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How one service can sit behind several Torzon market mirrors
Mirrors are partly a load problem and partly a resilience problem.
One address, many servers
Tools such as Onionbalance let one onion address be served by several back-end machines, which smooths out traffic.
Several addresses
Services also publish more than one address, so a flood aimed at one torzon market mirror does not block every visitor.
Same keys, same content
Genuine mirrors are controlled by the same operators and show the same service, login and account data.
Why the list changes
Addresses under heavy attack may be dropped and replaced, which is why a dated mirror list matters more than an old one.
Genuine Torzon market mirrors are extra doors to the same service, run by the same operators.