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The core components are:
* a **mixnet**, which encrypts and mixes Sphinx packet traffic so that it cannot be determined who is communicating with whom. Our mixnet is based on a modified version of the **Loopix TODO LINK** design.
* **Sphinx**, a way of transmitting armoured, layer-encrypted information packets which are indistinguishable from each other at a binary level.
* various Nym clients LINK which construct and manage Sphinx packets.
* various **Nym clients** LINK which manage sending and receiving Sphinx packets, encrypting/decrypting traffic, and providing cover traffic TODO LINK to hide 'real' traffic timing.
* a privacy enhancing signature scheme called **zk-nym**, based on the Coconut and Ecash schemes. This allows a shift in thinking about resource access control, from an identity-based paradigm based on _who you are_ to a privacy-preserving paradigm based on _right to use_.
* A CosmWasm-enabled blockchain called **Nyx**, the home of the various smart contracts used by the mixnet.
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![Nym Platform](../images/nym-platform-dark.png)