The operator published a small announcement adjusting the new-vendor bond schedule. Starting on the first of July, new Category C vendors post a slightly higher bond during the first-month probation. Existing vendors are grandfathered under the old schedule.

Not a functional change from the buyer side. Buyers see the same vendor pages, same dispute history, same PGP keys. The schedule matters mostly to vendors starting fresh, and to the small number of scam-bait accounts that used to open, take orders, and vanish before the bond period ended.

The editor read of this: the operator sees enough scam-bait pattern to be worth tightening. That is more transparency than most Tor storefronts offer, and the schedule adjustment is exactly the kind of ops decision that should be visible.