Nym Technologies vstoupila do Liquid Federation a stala se jedním z 15 funkčních uzlů Liquid Network. Cílem je posílit soukromí a bezpečnost bitcoinové vrstvy 2, včetně integrace Liquid do Nym mixnetu.
Web3 privacy-focused infrastructure provider Nym Technologies has joined Liquid Federation to support the growing Bitcoin layer-2 ecosystem, according to an April 18 statement shared with CryptoSlate.
The Liquid Federation is a group of crypto-native organizations, including exchanges, trading desks, and developers, that perform vital tasks for the premier Bitcoin sidechain, Liquid Network.
‘Enhancing privacy'As part of its engagement, Nym Technologies assumes a crucial role as one of the 15 dispersed functionary node operators for Liquid Network.
These specialized nodes, housed in tamper-proof Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), are crucial in managing the Liquid Network's core infrastructure and transactions. This includes proposing and signing blocks, overseeing the two-way Bitcoin peg, and safeguarding the network's BTC reserves through a distributed multi-signature wallet.
Meanwhile, the collaboration between Nym, the Liquid Federation, and Blockstream, the Liquid's technical provider, signifies the first step towards a broader vision.
As per the official statement, the partnership aims to integrate Liquid functionality into the Nym mixnet, bolstering transaction confidentiality during transit and elevating privacy standards for Bitcoin layer-2 users.
Nym's mixnet is a foundational privacy infrastructure at layer-0, adaptable to any blockchain and adept at concealing traffic, fortifying privacy, and enhancing security for users and validators alike.
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Dr. Adam Back, CEO and co-founder of Blockstream, said:
“Liquid's Confidential Transactions, which rely on homomorphic encryption, are designed to keep transaction details confidential while protecting the network's integrity and security. Nym's decision to become a Liquid functionary underscores our shared commitment to enhancing privacy within the Bitcoin layer-2 ecosystem”
Harry Halpin, CEO of Nym Technologies, expressed excitement about Nym's closer collaboration with Liquid and Blockstream following years of diligent development.
Notably, the partnership coincides with the impending fourth Bitcoin halving event, which would reduce block rewards to 3.25 BTC.
Nym se spojil s Aleo a Leo Wallet v rámci strategického partnerství, aby rozšířily digitální soukromí prostřednictvím mixnetu a technologie zero-knowledge. Uživatelé Aleo i Leo Wallet získají v rané fázi alfa testování přístup k NymVPN.
Nym, a pioneering privacy-centric mixnet protocol, is joining forces with Aleo, a top-tier privacy-focused blockchain platform, in a strategic alliance backed by Leo Wallet. Leo Wallet, a renowned cryptocurrency wallet native to the Aleo network, is a trusted name in secure wallet infrastructure. The newly formed collaboration harnesses Aleo’s zero-knowledge Layer-1 blockchain technology and combines it with Nym’s Layer-0 mixnet protocol.
Aleo’s blockchain empowers developers to create scalable, full-stack applications with built-in security features. By integrating Nym’s mixnet and NymVPN’s decentralized privacy solutions, users will benefit from enhanced privacy and security across their online interactions, encompassing both TCP/IP communications and on-chain transactions.
Central to this partnership, Leo Wallet will act as a crucial integration layer. It will enable users to easily opt into mixnet privacy through a simple toggle switch within its user interface. Leo Wallet’s integration will streamline the connection to the Nym mixnet, facilitating a smoother interaction between the Aleo blockchain and Nym’s mixnet. The integration will occur in two phases, beginning with a co-marketing stage where Leo users can test NymVPN, followed by full integration.
A Synergistic Approach to Privacy and Security As part of this collaboration, both Aleo and Leo Wallet users will enjoy early access to the upcoming NymVPN during its alpha testing phase, slated for release early next month. NymVPN offers users a choice between 2-hop dVPN and 5-hop mixnet modes, allowing them to tailor their online transactions and communications for optimal privacy and security.
Harry Halpin, Nym’s co-founder and CEO, expressed his enthusiasm about the partnership, stating, “We are thrilled to collaborate with Aleo and Leo Wallet to advance the cause of digital privacy and empower users with cutting-edge privacy solutions. This partnership underscores our shared commitment to creating a safer, more private online environment for individuals worldwide.”
Aleo’s blockchain platform, which prioritizes scalability, transparency, and confidentiality, perfectly complements Nym VPN’s decentralized privacy solutions. Together, the alliance aims to establish new benchmarks for digital privacy and security.
Alex Pruden, Executive Director of the Aleo Network Foundation, emphasized the significance of the partnership, saying, “We believe that privacy is a fundamental human right, and our partnership with Nym Technologies reaffirms our commitment to protecting user privacy. Combining our zero-knowledge technology with Nym’s mixnet will help to empower individuals with the tools they need to reclaim their digital sovereignty and safeguard their personal data.”
The union of Nym, Aleo, and Leo Wallet represents a pivotal moment in the quest for digital privacy and autonomy. These three companies, with their combined expertise, are set to redefine privacy standards across the digital landscape, empowering users to take control of their online security like never before.
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Nym Technologies spustila veřejnou beta verzi NymVPN, kterou označuje za „nejprivátnější VPN na světě“. Služba používá zero-knowledge registraci a přidává síťový „noise“ proti deanonymizaci.
Nym Technologies, the company behind privacy protocol Nym, is now a step closer to launching NymVPN, which it claims will be the "world's most private VPN."
Nym touts NymVPN's anonymous zero-knowledge proof registration feature—which means not even the app will know who's using it. It's also introducing extra noise at the network level in an effort to combat AI's ability to detect patterns and deanonymize traffic.
It's been a long road to reach the beta phase, said CEO Harry Halpin.
"We are proud to launch NymVPN for public beta testing at Web3 Summit where we first took Nym out of stealth mode in 2019," he said in a release. Halpin gave a demo of the NymVPN at the Web3 Summit on Wednesday morning in Berlin.
Nym was founded in 2017 and has raised more than $100 million from the likes of Andreessen Horowitz, Digital Currency Group, Polychain Capital, Tayssir Capital, and 1kx. It's best known for its mixnet, which uses network nodes to shuffle and recombine details linked to packets of data.
With NymVPN in its open beta phase, anyone can now register to test it. The VPN offers "genuine unlinkability and privacy that wan withstand AI-driven pattern recognition," the company said.
The antidote to AI, which has supercharged the technical ability to de-anonymize metadata, is noise. Nym says its VPN is the first of its kind to generate extra noise as "cover traffic" to help obscure which users are talking to one another.
It's not unlike how Nym's mixnet works, which disaggregates pieces of metadata, like a person’s IP address or the recipient of a message, and mixes it with other metadata. The resulting packets of encrypted data combine the IP addresses, time, date, and location of many different people’s metadata.
The mixnet is most effective when many node operators participate, breaking apart and remixing packets of metadata. Otherwise it’s like trying to hide in a crowd of only a couple of people. But generating noise at the network level bypasses the problem of needing to scale before there's enough activity to keep all users private.
"The result is a “noisy” communication pattern, effectively preventing network observers from determining who is speaking to whom," Nym said.
Nym is also promising that its VPN won't know who's using it because of its zero-knowledge proof registration. Its zk-nyms will allow users to verify and manage their accounts without ever having to reveal their identity.
"This technology ensures that even the platform itself has no knowledge of who is using the service," according to Nym.
And rather than choosing to sacrifice speed for increased anonymity or vice versa, Nym said its VPN puts that decision in the hands of its users. The VPN's fast mode will obscure the user's IP address and route the traffic through two independent servers.
But the anonymous mode will route traffic through five servers, add "noise," and use novel onion encryption—similar to the technology used by The Onion Router (TOR). "This mode offers unparalleled privacy by making it extremely difficult for any observer to trace your online activities. It is optimal for highly sensitive traffic which is latency insensitive," the company said.
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Nym oznámil partnerství s Celestií, v jehož rámci vytvoří modul U-DAS pro anonymní Data Availability Sampling. Cílem je omezit exploity selektivního zveřejňování a posílit škálovatelnost i integritu sítě.
Nym, a top routing platform for Web3, has announced its latest partnership with Celestia, a modular blockchain using Data Availability Sampling. The partnership targets to advance the scalability and integrity of the modular blockchains with the integration of “noise obfuscation”. This will benefit the data availability modules of Celestia through Nym Network. The platform took to social media to reveal this endeavor.
Nym Collaborates with Celestia to Enhance Blockchain Scalability Nym mentioned that collaboration with Celestia focuses on utilizing “noise obfuscation” feature for Celestia. In this respect, the data availability modules of Celstia can leverage this functionality through Nym. Celestia reportedly permits anyone to develop their separate blockchain with the use of its exclusive modular structure. It offers a matchless flexibility and scalability.
The platform has also created a L0 network for secure routing via the “Noise Generating Mixnet” project. Nym’s NGM can offer an anonymization layer to enable data retrieval, consensus, and queries. This reportedly ensures that the querying entity stays uncensored. In addition to this, any wallet, application, or blockchain can integrate Nym to secure traffic in transfer.
Celestia mainly endeavors to enhance blockchain scaling while retaining the chain security. For the improvement of its DAS’s integrity, Celestia has reportedly outlined a unique security improvement. This enables it to prevent a likely selective disclosure exploit. This could take place when the verification procedure gets manipulated by a malicious node.
In such a case, the node selectively replies to the given queries while holding back the block data. Though this hazard is at current theoretical, protecting DAS in each situation is required as Celestia chains perform efficient scaling.
Leveraging U-DAS Module to Prevent Selective Disclosure Exploits Aiming at Requesters According to Nym, its partnership with Celestia reflects a crucial landmark in the venture toward improving the blockchain security and scalability. As included in this development, Nym will create an Unlinkable Data Availability Sampling module. This will unlink the request from the requesting party through the Nym NGM. This will prevent selective disclosure exploits targeting requesters. Hence, with the latest U-DAS module, Celestia’s network participants will get the capability to sample as well as verify the sections of the data. They can do this without lacking chain integrity.
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Nym spustil zero-knowledge platební systém pro NymVPN a trvalý program zpětného odkupu NYM. Platby ve fiat měnách i Bitcoinu se budou převádět do nákupů NYM.
Privacy-centric firm Nym, backed by a16z and other investors, has launched its zero-knowledge powered payment system and introduced a perpetual token buyback model.
The decentralized technology provider’s DePIN payments system and token buyback are now live for public testing. Specifically, NymVPN, first introduced in November 2023, will launch commercially on March 13, 2025.
Ahead of the public rollout, users will have the opportunity to battle-test the payment mechanism,, the NymVPN team said in an announcement.
When it goes live, subscribers will be able to pay in fiat such as euros and dollars, or in Bitcoin (BTC). The project also supports payments with the native NYM token. Nym will convert all fiat and crypto payments for NymVPN subscription to the native token NYM, with the perpetual buyback set to create a “flywheel” reflecting market demand.
“The launch of NYM activated the supply-side of privacy and created a network of over a thousand nodes. Today we are activating the demand side, allowing ordinary users to pay in fiat and Bitcoin for NymVPN. Their payment is then converted to NYM token buy-orders to keep the network running,” the Nym CEO added.
With global need for privacy solutions and VPN adoption on the rise amid increased security and censorship, Nym’s layer-0 network offers both the anonymity and safety users need. Meanwhile, buyback means subscriptions will help create consistent buy pressure for the NYM token.
NYM, which launched in 2022, is a token designed to reward the Nym ecosystem’s mixnet node operators. According to Harry Halpin, chief executive officer of Nym, the token is key to the project’s goal of delivering a privacy-focused decentralized network.
The launch of the DePIN payment system and the NYM token repurchases brings the project’s crypto-economics “full circle.” It allows NYM’s use in tokenization and in rewards, providing further incentive for the community.
“Just like everyone should enjoy clean water and electricity, people deserve secure and private communication,” Jaya Brekke, chief strategy officer at Nym, said. “This is not speculative, but a growing real world need. And with the launch of the perpetual buyback mechanism, the token can shift out of a speculative promise to instead signal such real world demand.”
Dash byl integrován jako platební možnost pro NymVPN, takže uživatelé mohou za své soukromí platit soukromě. Společnosti zdůrazňují rychlé, levné a vůči cenzuře odolné transakce.
Dash, the digital-cash network that began life as Darkcoin, has been integrated as a payment option for NymVPN. It is a move that stitches together two long-standing projects in the privacy space and gives users a way to “pay for privacy with privacy.”
The integration lets NymVPN subscribers pay using Dash, which the companies say delivers fast, low-cost and censorship-resistant transactions. NymVPN, endorsed publicly by Edward Snowden, offers a two-tier service: a “Fast” WireGuard-based 2-hop VPN for everyday browsing and streaming, and an “Anonymous” 5-hop mixnet mode designed to protect metadata from sophisticated surveillance, including AI-driven analysis.
“By integrating Dash, we’re giving our users the ability to pay for privacy with privacy,” said Joël Valenzuela, core member of Dash DAO. “This partnership bridges a crucial gap in the privacy tech stack: you can now keep your identity safe when connecting to the internet and when paying for that protection.”
Why it Matters One of the thorniest problems in online privacy is that buying privacy services often leaves a payment trail. Traditional payment rails expose names, billing addresses and other identifiers; many public blockchain payments also create transaction histories that can be analyzed or correlated. The Dash–Nym tie-up aims to close that gap by combining Dash’s optional privacy features and instant settlement with Nym’s metadata-resistant network.
“This collaboration with Dash strengthens our mission to offer privacy across different kinds of financial transactions,” said Nym’s CEO, Harry Halpin. “With Dash payments that offer a degree of privacy beyond most cryptocurrencies, our users can access NymVPN’s metadata-resistant mixnet, further shielding their transactions from mass surveillance.”
Dash is built for speed and low fees, attributes that make it practical for subscription payments. Launched in 2014 as Darkcoin, it was among the early cryptocurrencies to pioneer protocol-level privacy options and remains one of the few privacy-capable coins listed on major exchanges. Nym’s offering, by contrast, focuses on network-level protections: its mixnet adds hops and covers traffic to obscure who is talking to whom, and, the company says, to blunt the kind of large-scale metadata analysis increasingly powered by machine learning.
Taken together, Dash handles the payment leg without revealing identifiable financial rails, while NymVPN masks the communications leg. That combination, both projects argue, creates a fuller privacy posture for users who want to avoid leaving an identifiable trail either when they connect to the internet or when they pay for the protection.
A Blueprint, Not Just a Feature Beyond the immediate convenience of a new payment option, Dash and Nym frame the integration as a broader blueprint for privacy tooling. Secure communications and private transactions are working together rather than in isolation. While payment censorship and surveillance pressures grow, the partnership points to interoperable privacy primitives as a practical defense.
The integration also marks a homecoming of sorts for Dash: a return to the currency’s privacy roots while emphasizing usability and low-cost everyday payments. These are the attributes the project says make Dash suitable both for ordinary purchases and for privacy-critical use cases.
NymVPN users will now see Dash among the available subscription payment methods. The companies highlight the attributes that make Dash attractive for this role: near-instant finality, low transaction costs, and optional privacy features that reduce the amount of traceable payment data.
NymVPN subscribers, meanwhile, can choose the mode that best fits their needs: the speedy WireGuard option for regular use, or the 5-hop mixnet for situations requiring stronger metadata protection. Overall, the Dash-Nym partnership is being pitched as a practical, consumer-facing answer: bringing together private payments and private communications into a single, seamless experience.
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