BlackOps Market onion link & mirrors
BlackOps runs on Monero and nothing else. No Bitcoin line, no swap happening in the background, just XMR in and XMR out. For people who came to Tor for the privacy in the first place, that is the whole point. The wallet never leaks a history because the coin does not carry one.
What BlackOps is known for
Monero only, which is a real decision
Every other shop on this directory accepts at least one transparent chain. This one does not, and that removes the option of making the convenient choice by accident. Nobody funds an order here in Bitcoin because it was preselected, and nobody ends up with a permanently readable record of the payment because they did not think about it at the checkout screen.
What that costs you
Monero takes slightly more effort to acquire than Bitcoin and fewer exchanges list it. If you already hold Bitcoin you will need a swap before you can order at all, which is a genuine barrier and the main reason a shop would normally accept both. Whether the trade is worth it depends entirely on whether you would be comfortable with the alternative sitting in a public ledger indefinitely.
Escrow backed, and the boundary of that
Orders are held rather than paid straight to the seller, which is what makes buying from a stranger workable. What escrow covers is money attached to an open order. What it does not cover is a balance sitting on the platform between orders, which is exposed to whatever happens to the platform. Deposit for the order in front of you and withdraw the rest.
Before you buy
We list BlackOps Market because its mirrors are answering and its address set is published. Listing is not a guarantee. Keep deposits close to what an open order needs, and never leave a balance sitting on a shop between orders.