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Nexus Market mnemonic backup — what to write down and where

The platform issues an account recovery mnemonic on first login. How to back it up correctly without making it the next leak vector.

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K. Briskill · OpSec writer at TorTaught
Topic landing · updated May 5, 2026 · 2026-05-05 03:13 UTC

The mnemonic is a 12 or 24 word phrase that lets you recover account access if you lose your PGP key, password, or 2FA setup. The platform shows it once at enrollment; if you lose it, you lose the account. Write it on paper. Two copies. Two physical locations. Do not photograph it. Do not paste it into a password manager. Do not type it into a notes app. Paper, full stop.

Why paper: every other storage medium is shared with other applications and exposes the mnemonic to vector classes (clipboard scrapers, cloud-sync leaks, photo gallery upload services) that paper does not have. The mnemonic is the recovery floor of the entire account; treat it as the highest-value item to protect.

Verified working Nexus Market mirrors

Three v3 onion addresses currently serving the production market, signed under PGP fingerprint 0x7F2A0A9D. Use the Copy button; never retype an address.

Recommended http://nexuspokkxp4ayqqec3c3lkekwhnjdqur5bqiocemx4t6sy3werqihad.onion
Backup http://nexusncagw2vnag3ycv62occuouhfgkp6htx7alhnzl5xwgtzi2mfbid.onion
Failover http://nexusr4ivg23525pvw53h3av7b7xcamxqguprosazaoray33qgrar2qd.onion

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