Mars Market Resources

Official Monero core — ring signatures, stealth addresses and RingCT. The privacy coin used exclusively by Mars Market.

Official Monero GUI wallet — desktop application for sending, receiving and managing XMR with full node support.

Python library for Monero wallet interaction and blockchain analysis. Useful for verifying sub-address generation per order.

The Tor daemon — open-source implementation of onion routing and v3 hidden service specification used by Mars Market.

Python controller library for the Tor daemon. Useful for researchers building tools that interact with the Tor control protocol.

GnuPG — the standard PGP implementation for verifying Mars Market mirror signatures and encrypting vendor messages.

OpenPGP in JavaScript — used by browser-based PGP tools for in-browser message encryption without key upload.

Technical deep-dive into how Monero achieves privacy through ring signatures, stealth addresses and RingCT — explained clearly.

Visual explanation of Tor's onion routing — circuit construction, guard nodes and the hidden service addressing scheme.

Step-by-step PGP key generation, signing messages and verifying signatures with GnuPG. Essential for Mars Market users.

Official Monero documentation on Ring Confidential Transactions — the mechanism that hides transaction amounts on-chain.

Official Tor Project documentation on hidden services — rendezvous points, introduction points and the six-hop circuit.

EFF's comprehensive guide to secure communication — PGP, Tor, encrypted messaging and operational security best practices.

Official guide to using the Monero command-line wallet — generating addresses, sending transactions and managing keys securely.