The Nym Network ("Nym") is a decentralized and incentivized infrastructure that provides privacy for a wide range of message-based applications and services. Nym's core component is a mixnet that protects applications' network traffic metadata, providing communication privacy superior to VPNs and Tor, against global adversaries who can monitor the entire Internet. A new mixing scheme proves that mixing nodes can provide high-quality services to reward nodes in the mixing network.

The rewards provided by the NYM token allow anyone to join the NYM network and build a sustainable economic model for privacy. NYM tokens can be converted into anonymous credentials, allowing users to privately prove their right to "use" the service in a decentralized and verifiable manner. The Nym Network can serve as the foundation for a variety of privacy-enhancing applications that protect the fundamental freedoms of people around the globe from traffic analysis by powerful adversaries.