How to access Crown Market: six clean steps
Never opened Crown before? Follow these six steps in order. No jargon, no guesswork, a clear finish line on each one.
This is a procedure, not a pep talk. It assumes you can install an app and read a screen. Every step has a stop point. If a step will not complete, stop and read the page it links to instead of winging it.
Step 1. Get Tor Browser.
Pull it straight from torproject.org and verify the signature. Skip the third-party Tor bundles. A clearnet VPN is not a substitute.
Step 2. Slide security to Safest.
Hit the shield, pick Safest. Crown runs fine without JavaScript, so you lose nothing by locking it down.
Step 3. Bookmark this directory.
Bookmark this page, not an onion. The mirror list here moves with the rotation; a saved onion goes stale.
Step 4. Copy a mirror.
The Crown profile lists three live mirrors. Copy the Primary, paste into Tor Browser, let it load. Clear the challenge page if one shows up.
Step 5. Build the account.
Pick a username and password you have used nowhere else, drop both into a password manager, and switch on two-factor login the moment you are inside.
Step 6. Fund the account.
Crown takes Bitcoin and Monero, so pay in BTC or XMR from a wallet you own. The deposit screen hands you a fresh address for whichever coin you pick. The deposits guide walks the wallet picks and how to confirm the money landed.