Head to head
WeTheNorth or Nexus
For most readers this comparison is settled by geography before any of the other facts get a turn, and that is worth saying at the top rather than at the bottom.
| WeTheNorth | Nexus | |
|---|---|---|
| Appeared | 2021 | 2023 |
| Coins | BTC, XMR | BTC, LTC, XMR |
| Published addresses | Three | Three |
| Aimed at | Canada, English and French | Global, English |
| Addresses spelling the name | None of three | All three |
Geography first
One of these is aimed at Canada and presented in English and French. The other is aimed at everybody in English. If you are in Canada, or French is a requirement rather than a nice extra, the oldest market in this catalogue is also the one built for you, and that is an unusually clean outcome.
If you are neither, the regional focus is aimed at somebody else, and two years of extra track record is not enough on its own to override that.
The address sets are opposites
WeTheNorth publishes three addresses that share an eight character opening spelling nothing. Nexus publishes three that all open with the market name. Neither is better as infrastructure, and they train opposite habits. A reader used to recognising a word at the front will find the WeTheNorth set unhelpfully anonymous, which is uncomfortable and slightly good for them.
The habit that covers both
The correct habit works for both: compare a whole string against a copy you already had. The word at the front is decoration on every market in this catalogue, including the seven where it is genuinely their name.
Pick WeTheNorth if
- You are in Canada or want shorter internal distances on a delivery.
- You need French. It is the only bilingual entry here.
- You want the longest record available in this catalogue.
Pick Nexus if
- You are outside the region. Which is most readers.
- You hold Litecoin. WeTheNorth does not take it.
- You want a global audience rather than a national one, with whatever that brings in listings.
The unusual case
Somebody in Canada who holds Litecoin has a genuine conflict here, because the regional market does not take it. The clean answer is to convert to Monero, which both accept and which every market in this catalogue accepts, and then the geography decides without anything else pulling against it.
Why age loses this one for most readers
Because a market aimed at a country you are not in is not a better market for you, however long it has been running. Age is a tiebreaker and this pair is not tied. Geography answers it first, and the two extra years only get a turn among readers for whom the region is a fit.