If you've been experiencing Tor network connectivity and performance issues lately, you're not the only one since many others have had issues with onion sites loading slower or not loading at all.
“A dark net or darknet is an overlay network within the Internet that can only be accessed with specific software, configurations, or authorization, and often uses a unique customized communication protocol. Two typical darknet types are social networks and anonymity proxy networks such as Tor via an anonymized series of connections.”
