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Reaching Zion from Tails

Tails is a live operating system you boot from a USB stick. It runs entirely in memory, routes every connection through Tor, and forgets everything when you shut it down. For anyone who wants to leave no trace on the machine, it is the strongest ordinary-hardware option.

Why Tails helps

  • Amnesic. Nothing is written to the computer's disk. Close the session and the evidence is gone.
  • Tor-forced. Applications cannot accidentally bypass Tor; the network is locked down.
  • Separated. A dedicated Tails stick keeps your market activity off the machine you use for everything else.

Getting there

Install Tails onto a USB stick from the official Tails site and verify the download. Boot it, connect to Tor when prompted, then open Tor Browser inside Tails and paste a verified mirror from the mirrors page. If you want to keep a PGP key or a password database between sessions, enable Persistent Storage and encrypt it with a strong passphrase.

Store your account recovery mnemonic on paper, not only in Tails persistence. A lost or damaged stick should never mean a lost account.

Last reviewed 2026-07-10.