Mars Market addresses
Three published addresses for the same market. Copy rather than retype, and check the signature once you are through.
marsautkudspgk6j23cxdtrk36ae4fpis2eoe7izu5y2rsksvmfji2ad.onion
marshjhtog245vzjzcicnmv2ci6yljibvdm4pngq5kmkfvcutppboxad.onion
marsiujka6lrsaqpnxiwvknthhzsrlmq77mnl2fi62guc4lwxif65syd.onion
This list is published, not monitored. An address that opens is not an address that is genuine, and the check that settles it takes under a minute.
Withdrawing funds
Mechanically the reverse of funding. The interesting part is when rather than how.
- What this step is
- Moving an uncommitted balance from the platform back to a wallet you control.
- How to prepare
- A destination address from your own wallet, copied rather than retyped.
- What you will see
- A form asking for a destination and an amount, and a fee shown before you confirm.
- How it works
- The platform broadcasts a transaction to the address you gave. Once broadcast it is not reversible by anybody, including them.
- How long it takes
- Usually minutes to broadcast, then ordinary confirmation time. Delays at busy periods are common and rarely mean anything.
- What you will experience
- The same waiting as funding, with the same temptation to assume the worst.
- What can go wrong
- A mistyped or substituted destination, which is unrecoverable. Check the ends of what actually landed in the field.
- Benefits and limits
- It removes funds from platform risk entirely. It does nothing about anything already committed to an order.
When to do it
Promptly, and more promptly than feels necessary. A balance sitting on a platform is outside escrow and exposed to everything that can happen to a platform, including things that are nobody's fault. It is also exposed to your own account being lost, which is considerably more likely than the platform failing.
The quiet version of this loss is attention. Money left somewhere for six months belongs to somebody who has stopped watching, and by the time they look again the situation may have changed in ways they had no reason to notice.
The check before confirming
Compare the first and last several characters of the destination in the field against your wallet. Not the middle, the ends, because the failure here is wholesale substitution rather than a resembling address. It takes three seconds and it is the only thing standing between a mistake and a payment that cannot be recalled.
Fees and batching
Each withdrawal pays a network fee, which is small and not zero. That is an argument for withdrawing in one movement rather than several, and it is not an argument for leaving a balance in place. The fee saved by waiting is a fraction of a cent and the risk carried is unlimited, which is not a close comparison.