A unique password, stored right
Generate a long unique password and keep it in an encrypted local manager, not a browser autofill and not a cloud-synced service. The recovery phrase the market issues at registration goes on paper, in your own hand, stored somewhere only you reach. Anyone who holds that phrase holds the account, so it never touches a screenshot or a synced note.
Session hygiene
Close the browser after a session rather than leaving it open for days. Use a fresh Tor identity between separate accounts. A long-lived session is a longer window for something to go wrong, and the fix costs nothing.
Keep the balance small
Money on a market is money exposed to whatever happens to the market. Keep the on-market balance sized to the order in front of you, and withdraw the rest to a wallet you control. Travelling light means carrying only what the current crossing needs.