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BlackOps will not load at all Common

The address times out or the page never finishes loading.

A page that hangs feels like the market has disappeared. It almost never has. Two causes cover nearly every case, and they need different responses.

Work out which one it is

What you seeCauseResponse
One address dead, another opensLoad on that addressUse the other address
All BlackOps addresses dead, other onion sites fineFlood against the serviceWait a few minutes, retry
Every onion site slow for youYour own circuitNew circuit, then restart Tor Browser

The fix in order

  1. Request a new Tor circuit for the site and reload, which fixes most cases on its own
  2. If nothing changes, close Tor Browser completely and start it again so every circuit is rebuilt
  3. Try a different verified address from the list on this page
  4. If all of them are quiet, wait. Floods pass, usually within minutes
Watch out. Do not go looking for a new address in a search engine while yours is quiet. That search is where nearly every phishing loss starts, and the alternatives you need are already listed on this site.

When it is worth worrying

A market being unreachable for a few minutes is routine. Every verified address being gone for days at a time, with no signed word from the operator anywhere, is a different situation and worth caution. Even then the answer is patience rather than hunting for replacements.

Why a hidden service goes quiet in the first place

Reaching a normal website means asking a server for a page. Reaching an onion address means building a path through several relays, meeting the service at a rendezvous point and doing all of it without either side learning where the other sits. That design is what makes the address private and it is also what gives it more places to fail. A single tired relay anywhere along the path produces exactly the symptom you are looking at.

On top of that, hidden services attract sustained traffic floods. The attacker does not need to break anything, only to keep the service busy enough that ordinary visitors time out. That is why the fix is almost never technical on your side and almost always a matter of taking a different path or waiting for the wave to pass.

What not to do

  • Do not lower the Tor Browser security level, since it changes nothing about reachability and removes protection you want
  • Do not install a different Tor client or a browser extension that promises faster onion access
  • Do not accept an address from a search result, a comment or a forwarded message while yours is quiet
  • Do not assume an exit has happened because a single address stopped answering for an afternoon
Related entries
SeverityProblemAreaLikely cause
MinorPages load but everything is extremely slow
The market opens, but each page takes many seconds and images crawl.		Access and loadingTor routing overhead plus a slow relay in your current circuit.
CommonThe captcha will not load or will not accept anything
The login captcha is blank, broken, or rejects every attempt.		Access and loadingImage blocked by a partial page load, or a stale session on a loaded address.
CriticalThe address on the login screen does not match your browser
The onion printed on the page is different from the one in your address bar.		Access and loadingYou are on a cloned login page built to collect credentials.