Bohemia
Bohemia is a relatively new darknet market that primarily focuses on drug related products but offers some other products as well. You will find a wider range of drug products, from cannabis over dissociatives and psychadelics to ecstasy, opiates and prescription drugs, as well as steroids and stimulants.
In the non-drug category you will find fraud related and counterfeit items as well as digital products, software and malware and security and hacking tools.
In order to access the market you will need to go through the registration process. This can be a bit annoying since in addition to a password (with requirements) you need a security pin, login code as well as note down a recovery phrase. Fortunately, you only have to go through this once.
What is pretty unique to Bohemia is its loyalty program: Merchants are able to configure and deploy their very own loyalty program, which rewards buyers depending on how much they’ve spent, or how many times they’ve ordered, with one-time discount codes. Additionally, Bohemia offers an affiliate program: Every customer can copy their personal referral link and share it with friends and general public. The ywill reveive passively 25% of the profit made on each purchase made by the user(s) they have referred.
Security Recommendations
Same as with all darknet sites the usual security recommendations apply. Most importantly: stay anonymous. Use the TOR browser only and don’t use the TOR browser for any regular (non-darknet) browsing.
Before visiting the site with the TOR browser, you should switch off JavaScript (Options -> Privacy & Security -> Security Level -> Switch to “Safest”). Bohemia is explicitly designed so that you don’t need JavaScript which allows you to increase your security by switching it off.
Ideally, you have a dedicated system or at least a dedicated VM for all your darknet activities. Keep your darknet PGP keys and other credentials limited to that system only, do not mix it with any activities that would expose your identity.
Treat your dedicated system like a work-system: Only install the software necessary for your operations do not install anything for entertainment or other purposes. Subsequently, resist the urge to browse Twitter, Reddit or any other social media sites while you have downtime. For this always use your regular system.
For additional system security, we recommend you run a secure operating system like Tails or Whonix on your dedicated system for darknet activities. We also recommend using a VPN as an additional security measure since TOR will only anonymize your browsing sessions but not other traffic.
Bohemia Summary
Bohemia is a promising new market, especially for those interested in drug purchases. With a genrous 25% of the profit, their affiliate program is also one of the best. So if you want to recommend a market to a friend, this would be a great choise. But also for vendors, Bohemia has great offers, especially the customized loyalty programs merchants can deploy.
All in all a great new darknet market which is well needed, considering the recent closures of old and established markets. As always, when visiting any darknet market make sure to only use trusted links, such as the onion link for Bohemia on the top right.