I have found nothing about Nym VPN on reddit, privacy guides or any other website. Is it a honeypot?
They say it is a mixnet etcetera.
Their site:
And Bisq mentions it in their video of Bisq2 announcement:
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It looks like they were audited by Cure 53 in July 2024 but none of their audits have been published.
Other Notes:
- Chelsea Manning is their Chief Security Officer.
- Nym’s cofounder George Danezis, briefly left the project to help design Facebook’s digital currency Libra.
Not sure if those are massive red flags or not. I also have no clue what the privacy implications of a blockchain-based solution is. Hopefully a more informed user can provide some info on that.
I would probably tell you to wait until they publish their audits at the very least, especially as it seems you have to trust Nym’s ability to vet the node operators.
EDIT: removed the bit about VC funding. It seemed to be a different company.
Hi good people,
Jaya here, I am CSO of Nym and work with Chelsea and the rest of the team. Thought I’d answer a few of your questions:
- Cure53 have audited and we have just completed the fixes and are about to publish the full report. We have also had audits by JP Aumasson and OAK which are also about to be published.
- Nym and NymVPN is open source and we will rolling out a bug bounty in the new year
- The blockchain is only used to organise the topology of the mixnet and for rewarding operators. The mixnet itself is otherwise separate and no user traffic or information ever touches the blockchain. In short, we use the blockchain for what needs to be public and transparent aka the infrastructure itself, in order to guarantee strong anonymity and privacy for end users.
Hope that helps!
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