Darknet Questions — Community Rules
Welcome to Darknet Questions.
This community is dedicated to education and discussion about the dark web, Tor, privacy, OPSEC, cryptocurrency, cybersecurity, scam awareness, and related technologies.
Beginners are welcome. Before posting a question, please check the Wiki and Guides—your question may already be answered there.
1. 
No Buying, Selling, or Soliciting
Do not use this community to buy, sell, trade, or arrange transactions involving illegal goods or services.
This includes asking members to contact you privately to complete a transaction.
2. 
No Darknet Market Links
Do not post direct links to darknet markets or other illegal marketplaces.
Links to legitimate educational, privacy, security, cryptocurrency, and open-source resources are allowed.
3. 
No Sourcing Questions
Do not ask where or how to purchase illegal drugs, weapons, stolen information, fraudulent services, or other illegal goods.
Questions about darknet technology, safety, privacy, scams, and how these ecosystems work are welcome.
4. 
No Fraud or Financial Crime
No tutorials, requests, or offers involving:
- Carding
- Stolen accounts
- Identity theft
- Money laundering
- Account takeovers
- Fraudulent refunds
- Stolen cryptocurrency
- Other financial crimes
Discussion of these subjects for education, prevention, or scam awareness is permitted.
5. 
Protect Personal Information
Never post another person’s private information.
Do not post names, addresses, phone numbers, passwords, private keys, seed phrases, login credentials, or other sensitive information.
Never share your cryptocurrency seed phrase or private keys with anyone.
6. 
No Scamming or Phishing
Scammers, phishing attempts, impersonation, fake services, malicious downloads, and attempts to steal cryptocurrency or account credentials will result in removal and may result in an immediate ban.
Reporting and analyzing suspected scams is encouraged.
7. 
Keep Advice Safe and Responsible
Do not deliberately give users dangerous or misleading security advice.
When discussing Tor, OPSEC, PGP, cryptocurrency, or cybersecurity, clearly distinguish personal opinion from established security practices.
Nobody has perfect OPSEC. Be willing to correct mistakes and learn from others.
8. 
Be Respectful
Disagreement is fine. Personal attacks, harassment, threats, excessive trolling, and deliberately disruptive behavior are not.
Correct bad information without attacking the person asking the question.
Remember that many members are here specifically because they’re learning.
9. 
No Spam
No repetitive advertising, referral spam, unsolicited promotions, or flooding the community with low-quality posts.
Relevant resources may be shared when they genuinely contribute to the discussion.
10. 
Check the Wiki & Guides/FAQ
We maintain educational resources covering many frequently asked questions.
Before creating a new topic, please check the Wiki and Guides and our FAQ.
If something isn’t covered—or you don’t understand something you read—feel free to ask.
Disclaimer
Darknet Questions is an educational community.
Discussion of the dark web does not constitute endorsement of illegal activity. Members are responsible for complying with the laws applicable to them.
The purpose of this community is to promote education, privacy, cybersecurity, scam awareness, harm reduction, and safer use of privacy technologies.
By participating in Darknet Questions, you agree to follow these rules.
Help us build a community where people can learn without being scammed, exploited, or encouraged to engage in illegal activity.