Darkweb. Mysterious place full of criminals and hackers, normal people have no chance to access it. Or maybe a peaceful place where you can find tons of useful content easier to access than your facebook account. Depends on your angel of view.
So SCAMS... I got scammed about 2 month ago. I was buying some stuff on Darkweb, that's something I'm doin very occasionally and I not even thought about that I may get scammed. Now when I look back, I was stupid. If you're going to buy something be more cautious than I was. But how to not get scammed? Just be cautious.
I'm gonna show you how stupid I was. Don't make fun of me lol.
So you see two screenshots of one "100% legal market" here
One of them is scam one is legit. 
Guess which one is legit... Hard isn't it? Try hard, analyse the pictures.. Still nothing? Ok I'm gonna tell you.
You can't know if site is legit only by taking a look at it. And I thought I can. It's a best way how to loose your money - being like me. All scammers aren't really stupid. Most of them are but others are masterminds.
Then how to prevent from being scammed? You must verify everything. Every website, all parts of it, search the forums if it's legit etc. It's better to take an advice at the forum like "that market you want to buy from don't seems to be legit" than losing your money isn't it? I'm sure it is.
Let's continue. Let's talk about benefits of the Darkweb. And trust me, these are more common than scams.
Have you ever heard that you can find everything on the internet? If not, where for the christ's sake do you live? It's true. And even more true on the Darkweb. Do you want to know how to build bomb from a potato? Hope you don't, but it could be found on the Darkweb. You just have to search. There's literally everything. Hundreds of hundreds forums where you can discuss everything you want. And don't have to be scared of people judging you.
Darkweb isn't really that dark. In some ways it is of course. But as everything, it has a second, light side. Sure thing you always have to be cautious. It's like this image.. cute but disturbing.
Feel free to explore nooks of the internet.
Now you may be asking "Is it safe for me to explore Darkweb?" Like I said, you have to be cautious. But is it enough? No, it isn't. Being cautious can't really save you from hazards of Dakrweb. But if you want to be hacked it's cool to skip this part of the article for you. If not, let's talk about how to be as safe as it's possible.
Of course easier way to be safe is don't visit unverified sites, don't buy anything better even don't search Darkweb. But that would be boring wouldn't it. Installing a vpn is step number one. This article isn't sponsored so I'm not going to recommend you here any vpn providers. Best would be doing a little check on price/service you'll get, at every provider.
Step two, kill every other program in your computer and always keep Tor in minimized setting. It's a minor thing but trust me, can a be thing which will save your ass.
Step three, install tails. Especially if are you doing something illegal. Tails is a linux based operating system which could be booted up from an usb stick. Free to download, easy to run. Like I said, article isn't sponsored, but Tails will give you a new level of security.
And last, but quite expensive tip. Start with
a new fresh laptop.
"If I have to be this secure, is there anything good there?" Sure there is. One biggest, and most important opportunity which is Darkweb giving to you is that you can be free. You can talk about anything do whatever you want, read uncensored news from everywhere among the world, there are so many communities you can join etc. Darkweb is a best place to learn new things. Thousands of free ebooks about programming, graphic design, ebooks about how to write a ebook... Or do you want to get high? Answer is Darkweb.
Thanks for reading, I would be glad for every thumb up. And remember to be safe.
Ariestu