🔴 Nym Announcements

NymVPN logo: the surveillance eclipse 🌇 The NymVPN is the first commercial app to launch on the Nym mixnet — a decentralized network securing privacy as the default for any digital communication. In celebration of the eclipse in some parts of the world, here is a short post gives a little insight into the symbolism behind the NymVPN logo ahead of the upcoming Alpha launch! Sign up to the NymVPN waitlist here.

The question of minimum profit margin for Nym nodes 📜 A proposal to implement minimum profit margins and operator cost limits among node operators previously sparked debate within the Nym community. The team is planning a Town Hall to further discuss and ensure fairness for all operators. This blogpost gives an update on the current state of this proposal and outlines a process for arriving at a decision.

Community call: Purism — Hardware-level privacy 📱 Watch out, your devices could be exposing more personal data than you realize. This week's call will feature a special guest - Purism CEO, Todd Weaver. His company is building privacy-respecting mobile phones, tablets & laptops. Join our hosts Sudo & Hux tomorrow for what promises to be an exciting discussion about the future of Purism & social purpose tech. companies. As always, you'll get to ask your own questions and collect special POAPs by attending this call 😇💕 📅 4 April, 2024 ⏰ 14:00 UTC 📺 Tune in: YouTube & Twitch

We've lost a legend - rest in peace, Ross Anderson 🖤 Nym friend Ross Anderson passed away last Sunday. He was a security engineer at the forefront of the fight for privacy. You can find out more about his work here (there are some video lectures at the bottom of the page as well).

Nym Explorer release: stake directly using Keplr from your mobile 📲 A long-awaited real easter egg for the Nym community means you can now stake NYM tokens via Keplr on the Nym network explorer. With this latest release it is now possible to delegate stake directly from the Nym Explorer. Click the button below to learn more!

Nym Quiz Challenge — 10k+ $NYM in rewards every month ✨ The Nym privacy DePIN is a collective solution to the widespread problem of internet traffic surveillance. Learn all about what it does, how it works and compete in this week's quiz against other nymsters! 🏆 500 $NYM prizes in all languages 🎯 Topic: DePIN and Nym: A Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network for Privacy ⏰ Schedule for Thursday, April 4: 12:00 UTC: Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian & Vietnamese quizzes 18:30 UTC: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and Russian quizzes 🙋‍♀️ How do I participate? ⦿ Visit the Nym Discord server ⦿ Click on "Channels and Roles" to start onboarding ⦿ Choose your language for the Nym Weekly Quiz and you're all set!

DePIN and Nym: A Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network for Privacy DePIN is a novel concept that recently has been gaining traction in Web3. This blogpost will explain the concept and some of the reasons for why it is resonating across the industry. As we will see, the DePIN model is especially effective for providing privacy!

Community call: "The bull & the bear" 📈📈 Is this what a bull-run looks like? How long will it last? What's going to be the key narratives this time around? 🧐 Hux & Med, Nym's lead business operations manager are joining us today on this week's community call. There'll be lots of interesting discussions around the new 'bull market', and answering some FAQs like the ones above. If you have more questions for Med, drop them here or in the live chat. Join the livestream to claim your limited POAPs! 📅 21 March, 2024 ⏰ 15:00 UTC 📺 Tune in: YouTube & Twitch

Nym Quiz Challenge — 10k+ $NYM in rewards every month! Nym performance test is going to be the topic for this quiz. Test your node's capabilities in tomorrow's test and stamp your expertise by acing the quiz challenge. 🏆 500 $NYM prizes in all languages 🎯 Topic: Fast and Furious: Nym Mixnet Performance Test ⏰ Schedule for Thursday, March 21: 12:00 UTC: Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian & Vietnamese quizzes 18:30 UTC: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and Russian quizzes 🙋‍♀️ How do I participate? ⦿ Visit the Nym Discord server ⦿ Click on "Channels and Roles" to start onboarding ⦿ Choose your language for the Nym Weekly Quiz and you're all set!

Fast and Furious: Mixnet Performance Test (Episode 1) 👩‍🔬🧡 Click the button below for a comprehensive overview of the upcoming Performance Test. It will be fast... It will be furious. This is your chance to prove that your node is up for the challenge. And remember folks: the Delegations Program will soon open another round of registrations. Participation in the performance testing will be one of the entry requirements 🙃 👉 Testing starts: Wednesday, March 20th Do it for the family! 🍻

Community call: What does the NymVPN logo mean? Starting soon! Join us today for a discussion with Pablo Camus, Nym's Lead Designer, to talk about Nym's visual identity & the new NymVPN logo. Hosted by Sudo, we'll also talk about the NSL, how the introduction of AI is a major intersection between technology & design, and answer your community questions! 👩‍🚀 Limited POAPs will be dropped during this livestream. 📅 March 14, 2024 ⏰ 15:00 UTC 📺 Tune in: YouTube & Twitch

Community call: Nyx blockchain & Cosmos ecosystem deep dive 🧙‍♂️🏊‍♀️ Learn all about the blockchain that powers the Nym ecosystem 🔍 It is based on CosmWasm, so you can create your own smart contracts & develop new apps/dapps. Sachin, Nym’s Cosmos Engineer is joining Sudo & Hux this week for a chat about Nyx, the Cosmos ecosystem, and more! 🆕 Limited POAPs to be dropped during the livestream 👀✨ 📅 7 March, 2024 ⏰ 15:00 UTC 📺 Tune in: YouTube & Twitch

Nym Quiz Challenge — 10k+ $NYM in rewards every month! Nym Squad League: S0 has begun — read through the details of the NSL & Squad Wealth Fund carefully to ace this week's special quiz. Don't miss out 🥷 limited earlybird registrations for Nymster role are now open for all community members! 🏆 500 $NYM prizes in all languages 🎯 Topic: Introducing Nym Squad League — Dawn of the Nymja ⏰ Schedule for Thursday, March 7: 12:00 UTC: Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian & Vietnamese quizzes 18:30 UTC: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and Russian quizzes 🙋‍♀️ How do I participate? ⦿ Visit the Nym Discord server ⦿ Click on "Channels and Roles" to start onboarding ⦿ Choose your language for the Nym Weekly Quiz and you're all set!

Introducing Nym Squad League — Dawn of the Nymja 🥷 Kickstarting four seasons of bounties, missions and campaigns to bring strong privacy to the world — so roll up your sleeves and get ready. Are you ready for this?

🏖 Community Call: Hanging out with RAILGUN DAO 🛤🔫 *Leap* into this week's livestream with our special guest - Alan Scott from RAILGUN DAO. After a fantastic Shipyard fireside chat with Railgun about privacy primitives, Alan is joining us once again to hang out and discuss all things privacy. Once again, Sudo and Hux will host this discussion and provide answers to the questions in chat! New POAPs and more info on NSL registrations coming up for everyone watching 🕵️‍♀️ 📅 29 February, 2024 ⏰ 15:00 UTC 📺 Tune in: YouTube & Twitch

Community Call: AMA with the Nym team 🌐👍 The Nym team is in Neuchâtel, Switzerland this week! With NSL launch and NymVPN testing in full-swing, it's the perfect time for an exciting AMA. Join Sudo, Hux and tomorrow's guests for this call and have your questions answered straight from the Nym HQ👩‍🏭 Be there to claim your limited POAPs! 📅 22 February, 2024 ⏰ 15:00 UTC 📺 Tune in: YouTube & Twitch Got comments/questions for this call? Share them below 🔥

Nym Quiz Challenge — 10k+ $NYM in rewards every month! You can now test NymVPN alpha and also book your personal testing session to provide feedback. The app is already making appearances at meet-ups across the world — learn more about them and compete against other nymsters. 🏆 500 $NYM prizes in all languages 🎯 Topic: NymVPN community testing has begun! ⏰ Schedule for Thursday, February 22: 12:00 UTC: Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian & Vietnamese Quizzes 18:30 UTC: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and Russian Quizzes 🙋‍♀️ How do I participate? ⦿ Visit the Nym Discord server ⦿ Click on "Channels and Roles" to start onboarding ⦿ Choose your language for the Nym Weekly Quiz and you're all set!

🤩 Community call: Welcome to Nym Squad League 🥷🎉 Be there as the first-ever Shinobis & Nymjas get revealed! This livestream will feature hosts Sudo & Hux, and this week's special guest: Dr Duncan Wong, Founder of Abelian. Join for another interesting discussion — get exclusive insights to NSL, see how community contributions will work along with new weekly updates 📰✨ 📅 15 February, 2024 ⏰ 15:00 UTC 📺 YouTube | Twitch

Nym Begins Integration For Complete Privacy Protection On Zcash Ecosystem 🌐⚡️ It's official - Nym will be integrating its mixnet with Zcash! 💰 Through a grant, Nym will work to solve data leakage at the network layer that is currently undefended by Zcash. Click the button below to learn more!

NymVPN community testing has begun 👩‍🔬🎊 The alpha version of the app is making an appearance at meet-ups across the world — click the button below to learn more about where and when! To have a chance to try the NymVPN, join the NymVPN channel in Matrix and introduce yourself. Nym is looking for people with a strong awareness of privacy to help battle-test NymVPN before V1.0 rolls out.