I sent an email to D and he sent me a long list of requirements for how to order N. I don't understand how to buy Bitcoin and navigate the dark web. Did anyone else have to do considerable research before obtaining N?
You do not need to navigate the dark web,
Step one download a bitcoin wallet, the one I use is called exodus,
Step two, once you have your BTC ( bit coin ) wallet, go to a web site called local Cryptos and sign up,
Step 3 in the search in local Cryptos select you want to buy BTC and for how much, for example, £1000 worth of BTC, or $1000 of BTC, and search for people trading,
Step 4 local cryptos is a trading platform, some people require you send ID some don't, its best to use those that don't require ID in this case, when you found the person you want to buy the BTC from on the platform, open a trade and purchase it, some traders except PayPal, bank transfer, westernuninion ect, so chose how you wish to pay.
Step 5, you open a trade for the required amount, the seller accepts the trade, the seller will then put the BTC into escrow ( which means is in the hands of a man in the middle ) once you see the BTC has been placed into escrow you make the payment to the seller and mark your side as PAID, once you paid you message the seller and inform him you have paid, he will then check and send you the BTC into the wallet that local cryptos supplied you with.
Step 6 move the BTC you brought on local Cryptos, into the wallet you chose to download, like I said mine is called exodus, this is so you BTC is off of local cryptos.
Step 7 send D the required amount with the payment address he sent you.
It might tale you a day or two to work it out but its not that difficult just take it one step.at a time, watch some YouTube.
Just make sure you buy the BTC with out ID if you can, its not a big deal if you do use ID, there's a site called coinbase where you can but BTC easily if you want to do that,
but if you can, use local Cryptos and find a trader who dont require ID.
Hope that has helped