To this day, the darknet is considered a hidden part of the WWW, an area where criminals are primarily active. However, this is only part of the truth. It is based on a peer-to-peer overlay network whose participants manually establish their connections with each other. As a result, it is considered anonymous and users can move around there without being tracked. To surf the darknet, internet users need the so-called Tor browser. Cryptocurrencies are also repeatedly referred to by critics as dark web currency.