# Guide to Tor hidden services and elements of the Tor network

       If you are planning to edit this, please read the Preface: it describes the history of editorial disputes on Wikipedia that resulted in this becoming a Wikibook in order to maintain its completeness.
    This book is a WORK UNDER CONSTRUCTION and, for that reason, while we aim to be a reliable list of Tor links on the Clearnet, other sites exist that are currently much better.

## Introduction
### Taking your first steps into Tor

       To future authors: how to set up the Tor Browser Bundle, etc.
* Download the Tor Browser Bundle.
* Figure out if your connection is proxied, firewalled, or censored.
** if proxied: set up Tor to use your proxy
** if firewalled: set up your firewall to allow Tor access, or obtain and use a proxy and follow the "proxied" instructions
** if censored: learn to set up Tor bridge relays

### Tor is a jungle. How to be a primary source

       To future authors: Don't restate what's said in the preface: why this book is needed, primary sources are rare, etc. Introduce the reader to see for him/herself why this is the case and what can be done about it, including how to properly contribute knowledge to this Wikibook, Reddit, and other sources, properly in an informed manner.

### Our predecessors

* Consult any of the various Hidden Wikis
* Reddit's /r/onions subreddit

## External Links
### Decentralizing the Darknet

* The Decentralized Darknet Project's official wiki (need to be a member of Cryptoshares to join, cost is $100, they offer you an account containing free stock in their cooperative that accrues stock dividends the longer you leave one or more computer on and attached to the network, to the extent of the storage, bandwidth, and processing power your computer(s) provide)
* The OnionCore subreddit, dedicated to theories and implementations of decentralizing the darknet

### Alternative sources

       Summary: List our alternatives as sources here.
* wiki.torhost.net -- Torhost.net hidden wiki Known to the author --ContingentConsciousness (discuss • contribs) 04:59, 5 March 2014 (UTC). Author admits this is no longer a reliable source as it has since gone offline. Would love to repost when it, the author's next project, or some other reliable source becomes available.
* ContingentConsciousness's OnionDir Under construction by the original author of this book --ContingentConsciousness (discuss • contribs) 06:05, 16 May 2015 (UTC) Allows users to leave comments on sites, but not to post new links. Sites are all on one page, except that there are pages for individual sites too.
* Anno006's Onion Dir Similar to author's site OnionDir, but live and not under construction! Allows users to leave comments on sites and to post new links. Sites are organized by category and are on separate pages with previews of each site.
* All You're Wiki, a good wiki which does its best to remove links that are harmful (scams, child pornography, etc.)
* "The Uncensored Hidden Wiki', a good wiki insofar as being well-organized, but full of unverified sites and scams, and does not remove links to child pornography. Warning! Clicking on some of the links contained here may land you in jail if you get caught knowingly storing downloaded material.

## Citations & References
### Primary (TOR)

* ↑ Torhost.net Hidden Wiki Protected main page
* ↑ ContingentConsciousness's OnionDir (the version whose hidden service address starts with 'oniondir')
* ↑ Anno006's Onion Dir (the version whose hidden service address starts with 'auut')

### Secondary (Reliable media, etc.)

* cyruservvvklto2l.onion
* bq2ncjv5qb6zw42p.onion