Nym represents a cutting-edge advancement in privacy tech, developed by top-tier research scientists and developers from prestigious universities worldwide. The system features a mixnet for network-level privacy, credentials for application-level privacy, and the NYM token that incentivizes participants, ensuring long-term sustainability and scalability. With digital privacy becoming increasingly vital, Nym proudly introduces the NymVPN—a groundbreaking solution setting new benchmarks for online privacy and security. Unlike conventional VPNs, NymVPN operates on the Nym network, which is a fully decentralized infrastructure that eliminates any single points of failure or control. This offers unparalleled privacy protections, including fully private payments through zk-nym credentials, which use zero-knowledge technology to remove financial traces.
How does Nym provide privacy?
Nym is a comprehensive "full-stack" privacy platform that allows developers to integrate existing applications with the Nym system to shield users at the network level with the Nym mixnet and at the application layer with Nym's private credentials. Collectively, these features have the potential to enhance privacy across the broader blockchain landscape: the Nym mixnet offers privacy at layer 0, providing metadata protection for blockchain and cryptocurrency initiatives at layer 1 (like Bitcoin and Ethereum) and layer 2 (such as most DeFi projects).
What is Nym mixnet?
The Nym mixnet is a decentralized array of computers organized into three layers. Your communication data is routed through it, enveloped in multiple encryption layers using the SPHINX packet format, making all data traversing the mixnet appear identical. At each layer, your internet traffic is combined with others', and any metadata that could uniquely identify your communications, like your IP address, timing, and destination, is concealed. This ensures that your messages blend into the background, protecting not just the content but also the metadata, ensuring privacy. The privacy maxim is that "Privacy loves company," and a mixnet embodies this philosophy; the more data is mixed together, the more private everyone's information becomes.
What is the NymVPN?
NymVPN is pioneering as the first truly private consumer product aiming to secure your data and metadata from intrusive scrutiny. Unlike standard VPNs, NymVPN is constructed on the Nym network, a wholly decentralized system that eliminates single points of failure or control. This ensures unmatched privacy protections, including fully private transactions via zk-nym credentials, leveraging zero-knowledge technology to remove financial traces.
NymVPN provides two modes to meet various privacy preferences:
VPN Mode: A decentralized, secure 2-hop mode using the WireGuard protocol, optimized for speed while offering medium-level privacy.
Mixnet Mode: Delivers comprehensive protection against metadata analysis, ideal for those demanding high privacy with medium performance.
