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Fix up Nym-Wallet README.md

.env.sample-dev

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+// Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 RUST_LOG=info
 RUST_BACKTRACE=1

.github/CODEOWNERS

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+# Lines starting with '#' are comments.
+# Each line is a file pattern followed by one or more owners.
+
+# More details are here: https://help.github.com/articles/about-codeowners/
+
+# The '*' pattern is global owners.
+
+# Order is important. The last matching pattern has the most precedence.
+# The folders are ordered as follows:
+
+# In each subsection folders are ordered first by depth, then alphabetically.
+# This should make it easy to add new rules without breaking existing ones.
+
+# Something weird not covered by anything else
+* @futurechimp @mmsinclair
+
+# Rust rules:
+*.rs @durch @futurechimp @jstuczyn @neacsu
+Cargo.* @durch @futurechimp @jstuczyn @neacsu
+
+# JS rules:
+*.js @mmsinclair @fmtabbara @Aid19801
+*.ts @mmsinclair @fmtabbara @Aid19801
+*.tsx @mmsinclair @fmtabbara @Aid19801
+*.jsx @mmsinclair @fmtabbara @Aid19801
+
+# Something looking like possible documentation rules:
+*.md @mfahampshire
+
+# our docker scripts
+/docker/ @neacsu
+
+# if there are any changes in the core crypto, I feel like Ania should take a look:
+/common/crypto/ @aniampio
+/common/nymsphinx/ @aniampio
+
+# Explorer and wallet should probably get looked by the product team
+/explorer/ @nymtech/product 
+/nym-wallet/ @nymtech/product 
+/wallet-web/ @nymtech/product

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md

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+---
+name: Feature request
+about: Suggest an enhancement to the product
+title: "[Feature Request]"
+labels: enhancement
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
+A clear and concise description of what the problem is...
+
+**Is your request a feature not related to an existing problem? A new feature.**
+For example. 
+- Given I am using the nym wallet
+- When I transfer nym tokens across the network
+- Then I want to have an url link in the wallet which navigates outside the application to the nym-explorer
+
+**Where does the feature fit in the Nym real estate?**
+- Application / UI 
+
+**What is this solving?**
+How will this improve the product...
+
+**Is this an update to packages or libraries?**
+If so, please list them. If not, please ignore this section.
+
+**Describe alternatives you've considered**
+A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered.
+
+**Additional context**
+Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/report.md

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+---
+name: Report
+about: To help identify and reproduce issues
+title: "[Issue]"
+labels: bug, bug-needs-triage, qa
+assignees: tommyv1987
+
+---
+
+**Describe the issue**
+A clear and concise description of what the issue is...
+
+**Expected behaviour**
+A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen...
+
+**Stack Traces**
+If there are stack traces or logs, please provide them here...
+
+**Steps to Reproduce**
+Steps to reproduce the behaviour, if you're familiar with BDD syntax, please write it in this style:
+- Given I was doing X
+- And I installed Y
+- When I actioned Y
+- Then I expect Z
+
+*An example:*
+- Given I was setting up a mix-node following the instructions in the docs
+- And I successfully bonded my node via the the wallet
+- When I went to start my mixnode
+- Then I was presented with an error
+
+**Screenshots**
+If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem...
+
+**Which area of Nym were you using?**
+ - UI: [e.g. Websites - network-explorer, nym-website]
+ - Application: [e.g Gateway, Client, Wallet]
+ - OS: [e.g. Ubuntu 20.x, MacOs Big Sur, Windows 10]
+ - Browser: [e.g Chrome (if applicable)]
+ - Version: [e.g. nym binary(0.11.0), browser(94.0)]
+
+**Additional context**
+Please provide any other information

.github/workflows/build.yml

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+name: Continuous integration
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'explorer/**'
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'explorer/**'
+
+jobs:
+  matrix_prep:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
+    steps:
+      # creates the matrix strategy from build_matrix_includes.json
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - id: set-matrix
+        uses: JoshuaTheMiller/conditional-build-matrix@main
+        with:
+          inputFile: '.github/workflows/build_matrix_includes.json'
+          filter: '[?runOnEvent==`${{ github.event_name }}` || runOnEvent==`always`]'
+  build:
+    needs: matrix_prep
+    strategy:
+      matrix: ${{fromJson(needs.matrix_prep.outputs.matrix)}}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.rust == 'nightly' || matrix.rust == 'beta' || matrix.os == 'windows-latest' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev squashfs-tools
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Install rust toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: ${{ matrix.rust }}
+          override: true
+          components: rustfmt, clippy
+
+      - name: Build all binaries
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: build
+          args: --all
+
+      - name: Run all tests
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: test
+          args: --all
+
+      - name: Check formatting
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: fmt
+          args: --all -- --check
+
+      - uses: actions-rs/clippy-check@v1
+        name: Clippy checks
+#        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.rust == 'stable'
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          args: --all-features
+
+      - name: Run clippy
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        if: ${{ matrix.rust != 'nightly' }}
+        with:
+          command: clippy
+          args: -- -D warnings
+
+#        COCONUT stuff
+      - name: Reclaim some disk space (because Windows is being annoying)
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' }}
+        with:
+          command: clean
+
+      - name: Build all binaries with coconut enabled
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: build
+          args: --all --features=coconut
+
+      - name: Run all tests with coconut enabled
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: test
+          args: --all --features=coconut
+
+      - name: Run clippy with coconut enabled
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        if: ${{ matrix.rust != 'nightly' }}
+        with:
+          command: clippy
+          args: --features=coconut -- -D warnings

.github/workflows/build_matrix_includes.json

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+[
+  {
+    "os":"ubuntu-latest",
+    "rust":"stable",
+    "runOnEvent":"always"
+  },
+
+  {
+    "os":"windows-latest",
+    "rust":"stable",
+    "runOnEvent":"pull_request"
+  },
+  {
+    "os":"macos-latest",
+    "rust":"stable",
+    "runOnEvent":"pull_request"
+  },
+
+  {
+    "os":"ubuntu-latest",
+    "rust":"beta",
+    "runOnEvent":"pull_request"
+  },
+  {
+    "os":"windows-latest",
+    "rust":"beta",
+    "runOnEvent":"pull_request"
+  },
+  {
+    "os":"macos-latest",
+    "rust":"beta",
+    "runOnEvent":"pull_request"
+  },
+
+  {
+    "os":"ubuntu-latest",
+    "rust":"nightly",
+    "runOnEvent":"pull_request"
+  },
+  {
+    "os":"windows-latest",
+    "rust":"nightly",
+    "runOnEvent":"pull_request"
+  },
+  {
+    "os":"macos-latest",
+    "rust":"nightly",
+    "runOnEvent":"pull_request"
+  }
+]

.github/workflows/contract_matrix_includes.json

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+[
+  {
+    "rust":"stable",
+    "runOnEvent":"always"
+  },
+  {
+    "rust":"beta",
+    "runOnEvent":"pull_request"
+  },
+  {
+    "rust":"nightly",
+    "runOnEvent":"pull_request"
+  }
+]

.github/workflows/erc20_bridge_contract.yml

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+name: ERC20 Bridge Contract
+
+on: [ push, pull_request ]
+
+jobs:
+  matrix_prep:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
+    steps:
+      # creates the matrix strategy from build_matrix_includes.json
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - id: set-matrix
+        uses: JoshuaTheMiller/conditional-build-matrix@main
+        with:
+          inputFile: '.github/workflows/contract_matrix_includes.json'
+          filter: '[?runOnEvent==`${{ github.event_name }}` || runOnEvent==`always`]'
+  erc20-bridge-contract:
+    needs: matrix_prep
+    strategy:
+      matrix: ${{fromJson(needs.matrix_prep.outputs.matrix)}}
+    # since it's going to be compiled into wasm, there's absolutely
+    # no point in running CI on different OS-es
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.rust == 'nightly' }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: ${{ matrix.rust }}
+          target: wasm32-unknown-unknown
+          override: true
+          components: rustfmt, clippy
+
+      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        env:
+          RUSTFLAGS: '-C link-arg=-s'
+        with:
+          command: build
+          args: --manifest-path contracts/erc20-bridge/Cargo.toml --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
+
+      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: test
+          args: --manifest-path contracts/erc20-bridge/Cargo.toml
+
+      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: fmt
+          args: --manifest-path contracts/erc20-bridge/Cargo.toml -- --check
+
+      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        if: ${{ matrix.rust != 'nightly' }}
+        with:
+          command: clippy
+          args: --manifest-path contracts/erc20-bridge/Cargo.toml -- -D warnings

.github/workflows/mixnet_contract.yml

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+name: Mixnet Contract
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'explorer/**'
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'explorer/**'
+
+jobs:
+  matrix_prep:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
+    steps:
+      # creates the matrix strategy from build_matrix_includes.json
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - id: set-matrix
+        uses: JoshuaTheMiller/conditional-build-matrix@main
+        with:
+          inputFile: '.github/workflows/contract_matrix_includes.json'
+          filter: '[?runOnEvent==`${{ github.event_name }}` || runOnEvent==`always`]'
+  mixnet-contract:
+    # since it's going to be compiled into wasm, there's absolutely
+    # no point in running CI on different OS-es
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.rust == 'nightly' }}
+    needs: matrix_prep
+    strategy:
+      matrix: ${{fromJson(needs.matrix_prep.outputs.matrix)}}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: ${{ matrix.rust }}
+          target: wasm32-unknown-unknown
+          override: true
+          components: rustfmt, clippy
+
+      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        env:
+          RUSTFLAGS: '-C link-arg=-s'
+        with:
+          command: build
+          args: --manifest-path contracts/mixnet/Cargo.toml --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
+
+      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: test
+          args: --manifest-path contracts/mixnet/Cargo.toml
+
+      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: fmt
+          args: --manifest-path contracts/mixnet/Cargo.toml -- --check
+
+      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        if: ${{ matrix.rust != 'nightly' }}
+        with:
+          command: clippy
+          args: --manifest-path contracts/mixnet/Cargo.toml -- -D warnings

.github/workflows/network-explorer-lint.yml

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+name: Linting for Network Explorer (eslint/prettier)
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'explorer/**'
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    working-directory: explorer
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: '14'
+      - run: npm install
+      - name: Run ESLint
+        # GitHub should automatically annotate the PR
+        run: npm run lint

.github/workflows/network-explorer.yml

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+name: CI for Network Explorer
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - 'explorer/**'
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    working-directory: explorer
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Install rsync
+      run: sudo apt-get install rsync
+    - uses: rlespinasse/github-slug-action@v3.x
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+      with:
+        node-version: '14'
+    - run: npm install
+      continue-on-error: true
+    - run: npm run test
+      continue-on-error: true
+    - run: npm run build
+      continue-on-error: true
+    - name: Deploy branch to CI www
+      continue-on-error: true
+      uses: easingthemes/ssh-deploy@main
+      env:
+        SSH_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.CI_WWW_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+        ARGS: "-rltgoDzvO --delete"
+        SOURCE: "explorer/dist/"
+        REMOTE_HOST: ${{ secrets.CI_WWW_REMOTE_HOST }}
+        REMOTE_USER: ${{ secrets.CI_WWW_REMOTE_USER }}
+        TARGET: ${{ secrets.CI_WWW_REMOTE_TARGET }}/network-explorer-${{ env.GITHUB_REF_SLUG }}
+        EXCLUDE: "/dist/, /node_modules/"
+    - name: Keybase - Node Install
+      run: npm install
+      working-directory: .github/workflows/support-files/messages
+    - name: Keybase - Send Notification
+      env:
+        NYM_PROJECT_NAME: "Network Explorer"
+        NYM_CI_WWW_BASE: "${{ secrets.NYM_CI_WWW_BASE }}"
+        NYM_CI_WWW_LOCATION: "network-explorer-${{ env.GITHUB_REF_SLUG }}"
+        GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE: "${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}"
+        GIT_BRANCH: "${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
+        KEYBASE_NYMBOT_USERNAME: "${{ secrets.KEYBASE_NYMBOT_USERNAME }}"
+        KEYBASE_NYMBOT_PAPERKEY: "${{ secrets.KEYBASE_NYMBOT_PAPERKEY }}"
+        KEYBASE_NYMBOT_TEAM: "${{ secrets.KEYBASE_NYMBOT_TEAM }}"
+        KEYBASE_NYM_CHANNEL: "ci-network-explorer"
+        IS_SUCCESS: "${{ job.status == 'success' }}"
+      uses: docker://keybaseio/client:stable-node
+      with:
+        args: .github/workflows/support-files/messages/entry_point_notifications.sh

.github/workflows/nym_wallet.yml

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+name: Webdriverio tests for nym wallet
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - "nym-wallet/**"
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    working-directory: nym-wallet
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: wallet tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Tauri dependencies
+        run: >
+          sudo apt-get update &&
+          sudo apt-get install -y
+          libgtk-3-dev
+          libgtksourceview-3.0-dev
+          webkit2gtk-4.0
+          libappindicator3-dev
+          webkit2gtk-driver
+          xvfb
+
+      - name: Install minimal stable
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+
+      - name: Node v16
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        with:
+          node-version: 16.x
+
+      - name: Install yarn for building application
+        run: yarn install
+
+      - name: Build application
+        run: yarn run webpack:build & yarn run tauri:build
+
+      - name: Check binary exists
+        run: |
+          cd target/release/
+          (test -f nym-wallet && echo nym binary exists) || echo wallet does not exist
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: yarn install
+        working-directory: nym-wallet/webdriver
+
+      - name: Remove existing user datafile
+        uses: JesseTG/rm@v1.0.2
+        with:
+          path: nym-wallet/webdriver/common/data/user-data.json
+
+      - name: Create user data json file
+        id: create-json
+        uses: jsdaniell/create-json@1.1.2
+        with:
+          name: "user-data.json"
+          json: ${{ secrets.WALLET_USERDATA }}
+          dir: "nym-wallet/webdriver/common/data/"
+
+      - name: Install tauri-driver
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: install
+          args: tauri-driver
+
+      - name: Launch tests
+        run: xvfb-run yarn test:runall
+        working-directory: nym-wallet/webdriver

.github/workflows/support-files/messages/.gitignore

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+node_modules
+.idea

.github/workflows/support-files/messages/.prettierrc

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+{
+  "trailingComma": "all",
+  "singleQuote": true,
+  "printWidth": 80,
+  "tabWidth": 2
+}

.github/workflows/support-files/messages/entry_point_notifications.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# pass exit codes out to GitHub Actions
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+# change to the directory that contains this script
+cd "${0%/*}"
+
+# run the node script
+node send_message.js

.github/workflows/support-files/messages/failure

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+🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥
+> :rocket: {{ env.NYM_PROJECT_NAME }}
+> 🔴 **FAILURE** :cry:
+> `branch` {{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}/{{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}/tree/{{ env.GIT_BRANCH_NAME }}
+> `commit` {{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}/{{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}/commit/{{ env.GITHUB_SHA }}
+> `build ` {{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}/{{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}/actions/runs/{{ env.GITHUB_RUN_ID }}
+
+Commit message:
+```
+{{ env.GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE }}
+```

.github/workflows/support-files/messages/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "send-keybase-message",
+  "description": "Sends a notification message with the keybase package that fails when piped into the keybase CLI",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "format": "prettier --write send_message.js"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "handlebars": "^4.7.7",
+    "keybase-bot": "^3.6.1"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "prettier": "2.3.2"
+  }
+}

.github/workflows/support-files/messages/send_message.js

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+const Bot = require('keybase-bot');
+const Handlebars = require('handlebars');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+async function main() {
+  const data = { env: process.env };
+  // const data = { ...PASTE TEST DATA HERE ... }; // -- DEV: uncomment to set test data
+
+  // validation of environment
+  if(!(process.env.NYM_PROJECT_NAME || data.env.NYM_PROJECT_NAME)) {
+    throw new Error('Please set env var NYM_PROJECT_NAME with the project name for displaying in notification messages');
+  }
+  const keybaseChannel = process.env.KEYBASE_NYM_CHANNEL || data.env.KEYBASE_NYM_CHANNEL;
+  if(!keybaseChannel) {
+    throw new Error('Please set env var KEYBASE_NYM_CHANNEL with the channel name for the notification message');
+  }
+
+  // extract the git branch name
+  const GIT_BRANCH_NAME = (process.env.GITHUB_REF || data.env.GITHUB_REF).split('/').slice(2).join('/');
+
+  data.env.GIT_BRANCH_NAME = GIT_BRANCH_NAME;
+  const source = fs
+    .readFileSync(process.env.IS_SUCCESS === 'true' ? 'success' : 'failure')
+    .toString();
+  const template = Handlebars.compile(source);
+  const result = template(data);
+
+  // -- DEV: uncomment to show what is available in the handlebars template / show the result
+  // console.dir({ data }, { depth: null });
+  // console.log(result);
+
+  const bot = new Bot();
+  try {
+    const username = process.env.KEYBASE_NYMBOT_USERNAME;
+    const paperkey = process.env.KEYBASE_NYMBOT_PAPERKEY;
+
+    if(!username) {
+      throw new Error('Username is not defined. Please set env var KEYBASE_NYMBOT_USERNAME');
+    }
+    if(!paperkey) {
+      throw new Error('Paperkey is not defined. Please set env var KEYBASE_NYMBOT_PAPERKEY');
+    }
+
+    console.log(`Initialising keybase with user "${username}" and key: "${'*'.repeat(paperkey.length)}"...`);
+    await bot.init(username, paperkey, { verbose: false });
+
+    const channel = {
+      name: 'nymtech_bot',
+      membersType: 'team',
+      topicName: keybaseChannel,
+      topic_type: 'CHAT',
+    };
+    const message = {
+      body: result,
+    };
+
+    console.log(`Sending to ${channel.name}#${channel.topicName}...`);
+    await bot.chat.send(channel, message);
+
+    console.log('Message sent!');
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(error);
+    process.exitCode = -1;
+  } finally {
+    await bot.deinit();
+  }
+}
+
+main();

.github/workflows/support-files/messages/success

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
+> :rocket: {{ env.NYM_PROJECT_NAME }}  ➡️➡️➡️➡️➡️ **View output:** https://{{ env.NYM_CI_WWW_LOCATION }}.{{ env.NYM_CI_WWW_BASE }}/
+> ✅ **SUCCESS**
+> `branch` {{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}/{{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}/tree/{{ env.GIT_BRANCH_NAME }}
+> `commit` {{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}/{{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}/commit/{{ env.GITHUB_SHA }}
+> `build ` {{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}/{{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}/actions/runs/{{ env.GITHUB_RUN_ID }}
+
+Commit message:
+```
+{{ env.GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE }}
+```

.github/workflows/tauri-wallet-publish.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+name: Publish Tauri Wallet
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - nym-wallet-*
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Run a one-line script
+        run: echo Hello, world!

.github/workflows/tauri-wallet-types.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: Generate TS types
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "explorer/**"
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "explorer/**"
+
+jobs:
+  nym-wallet-types:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Prepare
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libpango1.0-dev libatk1.0-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libsoup2.4-dev librust-gdk-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: stable
+      - name: Generate TS
+        run: cd nym-wallet/src-tauri && cargo test
+      - uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v7.2.1 # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/add-commit
+        with:
+          add: '["nym-wallet"]'
+          message: "[ci skip] Generate TS types"
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/wasm_client_build.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+name: Wasm Client
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'explorer/**'
+
+jobs:
+  wasm:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+          target: wasm32-unknown-unknown
+          override: true
+          components: rustfmt, clippy
+
+# token credentials (non-coconut) don't work for wasm right now
+#      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+#        with:
+#          command: build
+#          args: --manifest-path clients/webassembly/Cargo.toml --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
+
+      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: build
+          args: --manifest-path clients/webassembly/Cargo.toml --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --features=coconut
+
+# for some reason this does not seem to work correctly, leave it for later, building is good enough for now
+#      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+#        with:
+#          command: test
+#          args: --manifest-path clients/webassembly/Cargo.toml --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
+
+      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: fmt
+          args: --manifest-path clients/webassembly/Cargo.toml -- --check
+
+# for some reason this does not seem to work correctly, leave it for later, building is good enough for now
+#      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+#        with:
+#          command: clippy
+#          args: --manifest-path clients/webassembly/Cargo.toml --target wasm32-unknown-unknown -- -D warnings

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
 /targetString
 **/*.rs.bk
 /*/target
@@ -5,3 +8,29 @@
 .idea
 target
 .env
+/.vscode/settings.json
+validator/.vscode
+sample-configs/validator-config.toml
+scripts/deploy_qa.sh
+scripts/run_gate.sh
+scripts/run_mix.sh
+scripts/start_local_tmux_network.sh
+/.floo
+/.flooignore
+qa-v4-topology.json
+qa-v6-topology.json
+v4-topology.json
+v6-topology.json
+/explorer/downloads/topology.json
+/explorer/public/downloads/mixmining.json
+/explorer/public/downloads/topology.json
+/clients/validator/examples/nym-driver-example/current-contract.txt
+validator-api/v4.json
+validator-api/v6.json
+**/node_modules
+validator-api/keypair
+contracts/mixnet/code_id
+contracts/mixnet/Justfile
+contracts/mixnet/Makefile
+validator-config
+*.patch

.reuse/dep5

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: nym
+Upstream-Contact: Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+Source: https://github.com/nymtech/nym
+
+
+Files: *clients/* *common/* *explorer/*
+Copyright: 2020, Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+License: Apache-2.0

.travis.yml

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-language: rust
-rust:
-  - stable
-  - beta
-  - nightly
-jobs:
-  allow_failures:
-    - rust: nightly
-  fast_finish: true
-before_script:
-  - rustup component add rustfmt
-script:
-  - cargo build
-  - cargo test
-  - cargo fmt -- --check

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,898 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [v0.11.0](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.11.0) (2021-07-21)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.10.1...v0.11.0)
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- Investigate why --clients-host and --mix-host are distinct for gateways [\#435](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/435)
+- Bugfix/verloc fixes and adjustments [\#618](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/618) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- Update the metrics endpoint [\#597](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/597)
+- Intercontinental problems [\#143](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/143)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Rename `PagedResponse` into `PagedMixnodeResponse` [\#657](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/657)
+- Change `u64` layer type in contract code [\#648](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/648)
+- Change `String` types of sphinx and identity keys in contract code [\#647](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/647)
+- Remove the terrible `decimal_sub_one` once we update contract/validators [\#639](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/639)
+- After update： failed to receive reply to our echo packet within 1.5s. Stopping the test [\#621](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/621)
+- update to v0.10.1, it show ERROR message "failed to receive reply to our echo packet within 1.5s" [\#620](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/620)
+- Make validator client send as much tokens for bonding as required [\#614](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/614)
+- Update mixnode `init` to not query for entire topology [\#610](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/610)
+- Potentially extend metrics with number of dropped packets [\#595](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/595)
+- Delegated staking for gateways [\#579](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/579)
+- Delegated staking for mixnodes [\#578](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/578)
+- Improved mixnode and gateway info [\#577](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/577)
+- Gateway bonding [\#576](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/576)
+- No graceful degradation on low traffic [\#513](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/513)
+- Network monitor should not update when 0 packets come back [\#456](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/456)
+- Add mixnode statistics endpoint [\#406](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/406)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Return the vec instead of the cache wrapper for topology [\#695](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/695) ([neacsu](https://github.com/neacsu))
+- Updated sign command [\#694](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/694) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- got rid of denomination error in webwallet bonding interface  [\#691](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/691) ([mfahampshire](https://github.com/mfahampshire))
+- Docker testing env [\#687](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/687) ([neacsu](https://github.com/neacsu))
+- Changed Layer serde behaviour for easier usage [\#686](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/686) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Merge the nym-wallet-web repo into a nym directory [\#684](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/684) ([neacsu](https://github.com/neacsu))
+- Temporarily using non-cached gateways so we can get our next version … [\#683](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/683) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Updating wallet URL in mixnode startup output [\#682](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/682) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/node status api [\#680](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/680) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Using specific commit of rocket cors [\#678](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/678) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Disables nightly clippy CI [\#677](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/677) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Minimize read/write cache contention [\#676](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/676) ([durch](https://github.com/durch))
+- Feature/validator client upgrade [\#675](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/675) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Use cached topology for clients [\#674](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/674) ([neacsu](https://github.com/neacsu))
+- Use rocket 0.5-rc1, remove rocket-contrib [\#672](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/672) ([durch](https://github.com/durch))
+- Feature/validator api config [\#671](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/671) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Fix a dependabot nag [\#670](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/670) ([durch](https://github.com/durch))
+- Removed standalone network-monitor [\#669](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/669) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Remove mut where possible, parallel cache requests [\#668](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/668) ([durch](https://github.com/durch))
+- Rework validator client requests [\#667](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/667) ([durch](https://github.com/durch))
+- Generalize cache, and cache gateways [\#666](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/666) ([durch](https://github.com/durch))
+- Validator API server [\#665](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/665) ([durch](https://github.com/durch))
+- Layer selection [\#664](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/664) ([neacsu](https://github.com/neacsu))
+- Removing validator binaries, these should go into Github releases [\#663](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/663) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Rename network-monitor [\#662](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/662) ([durch](https://github.com/durch))
+- Adds @neacsu as code owner [\#661](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/661) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/total delegation field [\#660](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/660) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- contracts: Removed mixnode location from the bonding process [\#659](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/659) ([neacsu](https://github.com/neacsu))
+- Use thiserror for validator-client [\#658](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/658) ([durch](https://github.com/durch))
+- Feature/configurable verloc http ports [\#656](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/656) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/describe location [\#655](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/655) ([neacsu](https://github.com/neacsu))
+- Feature/host ip split [\#654](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/654) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/cosmwasm 0.14.1 update [\#653](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/653) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Allow passing optional explicit bond value [\#652](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/652) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Introduced type aliases for mixnode and gateway keys [\#650](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/650) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Bugfix/delegation type fixes [\#649](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/649) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Removing the ancient explorer in preparation for a new dawn. [\#645](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/645) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Testing code owners again [\#644](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/644) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- TypeScript client v0.12.0 [\#641](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/641) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/reverse contract mapping [\#640](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/640) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Bump websockets from 8.1 to 9.1 in /clients/native/examples/python-examples/websocket [\#638](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/638) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- Chore/clippy nightly fixes [\#636](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/636) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/delegated staking [\#635](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/635) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Bump ws from 6.2.1 to 6.2.2 in /clients/validator [\#634](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/634) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- Bump ws from 6.2.1 to 6.2.2 in /clients/native/examples/js-examples/websocket [\#633](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/633) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- Bump ws from 6.2.1 to 6.2.2 in /clients/webassembly/js-example [\#632](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/632) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- Feature/stats endpoint [\#631](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/631) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Updated all js related dependencies [\#629](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/629) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/per layer count [\#628](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/628) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Changed rewarding behaviour on not found bonds [\#627](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/627) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Bump dns-packet from 1.3.1 to 1.3.4 in /clients/native/examples/js-examples/websocket [\#626](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/626) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- Bump dns-packet from 1.3.1 to 1.3.4 in /clients/webassembly/js-example [\#625](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/625) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- Feature/update validator binaries [\#624](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/624) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Checking for required bond rather than using hardcoded value [\#623](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/623) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Bump browserslist from 4.14.1 to 4.16.6 in /clients/native/examples/js-examples/websocket [\#619](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/619) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- Changed omitted print to a debug call [\#617](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/617) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+## [v0.10.1](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.10.1) (2021-05-25)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.10.0...v0.10.1)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Prometheus metrics doesn't work [\#606](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/606)
+- Bonding hostname vs. ip-address does not show up on NYM explorer [\#593](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/593)
+- Cannot assign requested address [\#584](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/584)
+- Native client upgrade command is broken [\#582](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/582)
+- Spread directory requests across good validators [\#580](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/580)
+- Change network monitor to use currency-based rewareds [\#540](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/540)
+- Unregistration for protocol ipv6 does not work [\#511](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/511)
+- Network monitor view on validators [\#373](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/373)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Bugfix/unique node ownership [\#612](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/612) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Decreased log severity for verloc-related functionalities [\#611](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/611) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Disabled metrics reporting to the central server [\#609](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/609) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/network monitor gateway pings [\#608](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/608) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Implemented display traits for identity and encryption keys [\#607](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/607) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/add node description api [\#605](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/605) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/updated network monitor [\#604](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/604) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/ping timings [\#603](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/603) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Bump lodash from 4.17.20 to 4.17.21 in /clients/validator [\#602](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/602) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- Bump lodash from 4.17.20 to 4.17.21 in /clients/native/examples/js-examples/websocket [\#601](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/601) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- Feature/add rocket [\#600](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/600) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Bump url-parse from 1.4.7 to 1.5.1 in /clients/native/examples/js-examples/websocket [\#599](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/599) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- Bump url-parse from 1.4.7 to 1.5.1 in /clients/webassembly/js-example [\#598](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/598) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- Recalculating reward rates on appropriate value changes [\#594](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/594) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Changed default mixnode query page limit [\#592](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/592) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/more exposed client api [\#591](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/591) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Contract adjustment to check for node ownership before allowing bonding [\#590](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/590) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Bump ssri from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 in /clients/webassembly/js-example [\#589](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/589) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- Bump ssri from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 in /clients/native/examples/js-examples/websocket [\#588](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/588) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- Impl Error trait for ValidatorClientError [\#587](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/587) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Checking for tx success when sending coins [\#586](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/586) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Logging adjustment [\#585](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/585) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/multiple validator endpoints [\#583](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/583) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Refreshing nodes gets all available nodes from the contract [\#575](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/575) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/simple payments [\#571](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/571) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Minor cosmetic changes while reading around [\#568](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/568) ([huitseeker](https://github.com/huitseeker))
+
+## [v0.10.0](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.10.0) (2021-04-15)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/validator-client-0.10.0-rc1...v0.10.0)
+
+This release brings a distributed directory authority powered by [Cosmos SDK](https://cosmos.network) and [CosmWasm](https://cosmwasm.com) smart contracts. It is designed to run [Testnet Finney](https://testnet-finney-explorer.nymtech.net), the new Nym testnet. 
+
+
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- When I run this command :'./nym-mixnode run --id zzznym', an error occurs [\#548](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/548)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Displaying address of the client on init [\#573](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/573) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Fixed nightly clippy warnings [\#572](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/572) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Changed default client topology refresh rate from 30s to 5min [\#570](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/570) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Adding the wallet url in startup instructions [\#569](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/569) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Removed unused data from cargo.toml [\#567](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/567) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/cli signing [\#566](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/566) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Updated version number on the validator client [\#565](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/565) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Renamed mixnode registration into bonding [\#564](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/564) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- A pull request for discussion about contract state variables [\#563](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/563) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/mixnet contract ci [\#562](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/562) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/bonding adjustments [\#561](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/561) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/migration additions [\#560](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/560) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Changed default contract execution gas limit to 250\_000 \(from 9\_000\_000\_000\) [\#559](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/559) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Missing quotes in mixnet\_contract\_address config field [\#558](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/558) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Updated default validator url and contract address [\#557](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/557) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Bump y18n from 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 in /clients/native/examples/js-examples/websocket [\#556](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/556) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- Feature/bonding info on init [\#555](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/555) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/validator client address getter [\#554](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/554) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Added extra step for publishing validator client [\#553](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/553) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/validator client rc3 [\#552](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/552) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/upgrade update [\#551](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/551) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/export coin helper [\#550](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/550) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Chore/dependency updates [\#549](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/549) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/validator query client [\#547](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/547) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/validator client rc2 [\#546](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/546) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/has node query validator client [\#545](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/545) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Added contract query to check if given address owns a mixnode/gateway [\#544](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/544) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+## [validator-client-0.10.0-rc1](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/validator-client-0.10.0-rc1) (2021-03-24)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.9.2...validator-client-0.10.0-rc1)
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- Add option to whitelist IPv4 ranges to allowed.list in sphinx-socks [\#415](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/415)
+- Mixmining monitoring for gateways [\#384](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/384)
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- Network requester should periodically remove stale proxies [\#424](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/424)
+- Network requester now prints correct version with --version [\#478](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/478) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Change topology to work with validators. [\#538](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/538)
+- Unable to rejoin the network after powerdown [\#514](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/514)
+- nym-socks5-client 0.9.2 issue with outbound\_request\_filter.check [\#498](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/498)
+- nym-socks5-client high CPU usage on idle [\#491](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/491)
+- network requester too many Received a 'Send' before 'Connect' - going to buffer the data [\#483](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/483)
+- Socks5 client loops on malformed - invalidaddress message [\#482](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/482)
+- Socks5 client hangs [\#479](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/479)
+- Network Requester -V flag does not print version [\#469](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/469)
+- Gateway reconnection \(wasm\) [\#458](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/458)
+- Client warning 'No valid topology' [\#343](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/343)
+- private key file permission bits too open, readable for others [\#319](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/319)
+- Fix dependabot security notice [\#267](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/267)
+- Change how time intervals are serialized in configs [\#141](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/141)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- RC1 published [\#543](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/543) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/prep for publish [\#542](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/542) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/bigger better stronger mnemonics [\#541](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/541) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Removed a package-lock.json which seems to have been accidentally added [\#539](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/539) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/convert to uhal [\#537](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/537) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/topology conversion [\#536](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/536) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/hook up url in validator client [\#535](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/535) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/upgrade cosm client [\#534](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/534) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/mix contract identity key [\#533](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/533) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/validator client rust [\#532](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/532) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/add currency helpers [\#531](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/531) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Exporting Coin struct, needed for wallet [\#530](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/530) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Getting correct user home dir in Python setup script [\#528](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/528) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Temporarily disabling fs access [\#527](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/527) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/validator client gateway bonding [\#526](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/526) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Fixed eslint errors in the validator client [\#525](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/525) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/gateway bonding [\#524](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/524) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Fix the remove mixnode test [\#522](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/522) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Bump elliptic from 6.5.3 to 6.5.4 in /clients/native/examples/js-examples/websocket [\#521](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/521) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- Feature/fix go errors in examples [\#516](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/516) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/initial mixnet contract [\#515](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/515) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Running CI also on windows and macOS [\#512](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/512) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/socks5 adjustments [\#510](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/510) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Fixed unused import in non-unix systems [\#509](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/509) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Checking if the delay has already expired before attempting to put it… [\#508](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/508) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Not including gateway non-delay when calculating total packet delay [\#507](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/507) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Allowing for a single topology refresh failure [\#505](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/505) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- More restrictive unix key files permissions [\#504](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/504) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- More human-readable errors on mixnode/gateway startup [\#503](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/503) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/ip filtering [\#502](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/502) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/wasm client compilation fixes [\#501](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/501) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Fixed possible crash on invalid topology [\#500](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/500) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/gateway monitoring [\#499](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/499) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/GitHub actions and clippy cleanup [\#493](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/493) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Fix typos [\#492](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/492) ([rex4539](https://github.com/rex4539))
+- Bump ini from 1.3.5 to 1.3.8 in /clients/native/examples/js-examples/websocket [\#490](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/490) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- Bump ini from 1.3.5 to 1.3.8 in /clients/webassembly/js-example [\#489](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/489) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- display 0 on no validators rather than crash [\#488](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/488) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- NGI0 - Updating licensing aspects according REUSE  [\#487](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/487) ([lnceballosz](https://github.com/lnceballosz))
+- Feature/removed topology [\#481](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/481) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Bugfix/explorer fixes [\#477](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/477) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/0.9.2+only monitoring [\#475](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/475) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+## [v0.9.2](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.9.2) (2020-11-26)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.9.1...v0.9.2)
+
+This release brings networking improvements, eliminating blocking calls and improving mixnode and gateway scalability.
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- Putting initial packet onto the queue when establishing connection [\#471](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/471) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Release/v0.9.2 [\#474](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/474) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Minor mixnet client code simplification and optimization [\#472](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/472) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+## [v0.9.1](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.9.1) (2020-11-24)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.9.0...v0.9.1)
+
+The main features of this release are:
+
+- explicit `unregister` command for mixnodes
+- introduced gateway client reconnection in case of obvious network failures
+- changed network monitor to send at a constant, adjustable, rate
+- changed the way in which packets are delayed by mixnodes that should reduce number of tasks spawned
+- changed the way in which packets are forwarded to further mixes that should get rid of possible blocking
+
+See the changelog for detailed release notes.
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- Change how mix packets get delayed [\#361](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/361)
+- Feature/socks improvements [\#423](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/423) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/instant sending [\#359](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/359) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- Update main.js [\#441](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/441) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Bugfix/metrics fixes [\#434](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/434) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Bugfix/upgrade fix [\#421](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/421) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Explicitly handling base58 key recovery errors [\#396](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/396) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Corrected version on client-core [\#377](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/377) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Gateway reconnections \(simple\) [\#457](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/457)
+- Slow down network monitor sending rate [\#455](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/455)
+- Deploy the new explorer on the same box as metrics. [\#433](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/433)
+- Too many open files [\#366](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/366)
+- nym-mixnode doesn't bind to any port \(Ubuntu 20.04\) [\#290](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/290)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Updated message on shutdown [\#467](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/467) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Additional feedback on unregistration on sigint [\#466](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/466) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/upgrade additions [\#465](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/465) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/nonblocking mix send [\#464](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/464) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/delay queue mixnodes [\#462](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/462) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/slowed down network monitor [\#461](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/461) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/unregister command [\#460](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/460) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Simple gateway client reconnection in obvious network failures [\#459](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/459) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- temporarily disabled mixnode status dot [\#454](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/454) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Removed incentives form url [\#451](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/451) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Removed hardcoded 'good gateways' in favour of pseusorandom choice fr… [\#450](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/450) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Fixed the URL of the websocket [\#449](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/449) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Extra argument to specify metrics websocket + long attribute [\#448](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/448) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Explorer public folder being relative to the binary [\#447](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/447) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Slightly friendlier upgrade argument description [\#446](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/446) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Updated nym-run gateway id [\#445](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/445) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Adjusted 'fastmode' settings [\#444](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/444) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Added validators to dashboard + validator and block count [\#443](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/443) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Adding keybase to allowed.list.sample [\#442](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/442) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Spawning rocket as a blocking task [\#440](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/440) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Passing validator base url as an argument [\#439](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/439) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Changing default validator location to make it clear we're testnet [\#437](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/437) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Added nym prefix to binary names [\#436](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/436) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/explorer [\#431](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/431) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Updated default sending rates [\#430](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/430) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Fixed bunch of clippy warnings [\#427](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/427) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Starting cover traffic stream under correct condition [\#422](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/422) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Updated validator topology [\#420](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/420) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Added option to set incentives address during mix and gateway init [\#419](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/419) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Flag to start network requester in open proxy mode [\#418](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/418) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Renamed 'sphinx-socks' to 'network-requester' [\#417](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/417) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Updated upgrade commands to set new default validator [\#413](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/413) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/network monitor file topology [\#412](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/412) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Removed debug print statement [\#411](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/411) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/controlled reinit [\#410](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/410) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/max retry [\#409](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/409) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Renamed directory arguments to validator [\#408](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/408) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/no run config flag [\#405](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/405) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/error on noninit [\#404](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/404) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Using metrics interval received from server [\#403](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/403) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/validator api update [\#402](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/402) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/directory server transition [\#401](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/401) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/wasm client fix [\#399](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/399) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Fix compiler warnings for unneeded mut [\#398](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/398) ([ethanfrey](https://github.com/ethanfrey))
+- Feature/fix dependabot alerts [\#393](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/393) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- moved new\_v4\_with\_node to test only section [\#392](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/392) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/duration cleanup [\#391](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/391) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/mix ed25519 identity [\#388](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/388) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/double init prevention [\#386](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/386) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/upgrade command [\#381](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/381) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/remove validator [\#380](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/380) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/version in config [\#376](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/376) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/network monitor [\#369](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/369) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Added sphinx socks to default workspace members [\#358](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/358) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/wasm update [\#341](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/341) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+## [v0.9.0](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.9.0) (2020-11-13)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.8.1...v0.9.0)
+
+The main features of this release are:
+
+* a reputation tracking system which starts to link node reputation to quality of service
+* a new component, the `nym-network-monitor`, which tracks whether nodes are working properly and providing good service
+* automatic node registration and de-registration at node startup
+* working Cosmos validators with a `nym` token
+* starting to decentralize the old directory server into the validators
+* a new block explorer at https://testnet-explorer.nymtech.net which looks the same as the old dashboard but is the basis of something much more advanced. It can be run by anyone.
+* de-coupling metrics collection from directory services to make the system scale better overall
+* reliability and performance improvements for mixnode networking
+
+See the changelog for detailed release notes.
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- Nicer error if trying to run an uninitialised client/node [\#389](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/389)
+- Gateway announcement [\#383](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/383)
+- Add init flag for incentives address [\#382](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/382)
+- Ed25519 Identity Keys for Mixnodes [\#379](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/379)
+- Introduce version field to config files [\#375](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/375)
+- Change `init` to not blow away existing keys \(if exist\) [\#368](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/368)
+- Introduce an explicit `upgrade` command [\#367](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/367)
+- Show remote hostname in socks5 connection messages [\#365](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/365)
+- Make all `const` duration values more explicit. [\#333](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/333)
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- React wasm example not compiling [\#394](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/394)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Make validator URL configurable [\#438](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/438)
+- Change default directory location [\#432](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/432)
+- Crank up the default bandwidth settings. [\#429](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/429)
+- Change "sphinx-socks" to "nym-requester" [\#428](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/428)
+- Clients should use only "active" nodes [\#390](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/390)
+- Allow persistently changing config values from command line [\#387](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/387)
+- Remove `--config` flag in `run` [\#385](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/385)
+- Metrics server should return a metrics rate value [\#374](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/374)
+- Integer staking [\#372](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/372)
+- Mixnode and gateway blockchain registration [\#371](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/371)
+- Remove presence notifications [\#370](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/370)
+- Handle invalid base58 encoding for asymmetric key recovery \(encryption and identity\) [\#285](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/285)
+- Socks5 nym client + bitcoin service provider [\#254](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/254)
+- Message reception in webassembly client [\#204](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/204)
+- Simplest possible staking system [\#157](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/157)
+- Validator should hold topology [\#77](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/77)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Release/v0.9.0 [\#453](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/453) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+## [v0.8.1](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.8.1) (2020-09-28)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.8.0...v0.8.1)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Hardcode two gateways for `client init` if none provided [\#352](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/352)
+- Make mixnodes take layer with fewest nodes [\#351](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/351)
+- Change default presence/metrics interval for mixnodes/gateways [\#349](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/349)
+- Mixnodes should only be able to enter layers 1, 2, or 3 [\#348](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/348)
+- Docs are inaccurate [\#337](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/337)
+- Figure out the cause of high packet loss on testnet [\#159](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/159)
+- Change Topology to GraphTopology [\#76](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/76)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Hotfix/0.8.1 [\#357](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/357) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+## [v0.8.0](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.8.0) (2020-09-10)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0)
+
+This release introduces, among other things, the following improvements:
+- SURB-acks for significant boost to the mixnet messaging reliability,
+- SURB-replies for allowing for anonymous replies,
+- SOCKS5 proxying capabilities,
+- replacing the `AuthToken` with a shared key derived between client and its gateway,
+- encryption and tagging of mix messages exchanged between client and its gateway,
+- end-to-end encryption of traffic between clients,
+- general performance and reliability improvements.
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- Change how un-ack'd packets are retransmitted [\#307](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/307)
+- Feature/socks5 sequencing [\#318](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/318) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/socks client config [\#316](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/316) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Explicit proxy runner + closing local connection if remote is over [\#314](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/314) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/ack messing [\#313](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/313) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Removed client list from topology [\#301](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/301) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/reply surbs [\#299](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/299) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- Socks client no longer logging dns resolved addresses [\#329](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/329) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Bugfix/remove packet buffering [\#300](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/300) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Do not buffer packets for mixes we are reconnecting to [\#291](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/291)
+- Loop cover messages need to be encrypted! [\#287](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/287)
+- Get rid of instances of Deref polymorphism antipattern [\#283](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/283)
+- Remove client list from topology [\#279](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/279)
+- The messages pushed from gateway should be encrypted. [\#276](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/276)
+- The shared key between client and gateway should be stored in a file. [\#273](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/273)
+- Refactor topology, NymTopology trait, and related code [\#200](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/200)
+- Fragment retransmission for split messages [\#164](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/164)
+- Clean up common/clients/mix-clients [\#126](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/126)
+- Reliable chunk transmission [\#84](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/84)
+- Change how topology is obtained [\#44](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/44)
+- More secured auth token - some signature on request [\#5](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/5)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Recommended testnet gateway [\#335](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/335) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- placeholder contact form url [\#334](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/334) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Knocking down delay on message sending default [\#332](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/332) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Made gateway mandatory during init [\#331](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/331) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Renaming client binary [\#330](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/330) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- v0.8.0 Changelog update [\#328](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/328) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/sphinx socks [\#326](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/326) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/print client address on startup [\#325](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/325) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/temp wasm example removal [\#324](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/324) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/websocket js example dependency update [\#323](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/323) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- snake\_cased replySURBs [\#322](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/322) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/outbound request lists [\#321](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/321) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/temp fix for ipv6 [\#317](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/317) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Removed unused dependencies [\#315](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/315) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/perf messing [\#311](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/311) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Upgrades tungstenite libraries to new versions with 64MB message sizes. [\#310](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/310) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Assigning connection shared key post registration [\#308](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/308) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/client binary api update [\#306](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/306) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Removes unused Cargo dependencies so we stay slim and trim. [\#305](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/305) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Removes unused code from the socks client implementation [\#304](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/304) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/client core [\#303](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/303) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/socks5 [\#302](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/302) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Updated blake3 dependency to 0.3.5 [\#281](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/281) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/ws send confirmation removal [\#280](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/280) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Added simple react example [\#275](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/275) ([keviinfoes](https://github.com/keviinfoes))
+- Feature/topology refactor [\#274](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/274) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/gateway shared key generation [\#272](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/272) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Removed the healthcheck module, it's no longer in use. [\#271](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/271) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Adding description field to wasm client to kill warning [\#270](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/270) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Running `npm audit fix` on js examples [\#269](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/269) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/constant length packet payloads [\#268](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/268) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/wasm topology duplication [\#265](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/265) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Removed misplaced WorkingDirectory parameter [\#264](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/264) ([ststefa](https://github.com/ststefa))
+- Feature/packet retransmission [\#263](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/263) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- could not count to ten properly [\#262](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/262) ([ststefa](https://github.com/ststefa))
+- build\(deps\): bump websocket-extensions from 0.1.3 to 0.1.4 in /clients/webassembly/js-example [\#261](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/261) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- add disabling feature 'offline-test' for network-dependent tests [\#260](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/260) ([hyperfekt](https://github.com/hyperfekt))
+
+## [v0.7.0](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.7.0) (2020-06-08)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.6.0...v0.7.0)
+
+The main features of this release are:
+
+* the addition of gateway nodes
+* the retiring of the store-and-forward providers in favour of gateway nodes
+* got rid of TCP connections for clients, everything now happens through websockets
+* a new [Nym webassembly client](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@nymproject/nym-client-wasm), making it possible interact with Nym easily in browser-based runtimes
+* reliability and performance improvements for mixnode networking
+* initial validator code running (little functionality yet though)
+
+See the [changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md) for detailed release notes. 
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- Use tokio codecs for multi\_tcp\_client [\#207](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/207)
+- Consider rewriting sfw\_provider\_requests using tokio Framed + Codec [\#181](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/181)
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- Unexplained traffic increase in presence of unroutable node [\#232](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/232)
+- Gateway won't send to restarted layer1 nodes [\#231](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/231)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Move to userpubkey@gatewaypubkey addresses. [\#235](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/235)
+- Get `start_local_network.sh` working with the js example [\#227](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/227)
+- Fix indeterminate test failure [\#218](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/218)
+- Remove 'fetch' mechanism from desktop client's client in favour of push [\#211](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/211)
+- Mixnode - load Sphinx keys like Gateway [\#209](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/209)
+- Publish NPM package for WebAssembly client [\#206](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/206)
+- Change --sockettype option on desktop client [\#203](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/203)
+- Remove TCP sockets from desktop client [\#202](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/202)
+- Desktop client currently hard-codes first provider [\#198](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/198)
+- Webassembly client currently hard-codes first provider [\#197](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/197)
+- Add Rust-based route construction to wasm client [\#196](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/196)
+- Remove fetch event [\#195](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/195)
+- Control messages should all be JSON [\#194](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/194)
+- Desktop Client should attach to gateway websocket [\#193](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/193)
+- Merge gateway and provider nodes [\#192](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/192)
+- Remove direct Sphinx dependencies [\#184](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/184)
+- tests::client\_reconnects\_to\_server\_after\_it\_went\_down fails on aarch64-linux [\#179](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/179)
+- \[Windows\] Presence notification fill OS socket queue [\#170](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/170)
+- Figure out connection hiccups between client and provider [\#162](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/162)
+- Improve the healthchecker [\#160](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/160)
+- Rethink client addressability [\#135](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/135)
+- Give some love to the service provider client ledger [\#116](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/116)
+- Start Gateway node type [\#80](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/80)
+- Bring health-checker into validator mix-mining [\#78](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/78)
+- Solidify TCPSocket on client [\#72](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/72)
+- scripts: run\_local\_network.sh doesn't die nicely [\#45](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/45)
+- Persistently store ledger with registered clients and their auth tokens [\#6](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/6)
+- Persistent socket connection \(Websocket with client\) [\#17](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/17)
+- Persistent socket connection \(TCP Socket with provider\) [\#18](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/18)
+- Persistent socket connection \(Websocket with client\) [\#12](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/12)
+- Persistent socket connection \(TCP Socket with client\) [\#13](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/13)
+- WASM version of the Sphinx packet [\#19](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/19)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Filtering compatible node versions [\#259](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/259) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- systemd service unit example [\#257](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/257) ([ststefa](https://github.com/ststefa))
+- renaming desktop to native client [\#251](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/251) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Adding a pipenv dependencies file to the python client example [\#250](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/250) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Cleaning up startup messages in native client [\#249](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/249) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- fixing up readme, bumping version number [\#246](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/246) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/sphinx socket packet encoder [\#245](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/245) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Adding some documentation to the webassembly client [\#244](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/244) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Simplified some names and used the published npm package [\#242](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/242) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/make andrew happy [\#241](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/241) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Removed redundant console.log [\#240](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/240) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/explicit gateway addressing [\#239](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/239) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/clean up [\#238](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/238) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/addressing update [\#237](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/237) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Added hidden init flag to increase default traffic volume [\#234](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/234) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Bugfix/issue\#231 [\#233](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/233) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Fixed unwrap on none value [\#230](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/230) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Bugfix/gateway crash on incomplete ws handshake [\#229](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/229) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/start local network improvements [\#228](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/228) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Updated directory\_client reqwest to 0.10 [\#226](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/226) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Updated js-example to get gateway from topology [\#225](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/225) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Requiring explicit timestamp when converting from rest to service mix… [\#224](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/224) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/minor docs fixes [\#223](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/223) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Removed having to care about SURB\_ID [\#222](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/222) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Moved relevant parts of old mix-client to nymsphinx [\#221](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/221) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/load keys on run [\#220](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/220) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Updated wasm code to work with new gateway and updated the example [\#219](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/219) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- validator: removing health checker [\#217](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/217) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- The great sfw-provider purge of 2020 [\#216](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/216) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Fixed compilation warnings on unreachable code when compiling with fe… [\#215](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/215) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/healthchecker removal [\#214](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/214) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Bugfix/send to correct gateway [\#213](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/213) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/client socket adjustments [\#212](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/212) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Sending sphinx packet independent of the receiver task [\#210](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/210) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/gateway provider merge [\#208](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/208) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/route from topology [\#201](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/201) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Intermediate gateway-heart surgery checkpoint [\#199](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/199) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/wasm js demo [\#191](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/191) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/improve js example [\#190](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/190) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/limit direct sphinx dependency + remove direct curve25519 dependency from wasm client [\#189](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/189) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/very minor refactoring [\#188](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/188) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/persistent ledger [\#187](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/187) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Optimising wasm build size, shaves about 10% size off our wasm output. [\#186](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/186) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Ran `npm audit fix` on the wasm demo directory. [\#185](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/185) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/nym sphinx wasm [\#183](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/183) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Improvements to sfw-provider - client communcation [\#180](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/180) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Adding Apache 2 license headers to all files [\#178](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/178) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/service persistence [\#171](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/171) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+
+## [v0.6.0](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.6.0) (2020-04-07)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.5.0...v0.6.0)
+
+This  release fixes bugs in v0.5.0. All testnet node operators are advised to upgrade from v0.5.0.
+
+* fixed premature EOFs on socket connections by using the new multi-TCP client
+* fixed a bug causing client and mixnode connection hangs for misconfigured nodes
+* by default 'Debug' section of saved configs is now empty and default values are used unless explicitly overridden
+* introduced packet chunking allowing clients to send messages of arbitrary length. Note that packet retransmission is not implemented yet, so for longer messages, you might not get anything
+* mixnodes now periodically log stats regarding number of packets mixed
+* fixed possible client hang ups when sending high rates of traffic 
+* preventing mixes from starting with same announce-host as an existing node
+* fixed overflow multiplication if connection backoff was set to a high value
+
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Periodic activity summary [\#172](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/172)
+- Move contents of 'common/addressing' into 'common/nymsphinx' [\#161](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/161)
+- Make builds simpler for node operators [\#114](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/114)
+- Chunking in `nym-client` \(receive\) [\#83](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/83)
+- Chunking in `nym-client` \(send\) [\#82](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/82)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Feature/tcp client connection timeout [\#176](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/176) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/mixing stats logging [\#175](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/175) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Preventing multiplication overflow for reconnection backoff [\#174](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/174) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/non mandatory debug config [\#173](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/173) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/addressing move [\#169](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/169) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Checking if any other node is already announcing the same host [\#168](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/168) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Bugfix/closing tcp client connections on drop [\#167](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/167) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Yielding tokio task upon creating loop/real traffic message [\#166](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/166) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/minor healthchecker improvements [\#165](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/165) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/packet chunking [\#158](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/158) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+## [v0.5.0](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.5.0) (2020-03-23)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.5.0-rc.1...v0.5.0)
+
+1. Introduced proper configuration options for mixnodes, clients and providers. Everything is initialised with the `init` command that creates a saved config.toml file. To run the binary you now use `nym-<binary-name> run`, for example `nym-mixnode run`. Each flag can be overwritten at any stage with the following priority: run flags, data in config.toml and finally init flags.
+2. Made mixnet TCP connections persistent. When sending a Sphinx packet, it should no longer go through the lengthy process of establishing a TCP connection only to immediately tear it down after sending a single packet. This significantly boosts throughput. 
+3. A lot of work on code clean up and refactoring including some performance fixes.
+4. Client now determines its default nym-sfw-provider at startup and should always try to connect to the same one. Note: we still can't reliably run more than a single provider on the network.
+5. Logging messages now have timestamps and when running at more aggressive log mode (like debug or even trace) we should no longer be overwhelmed with messages from external crates.
+6. Initial compatibility with Windows. Please let us know if you have problems.
+7. More work on validator, including initial Tendermint integration in Rust, and the start of the mixmining system.
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Introduce timestamps to log messages [\#124](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/124)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- removing spooky startup warning message [\#155](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/155) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Some more startup fixes [\#154](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/154) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Entering runtime context when creating mix traffic controller [\#153](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/153) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Friendlification of startup messages [\#151](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/151) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Entering runtime context when creating packet forwarder [\#150](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/150) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/add topology to validator [\#149](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/149) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Making code work on windows machines [\#148](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/148) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- validator: adding HTTP interface [\#146](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/146) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Extracting the log setup [\#145](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/145) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/optional location in configs [\#144](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/144) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/concurrent connection managers [\#142](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/142) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Defaulting for global 'Info' logging level if not set in .env [\#140](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/140) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Provider not storing loop cover messages [\#139](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/139) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Using log builder to include timestamps + filters [\#138](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/138) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/client ws refactoring [\#134](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/134) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Bugfix/metrics presence delay fix [\#133](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/133) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Removed outdated and redundant sample-configs [\#131](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/131) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- If not overridden, 'announce-host' should default to 'host' [\#130](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/130) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Nice to know who we're talking to at startup... [\#129](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/129) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+
+## [v0.5.0-rc.1](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.5.0-rc.1) (2020-03-06)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.4.1...v0.5.0-rc.1)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- COMPILE: Could not compile project using Cargo [\#118](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/118)
+- Wherever unbounded mpsc channel is used, prefer unbounded\_send\(\) over send\(\).await [\#90](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/90)
+- Add a `Send` method in nym-client [\#81](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/81)
+- Start on Tendermint integration [\#79](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/79)
+- Ditch DummyKeyPair [\#75](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/75)
+- Replace args with proper config files [\#69](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/69)
+- Fix incorrectly used Arcs [\#47](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/47)
+- nym-mixnode mandatory host option [\#26](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/26)
+- Create config struct for mixnode \(possibly also for client\) [\#21](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/21)
+- Check if RwLock on MixProcessingData is still needed [\#8](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/8)
+- Once implementation is available, wherever appropriate, replace `futures::lock::Mutex` with `futures::lock::RwLock` [\#9](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/9)
+- Persistent socket connection with other mixes [\#2](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/2)
+- Reuse TCP socket connection between client and mixnodes [\#20](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/20)
+- Reuse TCP socket connection between mixnodes and providers [\#3](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Feature/client refactoring [\#128](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/128) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/provider refactoring [\#125](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/125) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- all: fixing mis-spelling [\#123](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/123) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/further clippy fixes [\#121](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/121) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/tokio tungstenite dependency fix [\#120](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/120) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/config files cleanup [\#119](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/119) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/config files [\#117](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/117) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/un genericize keys [\#111](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/111) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/abci [\#110](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/110) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Simplified the use of generics on identity keypair by using output types [\#109](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/109) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+## [v0.4.1](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.4.1) (2020-01-29)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.4.0...v0.4.1)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Change healthcheck to run on provided topology rather than pull one itself [\#95](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/95)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Bugfix/healthcheck on provided topology [\#108](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/108) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+## [v0.4.0](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.4.0) (2020-01-28)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/0.4.0-rc.2...v0.4.0)
+
+Nym 0.4.0 Platform
+
+In this release, we're taking a lot more care with version numbers, so that we can ensure upgrade compatibility for mixnodes, providers, clients, and validators more easily. 
+
+This release also integrates a health-checker and network topology refresh into the Nym client, so that the client can intelligently choose paths which route around any non-functional or incompatible nodes. 
+
+## [0.4.0-rc.2](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/0.4.0-rc.2) (2020-01-28)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.4.0-rc.2...0.4.0-rc.2)
+
+## [v0.4.0-rc.2](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.4.0-rc.2) (2020-01-28)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.4.0-rc.1...v0.4.0-rc.2)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Hotfix/semver compatibility [\#106](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/106) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+## [v0.4.0-rc.1](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.4.0-rc.1) (2020-01-28)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.3.3...v0.4.0-rc.1)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Check Sphinx packet length in client [\#98](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/98)
+- workflow test [\#97](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/97)
+- Client SemVer [\#85](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/85)
+- Move PemStore [\#74](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/74)
+- Periodic client refresh [\#70](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/70)
+- Logging [\#68](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/68)
+- Nym-client refactor [\#67](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/67)
+- Stop panicking! [\#66](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/66)
+- Fix Mixnode Panic on Sphinx packet replay [\#65](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/65)
+- Convert older code to start using logging [\#35](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/35)
+- Convert to non-url-safe base64 \(everywhere\) [\#28](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/28)
+- If a thread blows at startup, panic the entire application [\#15](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/15)
+- Split provider/mod.rs [\#10](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/10)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Feature/health checker with existing keys [\#105](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/105) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/remove topology equality check [\#104](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/104) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/base58 [\#102](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/102) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/panic improvements [\#101](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/101) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/fix sphinx unwraps [\#100](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/100) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/check packet length [\#99](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/99) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/version filtering improvements [\#96](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/96) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/refreshing topology [\#94](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/94) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/consistent logging [\#93](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/93) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/semver client [\#92](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/92) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/client refactor [\#91](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/91) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Release builds should no longer silently fail - everything will be im… [\#89](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/89) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+## [v0.3.3](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.3.3) (2020-01-20)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.3.2...v0.3.3)
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- Nym client crashing and disconnecting local websocket with complaint about binary data [\#56](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/56)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Websocket text fix [\#64](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/64)
+- Restore nym-client lib in crate [\#63](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/63)
+- Make websocket not crash on ping or pong messages [\#62](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/62)
+- Messages returned by fetch are base64 encoded [\#55](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/55)
+- Check layer 1 connectivity at client start [\#38](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/38)
+- Check required sfw-provider args [\#27](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/27)
+- Take version numbers into account when picking routes [\#14](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/14)
+- Make Electron app work with new Rust mixnet client [\#16](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/16)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Feature/websocket improvements [\#88](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/88) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Using println rather than log for startup banner, it's not an error [\#87](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/87) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/nym client lib [\#61](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/61) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+## [v0.3.2](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.3.2) (2020-01-17)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.3.1...v0.3.2)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Feature/separate presence address [\#59](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/59) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+## [v0.3.1](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.3.1) (2020-01-16)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.3.0...v0.3.1)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Bugfix/presence client crash [\#58](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/58) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+## [v0.3.0](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.3.0) (2020-01-14)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/v0.2.0...v0.3.0)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Error referring to mismatched types caused by topology [\#46](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/46)
+- Provider needs to announce two of its addresses \(+ issue of hardcoded port\) [\#32](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/32)
+- Port run\_network.sh from old Go mixnet [\#30](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/30)
+- Health Checker inside Validator [\#29](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/29)
+- Combine Rust repositories into a single master repo containing multiple crates [\#24](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/24)
+- Fix the version numbers on provider and mixnode [\#23](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/23)
+- Travis releases for Nym [\#22](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/22)
+- Add version number to presence [\#4](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/4)
+- Add version number to presence [\#1](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/1)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Feature/client topology filtering [\#54](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/54) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- print public key for nym client tools [\#53](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/53) ([ghost](https://github.com/ghost))
+- Showing binding warning on binding to localhost, 0.0.0.0 or 127.0.0.1 [\#52](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/52) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- validator: moving sample config files into sample configs directory [\#51](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/51) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/validator health checker [\#50](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/50) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Improving websocket connection errors [\#49](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/49) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/crypto crate [\#48](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/48) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/chill log messages [\#43](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/43) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- persistence: improving PEM file reading and parsing failure messages [\#42](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/42) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Providing a nicer error than "failed on unwrap\(\)" when topology retri… [\#41](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/41) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Prettying up sfw-provider start sequence a bit. [\#40](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/40) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Removing the run command from code and documentation [\#39](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/39) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/script/localnet [\#37](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/37) ([futurechimp](https://github.com/futurechimp))
+- Feature/arguments fix [\#36](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/36) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Feature/crates cleanup [\#34](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/34) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+- Features/version number to presence [\#25](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/25) ([aniampio](https://github.com/aniampio))
+- Feature/minor client changes [\#7](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/7) ([jstuczyn](https://github.com/jstuczyn))
+
+## [v0.2.0](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/v0.2.0) (2020-01-07)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/0.2.0...v0.2.0)
+
+## [0.2.0](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/0.2.0) (2020-01-06)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/compare/3c64a2facd753f4f2f431e7f888e54842e2bc64e...0.2.0)
+
+
+
+\* *This Changelog was automatically generated by [github_changelog_generator](https://github.com/github-changelog-generator/github-changelog-generator)*

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,17 +1,66 @@
+# Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+[profile.release]
+panic = "abort"
+opt-level = "s"
+overflow-checks = true
+
+[profile.dev]
+panic = "abort"
+
 [workspace]
 
 members = [
-    "common/clients/directory-client",
-    "common/clients/mix-client",
-    "common/clients/provider-client",
-    "common/clients/validator-client",
-    "common/addressing",
+    "clients/client-core",
+    "clients/native",
+    "clients/native/websocket-requests",
+    "clients/socks5",
+    "clients/tauri-client/src-tauri",
+    "clients/webassembly",
+    "common/client-libs/gateway-client",
+    "common/client-libs/mixnet-client",
+    "common/client-libs/validator-client",
+    "common/coconut-interface",
+    "common/config",
+    "common/credentials",
     "common/crypto",
-    "common/healthcheck",
+    "common/erc20-bridge-contract",
+    "common/mixnet-contract",
+    "common/mixnode-common",
+    "common/network-defaults",
+    "common/nonexhaustive-delayqueue",
+    "common/nymsphinx",
+    "common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements",
+    "common/nymsphinx/addressing",
+    "common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies",
+    "common/nymsphinx/chunking",
+    "common/nymsphinx/cover",
+    "common/nymsphinx/forwarding",
+    "common/nymsphinx/framing",
+    "common/nymsphinx/params",
+    "common/nymsphinx/types",
+    "common/pemstore",
+    "common/socks5/proxy-helpers",
+    "common/socks5/requests",
     "common/topology",
+    "common/wasm-utils",
+    "explorer-api",
+    "gateway",
+    "gateway/gateway-requests",
     "mixnode",
-    "nym-client",
-    "sfw-provider",
-    "sfw-provider/sfw-provider-requests",
-    "validator",
+    "service-providers/network-requester",
+    "validator-api",
 ]
+
+default-members = [
+    "clients/native",
+    "clients/socks5",
+#    "clients/webassembly",
+    "gateway",
+    "service-providers/network-requester",
+    "mixnode",
+    "validator-api",
+]
+
+exclude = ["explorer", "contracts", "tokenomics-py"]

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README.md

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-## The Nym Privacy Platform
+<!--
+Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+-->
 
-This repository contains the full Nym platform, written in Rust.
+## The Nym Privacy Platform
 
 The platform is composed of multiple Rust crates. Top-level executable binary crates include:
 
-* client - an executable which you can build into your own applications. Use it for interacting with Nym nodes.
-* mixnode - the mixnode crate.
-* sfw-provider - a store-and-forward service provider. The provider acts sort of like a mailbox for mixnet messages.
-* validator - currently just starting development. Handles consensus ordering of transactions, mixmining, and coconut credential generation and validation. 
+* nym-mixnode - shuffles [Sphinx](https://github.com/nymtech/sphinx) packets together to provide privacy against network-level attackers.
+* nym-client - an executable which you can build into your own applications. Use it for interacting with Nym nodes.
+* nym-socks5-client - a Socks5 proxy you can run on your machine, and use with existing applications
+* nym-gateway - acts sort of like a mailbox for mixnet messages, removing the need for directly delivery to potentially offline or firewalled devices.
+* nym-network-monitor - sends packets through the full system to check that they are working as expected, and stores node uptime histories as the basis of a rewards system ("mixmining" or "proof-of-mixing").
+* nym-explorer - a (projected) block explorer and (existing) mixnet viewer.
+* nym-wallet (currently in development)- a desktop wallet implemented using the [Tauri](https://tauri.studio/en/docs/about/intro) framework. 
+
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg?style=for-the-badge)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/workflow/status/nymtech/nym/Continuous%20integration/develop?style=for-the-badge&logo=github-actions)](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/actions?query=branch%3Adevelop)
 
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 ### Building
 
-Platform build instructions are available on [our docs site](https://nymtech.net/docs/mixnet/installation/).
+Platform build instructions are available on [our docs site](https://nymtech.net/docs/0.11.0/overview/index/).
 
 ### Developing
 
 There's a `.env.sample-dev` file provided which you can rename to `.env` if you want convenient logging, backtrace, or other environment variables pre-set. The `.env` file is ignored so you don't need to worry about checking it in.
+
+### Developer chat
+
+You can chat to us in [Keybase](https://keybase.io). Download their chat app, then click **Teams -> Join a team**. Type **nymtech.friends** into the team name and hit **continue**. For general chat, hang out in the **#general** channel. Our development takes places in the **#dev** channel. Node operators should be in the **#node-operators** channel.
+
+### Rewards
+
+Node, node operator and delegator rewards are determined according to the principles laid out in the section 6 of [Nym Whitepaper](https://nymtech.net/nym-whitepaper.pdf). Below is a TLDR of the variables and formulas involved in calculating the epoch rewards. Initial reward pool is set to 250 million Nym, making the circulating supply 750 million Nym.
+
+|Symbol|Definition|
+|---|---|
+|<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=R">|global share of rewards available, starts at 2% of the reward pool. 
+|<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=R_{i}">|node reward for mixnode `i`.
+|<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\sigma_{i}">|ratio of total node stake (node bond + all delegations) to the token circulating supply.
+|<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\lambda_{i}">|ratio of stake operator has plaged to their node to the token circulating supply.
+|<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\omega_{i}">|fraction of total effort undertaken by node `i`, set to `1/k` in testnet Milhon.
+|<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=k">|number of nodes stakeholders are incentivised to create, set by the validators, a matter of governance. Currently determined by the `active set` size, and set to 5000 in testnet Milhon.
+|<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\alpha">|Sybil attack resistance parameter - the higher this parameter is set the stronger the reduction in competitivness gets for a Sybil attacker.
+|<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=PM_{i}">|declared profit margin of operator `i`, defaults to 10% in testnet Milhon.
+|<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=PF_{i}">|uptime of node `i`, scaled to 0 - 1, for the rewarding epoch
+|<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=PP_{i}">|cost of operating node `i` for the duration of the rewarding eopoch, set to 40 Nym for testnet Milhon.
+
+Node reward for node `i` is determined as:
+
+<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=R_{i}=PF_{i} \cdot R \cdot (\sigma^'_{i} \cdot \omega_{i} \cdot k %2b \alpha \cdot \lambda^'_{i} \cdot \sigma^'_{i} \cdot k)/(1 %2b \alpha)">
+
+where:
+
+<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\sigma^'_{i} = min\{\sigma_{i}, 1/k\}">
+
+and
+
+<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\lambda^'_{i} = min\{\lambda_{i}, 1/k\}">
+
+Operator of node `i` is credited with the following amount:
+
+<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=min\{PP_{i},R_{i})\} %2b max\{0, (PM_{i} %2b (1 - PM_{i}) \cdot \lambda_{i}/\delta_{i}) \cdot (R_{i} - PP_{i})\}">
+
+Delegate with stake `s` recieves:
+
+<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=max\{0, (1-PM_{i}) \cdot (s^'/\sigma_{i}) \cdot (R_{i} - PP_{i})\}">
+
+where `s'` is stake `s` scaled over total token circulating supply.
+
+### Licensing and copyright information
+
+This program is available as open source under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. However, some elements are being licensed under CC0-1.0 and MIT. For accurate information, please check individual files.
+

clients/client-core/Cargo.toml

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+[package]
+name = "client-core"
+version = "0.11.0"
+authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+dirs = "3.0"
+futures = "0.3"
+humantime-serde = "1.0"
+log = "0.4"
+rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+sled = "0.34"
+tokio = { version = "1.4", features = ["macros"] }
+url = { version ="2.2", features = ["serde"] }
+
+# internal
+config = { path = "../../common/config" }
+crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto" }
+gateway-client = { path = "../../common/client-libs/gateway-client" }
+gateway-requests = { path = "../../gateway/gateway-requests" }
+nonexhaustive-delayqueue = { path = "../../common/nonexhaustive-delayqueue" }
+nymsphinx = { path = "../../common/nymsphinx" }
+pemstore = { path = "../../common/pemstore" }
+topology = { path = "../../common/topology" }
+validator-client = { path = "../../common/client-libs/validator-client" }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tempfile = "3.1.0"
+
+[features]
+coconut = []

clients/client-core/src/client/cover_traffic_stream.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::client::mix_traffic::BatchMixMessageSender;
+use crate::client::topology_control::TopologyAccessor;
+use futures::task::{Context, Poll};
+use futures::{Future, Stream, StreamExt};
+use log::*;
+use nymsphinx::acknowledgements::AckKey;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use nymsphinx::cover::generate_loop_cover_packet;
+use nymsphinx::utils::sample_poisson_duration;
+use rand::{rngs::OsRng, CryptoRng, Rng};
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio::runtime::Handle;
+use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
+use tokio::time;
+
+pub struct LoopCoverTrafficStream<R>
+where
+    R: CryptoRng + Rng,
+{
+    /// Key used to encrypt and decrypt content of an ACK packet.
+    ack_key: Arc<AckKey>,
+
+    /// Average delay an acknowledgement packet is going to get delay at a single mixnode.
+    average_ack_delay: time::Duration,
+
+    /// Average delay a data packet is going to get delay at a single mixnode.
+    average_packet_delay: time::Duration,
+
+    /// Average delay between sending subsequent cover packets.
+    average_cover_message_sending_delay: time::Duration,
+
+    /// Internal state, determined by `average_message_sending_delay`,
+    /// used to keep track of when a next packet should be sent out.
+    next_delay: Pin<Box<time::Sleep>>,
+
+    /// Channel used for sending prepared sphinx packets to `MixTrafficController` that sends them
+    /// out to the network without any further delays.
+    mix_tx: BatchMixMessageSender,
+
+    /// Represents full address of this client.
+    our_full_destination: Recipient,
+
+    /// Instance of a cryptographically secure random number generator.
+    rng: R,
+
+    /// Accessor to the common instance of network topology.
+    topology_access: TopologyAccessor,
+}
+
+impl<R> Stream for LoopCoverTrafficStream<R>
+where
+    R: CryptoRng + Rng + Unpin,
+{
+    // Item is only used to indicate we should create a new message rather than actual cover message
+    // reason being to not introduce unnecessary complexity by having to keep state of topology
+    // mutex when trying to acquire it. So right now the Stream trait serves as a glorified timer.
+    // Perhaps this should be changed in the future.
+    type Item = ();
+
+    fn poll_next(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
+        // it is not yet time to return a message
+        if self.next_delay.as_mut().poll(cx).is_pending() {
+            return Poll::Pending;
+        };
+
+        // we know it's time to send a message, so let's prepare delay for the next one
+        // Get the `now` by looking at the current `delay` deadline
+        let avg_delay = self.average_cover_message_sending_delay;
+        let now = self.next_delay.deadline();
+        let next_poisson_delay = sample_poisson_duration(&mut self.rng, avg_delay);
+
+        // The next interval value is `next_poisson_delay` after the one that just
+        // yielded.
+        let next = now + next_poisson_delay;
+        self.next_delay.as_mut().reset(next);
+
+        Poll::Ready(Some(()))
+    }
+}
+
+// obviously when we finally make shared rng that is on 'higher' level, this should become
+// generic `R`
+impl LoopCoverTrafficStream<OsRng> {
+    pub fn new(
+        ack_key: Arc<AckKey>,
+        average_ack_delay: time::Duration,
+        average_packet_delay: time::Duration,
+        average_cover_message_sending_delay: time::Duration,
+        mix_tx: BatchMixMessageSender,
+        our_full_destination: Recipient,
+        topology_access: TopologyAccessor,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let rng = OsRng;
+
+        LoopCoverTrafficStream {
+            ack_key,
+            average_ack_delay,
+            average_packet_delay,
+            average_cover_message_sending_delay,
+            next_delay: Box::pin(time::sleep(Default::default())),
+            mix_tx,
+            our_full_destination,
+            rng,
+            topology_access,
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn on_new_message(&mut self) {
+        trace!("next cover message!");
+
+        // TODO for way down the line: in very rare cases (during topology update) we might have
+        // to wait a really tiny bit before actually obtaining the permit hence messing with our
+        // poisson delay, but is it really a problem?
+        let topology_permit = self.topology_access.get_read_permit().await;
+        // the ack is sent back to ourselves (and then ignored)
+        let topology_ref_option = topology_permit.try_get_valid_topology_ref(
+            &self.our_full_destination,
+            Some(&self.our_full_destination),
+        );
+        if topology_ref_option.is_none() {
+            warn!("No valid topology detected - won't send any loop cover message this time");
+            return;
+        }
+        let topology_ref = topology_ref_option.unwrap();
+
+        let cover_message = generate_loop_cover_packet(
+            &mut self.rng,
+            topology_ref,
+            &*self.ack_key,
+            &self.our_full_destination,
+            self.average_ack_delay,
+            self.average_packet_delay,
+        )
+        .expect("Somehow failed to generate a loop cover message with a valid topology");
+
+        // if this one fails, there's no retrying because it means that either:
+        // - we run out of memory
+        // - the receiver channel is closed
+        // in either case there's no recovery and we can only panic
+        self.mix_tx.unbounded_send(vec![cover_message]).unwrap();
+
+        // TODO: I'm not entirely sure whether this is really required, because I'm not 100%
+        // sure how `yield_now()` works - whether it just notifies the scheduler or whether it
+        // properly blocks. So to play it on the safe side, just explicitly drop the read permit
+        drop(topology_permit);
+
+        // JS: due to identical logical structure to OutQueueControl::on_message(), this is also
+        // presumably required to prevent bugs in the future. Exact reason is still unknown to me.
+        tokio::task::yield_now().await;
+    }
+
+    async fn run(&mut self) {
+        // we should set initial delay only when we actually start the stream
+        self.next_delay = Box::pin(time::sleep(sample_poisson_duration(
+            &mut self.rng,
+            self.average_cover_message_sending_delay,
+        )));
+
+        while self.next().await.is_some() {
+            self.on_new_message().await;
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn start(mut self, handle: &Handle) -> JoinHandle<()> {
+        handle.spawn(async move {
+            self.run().await;
+        })
+    }
+}

clients/client-core/src/client/inbound_messages.rs

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+use futures::channel::mpsc;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use nymsphinx::anonymous_replies::ReplySurb;
+
+pub type InputMessageSender = mpsc::UnboundedSender<InputMessage>;
+pub type InputMessageReceiver = mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<InputMessage>;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum InputMessage {
+    Fresh {
+        recipient: Recipient,
+        data: Vec<u8>,
+        with_reply_surb: bool,
+    },
+    Reply {
+        reply_surb: ReplySurb,
+        data: Vec<u8>,
+    },
+}
+
+impl InputMessage {
+    pub fn new_fresh(recipient: Recipient, data: Vec<u8>, with_reply_surb: bool) -> Self {
+        InputMessage::Fresh {
+            recipient,
+            data,
+            with_reply_surb,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn new_reply(reply_surb: ReplySurb, data: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
+        InputMessage::Reply { reply_surb, data }
+    }
+}

clients/client-core/src/client/key_manager.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::config::persistence::key_pathfinder::ClientKeyPathfinder;
+use crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
+use gateway_requests::registration::handshake::SharedKeys;
+use log::*;
+use nymsphinx::acknowledgements::AckKey;
+use rand::{CryptoRng, RngCore};
+use std::io;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+// Note: to support key rotation in the future, all keys will require adding an extra smart pointer,
+// most likely an AtomicCell, or if it doesn't work as I think it does, a Mutex. Although I think
+// AtomicCell includes a Mutex implicitly if the underlying type does not work atomically.
+// And I guess there will need to be some mechanism for a grace period when you can still
+// use the old key after new one was issued.
+
+// Remember that Arc<T> has Deref implementation for T
+pub struct KeyManager {
+    /// identity key associated with the client instance.
+    identity_keypair: Arc<identity::KeyPair>,
+
+    /// encryption key associated with the client instance.
+    encryption_keypair: Arc<encryption::KeyPair>,
+
+    /// shared key derived with the gateway during "registration handshake"
+    gateway_shared_key: Option<Arc<SharedKeys>>,
+
+    /// key used for producing and processing acknowledgement packets.
+    ack_key: Arc<AckKey>,
+}
+
+// The expected flow of a KeyManager "lifetime" is as follows:
+/*
+   1. ::new() is called during client-init
+   2. after gateway registration is completed [in init] ::insert_gateway_shared_key() is called
+   3. ::store_keys() is called before init finishes execution.
+   4. ::load_keys() is called at the beginning of each subsequent client-run
+   5. [not implemented] ::rotate_keys() is called periodically during client-run I presume?
+*/
+
+impl KeyManager {
+    // this is actually **NOT** dead code
+    // I have absolutely no idea why the compiler insists it's unused. The call happens during client::init::execute
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    /// Creates new instance of a [`KeyManager`]
+    pub fn new<R>(rng: &mut R) -> Self
+    where
+        R: RngCore + CryptoRng,
+    {
+        KeyManager {
+            identity_keypair: Arc::new(identity::KeyPair::new(rng)),
+            encryption_keypair: Arc::new(encryption::KeyPair::new(rng)),
+            gateway_shared_key: None,
+            ack_key: Arc::new(AckKey::new(rng)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    // this is actually **NOT** dead code
+    // I have absolutely no idea why the compiler insists it's unused. The call happens during client::init::execute
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    /// After shared key with the gateway is derived, puts its ownership to this instance of a [`KeyManager`].
+    pub fn insert_gateway_shared_key(&mut self, gateway_shared_key: Arc<SharedKeys>) {
+        self.gateway_shared_key = Some(gateway_shared_key)
+    }
+
+    /// Loads previously stored keys from the disk.
+    pub fn load_keys(client_pathfinder: &ClientKeyPathfinder) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        let identity_keypair: identity::KeyPair =
+            pemstore::load_keypair(&pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(
+                client_pathfinder.private_identity_key().to_owned(),
+                client_pathfinder.public_identity_key().to_owned(),
+            ))?;
+        let encryption_keypair: encryption::KeyPair =
+            pemstore::load_keypair(&pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(
+                client_pathfinder.private_encryption_key().to_owned(),
+                client_pathfinder.public_encryption_key().to_owned(),
+            ))?;
+
+        let gateway_shared_key: SharedKeys =
+            pemstore::load_key(&client_pathfinder.gateway_shared_key().to_owned())?;
+
+        let ack_key: AckKey = pemstore::load_key(&client_pathfinder.ack_key().to_owned())?;
+
+        // TODO: ack key is never stored so it is generated now. But perhaps it should be stored
+        // after all for consistency sake?
+        Ok(KeyManager {
+            identity_keypair: Arc::new(identity_keypair),
+            encryption_keypair: Arc::new(encryption_keypair),
+            gateway_shared_key: Some(Arc::new(gateway_shared_key)),
+            ack_key: Arc::new(ack_key),
+        })
+    }
+
+    // this is actually **NOT** dead code
+    // I have absolutely no idea why the compiler insists it's unused. The call happens during client::init::execute
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    /// Stores all available keys on the disk.
+    // While perhaps there is no much point in storing the `AckKey` on the disk,
+    // it is done so for the consistency sake so that you wouldn't require an rng instance
+    // during `load_keys` to generate the said key.
+    pub fn store_keys(&self, client_pathfinder: &ClientKeyPathfinder) -> io::Result<()> {
+        pemstore::store_keypair(
+            self.identity_keypair.as_ref(),
+            &pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(
+                client_pathfinder.private_identity_key().to_owned(),
+                client_pathfinder.public_identity_key().to_owned(),
+            ),
+        )?;
+        pemstore::store_keypair(
+            self.encryption_keypair.as_ref(),
+            &pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(
+                client_pathfinder.private_encryption_key().to_owned(),
+                client_pathfinder.public_encryption_key().to_owned(),
+            ),
+        )?;
+
+        pemstore::store_key(self.ack_key.as_ref(), client_pathfinder.ack_key())?;
+
+        match self.gateway_shared_key.as_ref() {
+            None => warn!("No gateway shared key available to store!"),
+            Some(gate_key) => {
+                pemstore::store_key(gate_key.as_ref(), client_pathfinder.gateway_shared_key())?
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Gets an atomically reference counted pointer to [`identity::KeyPair`].
+    pub fn identity_keypair(&self) -> Arc<identity::KeyPair> {
+        Arc::clone(&self.identity_keypair)
+    }
+
+    /// Gets an atomically reference counted pointer to [`encryption::KeyPair`].
+    pub fn encryption_keypair(&self) -> Arc<encryption::KeyPair> {
+        Arc::clone(&self.encryption_keypair)
+    }
+
+    /// Gets an atomically reference counted pointer to [`SharedKey`].
+    // since this function is not fully public, it is not expected to be used externally and
+    // hence it's up to us to ensure it's called in correct context
+    pub fn gateway_shared_key(&self) -> Arc<SharedKeys> {
+        Arc::clone(
+            self.gateway_shared_key
+                .as_ref()
+                .expect("tried to unwrap empty gateway key!"),
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// Gets an atomically reference counted pointer to [`AckKey`].
+    pub fn ack_key(&self) -> Arc<AckKey> {
+        Arc::clone(&self.ack_key)
+    }
+}

clients/client-core/src/client/mix_traffic.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use futures::channel::mpsc;
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use gateway_client::GatewayClient;
+use log::*;
+use nymsphinx::forwarding::packet::MixPacket;
+use tokio::runtime::Handle;
+use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
+
+pub type BatchMixMessageSender = mpsc::UnboundedSender<Vec<MixPacket>>;
+pub type BatchMixMessageReceiver = mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<Vec<MixPacket>>;
+
+const MAX_FAILURE_COUNT: usize = 100;
+
+pub struct MixTrafficController {
+    // TODO: most likely to be replaced by some higher level construct as
+    // later on gateway_client will need to be accessible by other entities
+    gateway_client: GatewayClient,
+    mix_rx: BatchMixMessageReceiver,
+
+    // TODO: this is temporary work-around.
+    // in long run `gateway_client` will be moved away from `MixTrafficController` anyway.
+    consecutive_gateway_failure_count: usize,
+}
+
+impl MixTrafficController {
+    pub fn new(
+        mix_rx: BatchMixMessageReceiver,
+        gateway_client: GatewayClient,
+    ) -> MixTrafficController {
+        MixTrafficController {
+            gateway_client,
+            mix_rx,
+            consecutive_gateway_failure_count: 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn on_messages(&mut self, mut mix_packets: Vec<MixPacket>) {
+        debug_assert!(!mix_packets.is_empty());
+
+        let result = if mix_packets.len() == 1 {
+            let mix_packet = mix_packets.pop().unwrap();
+            self.gateway_client.send_mix_packet(mix_packet).await
+        } else {
+            self.gateway_client
+                .batch_send_mix_packets(mix_packets)
+                .await
+        };
+
+        match result {
+            Err(e) => {
+                error!("Failed to send sphinx packet(s) to the gateway! - {:?}", e);
+                self.consecutive_gateway_failure_count += 1;
+                if self.consecutive_gateway_failure_count == MAX_FAILURE_COUNT {
+                    // todo: in the future this should initiate a 'graceful' shutdown or try
+                    // to reconnect?
+                    panic!("failed to send sphinx packet to the gateway {} times in a row - assuming the gateway is dead. Can't do anything about it yet :(", MAX_FAILURE_COUNT)
+                }
+            }
+            Ok(_) => {
+                trace!("We *might* have managed to forward sphinx packet(s) to the gateway!");
+                self.consecutive_gateway_failure_count = 0;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn run(&mut self) {
+        while let Some(mix_packets) = self.mix_rx.next().await {
+            self.on_messages(mix_packets).await;
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn start(mut self, handle: &Handle) -> JoinHandle<()> {
+        handle.spawn(async move {
+            self.run().await;
+        })
+    }
+}

clients/client-core/src/client/mod.rs

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+pub mod cover_traffic_stream;
+pub mod inbound_messages;
+pub mod key_manager;
+pub mod mix_traffic;
+pub mod real_messages_control;
+pub mod received_buffer;
+pub mod reply_key_storage;
+pub mod topology_control;

clients/client-core/src/client/real_messages_control/acknowledgement_control/acknowledgement_listener.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use super::action_controller::{Action, ActionSender};
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use gateway_client::AcknowledgementReceiver;
+use log::*;
+use nymsphinx::{
+    acknowledgements::{identifier::recover_identifier, AckKey},
+    chunking::fragment::{FragmentIdentifier, COVER_FRAG_ID},
+};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+/// Module responsible for listening for any data resembling acknowledgements from the network
+/// and firing actions to remove them from the 'Pending' state.
+pub(super) struct AcknowledgementListener {
+    ack_key: Arc<AckKey>,
+    ack_receiver: AcknowledgementReceiver,
+    action_sender: ActionSender,
+}
+
+impl AcknowledgementListener {
+    pub(super) fn new(
+        ack_key: Arc<AckKey>,
+        ack_receiver: AcknowledgementReceiver,
+        action_sender: ActionSender,
+    ) -> Self {
+        AcknowledgementListener {
+            ack_key,
+            ack_receiver,
+            action_sender,
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn on_ack(&mut self, ack_content: Vec<u8>) {
+        debug!("Received an ack");
+        let frag_id = match recover_identifier(&self.ack_key, &ack_content)
+            .map(FragmentIdentifier::try_from_bytes)
+        {
+            Some(Ok(frag_id)) => frag_id,
+            _ => {
+                warn!("Received invalid ACK!"); // should we do anything else about that?
+                return;
+            }
+        };
+
+        // if we received an ack for cover message or a reply there will be nothing to remove,
+        // because nothing was inserted in the first place
+        if frag_id == COVER_FRAG_ID {
+            trace!("Received an ack for a cover message - no need to do anything");
+            return;
+        } else if frag_id.is_reply() {
+            info!("Received an ack for a reply message - no need to do anything! (don't know what to do!)");
+            // TODO: probably there will need to be some extra procedure here, something to notify
+            // user that his reply reached the recipient (since we got an ack)
+            return;
+        }
+
+        trace!("Received {} from the mix network", frag_id);
+
+        self.action_sender
+            .unbounded_send(Action::new_remove(frag_id))
+            .unwrap();
+    }
+
+    pub(super) async fn run(&mut self) {
+        debug!("Started AcknowledgementListener");
+        while let Some(acks) = self.ack_receiver.next().await {
+            // realistically we would only be getting one ack at the time
+            for ack in acks {
+                self.on_ack(ack).await;
+            }
+        }
+        error!("TODO: error msg. Or maybe panic?")
+    }
+}

clients/client-core/src/client/real_messages_control/acknowledgement_control/action_controller.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use super::PendingAcknowledgement;
+use crate::client::real_messages_control::acknowledgement_control::RetransmissionRequestSender;
+use futures::channel::mpsc::{self, UnboundedReceiver, UnboundedSender};
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use log::*;
+use nonexhaustive_delayqueue::{Expired, NonExhaustiveDelayQueue, QueueKey, TimerError};
+use nymsphinx::chunking::fragment::FragmentIdentifier;
+use nymsphinx::Delay as SphinxDelay;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+pub(crate) type ActionSender = UnboundedSender<Action>;
+
+// The actual data being sent off as well as potential key to the delay queue
+type PendingAckEntry = (Arc<PendingAcknowledgement>, Option<QueueKey>);
+
+// we can either:
+// - have a completely new set of packets we just sent and need to create entries for
+// - received an ack so we want to remove an entry
+// - start a retransmission timer for sending the packet into the network (on either first try or retransmission)
+// - update the internal sphinx delay of an expired packet
+pub(crate) enum Action {
+    /// Inserts new `PendingAcknowledgement`s into the 'shared' state.
+    /// Initiated by `InputMessageListener`
+    InsertPending(Vec<PendingAcknowledgement>),
+
+    /// Removes given `PendingAcknowledgement` from the 'shared' state. Also cancels the retransmission timer.
+    /// Initiated by `AcknowledgementListener`
+    RemovePending(FragmentIdentifier),
+
+    /// Starts the retransmission timer on given `PendingAcknowledgement` with the `Duration` based on
+    /// its internal data.
+    /// Initiated by `SentNotificationListener`
+    /// Can also be initiated by `RetransmissionRequestListener` in the rare cases of invalid Topology.
+    StartTimer(FragmentIdentifier),
+
+    /// Updates the expected delay of given `PendingAcknowledgement` with the new provided `SphinxDelay`.
+    /// Initiated by `RetransmissionRequestListener`
+    UpdateDelay(FragmentIdentifier, SphinxDelay),
+}
+
+impl Action {
+    pub(crate) fn new_insert(pending_acks: Vec<PendingAcknowledgement>) -> Self {
+        Action::InsertPending(pending_acks)
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn new_remove(frag_id: FragmentIdentifier) -> Self {
+        Action::RemovePending(frag_id)
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn new_start_timer(frag_id: FragmentIdentifier) -> Self {
+        Action::StartTimer(frag_id)
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn new_update_delay(frag_id: FragmentIdentifier, delay: SphinxDelay) -> Self {
+        Action::UpdateDelay(frag_id, delay)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Configurable parameters of the `ActionController`
+pub(super) struct Config {
+    /// Given ack timeout in the form a * BASE_DELAY + b, it specifies the additive part `b`
+    ack_wait_addition: Duration,
+
+    /// Given ack timeout in the form a * BASE_DELAY + b, it specifies the multiplier `a`
+    ack_wait_multiplier: f64,
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    pub(super) fn new(ack_wait_addition: Duration, ack_wait_multiplier: f64) -> Self {
+        Config {
+            ack_wait_addition,
+            ack_wait_multiplier,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub(super) struct ActionController {
+    /// Configurable parameters of the `ActionController`
+    config: Config,
+
+    /// Contains a map between `FragmentIdentifier` and its full `PendingAcknowledgement` as well as
+    /// key to its `AckDelayQueue` entry if it was started.
+    pending_acks_data: HashMap<FragmentIdentifier, PendingAckEntry>,
+
+    // This structure ensures that we will EITHER handle expired timer or a received action and NEVER both
+    // at the same time hence getting rid of one possible race condition that we suffered from in the
+    // previous version.
+    /// DelayQueue with all `PendingAcknowledgement` that are waiting to be either received or
+    /// retransmitted if their timer fires up.
+    pending_acks_timers: NonExhaustiveDelayQueue<FragmentIdentifier>,
+
+    /// Channel for receiving `Action`s from other modules.
+    incoming_actions: UnboundedReceiver<Action>,
+
+    /// Channel for notifying `RetransmissionRequestListener` about expired acknowledgements.
+    retransmission_sender: RetransmissionRequestSender,
+}
+
+impl ActionController {
+    pub(super) fn new(
+        config: Config,
+        retransmission_sender: RetransmissionRequestSender,
+    ) -> (Self, ActionSender) {
+        let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();
+        (
+            ActionController {
+                config,
+                pending_acks_data: HashMap::new(),
+                pending_acks_timers: NonExhaustiveDelayQueue::new(),
+                incoming_actions: receiver,
+                retransmission_sender,
+            },
+            sender,
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn handle_insert(&mut self, pending_acks: Vec<PendingAcknowledgement>) {
+        for pending_ack in pending_acks {
+            let frag_id = pending_ack.message_chunk.fragment_identifier();
+            trace!("{} is inserted", frag_id);
+
+            if self
+                .pending_acks_data
+                .insert(frag_id, (Arc::new(pending_ack), None))
+                .is_some()
+            {
+                panic!("Tried to insert duplicate pending ack")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn handle_start_timer(&mut self, frag_id: FragmentIdentifier) {
+        trace!("{} is starting its timer", frag_id);
+
+        if let Some((pending_ack_data, queue_key)) = self.pending_acks_data.get_mut(&frag_id) {
+            if queue_key.is_some() {
+                // this branch should be IMPOSSIBLE under ANY condition. It would imply starting
+                // timer TWICE for the SAME PendingAcknowledgement
+                panic!("Tried to start an already started ack timer!")
+            }
+            let timeout = (pending_ack_data.delay.clone() * self.config.ack_wait_multiplier)
+                .to_duration()
+                + self.config.ack_wait_addition;
+
+            let new_queue_key = self.pending_acks_timers.insert(frag_id, timeout);
+            *queue_key = Some(new_queue_key)
+        } else {
+            debug!(
+                "Tried to START TIMER on pending ack that is already gone! - {}",
+                frag_id
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn handle_remove(&mut self, frag_id: FragmentIdentifier) {
+        trace!("{} is getting removed", frag_id);
+
+        match self.pending_acks_data.remove(&frag_id) {
+            None => {
+                debug!(
+                    "Tried to REMOVE pending ack that is already gone! - {}",
+                    frag_id
+                );
+            }
+            Some((_, queue_key)) => {
+                if let Some(queue_key) = queue_key {
+                    // there are no possible checks here, we must GUARANTEE that we NEVER try
+                    // to remove an entry that doesn't exist (and we MUST GUARANTEE that
+                    // we do not have a stale key)
+                    self.pending_acks_timers.remove(&queue_key);
+                // remove timer
+                } else {
+                    // I'm not 100% sure if having a `None` key is even possible here
+                    // (REMOVE would have to be called before START TIMER),
+                    debug!(
+                        "Tried to REMOVE pending ack without TIMER active - {}",
+                        frag_id
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // initiated basically as a first step of retransmission. At first data has its delay updated
+    // (as new sphinx packet was created with new expected delivery time)
+    fn handle_update_delay(&mut self, frag_id: FragmentIdentifier, delay: SphinxDelay) {
+        trace!("{} is updating its delay", frag_id);
+        // TODO: is it possible to solve this without either locking or temporarily removing the value?
+        if let Some((pending_ack_data, queue_key)) = self.pending_acks_data.remove(&frag_id) {
+            // this Action is triggered by `RetransmissionRequestListener` which held the other potential
+            // reference to this Arc. HOWEVER, before the Action was pushed onto the queue, the reference
+            // was dropped hence this unwrap is safe.
+            let mut inner_data = Arc::try_unwrap(pending_ack_data).unwrap();
+            inner_data.update_delay(delay);
+
+            self.pending_acks_data
+                .insert(frag_id, (Arc::new(inner_data), queue_key));
+        } else {
+            debug!(
+                "Tried to UPDATE TIMER on pending ack that is already gone! - {}",
+                frag_id
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    // note: when the entry expires it's automatically removed from pending_acks_timers
+    fn handle_expired_ack_timer(
+        &mut self,
+        expired_ack: Result<Expired<FragmentIdentifier>, TimerError>,
+    ) {
+        // I'm honestly not sure how to handle it, because getting it means other things in our
+        // system are already misbehaving. If we ever see this panic, then I guess we should worry
+        // about it. Perhaps just reschedule it at later point?
+        let frag_id = expired_ack
+            .expect("Tokio timer returned an error!")
+            .into_inner();
+
+        trace!("{} has expired", frag_id);
+
+        if let Some((pending_ack_data, queue_key)) = self.pending_acks_data.get_mut(&frag_id) {
+            if queue_key.is_none() {
+                // this branch should be IMPOSSIBLE under ANY condition. It would imply the timeout
+                // happened before it even started.
+                panic!("Ack expired before it was even scheduled!")
+            }
+            *queue_key = None;
+            // downgrading an arc and then upgrading vs cloning is difference of 30ns vs 15ns
+            // so it's literally a NO difference while it might prevent us from unnecessarily
+            // resending data (in maybe 1 in 1 million cases, but it's something)
+            self.retransmission_sender
+                .unbounded_send(Arc::downgrade(pending_ack_data))
+                .unwrap()
+        } else {
+            // this shouldn't cause any issues but shouldn't have happened to begin with!
+            error!("An already removed pending ack has expired")
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn process_action(&mut self, action: Action) {
+        match action {
+            Action::InsertPending(pending_acks) => self.handle_insert(pending_acks),
+            Action::RemovePending(frag_id) => self.handle_remove(frag_id),
+            Action::StartTimer(frag_id) => self.handle_start_timer(frag_id),
+            Action::UpdateDelay(frag_id, delay) => self.handle_update_delay(frag_id, delay),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(super) async fn run(&mut self) {
+        loop {
+            // at some point there will be a global shutdown signal here as the third option
+            tokio::select! {
+                // we NEVER expect for ANY sender to get dropped so unwrap here is fine
+                action = self.incoming_actions.next() => self.process_action(action.unwrap()),
+                // pending ack queue Stream CANNOT return a `None` so unwrap here is fine
+                expired_ack = self.pending_acks_timers.next() => self.handle_expired_ack_timer(expired_ack.unwrap())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

clients/client-core/src/client/real_messages_control/acknowledgement_control/input_message_listener.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use super::action_controller::{Action, ActionSender};
+use super::PendingAcknowledgement;
+use crate::client::reply_key_storage::ReplyKeyStorage;
+use crate::client::{
+    inbound_messages::{InputMessage, InputMessageReceiver},
+    real_messages_control::real_traffic_stream::{BatchRealMessageSender, RealMessage},
+    topology_control::TopologyAccessor,
+};
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use log::*;
+use nymsphinx::anonymous_replies::ReplySurb;
+use nymsphinx::preparer::MessagePreparer;
+use nymsphinx::{acknowledgements::AckKey, addressing::clients::Recipient};
+use rand::{CryptoRng, Rng};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+/// Module responsible for dealing with the received messages: splitting them, creating acknowledgements,
+/// putting everything into sphinx packets, etc.
+/// It also makes an initial sending attempt for said messages.
+pub(super) struct InputMessageListener<R>
+where
+    R: CryptoRng + Rng,
+{
+    ack_key: Arc<AckKey>,
+    ack_recipient: Recipient,
+    input_receiver: InputMessageReceiver,
+    message_preparer: MessagePreparer<R>,
+    action_sender: ActionSender,
+    real_message_sender: BatchRealMessageSender,
+    topology_access: TopologyAccessor,
+    reply_key_storage: ReplyKeyStorage,
+}
+
+impl<R> InputMessageListener<R>
+where
+    R: CryptoRng + Rng,
+{
+    // at this point I'm not entirely sure how to deal with this warning without
+    // some considerable refactoring
+    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+    pub(super) fn new(
+        ack_key: Arc<AckKey>,
+        ack_recipient: Recipient,
+        input_receiver: InputMessageReceiver,
+        message_preparer: MessagePreparer<R>,
+        action_sender: ActionSender,
+        real_message_sender: BatchRealMessageSender,
+        topology_access: TopologyAccessor,
+        reply_key_storage: ReplyKeyStorage,
+    ) -> Self {
+        InputMessageListener {
+            ack_key,
+            ack_recipient,
+            input_receiver,
+            message_preparer,
+            action_sender,
+            real_message_sender,
+            topology_access,
+            reply_key_storage,
+        }
+    }
+
+    // we require topology for replies to generate surb_acks
+    async fn handle_reply(&mut self, reply_surb: ReplySurb, data: Vec<u8>) -> Option<RealMessage> {
+        let topology_permit = self.topology_access.get_read_permit().await;
+        let topology = match topology_permit.try_get_valid_topology_ref(&self.ack_recipient, None) {
+            Some(topology_ref) => topology_ref,
+            None => {
+                warn!("Could not process the message - the network topology is invalid");
+                return None;
+            }
+        };
+
+        match self
+            .message_preparer
+            .prepare_reply_for_use(data, reply_surb, topology, &self.ack_key)
+            .await
+        {
+            Ok((mix_packet, reply_id)) => {
+                // TODO: later probably write pending ack here
+                // and deal with them....
+                // ... somehow
+                Some(RealMessage::new(mix_packet, reply_id))
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                // TODO: should we have some mechanism to indicate to the user that the `reply_surb`
+                // could be reused since technically it wasn't used up here?
+                warn!("failed to deal with received reply surb - {:?}", err);
+                None
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn handle_fresh_message(
+        &mut self,
+        recipient: Recipient,
+        content: Vec<u8>,
+        with_reply_surb: bool,
+    ) -> Option<Vec<RealMessage>> {
+        let topology_permit = self.topology_access.get_read_permit().await;
+        let topology = match topology_permit
+            .try_get_valid_topology_ref(&self.ack_recipient, Some(&recipient))
+        {
+            Some(topology_ref) => topology_ref,
+            None => {
+                warn!("Could not process the message - the network topology is invalid");
+                return None;
+            }
+        };
+
+        // split the message, attach optional reply surb
+        let (split_message, reply_key) = self
+            .message_preparer
+            .prepare_and_split_message(content, with_reply_surb, topology)
+            .expect("somehow the topology was invalid after all!");
+
+        if let Some(reply_key) = reply_key {
+            self.reply_key_storage
+                .insert_encryption_key(reply_key)
+                .expect("Failed to insert surb reply key to the store!")
+        }
+
+        // encrypt chunks, put them inside sphinx packets and generate acks
+        let mut pending_acks = Vec::with_capacity(split_message.len());
+        let mut real_messages = Vec::with_capacity(split_message.len());
+        for message_chunk in split_message {
+            // we need to clone it because we need to keep it in memory in case we had to retransmit
+            // it. And then we'd need to recreate entire ACK again.
+            let chunk_clone = message_chunk.clone();
+            let prepared_fragment = self
+                .message_preparer
+                .prepare_chunk_for_sending(chunk_clone, topology, &self.ack_key, &recipient)
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+
+            real_messages.push(RealMessage::new(
+                prepared_fragment.mix_packet,
+                message_chunk.fragment_identifier(),
+            ));
+
+            pending_acks.push(PendingAcknowledgement::new(
+                message_chunk,
+                prepared_fragment.total_delay,
+                recipient,
+            ));
+        }
+
+        // tells the controller to put this into the hashmap
+        self.action_sender
+            .unbounded_send(Action::new_insert(pending_acks))
+            .unwrap();
+
+        Some(real_messages)
+    }
+
+    async fn on_input_message(&mut self, msg: InputMessage) {
+        let real_messages = match msg {
+            InputMessage::Fresh {
+                recipient,
+                data,
+                with_reply_surb,
+            } => {
+                self.handle_fresh_message(recipient, data, with_reply_surb)
+                    .await
+            }
+            InputMessage::Reply { reply_surb, data } => self
+                .handle_reply(reply_surb, data)
+                .await
+                .map(|message| vec![message]),
+        };
+
+        // there's no point in trying to send nothing
+        if let Some(real_messages) = real_messages {
+            // tells real message sender (with the poisson timer) to send this to the mix network
+            self.real_message_sender
+                .unbounded_send(real_messages)
+                .unwrap();
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(super) async fn run(&mut self) {
+        debug!("Started InputMessageListener");
+        while let Some(input_msg) = self.input_receiver.next().await {
+            self.on_input_message(input_msg).await;
+        }
+        error!("TODO: error msg. Or maybe panic?")
+    }
+}

clients/client-core/src/client/real_messages_control/acknowledgement_control/mod.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use self::{
+    acknowledgement_listener::AcknowledgementListener, action_controller::ActionController,
+    input_message_listener::InputMessageListener,
+    retransmission_request_listener::RetransmissionRequestListener,
+    sent_notification_listener::SentNotificationListener,
+};
+use super::real_traffic_stream::BatchRealMessageSender;
+use crate::client::reply_key_storage::ReplyKeyStorage;
+use crate::client::{inbound_messages::InputMessageReceiver, topology_control::TopologyAccessor};
+use futures::channel::mpsc;
+use gateway_client::AcknowledgementReceiver;
+use log::*;
+use nymsphinx::{
+    acknowledgements::AckKey,
+    addressing::clients::Recipient,
+    chunking::fragment::{Fragment, FragmentIdentifier},
+    preparer::MessagePreparer,
+    Delay as SphinxDelay,
+};
+use rand::{CryptoRng, Rng};
+use std::{
+    sync::{Arc, Weak},
+    time::Duration,
+};
+use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
+
+mod acknowledgement_listener;
+mod action_controller;
+mod input_message_listener;
+mod retransmission_request_listener;
+mod sent_notification_listener;
+
+/// Channel used for indicating that the particular `Fragment` should be retransmitted.
+type RetransmissionRequestSender = mpsc::UnboundedSender<Weak<PendingAcknowledgement>>;
+
+/// Channel used for receiving data about particular `Fragment` that should be retransmitted.
+type RetransmissionRequestReceiver = mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<Weak<PendingAcknowledgement>>;
+
+/// Channel used for signalling that the particular `Fragment` (associated with the `FragmentIdentifier`)
+/// is done being delayed and is about to be sent to the mix network.
+pub(super) type SentPacketNotificationSender = mpsc::UnboundedSender<FragmentIdentifier>;
+
+/// Channel used for receiving signals about the particular `Fragment` (associated with the `FragmentIdentifier`)
+/// that it is about to be sent to the mix network and its timeout timer should be started.
+type SentPacketNotificationReceiver = mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<FragmentIdentifier>;
+
+/// Structure representing a data `Fragment` that is on-route to the specified `Recipient`
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct PendingAcknowledgement {
+    message_chunk: Fragment,
+    delay: SphinxDelay,
+    recipient: Recipient,
+}
+
+impl PendingAcknowledgement {
+    /// Creates new instance of `PendingAcknowledgement` using the provided data.
+    fn new(message_chunk: Fragment, delay: SphinxDelay, recipient: Recipient) -> Self {
+        PendingAcknowledgement {
+            message_chunk,
+            delay,
+            recipient,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn update_delay(&mut self, new_delay: SphinxDelay) {
+        self.delay = new_delay;
+    }
+}
+
+/// AcknowledgementControllerConnectors represents set of channels for communication with
+/// other parts of the system in order to support acknowledgements and retransmission.
+pub(super) struct AcknowledgementControllerConnectors {
+    /// Channel used for forwarding prepared sphinx messages into the poisson sender
+    /// to be sent to the mix network.
+    real_message_sender: BatchRealMessageSender,
+
+    /// Channel used for receiving raw messages from a client. The messages need to be put
+    /// into sphinx packets first.
+    input_receiver: InputMessageReceiver,
+
+    /// Channel used for receiving notification about particular packet being sent off to the
+    /// mix network (i.e. it was done being delayed by whatever value was determined in the poisson
+    /// sender)
+    sent_notifier: SentPacketNotificationReceiver,
+
+    /// Channel used for receiving acknowledgements from the mix network.
+    ack_receiver: AcknowledgementReceiver,
+}
+
+impl AcknowledgementControllerConnectors {
+    pub(super) fn new(
+        real_message_sender: BatchRealMessageSender,
+        input_receiver: InputMessageReceiver,
+        sent_notifier: SentPacketNotificationReceiver,
+        ack_receiver: AcknowledgementReceiver,
+    ) -> Self {
+        AcknowledgementControllerConnectors {
+            real_message_sender,
+            input_receiver,
+            sent_notifier,
+            ack_receiver,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Configurable parameters of the `AcknowledgementController`
+pub(super) struct Config {
+    /// Given ack timeout in the form a * BASE_DELAY + b, it specifies the additive part `b`
+    ack_wait_addition: Duration,
+
+    /// Given ack timeout in the form a * BASE_DELAY + b, it specifies the multiplier `a`
+    ack_wait_multiplier: f64,
+
+    /// Average delay an acknowledgement packet is going to get delayed at a single mixnode.
+    average_ack_delay: Duration,
+
+    /// Average delay a data packet is going to get delayed at a single mixnode.
+    average_packet_delay: Duration,
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    pub(super) fn new(
+        ack_wait_addition: Duration,
+        ack_wait_multiplier: f64,
+        average_ack_delay: Duration,
+        average_packet_delay: Duration,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Config {
+            ack_wait_addition,
+            ack_wait_multiplier,
+            average_ack_delay,
+            average_packet_delay,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub(super) struct AcknowledgementController<R>
+where
+    R: CryptoRng + Rng,
+{
+    acknowledgement_listener: Option<AcknowledgementListener>,
+    input_message_listener: Option<InputMessageListener<R>>,
+    retransmission_request_listener: Option<RetransmissionRequestListener<R>>,
+    sent_notification_listener: Option<SentNotificationListener>,
+    action_controller: Option<ActionController>,
+}
+
+impl<R> AcknowledgementController<R>
+where
+    R: 'static + CryptoRng + Rng + Clone + Send,
+{
+    pub(super) fn new(
+        config: Config,
+        rng: R,
+        topology_access: TopologyAccessor,
+        ack_key: Arc<AckKey>,
+        ack_recipient: Recipient,
+        reply_key_storage: ReplyKeyStorage,
+        connectors: AcknowledgementControllerConnectors,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let (retransmission_tx, retransmission_rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
+
+        let action_config =
+            action_controller::Config::new(config.ack_wait_addition, config.ack_wait_multiplier);
+        let (action_controller, action_sender) =
+            ActionController::new(action_config, retransmission_tx);
+
+        let message_preparer = MessagePreparer::new(
+            rng,
+            ack_recipient,
+            config.average_packet_delay,
+            config.average_ack_delay,
+        );
+
+        // will listen for any acks coming from the network
+        let acknowledgement_listener = AcknowledgementListener::new(
+            Arc::clone(&ack_key),
+            connectors.ack_receiver,
+            action_sender.clone(),
+        );
+
+        // will listen for any new messages from the client
+        let input_message_listener = InputMessageListener::new(
+            Arc::clone(&ack_key),
+            ack_recipient,
+            connectors.input_receiver,
+            message_preparer.clone(),
+            action_sender.clone(),
+            connectors.real_message_sender.clone(),
+            topology_access.clone(),
+            reply_key_storage,
+        );
+
+        // will listen for any ack timeouts and trigger retransmission
+        let retransmission_request_listener = RetransmissionRequestListener::new(
+            Arc::clone(&ack_key),
+            ack_recipient,
+            message_preparer,
+            action_sender.clone(),
+            connectors.real_message_sender,
+            retransmission_rx,
+            topology_access,
+        );
+
+        // will listen for events indicating the packet was sent through the network so that
+        // the retransmission timer should be started.
+        let sent_notification_listener =
+            SentNotificationListener::new(connectors.sent_notifier, action_sender);
+
+        AcknowledgementController {
+            acknowledgement_listener: Some(acknowledgement_listener),
+            input_message_listener: Some(input_message_listener),
+            retransmission_request_listener: Some(retransmission_request_listener),
+            sent_notification_listener: Some(sent_notification_listener),
+            action_controller: Some(action_controller),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(super) async fn run(&mut self) {
+        let mut acknowledgement_listener = self.acknowledgement_listener.take().unwrap();
+        let mut input_message_listener = self.input_message_listener.take().unwrap();
+        let mut retransmission_request_listener =
+            self.retransmission_request_listener.take().unwrap();
+        let mut sent_notification_listener = self.sent_notification_listener.take().unwrap();
+        let mut action_controller = self.action_controller.take().unwrap();
+
+        // the below are log messages are errors as at the current stage we do not expect any of
+        // the task to ever finish. This will of course change once we introduce
+        // graceful shutdowns.
+        let ack_listener_fut = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            acknowledgement_listener.run().await;
+            error!("The acknowledgement listener has finished execution!");
+            acknowledgement_listener
+        });
+        let input_listener_fut = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            input_message_listener.run().await;
+            error!("The input listener has finished execution!");
+            input_message_listener
+        });
+        let retransmission_req_fut = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            retransmission_request_listener.run().await;
+            error!("The retransmission request listener has finished execution!");
+            retransmission_request_listener
+        });
+        let sent_notification_fut = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            sent_notification_listener.run().await;
+            error!("The sent notification listener has finished execution!");
+            sent_notification_listener
+        });
+        let action_controller_fut = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            action_controller.run().await;
+            error!("The controller has finished execution!");
+            action_controller
+        });
+
+        // technically we don't have to bring `AcknowledgementController` back to a valid state
+        // but we can do it, so why not? Perhaps it might be useful if we wanted to allow
+        // for restarts of certain modules without killing the entire process.
+        self.acknowledgement_listener = Some(ack_listener_fut.await.unwrap());
+        self.input_message_listener = Some(input_listener_fut.await.unwrap());
+        self.retransmission_request_listener = Some(retransmission_req_fut.await.unwrap());
+        self.sent_notification_listener = Some(sent_notification_fut.await.unwrap());
+        self.action_controller = Some(action_controller_fut.await.unwrap());
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub(super) fn start(mut self) -> JoinHandle<Self> {
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            self.run().await;
+            self
+        })
+    }
+}

clients/client-core/src/client/real_messages_control/acknowledgement_control/retransmission_request_listener.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use super::action_controller::{Action, ActionSender};
+use super::PendingAcknowledgement;
+use super::RetransmissionRequestReceiver;
+use crate::client::{
+    real_messages_control::real_traffic_stream::{BatchRealMessageSender, RealMessage},
+    topology_control::TopologyAccessor,
+};
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use log::*;
+use nymsphinx::preparer::MessagePreparer;
+use nymsphinx::{acknowledgements::AckKey, addressing::clients::Recipient};
+use rand::{CryptoRng, Rng};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Weak};
+
+// responsible for packet retransmission upon fired timer
+pub(super) struct RetransmissionRequestListener<R>
+where
+    R: CryptoRng + Rng,
+{
+    ack_key: Arc<AckKey>,
+    ack_recipient: Recipient,
+    message_preparer: MessagePreparer<R>,
+    action_sender: ActionSender,
+    real_message_sender: BatchRealMessageSender,
+    request_receiver: RetransmissionRequestReceiver,
+    topology_access: TopologyAccessor,
+}
+
+impl<R> RetransmissionRequestListener<R>
+where
+    R: CryptoRng + Rng,
+{
+    pub(super) fn new(
+        ack_key: Arc<AckKey>,
+        ack_recipient: Recipient,
+        message_preparer: MessagePreparer<R>,
+        action_sender: ActionSender,
+        real_message_sender: BatchRealMessageSender,
+        request_receiver: RetransmissionRequestReceiver,
+        topology_access: TopologyAccessor,
+    ) -> Self {
+        RetransmissionRequestListener {
+            ack_key,
+            ack_recipient,
+            message_preparer,
+            action_sender,
+            real_message_sender,
+            request_receiver,
+            topology_access,
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn on_retransmission_request(&mut self, timed_out_ack: Weak<PendingAcknowledgement>) {
+        let timed_out_ack = match timed_out_ack.upgrade() {
+            Some(timed_out_ack) => timed_out_ack,
+            None => {
+                debug!("We received an ack JUST as we were about to retransmit [1]");
+                return;
+            }
+        };
+        let packet_recipient = &timed_out_ack.recipient;
+        let chunk_clone = timed_out_ack.message_chunk.clone();
+        let frag_id = chunk_clone.fragment_identifier();
+
+        let topology_permit = self.topology_access.get_read_permit().await;
+        let topology_ref = match topology_permit
+            .try_get_valid_topology_ref(&self.ack_recipient, Some(packet_recipient))
+        {
+            Some(topology_ref) => topology_ref,
+            None => {
+                warn!("Could not retransmit the packet - the network topology is invalid");
+                // we NEED to start timer here otherwise we will have this guy permanently stuck in memory
+                self.action_sender
+                    .unbounded_send(Action::new_start_timer(frag_id))
+                    .unwrap();
+                return;
+            }
+        };
+
+        let prepared_fragment = self
+            .message_preparer
+            .prepare_chunk_for_sending(chunk_clone, topology_ref, &self.ack_key, packet_recipient)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // if we have the ONLY strong reference to the ack data, it means it was removed from the
+        // pending acks
+        if Arc::strong_count(&timed_out_ack) == 1 {
+            // while we were messing with topology, wrapping data in sphinx, etc. we actually received
+            // this ack after all! no need to retransmit then
+            debug!("We received an ack JUST as we were about to retransmit [2]");
+            return;
+        }
+        // we no longer need the reference - let's drop it so that if somehow `UpdateTimer` action
+        // reached the controller before this function terminated, the controller would not panic.
+        drop(timed_out_ack);
+
+        let new_delay = prepared_fragment.total_delay;
+
+        // We know this update will be reflected by the `StartTimer` Action performed when this
+        // message is sent through the mix network.
+        // Reason being: UpdateTimer is now pushed onto the Action queue and `StartTimer` will
+        // only be pushed when the below `RealMessage` (which we are about to create)
+        // is sent to the `OutQueueControl` and has gone through its internal queue
+        // with the additional poisson delay.
+        // And since Actions are executed in order `UpdateTimer` will HAVE TO be executed before `StartTimer`
+        self.action_sender
+            .unbounded_send(Action::new_update_delay(frag_id, new_delay))
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // send to `OutQueueControl` to eventually send to the mix network
+        self.real_message_sender
+            .unbounded_send(vec![RealMessage::new(
+                prepared_fragment.mix_packet,
+                frag_id,
+            )])
+            .unwrap();
+    }
+
+    pub(super) async fn run(&mut self) {
+        debug!("Started RetransmissionRequestListener");
+        while let Some(timed_out_ack) = self.request_receiver.next().await {
+            self.on_retransmission_request(timed_out_ack).await;
+        }
+        error!("TODO: error msg. Or maybe panic?")
+    }
+}

clients/client-core/src/client/real_messages_control/acknowledgement_control/sent_notification_listener.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use super::action_controller::{Action, ActionSender};
+use super::SentPacketNotificationReceiver;
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use log::*;
+use nymsphinx::chunking::fragment::{FragmentIdentifier, COVER_FRAG_ID};
+
+/// Module responsible for starting up retransmission timers.
+/// It is required because when we send our packet to the `real traffic stream` controlled
+/// by a poisson timer, there's no guarantee the message will be sent immediately, so we might
+/// accidentally fire retransmission way quicker than we should have.
+pub(super) struct SentNotificationListener {
+    sent_notifier: SentPacketNotificationReceiver,
+    action_sender: ActionSender,
+}
+
+impl SentNotificationListener {
+    pub(super) fn new(
+        sent_notifier: SentPacketNotificationReceiver,
+        action_sender: ActionSender,
+    ) -> Self {
+        SentNotificationListener {
+            sent_notifier,
+            action_sender,
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn on_sent_message(&mut self, frag_id: FragmentIdentifier) {
+        if frag_id == COVER_FRAG_ID {
+            trace!("sent off a cover message - no need to start retransmission timer!");
+            return;
+        } else if frag_id.is_reply() {
+            debug!("sent off a reply message - no need to start retransmission timer!");
+            // TODO: probably there will need to be some extra procedure here, like it would
+            // be nice to know that our reply actually reached the recipient (i.e. we got the ack)
+            return;
+        }
+        self.action_sender
+            .unbounded_send(Action::new_start_timer(frag_id))
+            .unwrap();
+    }
+
+    pub(super) async fn run(&mut self) {
+        debug!("Started SentNotificationListener");
+        while let Some(frag_id) = self.sent_notifier.next().await {
+            self.on_sent_message(frag_id).await;
+        }
+        error!("TODO: error msg. Or maybe panic?")
+    }
+}

clients/client-core/src/client/real_messages_control/mod.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+// INPUT: InputMessage from user
+// INPUT2: Acks from mix
+// OUTPUT: MixMessage to mix traffic
+
+use self::{
+    acknowledgement_control::AcknowledgementController, real_traffic_stream::OutQueueControl,
+};
+use crate::client::real_messages_control::acknowledgement_control::AcknowledgementControllerConnectors;
+use crate::client::reply_key_storage::ReplyKeyStorage;
+use crate::client::{
+    inbound_messages::InputMessageReceiver, mix_traffic::BatchMixMessageSender,
+    topology_control::TopologyAccessor,
+};
+use futures::channel::mpsc;
+use gateway_client::AcknowledgementReceiver;
+use log::*;
+use nymsphinx::acknowledgements::AckKey;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use rand::{rngs::OsRng, CryptoRng, Rng};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio::runtime::Handle;
+use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
+
+mod acknowledgement_control;
+mod real_traffic_stream;
+
+// TODO: ack_key and self_recipient shouldn't really be part of this config
+pub struct Config {
+    /// Key used to decrypt contents of received SURBAcks
+    ack_key: Arc<AckKey>,
+
+    /// Given ack timeout in the form a * BASE_DELAY + b, it specifies the additive part `b`
+    ack_wait_addition: Duration,
+
+    /// Given ack timeout in the form a * BASE_DELAY + b, it specifies the multiplier `a`
+    ack_wait_multiplier: f64,
+
+    /// Address of `this` client.
+    self_recipient: Recipient,
+
+    /// Average delay between sending subsequent packets from this client.
+    average_message_sending_delay: Duration,
+
+    /// Average delay a data packet is going to get delayed at a single mixnode.
+    average_packet_delay_duration: Duration,
+
+    /// Average delay an acknowledgement packet is going to get delayed at a single mixnode.
+    average_ack_delay_duration: Duration,
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    pub fn new(
+        ack_key: Arc<AckKey>,
+        ack_wait_multiplier: f64,
+        ack_wait_addition: Duration,
+        average_ack_delay_duration: Duration,
+        average_message_sending_delay: Duration,
+        average_packet_delay_duration: Duration,
+        self_recipient: Recipient,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Config {
+            ack_key,
+            ack_wait_addition,
+            ack_wait_multiplier,
+            self_recipient,
+            average_message_sending_delay,
+            average_packet_delay_duration,
+            average_ack_delay_duration,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct RealMessagesController<R>
+where
+    R: CryptoRng + Rng,
+{
+    out_queue_control: Option<OutQueueControl<R>>,
+    ack_control: Option<AcknowledgementController<R>>,
+}
+
+// obviously when we finally make shared rng that is on 'higher' level, this should become
+// generic `R`
+impl RealMessagesController<OsRng> {
+    pub fn new(
+        config: Config,
+        ack_receiver: AcknowledgementReceiver,
+        input_receiver: InputMessageReceiver,
+        mix_sender: BatchMixMessageSender,
+        topology_access: TopologyAccessor,
+        reply_key_storage: ReplyKeyStorage,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let rng = OsRng;
+
+        let (real_message_sender, real_message_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();
+        let (sent_notifier_tx, sent_notifier_rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
+
+        let ack_controller_connectors = AcknowledgementControllerConnectors::new(
+            real_message_sender,
+            input_receiver,
+            sent_notifier_rx,
+            ack_receiver,
+        );
+
+        let ack_control_config = acknowledgement_control::Config::new(
+            config.ack_wait_addition,
+            config.ack_wait_multiplier,
+            config.average_ack_delay_duration,
+            config.average_packet_delay_duration,
+        );
+
+        let ack_control = AcknowledgementController::new(
+            ack_control_config,
+            rng,
+            topology_access.clone(),
+            Arc::clone(&config.ack_key),
+            config.self_recipient,
+            reply_key_storage,
+            ack_controller_connectors,
+        );
+
+        let out_queue_config = real_traffic_stream::Config::new(
+            config.average_ack_delay_duration,
+            config.average_packet_delay_duration,
+            config.average_message_sending_delay,
+        );
+
+        let out_queue_control = OutQueueControl::new(
+            out_queue_config,
+            Arc::clone(&config.ack_key),
+            sent_notifier_tx,
+            mix_sender,
+            real_message_receiver,
+            rng,
+            config.self_recipient,
+            topology_access,
+        );
+
+        RealMessagesController {
+            out_queue_control: Some(out_queue_control),
+            ack_control: Some(ack_control),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(super) async fn run(&mut self) {
+        let mut out_queue_control = self.out_queue_control.take().unwrap();
+        let mut ack_control = self.ack_control.take().unwrap();
+
+        // the below are log messages are errors as at the current stage we do not expect any of
+        // the task to ever finish. This will of course change once we introduce
+        // graceful shutdowns.
+        let out_queue_control_fut = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            out_queue_control.run_out_queue_control().await;
+            error!("The out queue controller has finished execution!");
+            out_queue_control
+        });
+        let ack_control_fut = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            ack_control.run().await;
+            error!("The acknowledgement controller has finished execution!");
+            ack_control
+        });
+
+        // technically we don't have to bring `RealMessagesController` back to a valid state
+        // but we can do it, so why not? Perhaps it might be useful if we wanted to allow
+        // for restarts of certain modules without killing the entire process.
+        self.out_queue_control = Some(out_queue_control_fut.await.unwrap());
+        self.ack_control = Some(ack_control_fut.await.unwrap());
+    }
+
+    // &Handle is only passed for consistency sake with other client modules, but I think
+    // when we get to refactoring, we should apply gateway approach and make it implicit
+    pub fn start(mut self, handle: &Handle) -> JoinHandle<Self> {
+        handle.spawn(async move {
+            self.run().await;
+            self
+        })
+    }
+}

clients/client-core/src/client/real_messages_control/real_traffic_stream.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::client::mix_traffic::BatchMixMessageSender;
+use crate::client::real_messages_control::acknowledgement_control::SentPacketNotificationSender;
+use crate::client::topology_control::TopologyAccessor;
+use futures::channel::mpsc;
+use futures::task::{Context, Poll};
+use futures::{Future, Stream, StreamExt};
+use log::*;
+use nymsphinx::acknowledgements::AckKey;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use nymsphinx::chunking::fragment::FragmentIdentifier;
+use nymsphinx::cover::generate_loop_cover_packet;
+use nymsphinx::forwarding::packet::MixPacket;
+use nymsphinx::utils::sample_poisson_duration;
+use rand::{CryptoRng, Rng};
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio::time;
+
+/// Configurable parameters of the `OutQueueControl`
+pub(crate) struct Config {
+    /// Average delay an acknowledgement packet is going to get delay at a single mixnode.
+    average_ack_delay: Duration,
+
+    /// Average delay a data packet is going to get delay at a single mixnode.
+    average_packet_delay: Duration,
+
+    /// Average delay between sending subsequent packets.
+    average_message_sending_delay: Duration,
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    pub(crate) fn new(
+        average_ack_delay: Duration,
+        average_packet_delay: Duration,
+        average_message_sending_delay: Duration,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Config {
+            average_ack_delay,
+            average_packet_delay,
+            average_message_sending_delay,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) struct OutQueueControl<R>
+where
+    R: CryptoRng + Rng,
+{
+    /// Configurable parameters of the `ActionController`
+    config: Config,
+
+    /// Key used to encrypt and decrypt content of an ACK packet.
+    ack_key: Arc<AckKey>,
+
+    /// Channel used for notifying of a real packet being sent out. Used to start up retransmission timer.
+    sent_notifier: SentPacketNotificationSender,
+
+    /// Internal state, determined by `average_message_sending_delay`,
+    /// used to keep track of when a next packet should be sent out.
+    next_delay: Pin<Box<time::Sleep>>,
+
+    /// Channel used for sending prepared sphinx packets to `MixTrafficController` that sends them
+    /// out to the network without any further delays.
+    mix_tx: BatchMixMessageSender,
+
+    /// Channel used for receiving real, prepared, messages that must be first sufficiently delayed
+    /// before being sent out into the network.
+    real_receiver: BatchRealMessageReceiver,
+
+    /// Represents full address of this client.
+    our_full_destination: Recipient,
+
+    /// Instance of a cryptographically secure random number generator.
+    rng: R,
+
+    /// Accessor to the common instance of network topology.
+    topology_access: TopologyAccessor,
+
+    /// Buffer containing all real messages received. It is first exhausted before more are pulled.
+    received_buffer: VecDeque<RealMessage>,
+}
+
+pub(crate) struct RealMessage {
+    mix_packet: MixPacket,
+    fragment_id: FragmentIdentifier,
+}
+
+impl RealMessage {
+    pub(crate) fn new(mix_packet: MixPacket, fragment_id: FragmentIdentifier) -> Self {
+        RealMessage {
+            mix_packet,
+            fragment_id,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// messages are already prepared, etc. the real point of it is to forward it to mix_traffic
+// after sufficient delay
+pub(crate) type BatchRealMessageSender = mpsc::UnboundedSender<Vec<RealMessage>>;
+type BatchRealMessageReceiver = mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<Vec<RealMessage>>;
+
+pub(crate) enum StreamMessage {
+    Cover,
+    Real(Box<RealMessage>),
+}
+
+impl<R> Stream for OutQueueControl<R>
+where
+    R: CryptoRng + Rng + Unpin,
+{
+    type Item = StreamMessage;
+
+    fn poll_next(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
+        // it is not yet time to return a message
+        if self.next_delay.as_mut().poll(cx).is_pending() {
+            return Poll::Pending;
+        };
+
+        // we know it's time to send a message, so let's prepare delay for the next one
+        // Get the `now` by looking at the current `delay` deadline
+        let avg_delay = self.config.average_message_sending_delay;
+        let now = self.next_delay.deadline();
+        let next_poisson_delay = sample_poisson_duration(&mut self.rng, avg_delay);
+
+        // The next interval value is `next_poisson_delay` after the one that just
+        // yielded.
+        let next = now + next_poisson_delay;
+        self.next_delay.as_mut().reset(next);
+
+        // check if we have anything immediately available
+        if let Some(real_available) = self.received_buffer.pop_front() {
+            return Poll::Ready(Some(StreamMessage::Real(Box::new(real_available))));
+        }
+
+        // decide what kind of message to send
+        match Pin::new(&mut self.real_receiver).poll_next(cx) {
+            // in the case our real message channel stream was closed, we should also indicate we are closed
+            // (and whoever is using the stream should panic)
+            Poll::Ready(None) => Poll::Ready(None),
+
+            // if there are more messages available, return first one and store the rest
+            Poll::Ready(Some(real_messages)) => {
+                self.received_buffer = real_messages.into();
+                // we MUST HAVE received at least ONE message
+                Poll::Ready(Some(StreamMessage::Real(Box::new(
+                    self.received_buffer.pop_front().unwrap(),
+                ))))
+            }
+
+            // otherwise construct a dummy one
+            Poll::Pending => Poll::Ready(Some(StreamMessage::Cover)),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<R> OutQueueControl<R>
+where
+    R: CryptoRng + Rng + Unpin,
+{
+    // at this point I'm not entirely sure how to deal with this warning without
+    // some considerable refactoring
+    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+    pub(crate) fn new(
+        config: Config,
+        ack_key: Arc<AckKey>,
+        sent_notifier: SentPacketNotificationSender,
+        mix_tx: BatchMixMessageSender,
+        real_receiver: BatchRealMessageReceiver,
+        rng: R,
+        our_full_destination: Recipient,
+        topology_access: TopologyAccessor,
+    ) -> Self {
+        OutQueueControl {
+            config,
+            ack_key,
+            sent_notifier,
+            next_delay: Box::pin(time::sleep(Default::default())),
+            mix_tx,
+            real_receiver,
+            our_full_destination,
+            rng,
+            topology_access,
+            received_buffer: VecDeque::with_capacity(0), // we won't be putting any data into this guy directly
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn sent_notify(&self, frag_id: FragmentIdentifier) {
+        // well technically the message was not sent just yet, but now it's up to internal
+        // queues and client load rather than the required delay. So realistically we can treat
+        // whatever is about to happen as negligible additional delay.
+        trace!("{} is about to get sent to the mixnet", frag_id);
+        self.sent_notifier.unbounded_send(frag_id).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    async fn on_message(&mut self, next_message: StreamMessage) {
+        trace!("created new message");
+
+        let next_message = match next_message {
+            StreamMessage::Cover => {
+                // TODO for way down the line: in very rare cases (during topology update) we might have
+                // to wait a really tiny bit before actually obtaining the permit hence messing with our
+                // poisson delay, but is it really a problem?
+                let topology_permit = self.topology_access.get_read_permit().await;
+                // the ack is sent back to ourselves (and then ignored)
+                let topology_ref_option = topology_permit.try_get_valid_topology_ref(
+                    &self.our_full_destination,
+                    Some(&self.our_full_destination),
+                );
+                if topology_ref_option.is_none() {
+                    warn!(
+                        "No valid topology detected - won't send any loop cover message this time"
+                    );
+                    return;
+                }
+                let topology_ref = topology_ref_option.unwrap();
+
+                generate_loop_cover_packet(
+                    &mut self.rng,
+                    topology_ref,
+                    &*self.ack_key,
+                    &self.our_full_destination,
+                    self.config.average_ack_delay,
+                    self.config.average_packet_delay,
+                )
+                .expect("Somehow failed to generate a loop cover message with a valid topology")
+            }
+            StreamMessage::Real(real_message) => {
+                self.sent_notify(real_message.fragment_id);
+                real_message.mix_packet
+            }
+        };
+
+        // if this one fails, there's no retrying because it means that either:
+        // - we run out of memory
+        // - the receiver channel is closed
+        // in either case there's no recovery and we can only panic
+        self.mix_tx.unbounded_send(vec![next_message]).unwrap();
+
+        // JS: Not entirely sure why or how it fixes stuff, but without the yield call,
+        // the UnboundedReceiver [of mix_rx] will not get a chance to read anything
+        // JS2: Basically it was the case that with high enough rate, the stream had already a next value
+        // ready and hence was immediately re-scheduled causing other tasks to be starved;
+        // yield makes it go back the scheduling queue regardless of its value availability
+        tokio::task::yield_now().await;
+    }
+
+    // Send messages at certain rate and if no real traffic is available, send cover message.
+    async fn run_normal_out_queue(&mut self) {
+        // we should set initial delay only when we actually start the stream
+        self.next_delay = Box::pin(time::sleep(sample_poisson_duration(
+            &mut self.rng,
+            self.config.average_message_sending_delay,
+        )));
+
+        while let Some(next_message) = self.next().await {
+            self.on_message(next_message).await;
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn run_out_queue_control(&mut self) {
+        debug!("Starting out queue controller...");
+        self.run_normal_out_queue().await
+    }
+}

clients/client-core/src/client/received_buffer.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::client::reply_key_storage::ReplyKeyStorage;
+use crypto::asymmetric::encryption;
+use crypto::symmetric::stream_cipher;
+use crypto::Digest;
+use futures::channel::mpsc;
+use futures::lock::Mutex;
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use gateway_client::MixnetMessageReceiver;
+use log::*;
+use nymsphinx::anonymous_replies::{encryption_key::EncryptionKeyDigest, SurbEncryptionKey};
+use nymsphinx::params::{ReplySurbEncryptionAlgorithm, ReplySurbKeyDigestAlgorithm};
+use nymsphinx::receiver::{MessageReceiver, MessageRecoveryError, ReconstructedMessage};
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio::runtime::Handle;
+use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
+
+// Buffer Requests to say "hey, send any reconstructed messages to this channel"
+// or to say "hey, I'm going offline, don't send anything more to me. Just buffer them instead"
+pub type ReceivedBufferRequestSender = mpsc::UnboundedSender<ReceivedBufferMessage>;
+pub type ReceivedBufferRequestReceiver = mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<ReceivedBufferMessage>;
+
+// The channel set for the above
+pub type ReconstructedMessagesSender = mpsc::UnboundedSender<Vec<ReconstructedMessage>>;
+pub type ReconstructedMessagesReceiver = mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<Vec<ReconstructedMessage>>;
+
+struct ReceivedMessagesBufferInner {
+    messages: Vec<ReconstructedMessage>,
+    local_encryption_keypair: Arc<encryption::KeyPair>,
+
+    // TODO: looking how it 'looks' here, perhaps `MessageReceiver` should be renamed to something
+    // else instead.
+    message_receiver: MessageReceiver,
+    message_sender: Option<ReconstructedMessagesSender>,
+
+    // TODO: this will get cleared upon re-running the client
+    // but perhaps it should be changed to include timestamps of when the message was reconstructed
+    // and every now and then remove ids older than X
+    recently_reconstructed: HashSet<i32>,
+}
+
+impl ReceivedMessagesBufferInner {
+    fn process_received_fragment(&mut self, raw_fragment: Vec<u8>) -> Option<ReconstructedMessage> {
+        let fragment_data = match self
+            .message_receiver
+            .recover_plaintext(self.local_encryption_keypair.private_key(), raw_fragment)
+        {
+            Err(e) => {
+                warn!("failed to recover fragment data: {:?}. The whole underlying message might be corrupted and unrecoverable!", e);
+                return None;
+            }
+            Ok(frag_data) => frag_data,
+        };
+
+        if nymsphinx::cover::is_cover(&fragment_data) {
+            trace!("The message was a loop cover message! Skipping it");
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        let fragment = match self.message_receiver.recover_fragment(&fragment_data) {
+            Err(e) => {
+                warn!("failed to recover fragment from raw data: {:?}. The whole underlying message might be corrupted and unrecoverable!", e);
+                return None;
+            }
+            Ok(frag) => frag,
+        };
+
+        if self.recently_reconstructed.contains(&fragment.id()) {
+            debug!("Received a chunk of already re-assembled message ({:?})! It probably got here because the ack got lost", fragment.id());
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        // if we returned an error the underlying message is malformed in some way
+        match self.message_receiver.insert_new_fragment(fragment) {
+            Err(err) => match err {
+                MessageRecoveryError::MalformedReconstructedMessage(message_sets) => {
+                    // TODO: should we really insert reconstructed sets? could this be abused for some attack?
+                    for set_id in message_sets {
+                        if !self.recently_reconstructed.insert(set_id) {
+                            // or perhaps we should even panic at this point?
+                            error!("Reconstructed another message containing already used set id!")
+                        }
+                    }
+                    None
+                }
+                _ => unreachable!(
+                    "no other error kind should have been returned here! If so, it's a bug!"
+                ),
+            },
+            Ok(reconstruction_result) => match reconstruction_result {
+                Some((reconstructed_message, used_sets)) => {
+                    for set_id in used_sets {
+                        if !self.recently_reconstructed.insert(set_id) {
+                            // or perhaps we should even panic at this point?
+                            error!("Reconstructed another message containing already used set id!")
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Some(reconstructed_message)
+                }
+                None => None,
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+// Note: you should NEVER create more than a single instance of this using 'new()'.
+// You should always use .clone() to create additional instances
+struct ReceivedMessagesBuffer {
+    inner: Arc<Mutex<ReceivedMessagesBufferInner>>,
+
+    /// Storage containing keys to all [`ReplySURB`]s ever sent out that we did not receive back.
+    // There's no need to put it behind a Mutex since it's already properly concurrent
+    reply_key_storage: ReplyKeyStorage,
+}
+
+impl ReceivedMessagesBuffer {
+    fn new(
+        local_encryption_keypair: Arc<encryption::KeyPair>,
+        reply_key_storage: ReplyKeyStorage,
+    ) -> Self {
+        ReceivedMessagesBuffer {
+            inner: Arc::new(Mutex::new(ReceivedMessagesBufferInner {
+                messages: Vec::new(),
+                local_encryption_keypair,
+                message_receiver: MessageReceiver::new(),
+                message_sender: None,
+                recently_reconstructed: HashSet::new(),
+            })),
+            reply_key_storage,
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn disconnect_sender(&mut self) {
+        let mut guard = self.inner.lock().await;
+        if guard.message_sender.is_none() {
+            // in theory we could just ignore it, but that situation should have never happened
+            // in the first place, so this way we at least know we have an important bug to fix
+            panic!("trying to disconnect non-existent sender!")
+        }
+        guard.message_sender = None;
+    }
+
+    async fn connect_sender(&mut self, sender: ReconstructedMessagesSender) {
+        let mut guard = self.inner.lock().await;
+        if guard.message_sender.is_some() {
+            // in theory we could just ignore it, but that situation should have never happened
+            // in the first place, so this way we at least know we have an important bug to fix
+            panic!("trying overwrite an existing sender!")
+        }
+
+        // while we're at it, also empty the buffer if we happened to receive anything while
+        // no sender was connected
+        let stored_messages = std::mem::take(&mut guard.messages);
+        if !stored_messages.is_empty() {
+            if let Err(err) = sender.unbounded_send(stored_messages) {
+                error!(
+                    "The sender channel we just received is already invalidated - {:?}",
+                    err
+                );
+                // put the values back to the buffer
+                // the returned error has two fields: err: SendError and val: T,
+                // where val is the value that was failed to get sent;
+                // it's returned by the `into_inner` call
+                guard.messages = err.into_inner();
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        guard.message_sender = Some(sender);
+    }
+
+    async fn add_reconstructed_messages(&mut self, msgs: Vec<ReconstructedMessage>) {
+        debug!("Adding {:?} new messages to the buffer!", msgs.len());
+        trace!("Adding new messages to the buffer! {:?}", msgs);
+        self.inner.lock().await.messages.extend(msgs)
+    }
+
+    fn process_received_reply(
+        reply_ciphertext: &[u8],
+        reply_key: SurbEncryptionKey,
+    ) -> Option<ReconstructedMessage> {
+        let zero_iv = stream_cipher::zero_iv::<ReplySurbEncryptionAlgorithm>();
+
+        let mut reply_msg = stream_cipher::decrypt::<ReplySurbEncryptionAlgorithm>(
+            reply_key.inner(),
+            &zero_iv,
+            reply_ciphertext,
+        );
+        if let Err(err) = MessageReceiver::remove_padding(&mut reply_msg) {
+            warn!("Received reply had malformed padding! - {:?}", err);
+            None
+        } else {
+            // TODO: perhaps having to say it doesn't have a surb an indication the type should be changed?
+            Some(ReconstructedMessage {
+                message: reply_msg,
+                reply_surb: None,
+            })
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn handle_new_received(&mut self, msgs: Vec<Vec<u8>>) {
+        debug!(
+            "Processing {:?} new message that might get added to the buffer!",
+            msgs.len()
+        );
+
+        let mut completed_messages = Vec::new();
+        let mut inner_guard = self.inner.lock().await;
+
+        let reply_surb_digest_size = ReplySurbKeyDigestAlgorithm::output_size();
+
+        // first check if this is a reply or a chunked message
+        // TODO: verify with @AP if this way of doing it is safe or whether it could
+        // cause some attacks due to, I don't know, stupid edge case collisions?
+        // Update: this DOES introduce a possible leakage: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/296
+        for msg in msgs {
+            let possible_key_digest =
+                EncryptionKeyDigest::clone_from_slice(&msg[..reply_surb_digest_size]);
+
+            // check first `HasherOutputSize` bytes if they correspond to known encryption key
+            // if yes - this is a reply message
+
+            // TODO: this might be a bottleneck - since the keys are stored on disk we, presumably,
+            // are doing a disk operation every single received fragment
+            if let Some(reply_encryption_key) = self
+                .reply_key_storage
+                .get_and_remove_encryption_key(possible_key_digest)
+                .expect("storage operation failed!")
+            {
+                if let Some(completed_message) = Self::process_received_reply(
+                    &msg[reply_surb_digest_size..],
+                    reply_encryption_key,
+                ) {
+                    completed_messages.push(completed_message)
+                }
+            } else {
+                // otherwise - it's a 'normal' message
+                if let Some(completed_message) = inner_guard.process_received_fragment(msg) {
+                    completed_messages.push(completed_message)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if !completed_messages.is_empty() {
+            if let Some(sender) = &inner_guard.message_sender {
+                trace!("Sending reconstructed messages to announced sender");
+                if let Err(err) = sender.unbounded_send(completed_messages) {
+                    warn!("The reconstructed message receiver went offline without explicit notification (relevant error: - {:?})", err);
+                    // make sure to drop the lock to not deadlock
+                    // (it is required by `add_reconstructed_messages`)
+                    inner_guard.message_sender = None;
+                    drop(inner_guard);
+                    self.add_reconstructed_messages(err.into_inner()).await;
+                }
+            } else {
+                // make sure to drop the lock to not deadlock
+                // (it is required by `add_reconstructed_messages`)
+                drop(inner_guard);
+                trace!("No sender available - buffering reconstructed messages");
+                self.add_reconstructed_messages(completed_messages).await;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub enum ReceivedBufferMessage {
+    // Signals a websocket connection (or a native implementation) was established and we should stop buffering messages,
+    // and instead send them directly to the received channel
+    ReceiverAnnounce(ReconstructedMessagesSender),
+
+    // Explicit signal that Receiver connection will no longer accept messages
+    ReceiverDisconnect,
+}
+
+struct RequestReceiver {
+    received_buffer: ReceivedMessagesBuffer,
+    query_receiver: ReceivedBufferRequestReceiver,
+}
+
+impl RequestReceiver {
+    fn new(
+        received_buffer: ReceivedMessagesBuffer,
+        query_receiver: ReceivedBufferRequestReceiver,
+    ) -> Self {
+        RequestReceiver {
+            received_buffer,
+            query_receiver,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn start(mut self, handle: &Handle) -> JoinHandle<()> {
+        handle.spawn(async move {
+            while let Some(request) = self.query_receiver.next().await {
+                match request {
+                    ReceivedBufferMessage::ReceiverAnnounce(sender) => {
+                        self.received_buffer.connect_sender(sender).await;
+                    }
+                    ReceivedBufferMessage::ReceiverDisconnect => {
+                        self.received_buffer.disconnect_sender().await
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+struct FragmentedMessageReceiver {
+    received_buffer: ReceivedMessagesBuffer,
+    mixnet_packet_receiver: MixnetMessageReceiver,
+}
+
+impl FragmentedMessageReceiver {
+    fn new(
+        received_buffer: ReceivedMessagesBuffer,
+        mixnet_packet_receiver: MixnetMessageReceiver,
+    ) -> Self {
+        FragmentedMessageReceiver {
+            received_buffer,
+            mixnet_packet_receiver,
+        }
+    }
+    fn start(mut self, handle: &Handle) -> JoinHandle<()> {
+        handle.spawn(async move {
+            while let Some(new_messages) = self.mixnet_packet_receiver.next().await {
+                self.received_buffer.handle_new_received(new_messages).await;
+            }
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct ReceivedMessagesBufferController {
+    fragmented_message_receiver: FragmentedMessageReceiver,
+    request_receiver: RequestReceiver,
+}
+
+impl ReceivedMessagesBufferController {
+    pub fn new(
+        local_encryption_keypair: Arc<encryption::KeyPair>,
+        query_receiver: ReceivedBufferRequestReceiver,
+        mixnet_packet_receiver: MixnetMessageReceiver,
+        reply_key_storage: ReplyKeyStorage,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let received_buffer =
+            ReceivedMessagesBuffer::new(local_encryption_keypair, reply_key_storage);
+
+        ReceivedMessagesBufferController {
+            fragmented_message_receiver: FragmentedMessageReceiver::new(
+                received_buffer.clone(),
+                mixnet_packet_receiver,
+            ),
+            request_receiver: RequestReceiver::new(received_buffer, query_receiver),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn start(self, handle: &Handle) {
+        // TODO: should we do anything with JoinHandle(s) returned by start methods?
+        self.fragmented_message_receiver.start(handle);
+        self.request_receiver.start(handle);
+    }
+}

clients/client-core/src/client/reply_key_storage.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use log::*;
+use nymsphinx::anonymous_replies::{
+    encryption_key::EncryptionKeyDigest, encryption_key::Unsigned, SurbEncryptionKey,
+    SurbEncryptionKeySize,
+};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ReplyKeyStorageError {
+    DbReadError(sled::Error),
+    DbWriteError(sled::Error),
+    DbOpenError(sled::Error),
+}
+
+/// Permanent storage for keys in all sent [`ReplySURB`]
+///
+/// Each sent out [`ReplySURB`] has a new key associated with it that is going to be used for
+/// payload encryption. In order to -decrypt whatever reply we receive, we need to know which
+/// key to use for that purpose. We do it based on received `H(t)` which has to be included
+/// with each reply.
+/// Moreover, there is no restriction when the [`ReplySURB`] might get used so we need to
+/// have a permanent storage for all the keys that we might ever see in the future.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct ReplyKeyStorage {
+    db: sled::Db,
+}
+
+impl ReplyKeyStorage {
+    pub fn load<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Self, ReplyKeyStorageError> {
+        let db = match sled::open(path) {
+            Err(e) => return Err(ReplyKeyStorageError::DbOpenError(e)),
+            Ok(db) => db,
+        };
+
+        Ok(ReplyKeyStorage { db })
+    }
+
+    fn read_encryption_key(&self, raw_key: sled::IVec) -> SurbEncryptionKey {
+        let key_bytes_ref = raw_key.as_ref();
+        // if this fails it means we have some database corruption and we
+        // absolutely can't continue
+
+        if key_bytes_ref.len() != SurbEncryptionKeySize::to_usize() {
+            error!("REPLY KEY STORAGE DATA CORRUPTION - ENCRYPTION KEY HAS INVALID LENGTH");
+            panic!("REPLY KEY STORAGE DATA CORRUPTION - ENCRYPTION KEY HAS INVALID LENGTH");
+        }
+
+        // this can only fail if the bytes have invalid length but we already asserted it
+        SurbEncryptionKey::try_from_bytes(key_bytes_ref).unwrap()
+    }
+
+    // TOOD: perhaps we could also store some part of original message here too?
+    pub fn insert_encryption_key(
+        &mut self,
+        encryption_key: SurbEncryptionKey,
+    ) -> Result<(), ReplyKeyStorageError> {
+        let digest = encryption_key.compute_digest();
+
+        let insertion_result = match self.db.insert(digest.to_vec(), encryption_key.to_bytes()) {
+            Err(e) => Err(ReplyKeyStorageError::DbWriteError(e)),
+            Ok(existing_key) => {
+                if existing_key.is_some() {
+                    panic!("HASH COLLISION DETECTED")
+                };
+                Ok(())
+            }
+        };
+
+        // TODO: perhaps we could implement some batching mechanism to avoid frequent flushes?
+        self.db.flush().unwrap();
+        insertion_result
+    }
+
+    // Once we use key once, we do not expect to use it again
+    pub fn get_and_remove_encryption_key(
+        &self,
+        key_digest: EncryptionKeyDigest,
+    ) -> Result<Option<SurbEncryptionKey>, ReplyKeyStorageError> {
+        let removal_result = match self.db.remove(&key_digest.to_vec()) {
+            Err(e) => Err(ReplyKeyStorageError::DbReadError(e)),
+            Ok(existing_key) => {
+                Ok(existing_key.map(|existing_key| self.read_encryption_key(existing_key)))
+            }
+        };
+
+        // TODO: not sure how to feel about flushing it every single time here...
+        // same with insertion
+        self.db.flush().unwrap();
+        removal_result
+    }
+}

clients/client-core/src/client/topology_control.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use log::*;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use nymsphinx::params::DEFAULT_NUM_MIX_HOPS;
+use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
+use rand::thread_rng;
+use std::ops::Deref;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio::runtime::Handle;
+use tokio::sync::{RwLock, RwLockReadGuard};
+use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
+use topology::{nym_topology_from_bonds, NymTopology};
+use url::Url;
+
+// I'm extremely curious why compiler NEVER complained about lack of Debug here before
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct TopologyAccessorInner(Option<NymTopology>);
+
+impl AsRef<Option<NymTopology>> for TopologyAccessorInner {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &Option<NymTopology> {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl TopologyAccessorInner {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        TopologyAccessorInner(None)
+    }
+
+    fn update(&mut self, new: Option<NymTopology>) {
+        self.0 = new;
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct TopologyReadPermit<'a> {
+    permit: RwLockReadGuard<'a, TopologyAccessorInner>,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Deref for TopologyReadPermit<'a> {
+    type Target = TopologyAccessorInner;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.permit
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> TopologyReadPermit<'a> {
+    /// Using provided topology read permit, tries to get an immutable reference to the underlying
+    /// topology. For obvious reasons the lifetime of the topology reference is bound to the permit.
+    pub(super) fn try_get_valid_topology_ref(
+        &'a self,
+        ack_recipient: &Recipient,
+        packet_recipient: Option<&Recipient>,
+    ) -> Option<&'a NymTopology> {
+        // Note: implicit deref with Deref for TopologyReadPermit is happening here
+        let topology_ref_option = self.permit.as_ref();
+        match topology_ref_option {
+            None => None,
+            Some(topology_ref) => {
+                // see if it's possible to route the packet to both gateways
+                if !topology_ref.can_construct_path_through(DEFAULT_NUM_MIX_HOPS)
+                    || !topology_ref.gateway_exists(ack_recipient.gateway())
+                    || if let Some(packet_recipient) = packet_recipient {
+                        !topology_ref.gateway_exists(packet_recipient.gateway())
+                    } else {
+                        false
+                    }
+                {
+                    None
+                } else {
+                    Some(topology_ref)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> From<RwLockReadGuard<'a, TopologyAccessorInner>> for TopologyReadPermit<'a> {
+    fn from(read_permit: RwLockReadGuard<'a, TopologyAccessorInner>) -> Self {
+        TopologyReadPermit {
+            permit: read_permit,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct TopologyAccessor {
+    // `RwLock` *seems to* be the better approach for this as write access is only requested every
+    // few seconds, while reads are needed every single packet generated.
+    // However, proper benchmarks will be needed to determine if `RwLock` is indeed a better
+    // approach than a `Mutex`
+    inner: Arc<RwLock<TopologyAccessorInner>>,
+}
+
+impl TopologyAccessor {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        TopologyAccessor {
+            inner: Arc::new(RwLock::new(TopologyAccessorInner::new())),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn get_read_permit(&self) -> TopologyReadPermit<'_> {
+        self.inner.read().await.into()
+    }
+
+    async fn update_global_topology(&self, new_topology: Option<NymTopology>) {
+        self.inner.write().await.update(new_topology);
+    }
+
+    // only used by the client at startup to get a slightly more reasonable error message
+    // (currently displays as unused because health checker is disabled due to required changes)
+    pub async fn is_routable(&self) -> bool {
+        match &self.inner.read().await.0 {
+            None => false,
+            Some(ref topology) => topology.can_construct_path_through(DEFAULT_NUM_MIX_HOPS),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for TopologyAccessor {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        TopologyAccessor::new()
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct TopologyRefresherConfig {
+    validator_api_urls: Vec<Url>,
+    refresh_rate: time::Duration,
+    client_version: String,
+}
+
+impl TopologyRefresherConfig {
+    pub fn new(
+        validator_api_urls: Vec<Url>,
+        refresh_rate: time::Duration,
+        client_version: String,
+    ) -> Self {
+        TopologyRefresherConfig {
+            validator_api_urls,
+            refresh_rate,
+            client_version,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct TopologyRefresher {
+    validator_client: validator_client::ApiClient,
+    client_version: String,
+
+    validator_api_urls: Vec<Url>,
+    topology_accessor: TopologyAccessor,
+    refresh_rate: Duration,
+
+    currently_used_api: usize,
+    was_latest_valid: bool,
+}
+
+impl TopologyRefresher {
+    pub fn new(mut cfg: TopologyRefresherConfig, topology_accessor: TopologyAccessor) -> Self {
+        cfg.validator_api_urls.shuffle(&mut thread_rng());
+
+        TopologyRefresher {
+            validator_client: validator_client::ApiClient::new(cfg.validator_api_urls[0].clone()),
+            client_version: cfg.client_version,
+            validator_api_urls: cfg.validator_api_urls,
+            topology_accessor,
+            refresh_rate: cfg.refresh_rate,
+            currently_used_api: 0,
+            was_latest_valid: true,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn use_next_validator_api(&mut self) {
+        if self.validator_api_urls.len() == 1 {
+            warn!("There's only a single validator API available - it won't be possible to use a different one");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        self.currently_used_api = (self.currently_used_api + 1) % self.validator_api_urls.len();
+        self.validator_client
+            .change_validator_api(self.validator_api_urls[self.currently_used_api].clone())
+    }
+
+    /// Verifies whether nodes a reasonably distributed among all mix layers.
+    ///
+    /// In ideal world we would have 33% nodes on layer 1, 33% on layer 2 and 33% on layer 3.
+    /// However, this is a rather unrealistic expectation, instead we check whether there exists
+    /// a layer with more than 66% of nodes or with fewer than 15% and if so, we trigger a failure.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// * `topology`: active topology constructed from validator api data
+    /// * `mixnodes_count`: total number of active mixnodes
+    fn check_layer_distribution(
+        &self,
+        active_topology: &NymTopology,
+        mixnodes_count: usize,
+    ) -> bool {
+        let mixes = active_topology.mixes();
+        if active_topology.gateways().is_empty() {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // trivial check to see if have at least a single node on each layer (regardless of active set size)
+        if mixes.get(&1).is_none() || mixes.get(&2).is_none() || mixes.get(&3).is_none() {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        let upper_bound = (mixnodes_count as f32 * 0.66) as usize;
+        let lower_bound = (mixnodes_count as f32 * 0.15) as usize;
+
+        let layer1 = mixes.get(&1).unwrap().len();
+        let layer2 = mixes.get(&2).unwrap().len();
+        let layer3 = mixes.get(&3).unwrap().len();
+
+        if layer1 < lower_bound || layer1 > upper_bound {
+            warn!(
+                "nodes: {}, layer1: {}, layer2: {}, layer3: {}",
+                mixnodes_count, layer1, layer2, layer3
+            );
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if layer2 < lower_bound || layer2 > upper_bound {
+            warn!(
+                "nodes: {}, layer1: {}, layer2: {}, layer3: {}",
+                mixnodes_count, layer1, layer2, layer3
+            );
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if layer3 < lower_bound || layer3 > upper_bound {
+            warn!(
+                "nodes: {}, layer1: {}, layer2: {}, layer3: {}",
+                mixnodes_count, layer1, layer2, layer3
+            );
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        true
+    }
+
+    async fn get_current_compatible_topology(&self) -> Option<NymTopology> {
+        // TODO: optimization for the future:
+        // only refresh mixnodes on timer and refresh gateways only when
+        // we have to send to a new, unknown, gateway
+
+        let mixnodes = match self.validator_client.get_cached_active_mixnodes().await {
+            Err(err) => {
+                error!("failed to get network mixnodes - {}", err);
+                return None;
+            }
+            Ok(mixes) => mixes,
+        };
+
+        let gateways = match self.validator_client.get_cached_gateways().await {
+            Err(err) => {
+                error!("failed to get network gateways - {}", err);
+                return None;
+            }
+            Ok(gateways) => gateways,
+        };
+
+        let mixnodes_count = mixnodes.len();
+        let topology =
+            nym_topology_from_bonds(mixnodes, gateways).filter_system_version(&self.client_version);
+
+        if !self.check_layer_distribution(&topology, mixnodes_count) {
+            warn!("The current filtered active topology has extremely skewed layer distribution. It cannot be used.");
+            None
+        } else {
+            Some(topology)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn refresh(&mut self) {
+        trace!("Refreshing the topology");
+        let new_topology = self.get_current_compatible_topology().await;
+
+        if new_topology.is_none() {
+            self.use_next_validator_api();
+        }
+
+        if new_topology.is_none() && self.was_latest_valid {
+            // if we failed to grab this topology, but the one before it was alright, let's assume
+            // validator had a tiny hiccup and use the old data
+            warn!("we're going to keep on using the old topology for this iteration");
+            self.was_latest_valid = false;
+            return;
+        } else if new_topology.is_some() {
+            self.was_latest_valid = true;
+        }
+
+        self.topology_accessor
+            .update_global_topology(new_topology)
+            .await;
+    }
+
+    pub async fn is_topology_routable(&self) -> bool {
+        self.topology_accessor.is_routable().await
+    }
+
+    pub fn start(mut self, handle: &Handle) -> JoinHandle<()> {
+        handle.spawn(async move {
+            loop {
+                tokio::time::sleep(self.refresh_rate).await;
+                self.refresh().await;
+            }
+        })
+    }
+}

clients/client-core/src/config/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,470 @@
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use config::defaults::*;
+use config::NymConfig;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use url::Url;
+
+pub mod persistence;
+
+pub const MISSING_VALUE: &str = "MISSING VALUE";
+
+// 'DEBUG'
+const DEFAULT_ACK_WAIT_MULTIPLIER: f64 = 1.5;
+
+const DEFAULT_ACK_WAIT_ADDITION: Duration = Duration::from_millis(1_500);
+const DEFAULT_LOOP_COVER_STREAM_AVERAGE_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_millis(200);
+const DEFAULT_MESSAGE_STREAM_AVERAGE_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_millis(20);
+const DEFAULT_AVERAGE_PACKET_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_millis(50);
+const DEFAULT_TOPOLOGY_REFRESH_RATE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5 * 60); // every 5min
+const DEFAULT_TOPOLOGY_RESOLUTION_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_millis(5_000);
+// Set this to a high value for now, so that we don't risk sporadic timeouts that might cause
+// bought bandwidth tokens to not have time to be spent; Once we remove the gateway from the
+// bandwidth bridging protocol, we can come back to a smaller timeout value
+const DEFAULT_GATEWAY_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5 * 60);
+
+pub fn missing_string_value() -> String {
+    MISSING_VALUE.to_string()
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct Config<T> {
+    client: Client<T>,
+
+    #[serde(default)]
+    logging: Logging,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    debug: Debug,
+}
+
+impl<T: NymConfig> Config<T> {
+    pub fn new<S: Into<String>>(id: S) -> Self {
+        let mut cfg = Config::default();
+        cfg.with_id(id);
+        cfg
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_id<S: Into<String>>(&mut self, id: S) {
+        let id = id.into();
+
+        // identity key setting
+        if self.client.private_identity_key_file.as_os_str().is_empty() {
+            self.client.private_identity_key_file =
+                self::Client::<T>::default_private_identity_key_file(&id);
+        }
+        if self.client.public_identity_key_file.as_os_str().is_empty() {
+            self.client.public_identity_key_file =
+                self::Client::<T>::default_public_identity_key_file(&id);
+        }
+
+        // encryption key setting
+        if self
+            .client
+            .private_encryption_key_file
+            .as_os_str()
+            .is_empty()
+        {
+            self.client.private_encryption_key_file =
+                self::Client::<T>::default_private_encryption_key_file(&id);
+        }
+        if self
+            .client
+            .public_encryption_key_file
+            .as_os_str()
+            .is_empty()
+        {
+            self.client.public_encryption_key_file =
+                self::Client::<T>::default_public_encryption_key_file(&id);
+        }
+
+        // shared gateway key setting
+        if self.client.gateway_shared_key_file.as_os_str().is_empty() {
+            self.client.gateway_shared_key_file =
+                self::Client::<T>::default_gateway_shared_key_file(&id);
+        }
+
+        // ack key setting
+        if self.client.ack_key_file.as_os_str().is_empty() {
+            self.client.ack_key_file = self::Client::<T>::default_ack_key_file(&id);
+        }
+
+        if self
+            .client
+            .reply_encryption_key_store_path
+            .as_os_str()
+            .is_empty()
+        {
+            self.client.reply_encryption_key_store_path =
+                self::Client::<T>::default_reply_encryption_key_store_path(&id);
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+        if self
+            .client
+            .backup_bandwidth_token_keys_dir
+            .as_os_str()
+            .is_empty()
+        {
+            self.client.backup_bandwidth_token_keys_dir =
+                self::Client::<T>::default_backup_bandwidth_token_keys_dir(&id);
+        }
+
+        self.client.id = id;
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_gateway_id<S: Into<String>>(&mut self, id: S) {
+        self.client.gateway_id = id.into();
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_gateway_listener<S: Into<String>>(&mut self, gateway_listener: S) {
+        self.client.gateway_listener = gateway_listener.into();
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    pub fn with_eth_private_key<S: Into<String>>(&mut self, eth_private_key: S) {
+        self.client.eth_private_key = eth_private_key.into();
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    pub fn with_eth_endpoint<S: Into<String>>(&mut self, eth_endpoint: S) {
+        self.client.eth_endpoint = eth_endpoint.into();
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_custom_validator_apis(&mut self, validator_api_urls: Vec<Url>) {
+        self.client.validator_api_urls = validator_api_urls;
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_high_default_traffic_volume(&mut self) {
+        self.debug.average_packet_delay = Duration::from_millis(10);
+        self.debug.loop_cover_traffic_average_delay = Duration::from_millis(2000000); // basically don't really send cover messages
+        self.debug.message_sending_average_delay = Duration::from_millis(4); // 250 "real" messages / s
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_custom_version(&mut self, version: &str) {
+        self.client.version = version.to_string();
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_id(&self) -> String {
+        self.client.id.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_nym_root_directory(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.client.nym_root_directory.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_private_identity_key_file(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.client.private_identity_key_file.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_public_identity_key_file(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.client.public_identity_key_file.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_private_encryption_key_file(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.client.private_encryption_key_file.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_public_encryption_key_file(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.client.public_encryption_key_file.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_gateway_shared_key_file(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.client.gateway_shared_key_file.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_reply_encryption_key_store_path(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.client.reply_encryption_key_store_path.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_ack_key_file(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.client.ack_key_file.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_validator_api_endpoints(&self) -> Vec<Url> {
+        self.client.validator_api_urls.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_gateway_id(&self) -> String {
+        self.client.gateway_id.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_gateway_listener(&self) -> String {
+        self.client.gateway_listener.clone()
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    pub fn get_backup_bandwidth_token_keys_dir(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.client.backup_bandwidth_token_keys_dir.clone()
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    pub fn get_eth_endpoint(&self) -> String {
+        self.client.eth_endpoint.clone()
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    pub fn get_eth_private_key(&self) -> String {
+        self.client.eth_private_key.clone()
+    }
+
+    // Debug getters
+    pub fn get_average_packet_delay(&self) -> Duration {
+        self.debug.average_packet_delay
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_average_ack_delay(&self) -> Duration {
+        self.debug.average_ack_delay
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_ack_wait_multiplier(&self) -> f64 {
+        self.debug.ack_wait_multiplier
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_ack_wait_addition(&self) -> Duration {
+        self.debug.ack_wait_addition
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_loop_cover_traffic_average_delay(&self) -> Duration {
+        self.debug.loop_cover_traffic_average_delay
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_message_sending_average_delay(&self) -> Duration {
+        self.debug.message_sending_average_delay
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_gateway_response_timeout(&self) -> Duration {
+        self.debug.gateway_response_timeout
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_topology_refresh_rate(&self) -> Duration {
+        self.debug.topology_refresh_rate
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_topology_resolution_timeout(&self) -> Duration {
+        self.debug.topology_resolution_timeout
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_version(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.client.version
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: NymConfig> Default for Config<T> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Config {
+            client: Client::<T>::default(),
+            logging: Default::default(),
+            debug: Default::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+pub struct Client<T> {
+    /// Version of the client for which this configuration was created.
+    #[serde(default = "missing_string_value")]
+    version: String,
+
+    /// ID specifies the human readable ID of this particular client.
+    id: String,
+
+    /// Addresses to APIs running on validator from which the client gets the view of the network.
+    validator_api_urls: Vec<Url>,
+
+    /// Path to file containing private identity key.
+    private_identity_key_file: PathBuf,
+
+    /// Path to file containing public identity key.
+    public_identity_key_file: PathBuf,
+
+    /// Path to file containing private encryption key.
+    private_encryption_key_file: PathBuf,
+
+    /// Path to file containing public encryption key.
+    public_encryption_key_file: PathBuf,
+
+    /// Path to file containing shared key derived with the specified gateway that is used
+    /// for all communication with it.
+    gateway_shared_key_file: PathBuf,
+
+    /// Path to file containing key used for encrypting and decrypting the content of an
+    /// acknowledgement so that nobody besides the client knows which packet it refers to.
+    ack_key_file: PathBuf,
+
+    /// Full path to file containing reply encryption keys of all reply-SURBs we have ever
+    /// sent but not received back.
+    reply_encryption_key_store_path: PathBuf,
+
+    /// gateway_id specifies ID of the gateway to which the client should send messages.
+    /// If initially omitted, a random gateway will be chosen from the available topology.
+    gateway_id: String,
+
+    /// Address of the gateway listener to which all client requests should be sent.
+    gateway_listener: String,
+
+    /// Path to directory containing public/private keys used for bandwidth token purchase.
+    /// Those are saved in case of emergency, to be able to reclaim bandwidth tokens.
+    /// The public key is the name of the file, while the private key is the content.
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    backup_bandwidth_token_keys_dir: PathBuf,
+
+    /// Ethereum private key.
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    eth_private_key: String,
+
+    /// Address to an Ethereum full node.
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    eth_endpoint: String,
+
+    /// nym_home_directory specifies absolute path to the home nym Clients directory.
+    /// It is expected to use default value and hence .toml file should not redefine this field.
+    nym_root_directory: PathBuf,
+
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    super_struct: PhantomData<*const T>,
+}
+
+impl<T: NymConfig> Default for Client<T> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        // there must be explicit checks for whether id is not empty later
+        Client {
+            version: env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string(),
+            id: "".to_string(),
+            validator_api_urls: default_api_endpoints(),
+            private_identity_key_file: Default::default(),
+            public_identity_key_file: Default::default(),
+            private_encryption_key_file: Default::default(),
+            public_encryption_key_file: Default::default(),
+            gateway_shared_key_file: Default::default(),
+            ack_key_file: Default::default(),
+            reply_encryption_key_store_path: Default::default(),
+            gateway_id: "".to_string(),
+            gateway_listener: "".to_string(),
+            #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+            backup_bandwidth_token_keys_dir: Default::default(),
+            #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+            eth_private_key: "".to_string(),
+            #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+            eth_endpoint: "".to_string(),
+            nym_root_directory: T::default_root_directory(),
+            super_struct: Default::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: NymConfig> Client<T> {
+    fn default_private_identity_key_file(id: &str) -> PathBuf {
+        T::default_data_directory(Some(id)).join("private_identity.pem")
+    }
+
+    fn default_public_identity_key_file(id: &str) -> PathBuf {
+        T::default_data_directory(Some(id)).join("public_identity.pem")
+    }
+
+    fn default_private_encryption_key_file(id: &str) -> PathBuf {
+        T::default_data_directory(Some(id)).join("private_encryption.pem")
+    }
+
+    fn default_public_encryption_key_file(id: &str) -> PathBuf {
+        T::default_data_directory(Some(id)).join("public_encryption.pem")
+    }
+
+    fn default_gateway_shared_key_file(id: &str) -> PathBuf {
+        T::default_data_directory(Some(id)).join("gateway_shared.pem")
+    }
+
+    fn default_ack_key_file(id: &str) -> PathBuf {
+        T::default_data_directory(Some(id)).join("ack_key.pem")
+    }
+
+    fn default_reply_encryption_key_store_path(id: &str) -> PathBuf {
+        T::default_data_directory(Some(id)).join("reply_key_store")
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    fn default_backup_bandwidth_token_keys_dir(id: &str) -> PathBuf {
+        T::default_data_directory(Some(id)).join("backup_bandwidth_token_keys")
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct Logging {}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct Debug {
+    /// The parameter of Poisson distribution determining how long, on average,
+    /// sent packet is going to be delayed at any given mix node.
+    /// So for a packet going through three mix nodes, on average, it will take three times this value
+    /// until the packet reaches its destination.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    average_packet_delay: Duration,
+
+    /// The parameter of Poisson distribution determining how long, on average,
+    /// sent acknowledgement is going to be delayed at any given mix node.
+    /// So for an ack going through three mix nodes, on average, it will take three times this value
+    /// until the packet reaches its destination.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    average_ack_delay: Duration,
+
+    /// Value multiplied with the expected round trip time of an acknowledgement packet before
+    /// it is assumed it was lost and retransmission of the data packet happens.
+    /// In an ideal network with 0 latency, this value would have been 1.
+    ack_wait_multiplier: f64,
+
+    /// Value added to the expected round trip time of an acknowledgement packet before
+    /// it is assumed it was lost and retransmission of the data packet happens.
+    /// In an ideal network with 0 latency, this value would have been 0.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    ack_wait_addition: Duration,
+
+    /// The parameter of Poisson distribution determining how long, on average,
+    /// it is going to take for another loop cover traffic message to be sent.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    loop_cover_traffic_average_delay: Duration,
+
+    /// The parameter of Poisson distribution determining how long, on average,
+    /// it is going to take another 'real traffic stream' message to be sent.
+    /// If no real packets are available and cover traffic is enabled,
+    /// a loop cover message is sent instead in order to preserve the rate.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    message_sending_average_delay: Duration,
+
+    /// How long we're willing to wait for a response to a message sent to the gateway,
+    /// before giving up on it.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    gateway_response_timeout: Duration,
+
+    /// The uniform delay every which clients are querying the directory server
+    /// to try to obtain a compatible network topology to send sphinx packets through.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    topology_refresh_rate: Duration,
+
+    /// During topology refresh, test packets are sent through every single possible network
+    /// path. This timeout determines waiting period until it is decided that the packet
+    /// did not reach its destination.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    topology_resolution_timeout: Duration,
+}
+
+impl Default for Debug {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Debug {
+            average_packet_delay: DEFAULT_AVERAGE_PACKET_DELAY,
+            average_ack_delay: DEFAULT_AVERAGE_PACKET_DELAY,
+            ack_wait_multiplier: DEFAULT_ACK_WAIT_MULTIPLIER,
+            ack_wait_addition: DEFAULT_ACK_WAIT_ADDITION,
+            loop_cover_traffic_average_delay: DEFAULT_LOOP_COVER_STREAM_AVERAGE_DELAY,
+            message_sending_average_delay: DEFAULT_MESSAGE_STREAM_AVERAGE_DELAY,
+            gateway_response_timeout: DEFAULT_GATEWAY_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT,
+            topology_refresh_rate: DEFAULT_TOPOLOGY_REFRESH_RATE,
+            topology_resolution_timeout: DEFAULT_TOPOLOGY_RESOLUTION_TIMEOUT,
+        }
+    }
+}

clients/client-core/src/config/persistence/key_pathfinder.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::config::Config;
+use config::NymConfig;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ClientKeyPathfinder {
+    identity_private_key: PathBuf,
+    identity_public_key: PathBuf,
+    encryption_private_key: PathBuf,
+    encryption_public_key: PathBuf,
+    gateway_shared_key: PathBuf,
+    ack_key: PathBuf,
+}
+
+impl ClientKeyPathfinder {
+    pub fn new(id: String) -> Self {
+        let os_config_dir = dirs::config_dir().expect("no config directory known for this OS"); // grabs the OS default config dir
+        let config_dir = os_config_dir.join("nym").join("clients").join(id);
+        ClientKeyPathfinder {
+            identity_private_key: config_dir.join("private_identity.pem"),
+            identity_public_key: config_dir.join("public_identity.pem"),
+            encryption_private_key: config_dir.join("public_encryption.pem"),
+            encryption_public_key: config_dir.join("private_encryption.pem"),
+            gateway_shared_key: config_dir.join("gateway_shared.pem"),
+            ack_key: config_dir.join("ack_key.pem"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn new_from_config<T: NymConfig>(config: &Config<T>) -> Self {
+        ClientKeyPathfinder {
+            identity_private_key: config.get_private_identity_key_file(),
+            identity_public_key: config.get_public_identity_key_file(),
+            encryption_private_key: config.get_private_encryption_key_file(),
+            encryption_public_key: config.get_public_encryption_key_file(),
+            gateway_shared_key: config.get_gateway_shared_key_file(),
+            ack_key: config.get_ack_key_file(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn private_identity_key(&self) -> &Path {
+        &self.identity_private_key
+    }
+
+    pub fn public_identity_key(&self) -> &Path {
+        &self.identity_public_key
+    }
+
+    pub fn private_encryption_key(&self) -> &Path {
+        &self.encryption_private_key
+    }
+
+    pub fn public_encryption_key(&self) -> &Path {
+        &self.encryption_public_key
+    }
+
+    pub fn gateway_shared_key(&self) -> &Path {
+        &self.gateway_shared_key
+    }
+
+    pub fn ack_key(&self) -> &Path {
+        &self.ack_key
+    }
+}

clients/client-core/src/config/persistence/mod.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+pub mod key_pathfinder;

clients/client-core/src/lib.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pub mod client;
+pub mod config;

clients/native/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+[package]
+name = "nym-client"
+version = "0.11.0"
+authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>", "Jędrzej Stuczyński <andrew@nymtech.net>"]
+edition = "2018"
+rust-version = "1.56"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[lib]
+name = "nym_client"
+path = "src/lib.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+# dependencies to review:
+futures = "0.3" # bunch of futures stuff, however, now that I think about it, it could perhaps be completely removed
+# the AsyncRead, AsyncWrite, Stream, Sink, etc. traits could be used from tokio
+# channels should really be replaced with crossbeam due to that implementation being more efficient
+# and the single instance of abortable we have should really be refactored anyway
+url = "2.2"
+
+clap = "2.33.0" # for the command line arguments
+dirs = "3.0" # for determining default store directories in config
+dotenv = "0.15.0" # for obtaining environmental variables (only used for RUST_LOG for time being)
+log = "0.4" # self explanatory
+pretty_env_logger = "0.4" # for formatting log messages
+rand = {version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"]} # rng-related traits + some rng implementation to use
+serde = { version = "1.0.104", features = ["derive"] } # for config serialization/deserialization
+sled = "0.34" # for storage of replySURB decryption keys
+tokio = { version = "1.4", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "net", "signal"] } # async runtime
+tokio-tungstenite = "0.14" # websocket
+
+## internal
+client-core = { path = "../client-core" }
+coconut-interface = { path = "../../common/coconut-interface", optional = true }
+credentials = { path = "../../common/credentials", optional = true }
+config = { path = "../../common/config" }
+crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto" }
+gateway-client = { path = "../../common/client-libs/gateway-client" }
+gateway-requests = { path = "../../gateway/gateway-requests" }
+nymsphinx = { path = "../../common/nymsphinx" }
+pemstore = { path = "../../common/pemstore" }
+topology = { path = "../../common/topology" }
+websocket-requests = { path = "websocket-requests" }
+validator-client = { path = "../../common/client-libs/validator-client" }
+version-checker = { path = "../../common/version-checker" }
+
+[features]
+coconut = ["coconut-interface", "credentials", "gateway-requests/coconut", "gateway-client/coconut"]
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+serde_json = "1.0" # for the "textsend" example

clients/native/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Nym Desktop Client
+
+The Nym Desktop Client communicates with the remote, decentralised nodes which make up the Nym system as a whole. 

clients/native/examples/dummy_file

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam quis efficitur neque. Quisque aliquet vulputate ante, eget vehicula odio feugiat ac. Nulla ut mattis magna. Aenean tincidunt quis nulla eget eleifend. Cras in pretium sem. Nunc lorem metus, blandit sit amet egestas ut, feugiat quis tellus. Aenean tristique, enim a tincidunt condimentum, eros est blandit nunc, id viverra metus erat at nulla. Vivamus at tellus sodales, feugiat odio vel, laoreet neque. Vivamus posuere nulla ac sodales bibendum.
+
+Vestibulum pulvinar nisi non ultricies egestas. Integer finibus ultrices justo vitae suscipit. Etiam interdum eu justo vel interdum. Morbi sagittis ac nisl quis consequat. Mauris dapibus ut risus ac facilisis. Pellentesque non tortor feugiat, consectetur arcu vel, ullamcorper sapien. Proin sodales purus non orci bibendum, sit amet ultrices justo ullamcorper. Nullam ac risus ac justo ultricies efficitur auctor nec arcu. Etiam sed finibus felis. Suspendisse potenti. Phasellus malesuada velit ac ullamcorper egestas. Sed elementum diam ut est gravida ultricies.
+
+Pellentesque sed metus massa. Cras imperdiet lacus sit amet dolor aliquam, luctus posuere justo hendrerit. Morbi augue ex, gravida a metus sed, scelerisque euismod lacus. Nam consequat sapien ac pellentesque sagittis. Morbi a ultrices massa, vel aliquet ex. Maecenas ac sem diam. Nunc sed erat et ipsum volutpat auctor. Etiam elit felis, commodo vitae ipsum ac, fermentum lobortis arcu. Aliquam eu tempus enim. Curabitur vulputate imperdiet aliquam. Morbi iaculis rhoncus risus at malesuada. Donec accumsan feugiat ligula ut facilisis. Nunc porttitor sit amet est eget malesuada. Sed sed consectetur augue, non dapibus orci. Mauris aliquam pellentesque quam, sit amet pellentesque velit cursus vitae. Morbi sit amet molestie risus.
+
+Nam gravida non ligula a egestas. Fusce sodales, purus id rhoncus mattis, purus est vehicula urna, vel finibus augue velit et est. Donec dictum erat eleifend lobortis iaculis. Praesent id venenatis ante. Donec feugiat, ipsum eget porttitor pulvinar, nisl odio posuere lorem, ut placerat elit nulla a ligula. Suspendisse nec nibh tincidunt, sollicitudin mi a, volutpat ligula. In maximus quam lacus, eget semper dolor sagittis sit amet.
+
+In vitae hendrerit est, quis facilisis dui. In eu ante enim. Nullam hendrerit odio sit amet odio tincidunt eleifend. Aliquam erat volutpat. Curabitur commodo, purus pharetra lobortis rhoncus, tortor massa imperdiet nisl, vel dignissim tortor sem at orci. Aliquam maximus lobortis lacus, eu porttitor purus dapibus ut. Praesent at dapibus felis, efficitur blandit tortor. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Aenean ultrices, nisl a pretium sagittis, tellus sapien mollis erat, eu consectetur erat mauris sed libero. Duis feugiat dapibus mi, vel ornare velit vehicula mattis. Ut suscipit pharetra leo et sollicitudin.

clients/native/examples/go-examples/websocket/binary/binarysend.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
+)
+
+// request tags
+const sendRequestTag = 0x00
+const replyRequestTag = 0x01
+const selfAddressRequestTag = 0x02
+
+// response tags
+const errorResponseTag = 0x00
+const receivedResponseTag = 0x01
+const selfAddressResponseTag = 0x02
+
+func makeSelfAddressRequest() []byte {
+	return []byte{selfAddressRequestTag}
+}
+
+func parseSelfAddressResponse(rawResponse []byte) []byte {
+	if len(rawResponse) != 97 || rawResponse[0] != selfAddressResponseTag {
+		panic("Received invalid response")
+	}
+	return rawResponse[1:]
+}
+
+func makeSendRequest(recipient []byte, message []byte, withReplySurb bool) []byte {
+	messageLen := make([]byte, 8)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(messageLen, uint64(len(message)))
+
+	surbByte := byte(0)
+	if withReplySurb {
+		surbByte = 1
+	}
+
+	out := []byte{sendRequestTag, surbByte}
+	out = append(out, recipient...)
+	out = append(out, messageLen...)
+	out = append(out, message...)
+
+	return out
+}
+
+func makeReplyRequest(message []byte, replySURB []byte) []byte {
+	messageLen := make([]byte, 8)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(messageLen, uint64(len(message)))
+
+	surbLen := make([]byte, 8)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(surbLen, uint64(len(replySURB)))
+
+	out := []byte{replyRequestTag}
+	out = append(out, surbLen...)
+	out = append(out, replySURB...)
+	out = append(out, messageLen...)
+	out = append(out, message...)
+
+	return out
+}
+
+func parseReceived(rawResponse []byte) ([]byte, []byte) {
+	if rawResponse[0] != receivedResponseTag {
+		panic("Received invalid response!")
+	}
+
+	hasSurb := false
+	if rawResponse[1] == 1 {
+		hasSurb = true
+	} else if rawResponse[1] == 0 {
+		hasSurb = false
+	} else {
+		panic("malformed received response!")
+	}
+
+	data := rawResponse[2:]
+	if hasSurb {
+		surbLen := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(data[:8])
+		other := data[8:]
+
+		surb := other[:surbLen]
+		msgLen := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(other[surbLen : surbLen+8])
+
+		if len(other[surbLen+8:]) != int(msgLen) {
+			panic("invalid msg len")
+		}
+
+		msg := other[surbLen+8:]
+		return msg, surb
+	} else {
+		msgLen := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(data[:8])
+		other := data[8:]
+
+		if len(other) != int(msgLen) {
+			panic("invalid msg len")
+		}
+
+		msg := other[:msgLen]
+		return msg, nil
+	}
+}
+
+func sendBinaryWithoutReply() {
+	uri := "ws://localhost:1977"
+
+	conn, _, err := websocket.DefaultDialer.Dial(uri, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	selfAddressRequest := makeSelfAddressRequest()
+	if err = conn.WriteMessage(websocket.BinaryMessage, selfAddressRequest); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	_, receivedResponse, err := conn.ReadMessage()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	selfAddress := parseSelfAddressResponse(receivedResponse)
+
+	readData, err := ioutil.ReadFile("dummy_file")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	sendRequest := makeSendRequest(selfAddress, readData, false)
+	fmt.Printf("sending content of 'dummy file' over the mix network...\n")
+	if err = conn.WriteMessage(websocket.BinaryMessage, sendRequest); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("waiting to receive a message from the mix network...\n")
+	_, receivedResponse, err = conn.ReadMessage()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fileData, replySURB := parseReceived(receivedResponse)
+	if replySURB != nil {
+		panic("did not expect a replySURB!")
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("writing the file back to the disk!\n")
+	ioutil.WriteFile("received_file_no_reply", fileData, 0644)
+}
+
+func sendBinaryWithReply() {
+	uri := "ws://localhost:1977"
+
+	conn, _, err := websocket.DefaultDialer.Dial(uri, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	selfAddressRequest := makeSelfAddressRequest()
+	if err = conn.WriteMessage(websocket.BinaryMessage, selfAddressRequest); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	_, receivedResponse, err := conn.ReadMessage()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	selfAddress := parseSelfAddressResponse(receivedResponse)
+
+	readData, err := ioutil.ReadFile("dummy_file")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	sendRequest := makeSendRequest(selfAddress, readData, true)
+	fmt.Printf("sending content of 'dummy file' over the mix network...\n")
+	if err = conn.WriteMessage(websocket.BinaryMessage, sendRequest); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("waiting to receive a message from the mix network...\n")
+	_, receivedResponse, err = conn.ReadMessage()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fileData, replySURB := parseReceived(receivedResponse)
+
+	fmt.Printf("writing the file back to the disk!\n")
+	ioutil.WriteFile("received_file_withreply", fileData, 0644)
+
+	replyMessage := []byte("hello from reply SURB! - thanks for sending me the file!")
+	replyRequest := makeReplyRequest(replyMessage, replySURB)
+
+	fmt.Printf("sending '%v' (using reply SURB) over the mix network...\n", string(replyMessage))
+	if err = conn.WriteMessage(websocket.BinaryMessage, replyRequest); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("waiting to receive a message from the mix network...\n")
+	_, receivedResponse, err = conn.ReadMessage()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	receivedMessage, replySURB := parseReceived(receivedResponse)
+	if replySURB != nil {
+		panic("did not expect a replySURB!")
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("received %v from the mix network!\n", string(receivedMessage))
+
+}
+
+func main() {
+	// sendBinaryWithoutReply()
+	sendBinaryWithReply()
+}

clients/native/examples/go-examples/websocket/binary/dummy_file

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam quis efficitur neque. Quisque aliquet vulputate ante, eget vehicula odio feugiat ac. Nulla ut mattis magna. Aenean tincidunt quis nulla eget eleifend. Cras in pretium sem. Nunc lorem metus, blandit sit amet egestas ut, feugiat quis tellus. Aenean tristique, enim a tincidunt condimentum, eros est blandit nunc, id viverra metus erat at nulla. Vivamus at tellus sodales, feugiat odio vel, laoreet neque. Vivamus posuere nulla ac sodales bibendum.
+
+Vestibulum pulvinar nisi non ultricies egestas. Integer finibus ultrices justo vitae suscipit. Etiam interdum eu justo vel interdum. Morbi sagittis ac nisl quis consequat. Mauris dapibus ut risus ac facilisis. Pellentesque non tortor feugiat, consectetur arcu vel, ullamcorper sapien. Proin sodales purus non orci bibendum, sit amet ultrices justo ullamcorper. Nullam ac risus ac justo ultricies efficitur auctor nec arcu. Etiam sed finibus felis. Suspendisse potenti. Phasellus malesuada velit ac ullamcorper egestas. Sed elementum diam ut est gravida ultricies.
+
+Pellentesque sed metus massa. Cras imperdiet lacus sit amet dolor aliquam, luctus posuere justo hendrerit. Morbi augue ex, gravida a metus sed, scelerisque euismod lacus. Nam consequat sapien ac pellentesque sagittis. Morbi a ultrices massa, vel aliquet ex. Maecenas ac sem diam. Nunc sed erat et ipsum volutpat auctor. Etiam elit felis, commodo vitae ipsum ac, fermentum lobortis arcu. Aliquam eu tempus enim. Curabitur vulputate imperdiet aliquam. Morbi iaculis rhoncus risus at malesuada. Donec accumsan feugiat ligula ut facilisis. Nunc porttitor sit amet est eget malesuada. Sed sed consectetur augue, non dapibus orci. Mauris aliquam pellentesque quam, sit amet pellentesque velit cursus vitae. Morbi sit amet molestie risus.
+
+Nam gravida non ligula a egestas. Fusce sodales, purus id rhoncus mattis, purus est vehicula urna, vel finibus augue velit et est. Donec dictum erat eleifend lobortis iaculis. Praesent id venenatis ante. Donec feugiat, ipsum eget porttitor pulvinar, nisl odio posuere lorem, ut placerat elit nulla a ligula. Suspendisse nec nibh tincidunt, sollicitudin mi a, volutpat ligula. In maximus quam lacus, eget semper dolor sagittis sit amet.
+
+In vitae hendrerit est, quis facilisis dui. In eu ante enim. Nullam hendrerit odio sit amet odio tincidunt eleifend. Aliquam erat volutpat. Curabitur commodo, purus pharetra lobortis rhoncus, tortor massa imperdiet nisl, vel dignissim tortor sem at orci. Aliquam maximus lobortis lacus, eu porttitor purus dapibus ut. Praesent at dapibus felis, efficitur blandit tortor. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Aenean ultrices, nisl a pretium sagittis, tellus sapien mollis erat, eu consectetur erat mauris sed libero. Duis feugiat dapibus mi, vel ornare velit vehicula mattis. Ut suscipit pharetra leo et sollicitudin.

clients/native/examples/go-examples/websocket/go.mod

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module github.com/nymtech/nym/clients/native/examples/go
+
+go 1.14
+
+require (
+	github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2
+)

clients/native/examples/go-examples/websocket/go.sum

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clients/native/examples/go-examples/websocket/text/dummy_file

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam quis efficitur neque. Quisque aliquet vulputate ante, eget vehicula odio feugiat ac. Nulla ut mattis magna. Aenean tincidunt quis nulla eget eleifend. Cras in pretium sem. Nunc lorem metus, blandit sit amet egestas ut, feugiat quis tellus. Aenean tristique, enim a tincidunt condimentum, eros est blandit nunc, id viverra metus erat at nulla. Vivamus at tellus sodales, feugiat odio vel, laoreet neque. Vivamus posuere nulla ac sodales bibendum.
+
+Vestibulum pulvinar nisi non ultricies egestas. Integer finibus ultrices justo vitae suscipit. Etiam interdum eu justo vel interdum. Morbi sagittis ac nisl quis consequat. Mauris dapibus ut risus ac facilisis. Pellentesque non tortor feugiat, consectetur arcu vel, ullamcorper sapien. Proin sodales purus non orci bibendum, sit amet ultrices justo ullamcorper. Nullam ac risus ac justo ultricies efficitur auctor nec arcu. Etiam sed finibus felis. Suspendisse potenti. Phasellus malesuada velit ac ullamcorper egestas. Sed elementum diam ut est gravida ultricies.
+
+Pellentesque sed metus massa. Cras imperdiet lacus sit amet dolor aliquam, luctus posuere justo hendrerit. Morbi augue ex, gravida a metus sed, scelerisque euismod lacus. Nam consequat sapien ac pellentesque sagittis. Morbi a ultrices massa, vel aliquet ex. Maecenas ac sem diam. Nunc sed erat et ipsum volutpat auctor. Etiam elit felis, commodo vitae ipsum ac, fermentum lobortis arcu. Aliquam eu tempus enim. Curabitur vulputate imperdiet aliquam. Morbi iaculis rhoncus risus at malesuada. Donec accumsan feugiat ligula ut facilisis. Nunc porttitor sit amet est eget malesuada. Sed sed consectetur augue, non dapibus orci. Mauris aliquam pellentesque quam, sit amet pellentesque velit cursus vitae. Morbi sit amet molestie risus.
+
+Nam gravida non ligula a egestas. Fusce sodales, purus id rhoncus mattis, purus est vehicula urna, vel finibus augue velit et est. Donec dictum erat eleifend lobortis iaculis. Praesent id venenatis ante. Donec feugiat, ipsum eget porttitor pulvinar, nisl odio posuere lorem, ut placerat elit nulla a ligula. Suspendisse nec nibh tincidunt, sollicitudin mi a, volutpat ligula. In maximus quam lacus, eget semper dolor sagittis sit amet.
+
+In vitae hendrerit est, quis facilisis dui. In eu ante enim. Nullam hendrerit odio sit amet odio tincidunt eleifend. Aliquam erat volutpat. Curabitur commodo, purus pharetra lobortis rhoncus, tortor massa imperdiet nisl, vel dignissim tortor sem at orci. Aliquam maximus lobortis lacus, eu porttitor purus dapibus ut. Praesent at dapibus felis, efficitur blandit tortor. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Aenean ultrices, nisl a pretium sagittis, tellus sapien mollis erat, eu consectetur erat mauris sed libero. Duis feugiat dapibus mi, vel ornare velit vehicula mattis. Ut suscipit pharetra leo et sollicitudin.

clients/native/examples/go-examples/websocket/text/textsend.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
+)
+
+func getSelfAddress(conn *websocket.Conn) string {
+	selfAddressRequest, err := json.Marshal(map[string]string{"type": "selfAddress"})
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	if err = conn.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, []byte(selfAddressRequest)); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	responseJSON := make(map[string]interface{})
+	err = conn.ReadJSON(&responseJSON)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	return responseJSON["address"].(string)
+}
+
+func sendTextWithoutReply() {
+	message := "Hello Nym!"
+
+	uri := "ws://localhost:1977"
+
+	conn, _, err := websocket.DefaultDialer.Dial(uri, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	selfAddress := getSelfAddress(conn)
+	fmt.Printf("our address is: %v\n", selfAddress)
+	sendRequest, err := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
+		"type":          "send",
+		"recipient":     selfAddress,
+		"message":       message,
+		"withReplySurb": false,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("sending '%v' (*without* reply SURB) over the mix network...\n", message)
+	if err = conn.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, []byte(sendRequest)); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("waiting to receive a message from the mix network...\n")
+	_, receivedMessage, err := conn.ReadMessage()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("received %v from the mix network!\n", string(receivedMessage))
+}
+
+func sendTextWithReply() {
+	message := "Hello Nym!"
+
+	uri := "ws://localhost:1977"
+
+	conn, _, err := websocket.DefaultDialer.Dial(uri, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	selfAddress := getSelfAddress(conn)
+	fmt.Printf("our address is: %v\n", selfAddress)
+	sendRequest, err := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
+		"type":          "send",
+		"recipient":     selfAddress,
+		"message":       message,
+		"withReplySurb": true,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("sending '%v' (*with* reply SURB) over the mix network...\n", message)
+	if err = conn.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, []byte(sendRequest)); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("waiting to receive a message from the mix network...\n")
+	_, receivedMessage, err := conn.ReadMessage()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("received %v from the mix network!\n", string(receivedMessage))
+
+	receivedMessageJSON := make(map[string]interface{})
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(receivedMessage, &receivedMessageJSON); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	// use the received surb to send an anonymous reply!
+	replySurb := receivedMessageJSON["replySurb"]
+	replyMessage := "hello from reply SURB!"
+
+	reply, err := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
+		"type":      "reply",
+		"message":   replyMessage,
+		"replySurb": replySurb,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("sending '%v' (using reply SURB) over the mix network...\n", replyMessage)
+	if err = conn.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, []byte(reply)); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("waiting to receive a message from the mix network...\n")
+	_, receivedMessage, err = conn.ReadMessage()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("received %v from the mix network!\n", string(receivedMessage))
+}
+
+func main() {
+	// sendTextWithoutReply()
+	sendTextWithReply()
+}

clients/native/examples/js-examples/websocket/.gitignore

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+dist/bundle.js
+node_modules

clients/native/examples/js-examples/websocket/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+### Prerequisites
+
+* Reasonably up to date Node + `npm`
+
+### Running it
+
+```
+npm install 
+npm start # starts a webserver on port 8888
+```

clients/native/examples/js-examples/websocket/package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "name": "nym-client-websocket-demo",
+  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "description": "Connect to a local Nym client, send and retrieve from the Nym network. ",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "webpack",
+    "start": "webpack-dev-server"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "nym",
+    "anonymity",
+    "mixnet",
+    "client",
+    "rust",
+    "websockets"
+  ],
+  "author": "Dave Hrycyszyn",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "autoprefixer": "^10.2.6",
+    "clean-webpack-plugin": "^3.0.0",
+    "webpack": "^4.42.1",
+    "webpack-cli": "^3.3.11",
+    "webpack-dev-server": "^3.11.0"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "core-js": "^3.6.5",
+    "html-webpack-plugin": "^4.2.0"
+  }
+}

clients/native/examples/js-examples/websocket/src/index.html

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+
+<head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+    <title>Nym Client Demo</title>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+    <label for="fname">Text to send: </label><input type="text" id="sendtext" name="sendtext" value="Hello mixnet!">
+    <input type="checkbox" id="with-surb" name="with-surb">
+    <label for="with-surb"> Attach Reply SURB </label><br>
+
+    <button id="send-button">Send</button>
+
+    <p>Send messages to the mixnet using the "send" button.</p>
+    <p><span style='color: blue;'>Sent</span> messages show in blue, <span style='color: green;'>received</span>
+        messages show in green.</p>
+
+    <hr>
+    <p>
+        <span id="output"></div>
+    </p>
+</body>
+
+</html>

clients/native/examples/js-examples/websocket/src/index.js

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+var ourAddress;
+var connection;
+
+// Please note that this javascript is extremely bad, it's only purpose is to show some basic API calls, not how
+// a proper application should have been written.
+
+async function main() {
+    var port = '1977' // client websocket listens on 1977 by default, change if yours is different
+    var localClientUrl = "ws://127.0.0.1:" + port;
+
+    // Set up and handle websocket connection to our desktop client.
+    connection = await connectWebsocket(localClientUrl).then(function (c) {
+        return c;
+    }).catch(function (err) {
+        display("Websocket connection error. Is the client running with <pre>--connection-type WebSocket</pre> on port " + port + "?");
+    })
+    connection.onmessage = function (e) {
+        handleResponse(e);
+    };
+
+    sendSelfAddressRequest();
+
+    // Set up the send button
+    const sendButton = document.querySelector('#send-button');
+    sendButton.onclick = function () {
+        sendMessageToMixnet();
+    }
+}
+
+// Handle any messages that come back down the websocket. 
+function handleResponse(resp) {
+    // hacky workaround for receiving pushed 'text' messages,
+    // basically we can either receive proper server responses, i.e. 'error', 'send', 'selfAddress'
+    // or actual messages, without any framing, so they do not have 'type' field
+    try {
+        let response = JSON.parse(resp.data);
+        if (response.type == "error") {
+            displayJsonResponseWithoutReply("Server responded with error: " + response.message);
+        } else if (response.type == "selfAddress") {
+            displayJsonResponseWithoutReply(response);
+            ourAddress = response.address;
+            display("Our address is:  " + ourAddress + ", we will now send messages to ourself.");
+        } else if (response.type == "received") {
+            handleReceivedTextMessage(response)
+        }
+    } catch (_) {
+        displayJsonResponseWithoutReply(resp.data)
+    }
+}
+
+
+function handleReceivedTextMessage(message) {
+    console.log("received a message!")
+    const text = message.message
+    const replySurb = message.replySurb
+
+    if (replySurb != null) {
+        displayJsonResponseWithReply(text, replySurb)
+    } else {
+        displayJsonResponseWithoutReply(text)
+    }
+}
+
+// Send a message to the mixnet. 
+function sendMessageToMixnet() {
+    const sendText = document.getElementById("sendtext").value;
+    const surbCheckbox = document.querySelector('#with-surb');
+    const attachReplySURB = surbCheckbox.checked;
+
+    const message = {
+        type: "send",
+        message: sendText,
+        recipient: ourAddress,
+        withReplySurb: attachReplySURB,
+    }
+
+    displayJsonResponseWithoutReply(message);
+    connection.send(JSON.stringify(message));
+}
+
+function sendReplyMessageToMixnet(messageContent, replySurb) {
+    const message = {
+        type: "reply",
+        message: messageContent,
+        replySurb: replySurb,
+    }
+
+    displayJsonResponseWithoutReply(message);
+    connection.send(JSON.stringify(message));
+}
+
+// Send a message to the mixnet client, asking what our own address is. 
+// In this simplistic demo, we'll just use our own address to send ourselves messages. 
+//
+// In a real application, you might want to ensure that somebody else got your
+// address so that they could send messages to you. 
+function sendSelfAddressRequest() {
+    var selfAddress = {
+        type: "selfAddress"
+    }
+    displayJsonSend(selfAddress);
+    connection.send(JSON.stringify(selfAddress));
+}
+
+function display(message) {
+    document.getElementById("output").innerHTML += "<p>" + message + "</p >";
+}
+
+function displayJsonSend(message) {
+    let sendDiv = document.createElement("div")
+    let paragraph = document.createElement("p")
+    paragraph.setAttribute('style', 'color: blue')
+    let paragraphContent = document.createTextNode("sent >>> " + JSON.stringify(message))
+    paragraph.appendChild(paragraphContent)
+
+    sendDiv.appendChild(paragraph)
+    document.getElementById("output").appendChild(sendDiv)
+}
+
+function displayJsonResponseWithoutReply(message) {
+    let receivedDiv = document.createElement("div")
+    let paragraph = document.createElement("p")
+    paragraph.setAttribute('style', 'color: green')
+    let paragraphContent = document.createTextNode("received >>> " + JSON.stringify(message) + "(NO REPLY AVAILABLE)")
+    paragraph.appendChild(paragraphContent)
+
+    receivedDiv.appendChild(paragraph)
+    document.getElementById("output").appendChild(receivedDiv)
+}
+
+function displayJsonResponseWithReply(message, replySurb) {
+    let replyBox = document.createElement("input")
+    replyBox.setAttribute('type', 'text');
+    replyBox.setAttribute('value', 'type your anonymous reply here!');
+    replyBox.setAttribute('size', 50);
+
+    let sendButton = document.createElement("button")
+    let buttonText = document.createTextNode("Send")
+    sendButton.appendChild(buttonText)
+
+    sendButton.onclick = () => {
+        sendReplyMessageToMixnet(replyBox.value, replySurb)
+    }
+
+    let receivedDiv = document.createElement("div")
+    let paragraph = document.createElement("p")
+    paragraph.setAttribute('style', 'color: green')
+    let paragraphContent = document.createTextNode("received >>> " + JSON.stringify(message) + "(HERE BE SURB)")
+    paragraph.appendChild(paragraphContent)
+
+    receivedDiv.appendChild(paragraph)
+    receivedDiv.appendChild(replyBox)
+    receivedDiv.appendChild(sendButton)
+
+    document.getElementById("output").appendChild(receivedDiv)
+}
+
+// Connect to a websocket. 
+function connectWebsocket(url) {
+    return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
+        var server = new WebSocket(url);
+        server.onopen = function () {
+            resolve(server);
+        };
+        server.onerror = function (err) {
+            reject(err);
+        };
+
+    });
+}
+
+// Start it!
+main();

clients/native/examples/js-examples/websocket/webpack.config.js

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+const autoprefixer = require('autoprefixer');
+const path = require('path');
+const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
+const { CleanWebpackPlugin } = require('clean-webpack-plugin');
+
+module.exports = {
+    entry: './src/index.js',
+    output: {
+        filename: 'bundle.js',
+        // path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
+    },
+    plugins: [
+        new CleanWebpackPlugin(),
+        new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+            hash: true,
+            template: './src/index.html',
+            filename: '.././dist/index.html' //relative to root of the application
+        })
+    ],
+    devServer: {
+        contentBase: path.join(__dirname, 'dist'),
+        compress: true,
+        port: 8888
+    }
+};

clients/native/examples/python-examples/websocket/Pipfile

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[[source]]
+name = "pypi"
+url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
+verify_ssl = true
+
+[dev-packages]
+
+[packages]
+base58 = "*"
+websockets = "*"
+asyncio = "*"
+
+[requires]
+python_version = "3.8"

clients/native/examples/python-examples/websocket/Pipfile.lock

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+{
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+        "hash": {
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+        },
+        "pipfile-spec": 6,
+        "requires": {
+            "python_version": "3.8"
+        },
+        "sources": [
+            {
+                "name": "pypi",
+                "url": "https://pypi.org/simple",
+                "verify_ssl": true
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    "default": {
+        "asyncio": {
+            "hashes": [
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+            ],
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+            "version": "==3.4.3"
+        },
+        "base58": {
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+            "version": "==2.0.0"
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+            "version": "==9.1"
+        }
+    },
+    "develop": {}
+}

clients/native/examples/python-examples/websocket/binarysend.py

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+import asyncio
+import websockets
+from pathlib import Path
+import struct
+
+# request tags
+SEND_REQUEST_TAG = 0x00
+REPLY_REQUEST_TAG = 0x01
+SELF_ADDRESS_REQUEST_TAG = 0x02
+
+# response tags
+ERROR_RESPONSE_TAG = 0x00
+RECEIVED_RESPONSE_TAG = 0x01
+SELF_ADDRESS_RESPONSE_TAG = 0x02
+
+
+def make_self_address_request() -> bytes:
+    return bytes([SELF_ADDRESS_REQUEST_TAG])
+
+
+def parse_self_address_response(raw_response: bytes) -> bytes:
+    if len(raw_response) != 97 or raw_response[0] != SELF_ADDRESS_RESPONSE_TAG:
+        print('Received invalid response!')
+        raise
+
+    return raw_response[1:]
+
+
+def make_send_request(recipient: bytes, message: bytes, with_reply_surb: bool) -> bytes:
+    # a big endian uint64
+    message_len = len(message).to_bytes(length=8, byteorder='big', signed=False)
+
+    return bytes([SEND_REQUEST_TAG]) + bytes([with_reply_surb]) + recipient + message_len + message
+
+
+def make_reply_request(message: bytes, reply_surb: bytes) -> bytes:
+    message_len = len(message).to_bytes(length=8, byteorder='big', signed=False)
+    surb_len = len(reply_surb).to_bytes(length=8, byteorder='big', signed=False)
+
+    return bytes([REPLY_REQUEST_TAG]) + surb_len + reply_surb + message_len + message
+
+
+# it should have structure of RECEIVED_RESPONSE_TAG || with_reply || (surb_len || surb) || msg_len || msg
+# where surb_len || surb is only present if 'with_reply' is true
+def parse_received(raw_response: bytes) -> (bytes, bytes):
+    if raw_response[0] != RECEIVED_RESPONSE_TAG:
+        print('Received invalid response!')
+        raise
+
+    if raw_response[1] == 1:
+        has_surb = True
+    elif raw_response[1] == 0:
+        has_surb = False
+    else:
+        print("malformed received response!")
+        raise
+
+    data = raw_response[2:]
+    if has_surb:
+        (surb_len,), other = struct.unpack(">Q", data[:8]), data[8:]
+        surb = other[:surb_len]
+        (msg_len,) = struct.unpack(">Q", other[surb_len:surb_len + 8])
+
+        if len(other[surb_len + 8:]) != msg_len:
+            print("invalid msg len")
+            raise
+
+        msg = other[surb_len + 8:]
+        return msg, surb
+    else:
+        (msg_len,), other = struct.unpack(">Q", data[:8]), data[8:]
+        if len(other) != msg_len:
+            print("invalid msg len")
+            raise
+
+        msg = other[:msg_len]
+        return msg, None
+
+
+async def send_file_with_reply():
+    uri = "ws://localhost:1977"
+    async with websockets.connect(uri) as websocket:
+        self_address_req = make_self_address_request()
+        await websocket.send(self_address_req)
+
+        self_address = parse_self_address_response(await websocket.recv())
+        file_data = Path('dummy_file').read_bytes()
+
+        send_request = make_send_request(self_address, file_data, True)
+        print("sending content of 'dummy_file' over the mix network...")
+        await websocket.send(send_request)
+
+        print("waiting to receive the 'dummy_file' from the mix network...")
+        received_response = await websocket.recv()
+        received_file, surb = parse_received(received_response)
+
+        with open("received_file_withreply", "wb") as output_file:
+            print("writing the file back to the disk!")
+            output_file.write(received_file)
+
+        reply_message = b"hello from reply SURB! - thanks for sending me the file!"
+        reply_request = make_reply_request(reply_message, surb)
+
+        print("sending '{}' (using reply SURB!) over the mix network...".format(reply_message))
+        await websocket.send(reply_request)
+
+        print("waiting to receive a message from the mix network...")
+        received_response = await websocket.recv()
+        received_msg, surb = parse_received(received_response)
+        assert surb is None  # no surbs in replies!
+
+        print("received '{}' from the mix network".format(received_msg))
+
+
+async def send_file_without_reply():
+    uri = "ws://localhost:1977"
+    async with websockets.connect(uri) as websocket:
+        self_address_req = make_self_address_request()
+        await websocket.send(self_address_req)
+
+        self_address = parse_self_address_response(await websocket.recv())
+        file_data = Path('dummy_file').read_bytes()
+
+        send_request = make_send_request(self_address, file_data, False)
+        print("sending content of 'dummy_file' over the mix network...")
+        await websocket.send(send_request)
+
+        print("waiting to receive the 'dummy_file' from the mix network...")
+        received_response = await websocket.recv()
+        received_file, surb = parse_received(received_response)
+        assert surb is None  # we didn't attach a surb so we expect a None here!
+
+        with open("received_file_noreply", "wb") as output_file:
+            print("writing the file back to the disk!")
+            output_file.write(received_file)
+
+
+# asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(send_file_without_reply())
+asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(send_file_with_reply())

clients/native/examples/python-examples/websocket/dummy_file

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+Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam quis efficitur neque. Quisque aliquet vulputate ante, eget vehicula odio feugiat ac. Nulla ut mattis magna. Aenean tincidunt quis nulla eget eleifend. Cras in pretium sem. Nunc lorem metus, blandit sit amet egestas ut, feugiat quis tellus. Aenean tristique, enim a tincidunt condimentum, eros est blandit nunc, id viverra metus erat at nulla. Vivamus at tellus sodales, feugiat odio vel, laoreet neque. Vivamus posuere nulla ac sodales bibendum.
+
+Vestibulum pulvinar nisi non ultricies egestas. Integer finibus ultrices justo vitae suscipit. Etiam interdum eu justo vel interdum. Morbi sagittis ac nisl quis consequat. Mauris dapibus ut risus ac facilisis. Pellentesque non tortor feugiat, consectetur arcu vel, ullamcorper sapien. Proin sodales purus non orci bibendum, sit amet ultrices justo ullamcorper. Nullam ac risus ac justo ultricies efficitur auctor nec arcu. Etiam sed finibus felis. Suspendisse potenti. Phasellus malesuada velit ac ullamcorper egestas. Sed elementum diam ut est gravida ultricies.
+
+Pellentesque sed metus massa. Cras imperdiet lacus sit amet dolor aliquam, luctus posuere justo hendrerit. Morbi augue ex, gravida a metus sed, scelerisque euismod lacus. Nam consequat sapien ac pellentesque sagittis. Morbi a ultrices massa, vel aliquet ex. Maecenas ac sem diam. Nunc sed erat et ipsum volutpat auctor. Etiam elit felis, commodo vitae ipsum ac, fermentum lobortis arcu. Aliquam eu tempus enim. Curabitur vulputate imperdiet aliquam. Morbi iaculis rhoncus risus at malesuada. Donec accumsan feugiat ligula ut facilisis. Nunc porttitor sit amet est eget malesuada. Sed sed consectetur augue, non dapibus orci. Mauris aliquam pellentesque quam, sit amet pellentesque velit cursus vitae. Morbi sit amet molestie risus.
+
+Nam gravida non ligula a egestas. Fusce sodales, purus id rhoncus mattis, purus est vehicula urna, vel finibus augue velit et est. Donec dictum erat eleifend lobortis iaculis. Praesent id venenatis ante. Donec feugiat, ipsum eget porttitor pulvinar, nisl odio posuere lorem, ut placerat elit nulla a ligula. Suspendisse nec nibh tincidunt, sollicitudin mi a, volutpat ligula. In maximus quam lacus, eget semper dolor sagittis sit amet.
+
+In vitae hendrerit est, quis facilisis dui. In eu ante enim. Nullam hendrerit odio sit amet odio tincidunt eleifend. Aliquam erat volutpat. Curabitur commodo, purus pharetra lobortis rhoncus, tortor massa imperdiet nisl, vel dignissim tortor sem at orci. Aliquam maximus lobortis lacus, eu porttitor purus dapibus ut. Praesent at dapibus felis, efficitur blandit tortor. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Aenean ultrices, nisl a pretium sagittis, tellus sapien mollis erat, eu consectetur erat mauris sed libero. Duis feugiat dapibus mi, vel ornare velit vehicula mattis. Ut suscipit pharetra leo et sollicitudin.

clients/native/examples/python-examples/websocket/textsend.py

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+import asyncio
+import json
+import websockets
+
+self_address_request = json.dumps({
+    "type": "selfAddress"
+})
+
+
+async def send_text_without_reply():
+    message = "Hello Nym!"
+
+    uri = "ws://localhost:1977"
+    async with websockets.connect(uri) as websocket:
+        await websocket.send(self_address_request)
+        self_address = json.loads(await websocket.recv())
+        print("our address is: {}".format(self_address["address"]))
+
+        text_send = json.dumps({
+            "type": "send",
+            "message": message,
+            "recipient": self_address["address"],
+            "withReplySurb": False,
+        })
+
+        print("sending '{}' (*without* reply SURB) over the mix network...".format(message))
+        await websocket.send(text_send)
+
+        print("waiting to receive a message from the mix network...")
+        received_message = await websocket.recv()
+        print("received '{}' from the mix network".format(received_message))
+
+
+async def send_text_with_reply():
+    message = "Hello Nym!"
+
+    uri = "ws://localhost:1977"
+    async with websockets.connect(uri) as websocket:
+        await websocket.send(self_address_request)
+        self_address = json.loads(await websocket.recv())
+        print("our address is: {}".format(self_address["address"]))
+
+        text_send = json.dumps({
+            "type": "send",
+            "message": message,
+            "recipient": self_address["address"],
+            "withReplySurb": True,
+        })
+
+        print("sending '{}' (*with* reply SURB) over the mix network...".format(message))
+        await websocket.send(text_send)
+
+        print("waiting to receive a message from the mix network...")
+        received_message = json.loads(await websocket.recv())
+        print("received '{}' from the mix network".format(received_message))
+
+        # use the received surb to send an anonymous reply!
+        reply_surb = received_message["replySurb"]
+
+        reply_message = "hello from reply SURB!"
+        reply = json.dumps({
+            "type": "reply",
+            "message": reply_message,
+            "replySurb": reply_surb
+        })
+
+        print("sending '{}' (using reply SURB!) over the mix network...".format(reply_message))
+        await websocket.send(reply)
+
+        print("waiting to receive a message from the mix network...")
+        received_message = await websocket.recv()
+        print("received '{}' from the mix network".format(received_message))
+
+
+
+# asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(send_text_without_reply())
+asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(send_text_with_reply())

clients/native/examples/websocket_binarysend.rs

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+use futures::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
+use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+use tokio_tungstenite::{
+    connect_async, tungstenite::protocol::Message, MaybeTlsStream, WebSocketStream,
+};
+use websocket_requests::{requests::ClientRequest, responses::ServerResponse};
+
+// just helpers functions that work in this very particular context because we are sending to ourselves
+// and hence will always get a response back (i.e. the message we sent)
+async fn send_message_and_get_response(
+    ws_stream: &mut WebSocketStream<MaybeTlsStream<TcpStream>>,
+    req: Vec<u8>,
+) -> ServerResponse {
+    ws_stream.send(Message::Binary(req)).await.unwrap();
+    let raw_message = ws_stream.next().await.unwrap().unwrap();
+    match raw_message {
+        Message::Binary(bin_payload) => ServerResponse::deserialize(&bin_payload).unwrap(),
+        _ => panic!("received an unexpected response type!"),
+    }
+}
+
+async fn get_self_address(ws_stream: &mut WebSocketStream<MaybeTlsStream<TcpStream>>) -> Recipient {
+    let self_address_request = ClientRequest::SelfAddress.serialize();
+    let response = send_message_and_get_response(ws_stream, self_address_request).await;
+
+    match response {
+        ServerResponse::SelfAddress(recipient) => recipient,
+        _ => panic!("received an unexpected response!"),
+    }
+}
+
+async fn send_file_with_reply() {
+    let uri = "ws://localhost:1977";
+    let (mut ws_stream, _) = connect_async(uri).await.unwrap();
+
+    let recipient = get_self_address(&mut ws_stream).await;
+    println!("our full address is: {}", recipient.to_string());
+
+    let read_data = std::fs::read("examples/dummy_file").unwrap();
+
+    let send_request = ClientRequest::Send {
+        recipient,
+        message: read_data,
+        with_reply_surb: true,
+    };
+
+    println!("sending content of 'dummy_file' over the mix network...");
+    let response = send_message_and_get_response(&mut ws_stream, send_request.serialize()).await;
+
+    let received = match response {
+        ServerResponse::Received(received) => received,
+        _ => panic!("received an unexpected response!"),
+    };
+
+    println!("writing the file back to the disk!");
+    std::fs::write("examples/received_file_withreply", received.message).unwrap();
+
+    let reply_message = b"hello from reply SURB! - thanks for sending me the file!".to_vec();
+    let reply_request = ClientRequest::Reply {
+        message: reply_message.clone(),
+        reply_surb: received.reply_surb.unwrap(),
+    };
+
+    println!(
+        "sending {:?} (using reply SURB!) over the mix network...",
+        String::from_utf8(reply_message).unwrap()
+    );
+    let response = send_message_and_get_response(&mut ws_stream, reply_request.serialize()).await;
+    let received = match response {
+        ServerResponse::Received(received) => received,
+        _ => panic!("received an unexpected response!"),
+    };
+
+    println!(
+        "received {:#?} from the mix network!",
+        String::from_utf8(received.message).unwrap()
+    );
+}
+
+async fn send_file_without_reply() {
+    let uri = "ws://localhost:1977";
+    let (mut ws_stream, _) = connect_async(uri).await.unwrap();
+
+    let recipient = get_self_address(&mut ws_stream).await;
+    println!("our full address is: {}", recipient.to_string());
+
+    let read_data = std::fs::read("examples/dummy_file").unwrap();
+
+    let send_request = ClientRequest::Send {
+        recipient,
+        message: read_data,
+        with_reply_surb: false,
+    };
+
+    println!("sending content of 'dummy_file' over the mix network...");
+    let response = send_message_and_get_response(&mut ws_stream, send_request.serialize()).await;
+
+    let received = match response {
+        ServerResponse::Received(received) => received,
+        _ => panic!("received an unexpected response!"),
+    };
+
+    println!("writing the file back to the disk!");
+    std::fs::write("examples/received_file_noreply", received.message).unwrap();
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    println!("#############################");
+    println!("Example without using replies");
+
+    send_file_without_reply().await;
+
+    println!("\n\n#############################");
+    println!("Example using replies");
+
+    send_file_with_reply().await;
+}

clients/native/examples/websocket_textsend.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+use futures::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
+use serde_json::json;
+use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+use tokio_tungstenite::{
+    connect_async, tungstenite::protocol::Message, MaybeTlsStream, WebSocketStream,
+};
+
+// PREFACE: in practice I don't see why you would ever want to use text api while in Rust, but example
+// is here for the completion sake
+
+// just helpers functions that work in this very particular context because we are sending to ourselves
+// and hence will always get a response back (i.e. the message we sent)
+async fn send_message_and_get_json_response(
+    ws_stream: &mut WebSocketStream<MaybeTlsStream<TcpStream>>,
+    text_req: String,
+) -> serde_json::Value {
+    ws_stream.send(Message::Text(text_req)).await.unwrap();
+    let raw_message = ws_stream.next().await.unwrap().unwrap();
+    match raw_message {
+        Message::Text(txt_msg) => serde_json::from_str(&txt_msg).unwrap(),
+        _ => panic!("received an unexpected response type!"),
+    }
+}
+
+async fn get_self_address(ws_stream: &mut WebSocketStream<MaybeTlsStream<TcpStream>>) -> String {
+    let self_address_request = json!({ "type": "selfAddress" }).to_string();
+    let response = send_message_and_get_json_response(ws_stream, self_address_request).await;
+
+    response["address"].as_str().unwrap().to_string()
+}
+
+async fn send_text_with_reply() {
+    let message = "Hello Nym!".to_string();
+
+    let uri = "ws://localhost:1977";
+    let (mut ws_stream, _) = connect_async(uri).await.unwrap();
+
+    let recipient = get_self_address(&mut ws_stream).await;
+    println!("our full address is: {}", recipient.to_string());
+
+    let send_request = json!({
+        "type" : "send",
+        "recipient": recipient,
+        "message": message,
+        "withReplySurb": true,
+    });
+
+    println!(
+        "sending {:?} (*with* reply SURB) over the mix network...",
+        message
+    );
+    let response =
+        send_message_and_get_json_response(&mut ws_stream, send_request.to_string()).await;
+
+    let reply_message = "hello from reply SURB!";
+    let reply_request = json!({
+        "type": "reply",
+        "message": reply_message,
+        "replySurb": response["replySurb"]
+    });
+
+    println!(
+        "sending {:?} (using reply SURB!) over the mix network...",
+        reply_message
+    );
+
+    let response =
+        send_message_and_get_json_response(&mut ws_stream, reply_request.to_string()).await;
+    println!("received {:#?} from the mix network!", response.to_string());
+}
+
+async fn send_text_without_reply() {
+    let message = "Hello Nym!".to_string();
+
+    let uri = "ws://localhost:1977";
+    let (mut ws_stream, _) = connect_async(uri).await.unwrap();
+
+    let recipient = get_self_address(&mut ws_stream).await;
+    println!("our full address is: {}", recipient.to_string());
+
+    let send_request = json!({
+        "type" : "send",
+        "recipient": recipient,
+        "message": message,
+        "withReplySurb": false,
+    });
+
+    println!(
+        "sending {:?} (*without* reply SURB) over the mix network...",
+        message
+    );
+    let response =
+        send_message_and_get_json_response(&mut ws_stream, send_request.to_string()).await;
+
+    println!("received {:#?} from the mix network!", response.to_string());
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    println!("#############################");
+    println!("Example without using replies");
+
+    send_text_without_reply().await;
+
+    println!("\n\n#############################");
+    println!("Example using replies");
+
+    send_text_with_reply().await;
+}

clients/native/src/client/config/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::client::config::template::config_template;
+use client_core::config::Config as BaseConfig;
+pub use client_core::config::MISSING_VALUE;
+use config::defaults::DEFAULT_WEBSOCKET_LISTENING_PORT;
+use config::NymConfig;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+mod template;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize, Clone, Copy)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub enum SocketType {
+    WebSocket,
+    None,
+}
+
+impl SocketType {
+    pub fn from_string<S: Into<String>>(val: S) -> Self {
+        let mut upper = val.into();
+        upper.make_ascii_uppercase();
+        match upper.as_ref() {
+            "WEBSOCKET" | "WS" => SocketType::WebSocket,
+            _ => SocketType::None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct Config {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    base: BaseConfig<Config>,
+
+    socket: Socket,
+}
+
+impl NymConfig for Config {
+    fn template() -> &'static str {
+        config_template()
+    }
+
+    fn default_root_directory() -> PathBuf {
+        dirs::home_dir()
+            .expect("Failed to evaluate $HOME value")
+            .join(".nym")
+            .join("clients")
+    }
+
+    fn root_directory(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.base.get_nym_root_directory()
+    }
+
+    fn config_directory(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.root_directory()
+            .join(self.base.get_id())
+            .join("config")
+    }
+
+    fn data_directory(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.root_directory().join(self.base.get_id()).join("data")
+    }
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    pub fn new<S: Into<String>>(id: S) -> Self {
+        Config {
+            base: BaseConfig::new(id),
+            socket: Default::default(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_socket(mut self, socket_type: SocketType) -> Self {
+        self.socket.socket_type = socket_type;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_port(mut self, port: u16) -> Self {
+        self.socket.listening_port = port;
+        self
+    }
+
+    // getters
+    pub fn get_config_file_save_location(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.config_directory().join(Self::config_file_name())
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_base(&self) -> &BaseConfig<Self> {
+        &self.base
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_base_mut(&mut self) -> &mut BaseConfig<Self> {
+        &mut self.base
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_socket_type(&self) -> SocketType {
+        self.socket.socket_type
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_listening_port(&self) -> u16 {
+        self.socket.listening_port
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct Socket {
+    socket_type: SocketType,
+    listening_port: u16,
+}
+
+impl Default for Socket {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Socket {
+            socket_type: SocketType::WebSocket,
+            listening_port: DEFAULT_WEBSOCKET_LISTENING_PORT,
+        }
+    }
+}

clients/native/src/client/config/template.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+pub(crate) fn config_template() -> &'static str {
+    // While using normal toml marshalling would have been way simpler with less overhead,
+    // I think it's useful to have comments attached to the saved config file to explain behaviour of
+    // particular fields.
+    // Note: any changes to the template must be reflected in the appropriate structs in verloc.
+    r#"
+# This is a TOML config file.
+# For more information, see https://github.com/toml-lang/toml
+
+##### main base client config options #####
+
+[client]
+# Version of the client for which this configuration was created.
+version = '{{ client.version }}'
+
+# Human readable ID of this particular client.
+id = '{{ client.id }}'
+
+# Addresses to APIs running on validator from which the client gets the view of the network.
+validator_api_urls = [
+    {{#each client.validator_api_urls }}
+        '{{this}}',
+    {{/each}}
+]
+
+# Path to file containing private identity key.
+private_identity_key_file = '{{ client.private_identity_key_file }}'
+
+# Path to file containing public identity key.
+public_identity_key_file = '{{ client.public_identity_key_file }}'
+
+# Path to file containing private encryption key.
+private_encryption_key_file = '{{ client.private_encryption_key_file }}'
+
+# Path to file containing public encryption key.
+public_encryption_key_file = '{{ client.public_encryption_key_file }}'
+
+# Full path to file containing reply encryption keys of all reply-SURBs we have ever
+# sent but not received back.
+reply_encryption_key_store_path = '{{ client.reply_encryption_key_store_path }}'
+
+# Path to directory containing public/private keys used for bandwidth token purchase.
+# Those are saved in case of emergency, to be able to reclaim bandwidth tokens.
+# The public key is the name of the file, while the private key is the content.
+backup_bandwidth_token_keys_dir = '{{ client.backup_bandwidth_token_keys_dir }}'
+
+# Ethereum private key.
+eth_private_key = '{{ client.eth_private_key }}'
+
+# Addess to an Ethereum full node.
+eth_endpoint = '{{ client.eth_endpoint }}'
+
+##### additional client config options #####
+
+# ID of the gateway from which the client should be fetching messages.
+gateway_id = '{{ client.gateway_id }}'
+
+# Address of the gateway listener to which all client requests should be sent.
+gateway_listener = '{{ client.gateway_listener }}'
+
+# A gateway specific, optional, base58 stringified shared key used for
+# communication with particular gateway.
+gateway_shared_key_file = '{{ client.gateway_shared_key_file }}'
+
+# Path to file containing key used for encrypting and decrypting the content of an
+# acknowledgement so that nobody besides the client knows which packet it refers to.
+ack_key_file = '{{ client.ack_key_file }}'
+    
+##### advanced configuration options #####
+
+# Absolute path to the home Nym Clients directory.
+nym_root_directory = '{{ client.nym_root_directory }}'
+
+
+##### socket config options #####
+
+[socket]
+
+# allowed values are 'WebSocket' or 'None'
+socket_type = '{{ socket.socket_type }}'
+
+# if applicable (for the case of 'WebSocket'), the port on which the client
+# will be listening for incoming requests
+listening_port = {{ socket.listening_port }}
+
+
+##### logging configuration options #####
+
+[logging]
+
+# TODO
+
+
+##### debug configuration options #####
+# The following options should not be modified unless you know EXACTLY what you are doing
+# as if set incorrectly, they may impact your anonymity.
+
+[debug]
+
+average_packet_delay = '{{ debug.average_packet_delay }}'
+average_ack_delay = '{{ debug.average_ack_delay }}'
+loop_cover_traffic_average_delay = '{{ debug.loop_cover_traffic_average_delay }}'
+message_sending_average_delay = '{{ debug.message_sending_average_delay }}'
+
+"#
+}

clients/native/src/client/mod.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::client::config::{Config, SocketType};
+use crate::websocket;
+use client_core::client::cover_traffic_stream::LoopCoverTrafficStream;
+use client_core::client::inbound_messages::{
+    InputMessage, InputMessageReceiver, InputMessageSender,
+};
+use client_core::client::key_manager::KeyManager;
+use client_core::client::mix_traffic::{
+    BatchMixMessageReceiver, BatchMixMessageSender, MixTrafficController,
+};
+use client_core::client::real_messages_control;
+use client_core::client::real_messages_control::RealMessagesController;
+use client_core::client::received_buffer::{
+    ReceivedBufferMessage, ReceivedBufferRequestReceiver, ReceivedBufferRequestSender,
+    ReceivedMessagesBufferController, ReconstructedMessagesReceiver,
+};
+use client_core::client::reply_key_storage::ReplyKeyStorage;
+use client_core::client::topology_control::{
+    TopologyAccessor, TopologyRefresher, TopologyRefresherConfig,
+};
+use client_core::config::persistence::key_pathfinder::ClientKeyPathfinder;
+use crypto::asymmetric::identity;
+use futures::channel::mpsc;
+use gateway_client::{
+    AcknowledgementReceiver, AcknowledgementSender, GatewayClient, MixnetMessageReceiver,
+    MixnetMessageSender,
+};
+use log::*;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::nodes::NodeIdentity;
+use nymsphinx::anonymous_replies::ReplySurb;
+use nymsphinx::receiver::ReconstructedMessage;
+use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
+
+use gateway_client::bandwidth::BandwidthController;
+
+pub(crate) mod config;
+
+pub struct NymClient {
+    /// Client configuration options, including, among other things, packet sending rates,
+    /// key filepaths, etc.
+    config: Config,
+
+    /// Tokio runtime used for futures execution.
+    // TODO: JS: Personally I think I prefer the implicit way of using it that we've done with the
+    // gateway.
+    runtime: Runtime,
+
+    /// KeyManager object containing smart pointers to all relevant keys used by the client.
+    key_manager: KeyManager,
+
+    /// Channel used for transforming 'raw' messages into sphinx packets and sending them
+    /// through the mix network.
+    /// It is only available if the client started with the websocket listener disabled.
+    input_tx: Option<InputMessageSender>,
+
+    /// Channel used for obtaining reconstructed messages received from the mix network.
+    /// It is only available if the client started with the websocket listener disabled.
+    receive_tx: Option<ReconstructedMessagesReceiver>,
+}
+
+impl NymClient {
+    pub fn new(config: Config) -> Self {
+        let pathfinder = ClientKeyPathfinder::new_from_config(config.get_base());
+        let key_manager = KeyManager::load_keys(&pathfinder).expect("failed to load stored keys");
+
+        NymClient {
+            runtime: Runtime::new().unwrap(),
+            config,
+            key_manager,
+            input_tx: None,
+            receive_tx: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn as_mix_recipient(&self) -> Recipient {
+        Recipient::new(
+            *self.key_manager.identity_keypair().public_key(),
+            *self.key_manager.encryption_keypair().public_key(),
+            // TODO: below only works under assumption that gateway address == gateway id
+            // (which currently is true)
+            NodeIdentity::from_base58_string(self.config.get_base().get_gateway_id()).unwrap(),
+        )
+    }
+
+    // future constantly pumping loop cover traffic at some specified average rate
+    // the pumped traffic goes to the MixTrafficController
+    fn start_cover_traffic_stream(
+        &self,
+        topology_accessor: TopologyAccessor,
+        mix_tx: BatchMixMessageSender,
+    ) {
+        info!("Starting loop cover traffic stream...");
+        // we need to explicitly enter runtime due to "next_delay: time::delay_for(Default::default())"
+        // set in the constructor which HAS TO be called within context of a tokio runtime
+        let _guard = self.runtime.enter();
+
+        LoopCoverTrafficStream::new(
+            self.key_manager.ack_key(),
+            self.config.get_base().get_average_ack_delay(),
+            self.config.get_base().get_average_packet_delay(),
+            self.config
+                .get_base()
+                .get_loop_cover_traffic_average_delay(),
+            mix_tx,
+            self.as_mix_recipient(),
+            topology_accessor,
+        )
+        .start(self.runtime.handle());
+    }
+
+    fn start_real_traffic_controller(
+        &self,
+        topology_accessor: TopologyAccessor,
+        reply_key_storage: ReplyKeyStorage,
+        ack_receiver: AcknowledgementReceiver,
+        input_receiver: InputMessageReceiver,
+        mix_sender: BatchMixMessageSender,
+    ) {
+        let controller_config = real_messages_control::Config::new(
+            self.key_manager.ack_key(),
+            self.config.get_base().get_ack_wait_multiplier(),
+            self.config.get_base().get_ack_wait_addition(),
+            self.config.get_base().get_average_ack_delay(),
+            self.config.get_base().get_message_sending_average_delay(),
+            self.config.get_base().get_average_packet_delay(),
+            self.as_mix_recipient(),
+        );
+
+        info!("Starting real traffic stream...");
+        // we need to explicitly enter runtime due to "next_delay: time::delay_for(Default::default())"
+        // set in the constructor [of OutQueueControl] which HAS TO be called within context of a tokio runtime
+        // When refactoring this restriction should definitely be removed.
+        let _guard = self.runtime.enter();
+
+        RealMessagesController::new(
+            controller_config,
+            ack_receiver,
+            input_receiver,
+            mix_sender,
+            topology_accessor,
+            reply_key_storage,
+        )
+        .start(self.runtime.handle());
+    }
+
+    // buffer controlling all messages fetched from provider
+    // required so that other components would be able to use them (say the websocket)
+    fn start_received_messages_buffer_controller(
+        &self,
+        query_receiver: ReceivedBufferRequestReceiver,
+        mixnet_receiver: MixnetMessageReceiver,
+        reply_key_storage: ReplyKeyStorage,
+    ) {
+        info!("Starting received messages buffer controller...");
+        ReceivedMessagesBufferController::new(
+            self.key_manager.encryption_keypair(),
+            query_receiver,
+            mixnet_receiver,
+            reply_key_storage,
+        )
+        .start(self.runtime.handle())
+    }
+
+    fn start_gateway_client(
+        &mut self,
+        mixnet_message_sender: MixnetMessageSender,
+        ack_sender: AcknowledgementSender,
+    ) -> GatewayClient {
+        let gateway_id = self.config.get_base().get_gateway_id();
+        if gateway_id.is_empty() {
+            panic!("The identity of the gateway is unknown - did you run `nym-client` init?")
+        }
+        let gateway_address = self.config.get_base().get_gateway_listener();
+        if gateway_address.is_empty() {
+            panic!("The address of the gateway is unknown - did you run `nym-client` init?")
+        }
+
+        let gateway_identity = identity::PublicKey::from_base58_string(gateway_id)
+            .expect("provided gateway id is invalid!");
+
+        self.runtime.block_on(async {
+            #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+            let bandwidth_controller = BandwidthController::new(
+                self.config.get_base().get_validator_api_endpoints(),
+                *self.key_manager.identity_keypair().public_key(),
+            );
+            #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+            let bandwidth_controller = BandwidthController::new(
+                self.config.get_base().get_eth_endpoint(),
+                self.config.get_base().get_eth_private_key(),
+                self.config.get_base().get_backup_bandwidth_token_keys_dir(),
+            )
+            .expect("Could not create bandwidth controller");
+
+            let mut gateway_client = GatewayClient::new(
+                gateway_address,
+                self.key_manager.identity_keypair(),
+                gateway_identity,
+                Some(self.key_manager.gateway_shared_key()),
+                mixnet_message_sender,
+                ack_sender,
+                self.config.get_base().get_gateway_response_timeout(),
+                Some(bandwidth_controller),
+            );
+
+            gateway_client
+                .authenticate_and_start()
+                .await
+                .expect("could not authenticate and start up the gateway connection");
+
+            gateway_client
+        })
+    }
+
+    // future responsible for periodically polling directory server and updating
+    // the current global view of topology
+    fn start_topology_refresher(&mut self, topology_accessor: TopologyAccessor) {
+        let topology_refresher_config = TopologyRefresherConfig::new(
+            self.config.get_base().get_validator_api_endpoints(),
+            self.config.get_base().get_topology_refresh_rate(),
+            env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string(),
+        );
+        let mut topology_refresher =
+            TopologyRefresher::new(topology_refresher_config, topology_accessor);
+        // before returning, block entire runtime to refresh the current network view so that any
+        // components depending on topology would see a non-empty view
+        info!("Obtaining initial network topology");
+        self.runtime.block_on(topology_refresher.refresh());
+
+        // TODO: a slightly more graceful termination here
+        if !self
+            .runtime
+            .block_on(topology_refresher.is_topology_routable())
+        {
+            panic!(
+                "The current network topology seem to be insufficient to route any packets through\
+                - check if enough nodes and a gateway are online"
+            );
+        }
+
+        info!("Starting topology refresher...");
+        topology_refresher.start(self.runtime.handle());
+    }
+
+    // controller for sending sphinx packets to mixnet (either real traffic or cover traffic)
+    // TODO: if we want to send control messages to gateway_client, this CAN'T take the ownership
+    // over it. Perhaps GatewayClient needs to be thread-shareable or have some channel for
+    // requests?
+    fn start_mix_traffic_controller(
+        &mut self,
+        mix_rx: BatchMixMessageReceiver,
+        gateway_client: GatewayClient,
+    ) {
+        info!("Starting mix traffic controller...");
+        MixTrafficController::new(mix_rx, gateway_client).start(self.runtime.handle());
+    }
+
+    fn start_websocket_listener(
+        &self,
+        buffer_requester: ReceivedBufferRequestSender,
+        msg_input: InputMessageSender,
+    ) {
+        info!("Starting websocket listener...");
+
+        let websocket_handler =
+            websocket::Handler::new(msg_input, buffer_requester, self.as_mix_recipient());
+
+        websocket::Listener::new(self.config.get_listening_port())
+            .start(self.runtime.handle(), websocket_handler);
+    }
+
+    /// EXPERIMENTAL DIRECT RUST API
+    /// It's untested and there are absolutely no guarantees about it (but seems to have worked
+    /// well enough in local tests)
+    pub fn send_message(&mut self, recipient: Recipient, message: Vec<u8>, with_reply_surb: bool) {
+        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_fresh(recipient, message, with_reply_surb);
+
+        self.input_tx
+            .as_ref()
+            .expect("start method was not called before!")
+            .unbounded_send(input_msg)
+            .unwrap();
+    }
+
+    /// EXPERIMENTAL DIRECT RUST API
+    /// It's untested and there are absolutely no guarantees about it (but seems to have worked
+    /// well enough in local tests)
+    pub fn send_reply(&mut self, reply_surb: ReplySurb, message: Vec<u8>) {
+        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_reply(reply_surb, message);
+
+        self.input_tx
+            .as_ref()
+            .expect("start method was not called before!")
+            .unbounded_send(input_msg)
+            .unwrap();
+    }
+
+    /// EXPERIMENTAL DIRECT RUST API
+    /// It's untested and there are absolutely no guarantees about it (but seems to have worked
+    /// well enough in local tests)
+    /// Note: it waits for the first occurrence of messages being sent to ourselves. If you expect multiple
+    /// messages, you might have to call this function repeatedly.
+    // TODO: I guess this should really return something that `impl Stream<Item=ReconstructedMessage>`
+    pub async fn wait_for_messages(&mut self) -> Vec<ReconstructedMessage> {
+        use futures::StreamExt;
+
+        self.receive_tx
+            .as_mut()
+            .expect("start method was not called before!")
+            .next()
+            .await
+            .expect("buffer controller seems to have somehow died!")
+    }
+
+    /// blocking version of `start` method. Will run forever (or until SIGINT is sent)
+    pub fn run_forever(&mut self) {
+        self.start();
+        if let Err(e) = self.runtime.block_on(tokio::signal::ctrl_c()) {
+            error!(
+                "There was an error while capturing SIGINT - {:?}. We will terminate regardless",
+                e
+            );
+        }
+
+        println!(
+            "Received SIGINT - the client will terminate now (threads are not yet nicely stopped, if you see stack traces that's alright)."
+        );
+    }
+
+    pub fn start(&mut self) {
+        info!("Starting nym client");
+        // channels for inter-component communication
+        // TODO: make the channels be internally created by the relevant components
+        // rather than creating them here, so say for example the buffer controller would create the request channels
+        // and would allow anyone to clone the sender channel
+
+        // sphinx_message_sender is the transmitter for any component generating sphinx packets that are to be sent to the mixnet
+        // they are used by cover traffic stream and real traffic stream
+        // sphinx_message_receiver is the receiver used by MixTrafficController that sends the actual traffic
+        let (sphinx_message_sender, sphinx_message_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();
+
+        // unwrapped_sphinx_sender is the transmitter of mixnet messages received from the gateway
+        // unwrapped_sphinx_receiver is the receiver for said messages - used by ReceivedMessagesBuffer
+        let (mixnet_messages_sender, mixnet_messages_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();
+
+        // used for announcing connection or disconnection of a channel for pushing re-assembled messages to
+        let (received_buffer_request_sender, received_buffer_request_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();
+
+        // channels responsible for controlling real messages
+        let (input_sender, input_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded::<InputMessage>();
+
+        // channels responsible for controlling ack messages
+        let (ack_sender, ack_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();
+        let shared_topology_accessor = TopologyAccessor::new();
+
+        let reply_key_storage =
+            ReplyKeyStorage::load(self.config.get_base().get_reply_encryption_key_store_path())
+                .expect("Failed to load reply key storage!");
+
+        // the components are started in very specific order. Unless you know what you are doing,
+        // do not change that.
+        self.start_topology_refresher(shared_topology_accessor.clone());
+        self.start_received_messages_buffer_controller(
+            received_buffer_request_receiver,
+            mixnet_messages_receiver,
+            reply_key_storage.clone(),
+        );
+
+        let gateway_client = self.start_gateway_client(mixnet_messages_sender, ack_sender);
+
+        self.start_mix_traffic_controller(sphinx_message_receiver, gateway_client);
+        self.start_real_traffic_controller(
+            shared_topology_accessor.clone(),
+            reply_key_storage,
+            ack_receiver,
+            input_receiver,
+            sphinx_message_sender.clone(),
+        );
+
+        self.start_cover_traffic_stream(shared_topology_accessor, sphinx_message_sender);
+
+        match self.config.get_socket_type() {
+            SocketType::WebSocket => {
+                self.start_websocket_listener(received_buffer_request_sender, input_sender)
+            }
+            SocketType::None => {
+                // if we did not start the socket, it means we're running (supposedly) in the native mode
+                // and hence we should announce 'ourselves' to the buffer
+                let (reconstructed_sender, reconstructed_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();
+
+                // tell the buffer to start sending stuff to us
+                received_buffer_request_sender
+                    .unbounded_send(ReceivedBufferMessage::ReceiverAnnounce(
+                        reconstructed_sender,
+                    ))
+                    .expect("the buffer request failed!");
+
+                self.receive_tx = Some(reconstructed_receiver);
+                self.input_tx = Some(input_sender);
+            }
+        }
+
+        info!("Client startup finished!");
+        info!("The address of this client is: {}", self.as_mix_recipient());
+    }
+}

clients/native/src/commands/init.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::client::config::Config;
+use crate::commands::override_config;
+use clap::{App, Arg, ArgMatches};
+use client_core::client::key_manager::KeyManager;
+use client_core::config::persistence::key_pathfinder::ClientKeyPathfinder;
+use config::NymConfig;
+use crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
+use gateway_client::GatewayClient;
+use gateway_requests::registration::handshake::SharedKeys;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::nodes::NodeIdentity;
+use rand::rngs::OsRng;
+use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
+use rand::thread_rng;
+use std::convert::TryInto;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use topology::{filter::VersionFilterable, gateway};
+use url::Url;
+
+pub fn command_args<'a, 'b>() -> clap::App<'a, 'b> {
+    let app = App::new("init")
+        .about("Initialise a Nym client. Do this first!")
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("id")
+            .long("id")
+            .help("Id of the nym-mixnet-client we want to create config for.")
+            .takes_value(true)
+            .required(true)
+        )
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("gateway")
+            .long("gateway")
+            .help("Id of the gateway we are going to connect to.")
+            .takes_value(true)
+        )
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("validators")
+                .long("validators")
+                .help("Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the validators")
+                .takes_value(true),
+        )
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("disable-socket")
+            .long("disable-socket")
+            .help("Whether to not start the websocket")
+        )
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("port")
+            .short("p")
+            .long("port")
+            .help("Port for the socket (if applicable) to listen on in all subsequent runs")
+            .takes_value(true)
+        )
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("fastmode")
+            .long("fastmode")
+            .hidden(true) // this will prevent this flag from being displayed in `--help`
+            .help("Mostly debug-related option to increase default traffic rate so that you would not need to modify config post init")
+        );
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+        let app = app
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("eth_endpoint")
+            .long("eth_endpoint")
+            .help("URL of an Ethereum full node that we want to use for getting bandwidth tokens from ERC20 tokens")
+            .takes_value(true)
+            .required(true))
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("eth_private_key")
+            .long("eth_private_key")
+            .help("Ethereum private key used for obtaining bandwidth tokens from ERC20 tokens")
+            .takes_value(true)
+            .required(true));
+
+    app
+}
+
+async fn register_with_gateway(
+    gateway: &gateway::Node,
+    our_identity: Arc<identity::KeyPair>,
+) -> Arc<SharedKeys> {
+    let timeout = Duration::from_millis(1500);
+    let mut gateway_client = GatewayClient::new_init(
+        gateway.clients_address(),
+        gateway.identity_key,
+        our_identity.clone(),
+        timeout,
+    );
+    gateway_client
+        .establish_connection()
+        .await
+        .expect("failed to establish connection with the gateway!");
+    gateway_client
+        .perform_initial_authentication()
+        .await
+        .expect("failed to register with the gateway!")
+}
+
+async fn gateway_details(
+    validator_servers: Vec<Url>,
+    chosen_gateway_id: Option<&str>,
+) -> gateway::Node {
+    let validator_api = validator_servers
+        .choose(&mut thread_rng())
+        .expect("The list of validator apis is empty");
+    let validator_client = validator_client::ApiClient::new(validator_api.clone());
+
+    let gateways = validator_client.get_cached_gateways().await.unwrap();
+    let valid_gateways = gateways
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|gateway| gateway.try_into().ok())
+        .collect::<Vec<gateway::Node>>();
+
+    let filtered_gateways = valid_gateways.filter_by_version(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
+
+    // if we have chosen particular gateway - use it, otherwise choose a random one.
+    // (remember that in active topology all gateways have at least 100 reputation so should
+    // be working correctly)
+    if let Some(gateway_id) = chosen_gateway_id {
+        filtered_gateways
+            .iter()
+            .find(|gateway| gateway.identity_key.to_base58_string() == gateway_id)
+            .expect(&*format!("no gateway with id {} exists!", gateway_id))
+            .clone()
+    } else {
+        filtered_gateways
+            .choose(&mut rand::thread_rng())
+            .expect("there are no gateways on the network!")
+            .clone()
+    }
+}
+
+fn show_address(config: &Config) {
+    fn load_identity_keys(pathfinder: &ClientKeyPathfinder) -> identity::KeyPair {
+        let identity_keypair: identity::KeyPair =
+            pemstore::load_keypair(&pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(
+                pathfinder.private_identity_key().to_owned(),
+                pathfinder.public_identity_key().to_owned(),
+            ))
+            .expect("Failed to read stored identity key files");
+        identity_keypair
+    }
+
+    fn load_sphinx_keys(pathfinder: &ClientKeyPathfinder) -> encryption::KeyPair {
+        let sphinx_keypair: encryption::KeyPair =
+            pemstore::load_keypair(&pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(
+                pathfinder.private_encryption_key().to_owned(),
+                pathfinder.public_encryption_key().to_owned(),
+            ))
+            .expect("Failed to read stored sphinx key files");
+        sphinx_keypair
+    }
+
+    let pathfinder = ClientKeyPathfinder::new_from_config(config.get_base());
+    let identity_keypair = load_identity_keys(&pathfinder);
+    let sphinx_keypair = load_sphinx_keys(&pathfinder);
+
+    let client_recipient = Recipient::new(
+        *identity_keypair.public_key(),
+        *sphinx_keypair.public_key(),
+        // TODO: below only works under assumption that gateway address == gateway id
+        // (which currently is true)
+        NodeIdentity::from_base58_string(config.get_base().get_gateway_id()).unwrap(),
+    );
+
+    println!("\nThe address of this client is: {}", client_recipient);
+}
+
+pub fn execute(matches: &ArgMatches) {
+    println!("Initialising client...");
+
+    let id = matches.value_of("id").unwrap(); // required for now
+
+    let already_init = if Config::default_config_file_path(Some(id)).exists() {
+        println!("Client \"{}\" was already initialised before! Config information will be overwritten (but keys will be kept)!", id);
+        true
+    } else {
+        false
+    };
+
+    let mut config = Config::new(id);
+
+    let mut rng = OsRng;
+
+    // TODO: ideally that should be the last thing that's being done to config.
+    // However, we are later further overriding it with gateway id
+    config = override_config(config, matches);
+    if matches.is_present("fastmode") {
+        config.get_base_mut().set_high_default_traffic_volume();
+    }
+
+    // if client was already initialised, don't generate new keys, not re-register with gateway
+    // (because this would create new shared key)
+    if !already_init {
+        // create identity, encryption and ack keys.
+        let mut key_manager = KeyManager::new(&mut rng);
+
+        let chosen_gateway_id = matches.value_of("gateway");
+
+        let registration_fut = async {
+            let gate_details = gateway_details(
+                config.get_base().get_validator_api_endpoints(),
+                chosen_gateway_id,
+            )
+            .await;
+            config
+                .get_base_mut()
+                .with_gateway_id(gate_details.identity_key.to_base58_string());
+            let shared_keys =
+                register_with_gateway(&gate_details, key_manager.identity_keypair()).await;
+            (shared_keys, gate_details.clients_address())
+        };
+
+        // TODO: is there perhaps a way to make it work without having to spawn entire runtime?
+        let rt = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();
+        let (shared_keys, gateway_listener) = rt.block_on(registration_fut);
+        config
+            .get_base_mut()
+            .with_gateway_listener(gateway_listener);
+        key_manager.insert_gateway_shared_key(shared_keys);
+
+        let pathfinder = ClientKeyPathfinder::new_from_config(config.get_base());
+        key_manager
+            .store_keys(&pathfinder)
+            .expect("Failed to generated keys");
+        println!("Saved all generated keys");
+    }
+
+    let config_save_location = config.get_config_file_save_location();
+    config
+        .save_to_file(None)
+        .expect("Failed to save the config file");
+    println!("Saved configuration file to {:?}", config_save_location);
+    println!("Using gateway: {}", config.get_base().get_gateway_id(),);
+    println!("Client configuration completed.\n\n\n");
+
+    show_address(&config);
+}

clients/native/src/commands/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::client::config::{Config, SocketType};
+use clap::ArgMatches;
+use url::Url;
+
+pub(crate) mod init;
+pub(crate) mod run;
+pub(crate) mod upgrade;
+
+fn parse_validators(raw: &str) -> Vec<Url> {
+    raw.split(',')
+        .map(|raw_validator| {
+            raw_validator
+                .trim()
+                .parse()
+                .expect("one of the provided validator api urls is invalid")
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn override_config(mut config: Config, matches: &ArgMatches) -> Config {
+    if let Some(raw_validators) = matches.value_of("validators") {
+        config
+            .get_base_mut()
+            .set_custom_validator_apis(parse_validators(raw_validators));
+    }
+
+    if let Some(gateway_id) = matches.value_of("gateway") {
+        config.get_base_mut().with_gateway_id(gateway_id);
+    }
+
+    if matches.is_present("disable-socket") {
+        config = config.with_socket(SocketType::None);
+    }
+
+    if let Some(port) = matches.value_of("port").map(|port| port.parse::<u16>()) {
+        if let Err(err) = port {
+            // if port was overridden, it must be parsable
+            panic!("Invalid port value provided - {:?}", err);
+        }
+        config = config.with_port(port.unwrap());
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    if let Some(eth_endpoint) = matches.value_of("eth_endpoint") {
+        config.get_base_mut().with_eth_endpoint(eth_endpoint);
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    if let Some(eth_private_key) = matches.value_of("eth_private_key") {
+        config.get_base_mut().with_eth_private_key(eth_private_key);
+    }
+
+    config
+}

clients/native/src/commands/run.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::client::config::Config;
+use crate::client::NymClient;
+use crate::commands::override_config;
+use clap::{App, Arg, ArgMatches};
+use config::NymConfig;
+use log::*;
+use version_checker::is_minor_version_compatible;
+
+pub fn command_args<'a, 'b>() -> clap::App<'a, 'b> {
+    let app = App::new("run")
+        .about("Run the Nym client with provided configuration client optionally overriding set parameters")
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("id")
+            .long("id")
+            .help("Id of the nym-mixnet-client we want to run.")
+            .takes_value(true)
+            .required(true)
+        )
+        // the rest of arguments are optional, they are used to override settings in config file
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("validators")
+                .long("validators")
+                .help("Comma separated list rest rest endpoints of the validators")
+                .takes_value(true),
+        )
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("gateway")
+            .long("gateway")
+            .help("Id of the gateway we want to connect to. If overridden, it is user's responsibility to ensure prior registration happened")
+            .takes_value(true)
+        )
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("disable-socket")
+            .long("disable-socket")
+            .help("Whether to not start the websocket")
+        )
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("port")
+            .short("p")
+            .long("port")
+            .help("Port for the socket (if applicable) to listen on")
+            .takes_value(true)
+        );
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+        let app = app
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("eth_endpoint")
+            .long("eth_endpoint")
+            .help("URL of an Ethereum full node that we want to use for getting bandwidth tokens from ERC20 tokens")
+            .takes_value(true))
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("eth_private_key")
+            .long("eth_private_key")
+            .help("Ethereum private key used for obtaining bandwidth tokens from ERC20 tokens")
+            .takes_value(true));
+
+    app
+}
+
+// this only checks compatibility between config the binary. It does not take into consideration
+// network version. It might do so in the future.
+fn version_check(cfg: &Config) -> bool {
+    let binary_version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+    let config_version = cfg.get_base().get_version();
+    if binary_version != config_version {
+        warn!("The mixnode binary has different version than what is specified in config file! {} and {}", binary_version, config_version);
+        if is_minor_version_compatible(binary_version, config_version) {
+            info!("but they are still semver compatible. However, consider running the `upgrade` command");
+            true
+        } else {
+            error!("and they are semver incompatible! - please run the `upgrade` command before attempting `run` again");
+            false
+        }
+    } else {
+        true
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn execute(matches: &ArgMatches) {
+    let id = matches.value_of("id").unwrap();
+
+    let mut config = match Config::load_from_file(Some(id)) {
+        Ok(cfg) => cfg,
+        Err(err) => {
+            error!("Failed to load config for {}. Are you sure you have run `init` before? (Error was: {})", id, err);
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+
+    config = override_config(config, matches);
+
+    if !version_check(&config) {
+        error!("failed the local version check");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    NymClient::new(config).run_forever();
+}

clients/native/src/commands/upgrade.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::client::config::{Config, MISSING_VALUE};
+use clap::{App, Arg, ArgMatches};
+use config::defaults::default_api_endpoints;
+use config::NymConfig;
+use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::process;
+use version_checker::Version;
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn fail_upgrade<D1: Display, D2: Display>(from_version: D1, to_version: D2) -> ! {
+    print_failed_upgrade(from_version, to_version);
+    process::exit(1)
+}
+
+fn print_start_upgrade<D1: Display, D2: Display>(from: D1, to: D2) {
+    println!(
+        "\n==================\nTrying to upgrade client from {} to {} ...",
+        from, to
+    );
+}
+
+fn print_failed_upgrade<D1: Display, D2: Display>(from: D1, to: D2) {
+    eprintln!(
+        "Upgrade from {} to {} failed!\n==================\n",
+        from, to
+    );
+}
+
+fn print_successful_upgrade<D1: Display, D2: Display>(from: D1, to: D2) {
+    println!(
+        "Upgrade from {} to {} was successful!\n==================\n",
+        from, to
+    );
+}
+
+fn outdated_upgrade(config_version: &Version, package_version: &Version) -> ! {
+    eprintln!(
+        "Cannot perform upgrade from {} to {}. Your version is too old to perform the upgrade.!",
+        config_version, package_version
+    );
+    process::exit(1)
+}
+
+fn unsupported_upgrade(current_version: &Version, config_version: &Version) -> ! {
+    eprintln!("Cannot perform upgrade from {} to {}. Please let the developers know about this issue if you expected it to work!", config_version, current_version);
+    process::exit(1)
+}
+
+pub fn command_args<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
+    App::new("upgrade").about("Try to upgrade the client").arg(
+        Arg::with_name("id")
+            .long("id")
+            .help("Id of the nym-client we want to upgrade")
+            .takes_value(true)
+            .required(true),
+    )
+}
+
+fn parse_config_version(config: &Config) -> Version {
+    let version = Version::parse(config.get_base().get_version()).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+        eprintln!("failed to parse client version! - {:?}", err);
+        process::exit(1)
+    });
+
+    if version.is_prerelease() || !version.build.is_empty() {
+        eprintln!(
+            "Trying to upgrade from a non-released version {}. This is not supported!",
+            version
+        );
+        process::exit(1)
+    }
+
+    version
+}
+
+fn parse_package_version() -> Version {
+    let version = Version::parse(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")).unwrap();
+
+    // technically this is not a correct way of checking it as a released version might contain valid build identifiers
+    // however, we are not using them ourselves at the moment and hence it should be fine.
+    // if we change our mind, we could easily tweak this code
+    if version.is_prerelease() || !version.build.is_empty() {
+        eprintln!(
+            "Trying to upgrade to a non-released version {}. This is not supported!",
+            version
+        );
+        process::exit(1)
+    }
+
+    version
+}
+
+fn minor_0_12_upgrade(
+    mut config: Config,
+    _matches: &ArgMatches,
+    config_version: &Version,
+    package_version: &Version,
+) -> Config {
+    let to_version = if package_version.major == 0 && package_version.minor == 12 {
+        package_version.clone()
+    } else {
+        Version::new(0, 12, 0)
+    };
+
+    print_start_upgrade(&config_version, &to_version);
+
+    println!(
+        "Setting validator API endpoints to {:?}",
+        default_api_endpoints()
+    );
+
+    config
+        .get_base_mut()
+        .set_custom_validator_apis(default_api_endpoints());
+
+    config
+        .get_base_mut()
+        .set_custom_version(to_version.to_string().as_ref());
+
+    config.save_to_file(None).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+        eprintln!("failed to overwrite config file! - {:?}", err);
+        print_failed_upgrade(&config_version, &to_version);
+        process::exit(1);
+    });
+
+    print_successful_upgrade(config_version, to_version);
+
+    config
+}
+
+fn do_upgrade(mut config: Config, matches: &ArgMatches, package_version: Version) {
+    loop {
+        let config_version = parse_config_version(&config);
+
+        if config_version == package_version {
+            println!("You're using the most recent version!");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        config = match config_version.major {
+            0 => match config_version.minor {
+                9 | 10 => outdated_upgrade(&config_version, &package_version),
+                11 => minor_0_12_upgrade(config, matches, &config_version, &package_version),
+                _ => unsupported_upgrade(&config_version, &package_version),
+            },
+            _ => unsupported_upgrade(&config_version, &package_version),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn execute(matches: &ArgMatches) {
+    let package_version = parse_package_version();
+
+    let id = matches.value_of("id").unwrap();
+
+    let existing_config = Config::load_from_file(Some(id)).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+        eprintln!("failed to load existing config file! - {:?}", err);
+        process::exit(1)
+    });
+
+    if existing_config.get_base().get_version() == MISSING_VALUE {
+        eprintln!("the existing configuration file does not seem to contain version number.");
+        process::exit(1);
+    }
+
+    // here be upgrade path to 0.9.X and beyond based on version number from config
+    do_upgrade(existing_config, matches, package_version)
+}

clients/native/src/lib.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+pub mod client;
+pub mod websocket;

clients/native/src/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use clap::{App, ArgMatches};
+
+pub mod client;
+pub mod commands;
+pub mod websocket;
+
+fn main() {
+    dotenv::dotenv().ok();
+    setup_logging();
+    println!("{}", banner());
+
+    let arg_matches = App::new("Nym Client")
+        .version(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"))
+        .author("Nymtech")
+        .about("Implementation of the Nym Client")
+        .subcommand(commands::init::command_args())
+        .subcommand(commands::run::command_args())
+        .subcommand(commands::upgrade::command_args())
+        .get_matches();
+
+    execute(arg_matches);
+}
+
+fn execute(matches: ArgMatches) {
+    match matches.subcommand() {
+        ("init", Some(m)) => commands::init::execute(m),
+        ("run", Some(m)) => commands::run::execute(m),
+        ("upgrade", Some(m)) => commands::upgrade::execute(m),
+        _ => println!("{}", usage()),
+    }
+}
+
+fn usage() -> &'static str {
+    "usage: --help to see available options.\n\n"
+}
+
+fn banner() -> String {
+    format!(
+        r#"
+
+      _ __  _   _ _ __ ___
+     | '_ \| | | | '_ \ _ \
+     | | | | |_| | | | | | |
+     |_| |_|\__, |_| |_| |_|
+            |___/
+
+             (client - version {:})
+
+    "#,
+        env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")
+    )
+}
+
+fn setup_logging() {
+    let mut log_builder = pretty_env_logger::formatted_timed_builder();
+    if let Ok(s) = ::std::env::var("RUST_LOG") {
+        log_builder.parse_filters(&s);
+    } else {
+        // default to 'Info'
+        log_builder.filter(None, log::LevelFilter::Info);
+    }
+
+    log_builder
+        .filter_module("hyper", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
+        .filter_module("tokio_reactor", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
+        .filter_module("reqwest", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
+        .filter_module("mio", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
+        .filter_module("want", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
+        .filter_module("tungstenite", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
+        .filter_module("tokio_tungstenite", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
+        .init();
+}

clients/native/src/websocket/handler.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,293 @@
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use client_core::client::{
+    inbound_messages::{InputMessage, InputMessageSender},
+    received_buffer::{
+        ReceivedBufferMessage, ReceivedBufferRequestSender, ReconstructedMessagesReceiver,
+    },
+};
+use futures::channel::mpsc;
+use futures::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
+use log::*;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use nymsphinx::anonymous_replies::ReplySurb;
+use nymsphinx::receiver::ReconstructedMessage;
+use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+use tokio_tungstenite::{
+    accept_async,
+    tungstenite::{protocol::Message as WsMessage, Error as WsError},
+    WebSocketStream,
+};
+use websocket_requests::{requests::ClientRequest, responses::ServerResponse};
+
+enum ReceivedResponseType {
+    Binary,
+    Text,
+}
+
+impl Default for ReceivedResponseType {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        ReceivedResponseType::Binary
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) struct Handler {
+    msg_input: InputMessageSender,
+    buffer_requester: ReceivedBufferRequestSender,
+    self_full_address: Recipient,
+    socket: Option<WebSocketStream<TcpStream>>,
+    received_response_type: ReceivedResponseType,
+}
+
+// clone is used to use handler on a new connection, which initially is `None`
+impl Clone for Handler {
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        Handler {
+            msg_input: self.msg_input.clone(),
+            buffer_requester: self.buffer_requester.clone(),
+            self_full_address: self.self_full_address,
+            socket: None,
+            received_response_type: Default::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for Handler {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.buffer_requester
+            .unbounded_send(ReceivedBufferMessage::ReceiverDisconnect)
+            .expect("the buffer request failed!")
+    }
+}
+
+impl Handler {
+    pub(crate) fn new(
+        msg_input: InputMessageSender,
+        buffer_requester: ReceivedBufferRequestSender,
+        self_full_address: Recipient,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Handler {
+            msg_input,
+            buffer_requester,
+            self_full_address,
+            socket: None,
+            received_response_type: Default::default(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn handle_send(
+        &mut self,
+        recipient: Recipient,
+        message: Vec<u8>,
+        with_reply_surb: bool,
+    ) -> Option<ServerResponse> {
+        // the ack control is now responsible for chunking, etc.
+        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_fresh(recipient, message, with_reply_surb);
+        self.msg_input.unbounded_send(input_msg).unwrap();
+
+        None
+    }
+
+    fn handle_reply(&mut self, reply_surb: ReplySurb, message: Vec<u8>) -> Option<ServerResponse> {
+        if message.len() > ReplySurb::max_msg_len(Default::default()) {
+            return Some(ServerResponse::new_error(format!("too long message to put inside a reply SURB. Received: {} bytes and maximum is {} bytes", message.len(), ReplySurb::max_msg_len(Default::default()))));
+        }
+
+        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_reply(reply_surb, message);
+        self.msg_input.unbounded_send(input_msg).unwrap();
+
+        None
+    }
+
+    fn handle_self_address(&self) -> ServerResponse {
+        ServerResponse::SelfAddress(self.self_full_address)
+    }
+
+    fn handle_request(&mut self, request: ClientRequest) -> Option<ServerResponse> {
+        match request {
+            ClientRequest::Send {
+                recipient,
+                message,
+                with_reply_surb,
+            } => self.handle_send(recipient, message, with_reply_surb),
+            ClientRequest::Reply {
+                message,
+                reply_surb,
+            } => self.handle_reply(reply_surb, message),
+            ClientRequest::SelfAddress => Some(self.handle_self_address()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn handle_text_message(&mut self, msg: String) -> Option<WsMessage> {
+        debug!("Handling text message request");
+        trace!("Content: {:?}", msg);
+
+        self.received_response_type = ReceivedResponseType::Text;
+        let client_request = ClientRequest::try_from_text(msg);
+
+        let response = match client_request {
+            Err(err) => Some(ServerResponse::Error(err)),
+            Ok(req) => self.handle_request(req),
+        };
+
+        response.map(|resp| WsMessage::text(resp.into_text()))
+    }
+
+    fn handle_binary_message(&mut self, msg: Vec<u8>) -> Option<WsMessage> {
+        debug!("Handling binary message request");
+
+        self.received_response_type = ReceivedResponseType::Binary;
+        let client_request = ClientRequest::try_from_binary(msg);
+
+        let response = match client_request {
+            Err(err) => Some(ServerResponse::Error(err)),
+            Ok(req) => self.handle_request(req),
+        };
+
+        response.map(|resp| WsMessage::Binary(resp.into_binary()))
+    }
+
+    fn handle_ws_request(&mut self, raw_request: WsMessage) -> Option<WsMessage> {
+        // apparently tungstenite auto-handles ping/pong/close messages so for now let's ignore
+        // them and let's test that claim. If that's not the case, just copy code from
+        // old version of this file.
+        match raw_request {
+            WsMessage::Text(text_message) => self.handle_text_message(text_message),
+            WsMessage::Binary(binary_message) => self.handle_binary_message(binary_message),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    // I'm still not entirely sure why `send_all` requires `TryStream` rather than `Stream`, but
+    // let's just play along for now
+    fn prepare_reconstructed_binary(
+        &self,
+        reconstructed_messages: Vec<ReconstructedMessage>,
+    ) -> Vec<Result<WsMessage, WsError>> {
+        reconstructed_messages
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(ServerResponse::Received)
+            .map(|resp| Ok(WsMessage::Binary(resp.into_binary())))
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    // I'm still not entirely sure why `send_all` requires `TryStream` rather than `Stream`, but
+    // let's just play along for now
+    fn prepare_reconstructed_text(
+        &self,
+        reconstructed_messages: Vec<ReconstructedMessage>,
+    ) -> Vec<Result<WsMessage, WsError>> {
+        reconstructed_messages
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(ServerResponse::Received)
+            .map(|resp| Ok(WsMessage::Text(resp.into_text())))
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    async fn push_websocket_received_plaintexts(
+        &mut self,
+        reconstructed_messages: Vec<ReconstructedMessage>,
+    ) -> Result<(), WsError> {
+        // TODO: later there might be a flag on the reconstructed message itself to tell us
+        // if it's text or binary, but for time being we use the naive assumption that if
+        // client is sending Message::Text it expects text back. Same for Message::Binary
+        let response_messages = match self.received_response_type {
+            ReceivedResponseType::Binary => {
+                self.prepare_reconstructed_binary(reconstructed_messages)
+            }
+            ReceivedResponseType::Text => self.prepare_reconstructed_text(reconstructed_messages),
+        };
+
+        let mut send_stream = futures::stream::iter(response_messages);
+        self.socket
+            .as_mut()
+            .unwrap()
+            .send_all(&mut send_stream)
+            .await
+    }
+
+    async fn send_websocket_response(&mut self, msg: WsMessage) -> Result<(), WsError> {
+        match self.socket {
+            // TODO: more closely investigate difference between `Sink::send` and `Sink::send_all`
+            // it got something to do with batching and flushing - it might be important if it
+            // turns out somehow we've got a bottleneck here
+            Some(ref mut ws_stream) => ws_stream.send(msg).await,
+            _ => panic!("impossible state - websocket handshake was somehow reverted"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn next_websocket_request(&mut self) -> Option<Result<WsMessage, WsError>> {
+        match self.socket {
+            Some(ref mut ws_stream) => ws_stream.next().await,
+            None => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn listen_for_requests(&mut self, mut msg_receiver: ReconstructedMessagesReceiver) {
+        loop {
+            tokio::select! {
+                // we can either get a client request from the websocket
+                socket_msg = self.next_websocket_request() => {
+                    if socket_msg.is_none() {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    let socket_msg = match socket_msg.unwrap() {
+                        Ok(socket_msg) => socket_msg,
+                        Err(err) => {
+                            warn!("failed to obtain message from websocket stream! stopping connection handler: {}", err);
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    };
+
+                    if socket_msg.is_close() {
+                        break;
+                    }
+
+                    if let Some(response) = self.handle_ws_request(socket_msg) {
+                        if let Err(err) = self.send_websocket_response(response).await {
+                            warn!(
+                                "Failed to send message over websocket: {}. Assuming the connection is dead.",
+                                err
+                            );
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                // or a reconstructed mix message that we need to push back to the client
+                mix_messages = msg_receiver.next() => {
+                    let mix_messages = mix_messages.expect(
+                        "mix messages sender was unexpectedly closed! this shouldn't have ever happened!",
+                    );
+                    if let Err(e) = self.push_websocket_received_plaintexts(mix_messages).await {
+                        warn!("failed to send sphinx packets back to the client - {:?}, assuming the connection is dead", e);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // consume self to make sure `drop` is called after this is done
+    pub(crate) async fn handle_connection(mut self, socket: TcpStream) {
+        let ws_stream = match accept_async(socket).await {
+            Ok(ws_stream) => ws_stream,
+            Err(err) => {
+                warn!("error while performing the websocket handshake - {:?}", err);
+                return;
+            }
+        };
+        self.socket = Some(ws_stream);
+
+        let (reconstructed_sender, reconstructed_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();
+
+        // tell the buffer to start sending stuff to us
+        self.buffer_requester
+            .unbounded_send(ReceivedBufferMessage::ReceiverAnnounce(
+                reconstructed_sender,
+            ))
+            .expect("the buffer request failed!");
+
+        self.listen_for_requests(reconstructed_receiver).await;
+    }
+}

clients/native/src/websocket/listener.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use super::handler::Handler;
+use log::*;
+use std::{net::SocketAddr, process, sync::Arc};
+use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
+use tokio::runtime;
+use tokio::{sync::Notify, task::JoinHandle};
+
+enum State {
+    Connected,
+    AwaitingConnection,
+}
+
+impl State {
+    fn is_connected(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, State::Connected)
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) struct Listener {
+    address: SocketAddr,
+    state: State,
+}
+
+impl Listener {
+    pub(crate) fn new(port: u16) -> Self {
+        Listener {
+            // unless we find compelling reason not to, just listen on local only
+            address: SocketAddr::new("127.0.0.1".parse().unwrap(), port),
+            state: State::AwaitingConnection,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn run(&mut self, handler: Handler) {
+        let tcp_listener = match tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(self.address).await {
+            Ok(listener) => listener,
+            Err(err) => {
+                error!("Failed to bind to {} - {}. Are you sure nothing else is running on the specified port and your user has sufficient permission to bind to the requested address?", self.address, err);
+                process::exit(1);
+            }
+        };
+
+        let notify = Arc::new(Notify::new());
+
+        loop {
+            tokio::select! {
+                _ = notify.notified() => {
+                    // our connection terminated - we are open to a new one now!
+                    self.state = State::AwaitingConnection;
+                }
+                new_conn = tcp_listener.accept() => {
+                    match new_conn {
+                        Ok((mut socket, remote_addr)) => {
+                            debug!("Received connection from {:?}", remote_addr);
+                            if self.state.is_connected() {
+                                warn!("tried to duplicate!");
+                                // if we've already got a connection, don't allow another one
+                                debug!("but there was already a connection present!");
+                                // while we only ever want to accept a single connection, we don't want
+                                // to leave clients hanging (and also allow for reconnection if it somehow
+                                // was dropped)
+                                match socket.shutdown().await {
+                                    Ok(_) => trace!(
+                                        "closed the connection between attempting websocket handshake"
+                                    ),
+                                    Err(e) => warn!("failed to cleanly close the connection - {:?}", e),
+                                };
+                            } else {
+                                // even though we're spawning a new task with the handler here, we will only ever spawn a single one.
+                                // it's done so that any new connections to this listener could be rejected rather than left
+                                // hanging because the executor doesn't come back here
+                                let notify_clone = Arc::clone(&notify);
+                                let fresh_handler = handler.clone();
+                                tokio::spawn(async move {
+                                    fresh_handler.handle_connection(socket).await;
+                                    notify_clone.notify_one();
+                                });
+                                self.state = State::Connected;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        Err(e) => warn!("failed to get client: {:?}", e),
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn start(mut self, rt_handle: &runtime::Handle, handler: Handler) -> JoinHandle<()> {
+        info!("Running websocket on {:?}", self.address.to_string());
+
+        rt_handle.spawn(async move { self.run(handler).await })
+    }
+}

clients/native/src/websocket/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+pub(crate) mod handler;
+pub(crate) mod listener;
+
+pub(crate) use handler::Handler;
+pub(crate) use listener::Listener;

clients/native/websocket-requests/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[package]
+name = "websocket-requests"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Jędrzej Stuczyński <andrew@nymtech.net>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0"
+
+nymsphinx = { path = "../../../common/nymsphinx" }

clients/native/websocket-requests/src/error.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::fmt;
+
+// no need to go fancy here like we've done in other places.
+#[derive(PartialEq, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Error {
+    pub kind: ErrorKind,
+    pub message: String,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}:{}", self.kind.as_str(), self.message)
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Debug for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        fmt::Display::fmt(self, f)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error {
+    pub fn new(kind: ErrorKind, message: String) -> Self {
+        Error { kind, message }
+    }
+}
+
+#[repr(u8)]
+#[derive(PartialEq, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub enum ErrorKind {
+    /// The received request contained no data.
+    EmptyRequest = 0x01,
+
+    /// The received request did not contain enough data to be fully parsed.
+    TooShortRequest = 0x02,
+
+    /// The received request tag is not defined.
+    UnknownRequest = 0x03,
+
+    /// The received request is malformed.
+    MalformedRequest = 0x04,
+
+    // that's an arbitrary division but let's keep 1-127 (hex 0x01 - 0x7F) values request-specific
+    // and 128-254 (hex 0x80 - 0xFE) for responses
+    /// The received response contained no data.
+    EmptyResponse = 0x80,
+
+    /// The received response did not contain enough data to be fully parsed.
+    TooShortResponse = 0x81,
+
+    /// The received response tag is not defined.
+    UnknownResponse = 0x82,
+
+    /// The received response is malformed.
+    MalformedResponse = 0x83,
+
+    /// The error is due to something else.
+    Other = 0xFF,
+}
+
+impl ErrorKind {
+    pub(crate) fn as_str(&self) -> &'static str {
+        match *self {
+            ErrorKind::EmptyRequest => "received request contained no data",
+            ErrorKind::TooShortRequest => "received request did not contain enough data",
+            ErrorKind::UnknownRequest => "unknown request type",
+            ErrorKind::MalformedRequest => "malformed request",
+
+            ErrorKind::EmptyResponse => "received response contained no data",
+            ErrorKind::TooShortResponse => "received response did not contain enough data",
+            ErrorKind::UnknownResponse => "unknown response type",
+            ErrorKind::MalformedResponse => "malformed response",
+
+            ErrorKind::Other => "other",
+        }
+    }
+}

clients/native/websocket-requests/src/lib.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+pub mod error;
+pub mod requests;
+pub mod responses;
+mod text;

clients/native/websocket-requests/src/requests.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,355 @@
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+// all variable size data is always prefixed with u64 length
+// tags are u8
+
+use crate::error::{self, ErrorKind};
+use crate::text::ClientRequestText;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use nymsphinx::anonymous_replies::ReplySurb;
+use std::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
+use std::mem::size_of;
+
+/// Value tag representing [`Send`] variant of the [`ClientRequest`]
+pub const SEND_REQUEST_TAG: u8 = 0x00;
+
+/// Value tag representing [`Reply`] variant of the [`ClientRequest`]
+pub const REPLY_REQUEST_TAG: u8 = 0x01;
+
+/// Value tag representing [`SelfAddress`] variant of the [`ClientRequest`]
+pub const SELF_ADDRESS_REQUEST_TAG: u8 = 0x02;
+
+#[allow(non_snake_case)]
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ClientRequest {
+    Send {
+        recipient: Recipient,
+        message: Vec<u8>,
+        // Perhaps we could change it to a number to indicate how many reply_SURBs we want to include?
+        with_reply_surb: bool,
+    },
+    Reply {
+        message: Vec<u8>,
+        reply_surb: ReplySurb,
+    },
+    SelfAddress,
+}
+
+// we could have been parsing it directly TryFrom<WsMessage>, but we want to retain
+// information about whether it came from binary or text to send appropriate response back
+impl ClientRequest {
+    // SEND_REQUEST_TAG || with_surb || recipient || data_len || data
+    fn serialize_send(recipient: Recipient, data: Vec<u8>, with_reply_surb: bool) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let data_len_bytes = (data.len() as u64).to_be_bytes();
+        std::iter::once(SEND_REQUEST_TAG)
+            .chain(std::iter::once(with_reply_surb as u8))
+            .chain(recipient.to_bytes().iter().cloned()) // will not be length prefixed because the length is constant
+            .chain(data_len_bytes.iter().cloned())
+            .chain(data.into_iter())
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    // SEND_REQUEST_TAG || with_reply || recipient || data_len || data
+    fn deserialize_send(b: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, error::Error> {
+        // we need to have at least 1 (tag) + 1 (reply flag) + Recipient::LEN + sizeof<u64> bytes
+        if b.len() < 2 + Recipient::LEN + size_of::<u64>() {
+            return Err(error::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::TooShortRequest,
+                "not enough data provided to recover 'send'".to_string(),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        // this MUST match because it was called by 'deserialize'
+        debug_assert_eq!(b[0], SEND_REQUEST_TAG);
+
+        let with_reply_surb = match b[1] {
+            0 => false,
+            1 => true,
+            n => {
+                return Err(error::Error::new(
+                    ErrorKind::MalformedRequest,
+                    format!("invalid reply surb flag {}", n),
+                ))
+            }
+        };
+
+        let mut recipient_bytes = [0u8; Recipient::LEN];
+        recipient_bytes.copy_from_slice(&b[2..2 + Recipient::LEN]);
+        let recipient = match Recipient::try_from_bytes(recipient_bytes) {
+            Ok(recipient) => recipient,
+            Err(err) => {
+                return Err(error::Error::new(
+                    ErrorKind::MalformedRequest,
+                    format!("malformed recipient: {:?}", err),
+                ))
+            }
+        };
+
+        let data_len_bytes = &b[2 + Recipient::LEN..2 + Recipient::LEN + size_of::<u64>()];
+        let data_len = u64::from_be_bytes(data_len_bytes.try_into().unwrap());
+        let data = &b[2 + Recipient::LEN + size_of::<u64>()..];
+        if data.len() as u64 != data_len {
+            return Err(error::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::MalformedRequest,
+                format!(
+                    "data len has inconsistent length. specified: {} got: {}",
+                    data_len,
+                    data.len()
+                ),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        Ok(ClientRequest::Send {
+            with_reply_surb,
+            recipient,
+            message: data.to_vec(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    // REPLY_REQUEST_TAG || surb_len || surb || message_len || message
+    fn serialize_reply(message: Vec<u8>, reply_surb: ReplySurb) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let reply_surb_bytes = reply_surb.to_bytes();
+        let surb_len_bytes = (reply_surb_bytes.len() as u64).to_be_bytes();
+        let message_len_bytes = (message.len() as u64).to_be_bytes();
+
+        std::iter::once(REPLY_REQUEST_TAG)
+            .chain(surb_len_bytes.iter().cloned())
+            .chain(reply_surb_bytes.into_iter())
+            .chain(message_len_bytes.iter().cloned())
+            .chain(message.into_iter())
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    // REPLY_REQUEST_TAG || surb_len || surb || message_len || message
+    fn deserialize_reply(b: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, error::Error> {
+        // we need to have at the very least 2 * sizeof<u64> bytes (in case, for some peculiar reason
+        // message and reply surb were 0 len - the request would still be malformed, but would in theory
+        // be parse'able)
+        if b.len() < 1 + 2 * size_of::<u64>() {
+            return Err(error::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::TooShortRequest,
+                "not enough data provided to recover 'reply'".to_string(),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        // this MUST match because it was called by 'deserialize'
+        debug_assert_eq!(b[0], REPLY_REQUEST_TAG);
+
+        let reply_surb_len =
+            u64::from_be_bytes(b[1..1 + size_of::<u64>()].as_ref().try_into().unwrap());
+
+        // make sure we won't go out of bounds here
+        if reply_surb_len > (b.len() - 1 + 2 * size_of::<u64>()) as u64 {
+            return Err(error::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::MalformedRequest,
+                format!(
+                    "not enough data to recover reply surb with specified length {}",
+                    reply_surb_len
+                ),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        let surb_bound = 1 + size_of::<u64>() + reply_surb_len as usize;
+
+        let reply_surb_bytes = &b[1 + size_of::<u64>()..surb_bound];
+        let reply_surb = match ReplySurb::from_bytes(reply_surb_bytes) {
+            Ok(reply_surb) => reply_surb,
+            Err(err) => {
+                return Err(error::Error::new(
+                    ErrorKind::MalformedRequest,
+                    format!("malformed reply surb: {:?}", err),
+                ))
+            }
+        };
+
+        let message_len = u64::from_be_bytes(
+            b[surb_bound..surb_bound + size_of::<u64>()]
+                .as_ref()
+                .try_into()
+                .unwrap(),
+        );
+        let message = &b[surb_bound + size_of::<u64>()..];
+        if message.len() as u64 != message_len {
+            return Err(error::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::MalformedRequest,
+                format!(
+                    "message len has inconsistent length. specified: {} got: {}",
+                    message_len,
+                    message.len()
+                ),
+            ));
+        }
+        // TODO: should this blow HERE, i.e. during deserialization that the data you're trying
+        // to send via reply is too long?
+
+        Ok(ClientRequest::Reply {
+            reply_surb,
+            message: message.to_vec(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    // SELF_ADDRESS_REQUEST_TAG
+    fn serialize_self_address() -> Vec<u8> {
+        std::iter::once(SELF_ADDRESS_REQUEST_TAG).collect()
+    }
+
+    // SELF_ADDRESS_REQUEST_TAG
+    fn deserialize_self_address(b: &[u8]) -> Self {
+        // this MUST match because it was called by 'deserialize'
+        debug_assert_eq!(b[0], SELF_ADDRESS_REQUEST_TAG);
+
+        ClientRequest::SelfAddress
+    }
+
+    pub fn serialize(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        match self {
+            ClientRequest::Send {
+                recipient,
+                message,
+                with_reply_surb,
+            } => Self::serialize_send(recipient, message, with_reply_surb),
+
+            ClientRequest::Reply {
+                message,
+                reply_surb,
+            } => Self::serialize_reply(message, reply_surb),
+
+            ClientRequest::SelfAddress => Self::serialize_self_address(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn deserialize(b: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, error::Error> {
+        if b.is_empty() {
+            // technically I'm not even sure this can ever be returned, because reading empty
+            // request would imply closed socket, but let's include it for completion sake
+            return Err(error::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::EmptyRequest,
+                "no data provided".to_string(),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        if b.len() < size_of::<u8>() {
+            return Err(error::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::TooShortRequest,
+                format!(
+                    "not enough data provided to recover request tag. Provided only {} bytes",
+                    b.len()
+                ),
+            ));
+        }
+        let request_tag = b[0];
+
+        // determine what kind of request that is and try to deserialize it
+        match request_tag {
+            SEND_REQUEST_TAG => Self::deserialize_send(b),
+            REPLY_REQUEST_TAG => Self::deserialize_reply(b),
+            SELF_ADDRESS_REQUEST_TAG => Ok(Self::deserialize_self_address(b)),
+            n => Err(error::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::UnknownRequest,
+                format!("type {}", n),
+            )),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn try_from_binary(raw_req: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Self, error::Error> {
+        Self::deserialize(&raw_req)
+    }
+
+    pub fn try_from_text(raw_req: String) -> Result<Self, error::Error> {
+        // use the intermediate string structure and let serde do bunch of work for us
+        let text_req = ClientRequestText::try_from(raw_req).map_err(|json_err| {
+            error::Error::new(ErrorKind::MalformedRequest, json_err.to_string())
+        })?;
+
+        text_req.try_into()
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    // very basic tests to check for obvious errors like off by one
+    #[test]
+    fn send_request_serialization_works() {
+        let recipient = Recipient::try_from_base58_string("CytBseW6yFXUMzz4SGAKdNLGR7q3sJLLYxyBGvutNEQV.4QXYyEVc5fUDjmmi8PrHN9tdUFV4PCvSJE1278cHyvoe@4sBbL1ngf1vtNqykydQKTFh26sQCw888GpUqvPvyNB4f").unwrap();
+        let recipient_string = recipient.to_string();
+
+        let send_request_no_surb = ClientRequest::Send {
+            recipient,
+            message: b"foomp".to_vec(),
+            with_reply_surb: false,
+        };
+
+        let bytes = send_request_no_surb.serialize();
+        let recovered = ClientRequest::deserialize(&bytes).unwrap();
+        match recovered {
+            ClientRequest::Send {
+                recipient,
+                message,
+                with_reply_surb,
+            } => {
+                assert_eq!(recipient.to_string(), recipient_string);
+                assert_eq!(message, b"foomp".to_vec());
+                assert!(!with_reply_surb)
+            }
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        }
+
+        let send_request_surb = ClientRequest::Send {
+            recipient,
+            message: b"foomp".to_vec(),
+            with_reply_surb: true,
+        };
+
+        let bytes = send_request_surb.serialize();
+        let recovered = ClientRequest::deserialize(&bytes).unwrap();
+        match recovered {
+            ClientRequest::Send {
+                recipient,
+                message,
+                with_reply_surb,
+            } => {
+                assert_eq!(recipient.to_string(), recipient_string);
+                assert_eq!(message, b"foomp".to_vec());
+                assert!(with_reply_surb)
+            }
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn reply_request_serialization_works() {
+        let reply_surb_string = "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";
+        let reply_surb = ReplySurb::from_base58_string(reply_surb_string).unwrap();
+        let reply_request = ClientRequest::Reply {
+            message: b"foomp".to_vec(),
+            reply_surb,
+        };
+
+        let bytes = reply_request.serialize();
+        let recovered = ClientRequest::deserialize(&bytes).unwrap();
+        match recovered {
+            ClientRequest::Reply {
+                reply_surb,
+                message,
+            } => {
+                assert_eq!(reply_surb.to_base58_string(), reply_surb_string);
+                assert_eq!(message, b"foomp".to_vec());
+            }
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn self_address_request_serialization_works() {
+        let self_address_request = ClientRequest::SelfAddress;
+        let bytes = self_address_request.serialize();
+        let recovered = ClientRequest::deserialize(&bytes).unwrap();
+        match recovered {
+            ClientRequest::SelfAddress => (),
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        }
+    }
+}

clients/native/websocket-requests/src/responses.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,392 @@
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+// all variable size data is always prefixed with u64 length
+// tags are u8
+
+#![allow(unknown_lints)] // due to using `clippy::branches_sharing_code` which does not exist on `stable` just yet
+
+use crate::error::{self, ErrorKind};
+use crate::text::ServerResponseText;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use nymsphinx::anonymous_replies::ReplySurb;
+use nymsphinx::receiver::ReconstructedMessage;
+use std::convert::TryInto;
+use std::mem::size_of;
+
+/// Value tag representing [`Error`] variant of the [`ServerResponse`]
+pub const ERROR_RESPONSE_TAG: u8 = 0x00;
+
+/// Value tag representing [`Received`] variant of the [`ServerResponse`]
+pub const RECEIVED_RESPONSE_TAG: u8 = 0x01;
+
+/// Value tag representing [`SelfAddress`] variant of the [`ServerResponse`]
+pub const SELF_ADDRESS_RESPONSE_TAG: u8 = 0x02;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ServerResponse {
+    Received(ReconstructedMessage),
+    SelfAddress(Recipient),
+    Error(error::Error),
+}
+
+impl ServerResponse {
+    pub fn new_error<S: Into<String>>(message: S) -> Self {
+        ServerResponse::Error(error::Error {
+            kind: ErrorKind::Other,
+            message: message.into(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    // RECEIVED_RESPONSE_TAG || with_reply || (surb_len || surb) || msg_len || msg
+    fn serialize_received(reconstructed_message: ReconstructedMessage) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let message_len_bytes = (reconstructed_message.message.len() as u64).to_be_bytes();
+        if let Some(reply_surb) = reconstructed_message.reply_surb {
+            let reply_surb_bytes = reply_surb.to_bytes();
+            let surb_len_bytes = (reply_surb_bytes.len() as u64).to_be_bytes();
+
+            // with_reply || surb_len || surb || msg_len || msg
+            std::iter::once(RECEIVED_RESPONSE_TAG)
+                .chain(std::iter::once(true as u8))
+                .chain(surb_len_bytes.iter().cloned())
+                .chain(reply_surb_bytes.iter().cloned())
+                .chain(message_len_bytes.iter().cloned())
+                .chain(reconstructed_message.message.into_iter())
+                .collect()
+        } else {
+            // without_reply || msg_len || msg
+            std::iter::once(RECEIVED_RESPONSE_TAG)
+                .chain(std::iter::once(false as u8))
+                .chain(message_len_bytes.iter().cloned())
+                .chain(reconstructed_message.message.into_iter())
+                .collect()
+        }
+    }
+
+    // RECEIVED_RESPONSE_TAG || with_reply || (surb_len || surb) || msg_len || msg
+    fn deserialize_received(b: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, error::Error> {
+        // this MUST match because it was called by 'deserialize'
+        debug_assert_eq!(b[0], RECEIVED_RESPONSE_TAG);
+
+        // we must be able to read at the very least if it has a reply_surb and length of some field
+        if b.len() < 2 + size_of::<u64>() {
+            return Err(error::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::TooShortResponse,
+                "not enough data provided to recover 'received'".to_string(),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        let with_reply_surb = match b[1] {
+            0 => false,
+            1 => true,
+            n => {
+                return Err(error::Error::new(
+                    ErrorKind::MalformedResponse,
+                    format!("invalid reply flag {}", n),
+                ))
+            }
+        };
+
+        // this is a false positive as even though the code is the same, it refers to different things
+        #[allow(clippy::branches_sharing_code)]
+        if with_reply_surb {
+            let reply_surb_len =
+                u64::from_be_bytes(b[2..2 + size_of::<u64>()].as_ref().try_into().unwrap());
+
+            // make sure we won't go out of bounds here
+            if reply_surb_len > (b.len() - 2 + 2 * size_of::<u64>()) as u64 {
+                return Err(error::Error::new(
+                    ErrorKind::MalformedResponse,
+                    "not enough bytes to read reply_surb bytes!".to_string(),
+                ));
+            }
+
+            let surb_bound = 2 + size_of::<u64>() + reply_surb_len as usize;
+
+            let reply_surb_bytes = &b[2 + size_of::<u64>()..surb_bound];
+            let reply_surb = match ReplySurb::from_bytes(reply_surb_bytes) {
+                Ok(reply_surb) => reply_surb,
+                Err(err) => {
+                    return Err(error::Error::new(
+                        ErrorKind::MalformedResponse,
+                        format!("malformed reply SURB: {:?}", err),
+                    ))
+                }
+            };
+
+            let message_len = u64::from_be_bytes(
+                b[surb_bound..surb_bound + size_of::<u64>()]
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .try_into()
+                    .unwrap(),
+            );
+            let message = &b[surb_bound + size_of::<u64>()..];
+            if message.len() as u64 != message_len {
+                return Err(error::Error::new(
+                    ErrorKind::MalformedResponse,
+                    format!(
+                        "message len has inconsistent length. specified: {} got: {}",
+                        message_len,
+                        message.len()
+                    ),
+                ));
+            }
+
+            Ok(ServerResponse::Received(ReconstructedMessage {
+                message: message.to_vec(),
+                reply_surb: Some(reply_surb),
+            }))
+        } else {
+            let message_len =
+                u64::from_be_bytes(b[2..2 + size_of::<u64>()].as_ref().try_into().unwrap());
+            let message = &b[2 + size_of::<u64>()..];
+            if message.len() as u64 != message_len {
+                return Err(error::Error::new(
+                    ErrorKind::MalformedResponse,
+                    format!(
+                        "message len has inconsistent length. specified: {} got: {}",
+                        message_len,
+                        message.len()
+                    ),
+                ));
+            }
+
+            Ok(ServerResponse::Received(ReconstructedMessage {
+                message: message.to_vec(),
+                reply_surb: None,
+            }))
+        }
+    }
+
+    // SELF_ADDRESS_RESPONSE_TAG || self_address
+    fn serialize_self_address(address: Recipient) -> Vec<u8> {
+        std::iter::once(SELF_ADDRESS_RESPONSE_TAG)
+            .chain(address.to_bytes().iter().cloned())
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    // SELF_ADDRESS_RESPONSE_TAG || self_address
+    fn deserialize_self_address(b: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, error::Error> {
+        // this MUST match because it was called by 'deserialize'
+        debug_assert_eq!(b[0], SELF_ADDRESS_RESPONSE_TAG);
+
+        if b.len() != 1 + Recipient::LEN {
+            return Err(error::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::TooShortResponse,
+                "not enough data provided to recover 'self_address'".to_string(),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        let mut recipient_bytes = [0u8; Recipient::LEN];
+        recipient_bytes.copy_from_slice(&b[1..1 + Recipient::LEN]);
+
+        let recipient = match Recipient::try_from_bytes(recipient_bytes) {
+            Ok(recipient) => recipient,
+            Err(err) => {
+                return Err(error::Error::new(
+                    ErrorKind::MalformedResponse,
+                    format!("malformed Recipient: {:?}", err),
+                ))
+            }
+        };
+
+        Ok(ServerResponse::SelfAddress(recipient))
+    }
+
+    // ERROR_RESPONSE_TAG || err_code || msg_len || msg
+    fn serialize_error(error: error::Error) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let message_len_bytes = (error.message.len() as u64).to_be_bytes();
+        std::iter::once(ERROR_RESPONSE_TAG)
+            .chain(std::iter::once(error.kind as u8))
+            .chain(message_len_bytes.iter().cloned())
+            .chain(error.message.into_bytes().into_iter())
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    // ERROR_RESPONSE_TAG || err_code || msg_len || msg
+    fn deserialize_error(b: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, error::Error> {
+        // this MUST match because it was called by 'deserialize'
+        debug_assert_eq!(b[0], ERROR_RESPONSE_TAG);
+
+        if b.len() < size_of::<u8>() + size_of::<u64>() {
+            return Err(error::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::TooShortResponse,
+                "not enough data provided to recover 'error'".to_string(),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        let error_kind = match b[1] {
+            _ if b[1] == (ErrorKind::EmptyRequest as u8) => ErrorKind::EmptyRequest,
+            _ if b[1] == (ErrorKind::TooShortRequest as u8) => ErrorKind::TooShortRequest,
+            _ if b[1] == (ErrorKind::UnknownRequest as u8) => ErrorKind::UnknownRequest,
+            _ if b[1] == (ErrorKind::MalformedRequest as u8) => ErrorKind::MalformedRequest,
+
+            _ if b[1] == (ErrorKind::EmptyResponse as u8) => ErrorKind::EmptyResponse,
+            _ if b[1] == (ErrorKind::TooShortResponse as u8) => ErrorKind::TooShortResponse,
+            _ if b[1] == (ErrorKind::UnknownResponse as u8) => ErrorKind::UnknownResponse,
+            _ if b[1] == (ErrorKind::MalformedResponse as u8) => ErrorKind::MalformedResponse,
+
+            _ if b[1] == (ErrorKind::Other as u8) => ErrorKind::Other,
+
+            n => {
+                return Err(error::Error::new(
+                    ErrorKind::MalformedResponse,
+                    format!("invalid error code {}", n),
+                ))
+            }
+        };
+
+        let message_len =
+            u64::from_be_bytes(b[2..2 + size_of::<u64>()].as_ref().try_into().unwrap());
+        let message = &b[2 + size_of::<u64>()..];
+        if message.len() as u64 != message_len {
+            return Err(error::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::MalformedResponse,
+                format!(
+                    "message len has inconsistent length. specified: {} got: {}",
+                    message_len,
+                    message.len()
+                ),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        let err_message = match String::from_utf8(message.to_vec()) {
+            Ok(msg) => msg,
+            Err(err) => {
+                return Err(error::Error::new(
+                    ErrorKind::MalformedResponse,
+                    format!("malformed error message: {:?}", err),
+                ))
+            }
+        };
+
+        Ok(ServerResponse::Error(error::Error::new(
+            error_kind,
+            err_message,
+        )))
+    }
+
+    pub fn serialize(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        match self {
+            ServerResponse::Received(reconstructed_message) => {
+                Self::serialize_received(reconstructed_message)
+            }
+            ServerResponse::SelfAddress(address) => Self::serialize_self_address(address),
+            ServerResponse::Error(err) => Self::serialize_error(err),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn deserialize(b: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, error::Error> {
+        if b.is_empty() {
+            // technically I'm not even sure this can ever be returned, because reading empty
+            // request would imply closed socket, but let's include it for completion sake
+            return Err(error::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::EmptyResponse,
+                "no data provided".to_string(),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        if b.len() < size_of::<u8>() {
+            return Err(error::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::TooShortResponse,
+                format!(
+                    "not enough data provided to recover response tag. Provided only {} bytes",
+                    b.len()
+                ),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        let response_tag = b[0];
+
+        // determine what kind of response that is and try to deserialize it
+        match response_tag {
+            RECEIVED_RESPONSE_TAG => Self::deserialize_received(b),
+            SELF_ADDRESS_RESPONSE_TAG => Self::deserialize_self_address(b),
+            ERROR_RESPONSE_TAG => Self::deserialize_error(b),
+            n => Err(error::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::UnknownResponse,
+                format!("type {}", n),
+            )),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn into_binary(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        self.serialize()
+    }
+
+    pub fn into_text(self) -> String {
+        // use the intermediate string structure and let serde do bunch of work for us
+        let text_resp = ServerResponseText::from(self);
+
+        text_resp.into()
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn received_response_serialization_works() {
+        let reply_surb_string = "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";
+
+        let received_with_surb = ServerResponse::Received(ReconstructedMessage {
+            message: b"foomp".to_vec(),
+            reply_surb: Some(ReplySurb::from_base58_string(reply_surb_string).unwrap()),
+        });
+        let bytes = received_with_surb.serialize();
+        let recovered = ServerResponse::deserialize(&bytes).unwrap();
+        match recovered {
+            ServerResponse::Received(reconstructed) => {
+                assert_eq!(reconstructed.message, b"foomp".to_vec());
+                assert_eq!(
+                    reconstructed.reply_surb.unwrap().to_base58_string(),
+                    reply_surb_string
+                )
+            }
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        }
+
+        let received_without_surb = ServerResponse::Received(ReconstructedMessage {
+            message: b"foomp".to_vec(),
+            reply_surb: None,
+        });
+        let bytes = received_without_surb.serialize();
+        let recovered = ServerResponse::deserialize(&bytes).unwrap();
+        match recovered {
+            ServerResponse::Received(reconstructed) => {
+                assert_eq!(reconstructed.message, b"foomp".to_vec());
+                assert!(reconstructed.reply_surb.is_none())
+            }
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn self_address_response_serialization_works() {
+        let recipient = Recipient::try_from_base58_string("CytBseW6yFXUMzz4SGAKdNLGR7q3sJLLYxyBGvutNEQV.4QXYyEVc5fUDjmmi8PrHN9tdUFV4PCvSJE1278cHyvoe@4sBbL1ngf1vtNqykydQKTFh26sQCw888GpUqvPvyNB4f").unwrap();
+        let recipient_string = recipient.to_string();
+
+        let self_address_response = ServerResponse::SelfAddress(recipient);
+        let bytes = self_address_response.serialize();
+        let recovered = ServerResponse::deserialize(&bytes).unwrap();
+        match recovered {
+            ServerResponse::SelfAddress(recipient) => {
+                assert_eq!(recipient.to_string(), recipient_string)
+            }
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn error_response_serialization_works() {
+        let dummy_error = error::Error::new(ErrorKind::UnknownRequest, "foomp message".to_string());
+        let error_response = ServerResponse::Error(dummy_error.clone());
+        let bytes = error_response.serialize();
+        let recovered = ServerResponse::deserialize(&bytes).unwrap();
+        match recovered {
+            ServerResponse::Error(error) => assert_eq!(error, dummy_error),
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        }
+    }
+}

clients/native/websocket-requests/src/text.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::error::ErrorKind;
+use crate::requests::ClientRequest;
+use crate::responses::ServerResponse;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use nymsphinx::anonymous_replies::ReplySurb;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
+
+// local text equivalent of `ClientRequest` for easier serialization + deserialization with serde
+// TODO: figure out if there's an easy way to avoid defining it
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+#[serde(tag = "type", rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub(super) enum ClientRequestText {
+    #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+    Send {
+        message: String,
+        recipient: String,
+        with_reply_surb: bool,
+    },
+    SelfAddress,
+    #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+    Reply {
+        message: String,
+        reply_surb: String,
+    },
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<String> for ClientRequestText {
+    type Error = serde_json::Error;
+
+    fn try_from(msg: String) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        serde_json::from_str(&msg)
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryInto<ClientRequest> for ClientRequestText {
+    type Error = crate::error::Error;
+
+    fn try_into(self) -> Result<ClientRequest, Self::Error> {
+        match self {
+            ClientRequestText::Send {
+                message,
+                recipient,
+                with_reply_surb,
+            } => {
+                let message_bytes = message.into_bytes();
+                let recipient = Recipient::try_from_base58_string(recipient).map_err(|err| {
+                    Self::Error::new(ErrorKind::MalformedRequest, err.to_string())
+                })?;
+
+                Ok(ClientRequest::Send {
+                    message: message_bytes,
+                    recipient,
+                    with_reply_surb,
+                })
+            }
+            ClientRequestText::SelfAddress => Ok(ClientRequest::SelfAddress),
+            ClientRequestText::Reply {
+                message,
+                reply_surb,
+            } => {
+                let message_bytes = message.into_bytes();
+                let reply_surb = ReplySurb::from_base58_string(reply_surb).map_err(|err| {
+                    Self::Error::new(ErrorKind::MalformedRequest, err.to_string())
+                })?;
+
+                Ok(ClientRequest::Reply {
+                    message: message_bytes,
+                    reply_surb,
+                })
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// local text equivalent of `ServerResponse` for easier serialization + deserialization with serde
+// TODO: figure out if there's an easy way to avoid defining it
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+#[serde(tag = "type", rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub(super) enum ServerResponseText {
+    #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+    Received {
+        message: String,
+        reply_surb: Option<String>,
+    },
+    SelfAddress {
+        address: String,
+    },
+    Error {
+        message: String,
+    },
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<String> for ServerResponseText {
+    type Error = serde_json::Error;
+
+    fn try_from(msg: String) -> Result<Self, <ServerResponseText as TryFrom<String>>::Error> {
+        serde_json::from_str(&msg)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<ServerResponseText> for String {
+    fn from(res: ServerResponseText) -> Self {
+        // per serde_json docs:
+        /*
+        /// Serialization can fail if `T`'s implementation of `Serialize` decides to
+        /// fail, or if `T` contains a map with non-string keys.
+         */
+        // this is not the case here.
+        serde_json::to_string(&res).unwrap()
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<ServerResponse> for ServerResponseText {
+    fn from(resp: ServerResponse) -> Self {
+        match resp {
+            ServerResponse::Received(reconstructed) => {
+                ServerResponseText::Received {
+                    // TODO: ask DH what is more appropriate, lossy utf8 conversion or returning error and then
+                    // pure binary later
+                    message: String::from_utf8_lossy(&reconstructed.message).into_owned(),
+                    reply_surb: reconstructed
+                        .reply_surb
+                        .map(|reply_surb| reply_surb.to_base58_string()),
+                }
+            }
+            ServerResponse::SelfAddress(recipient) => ServerResponseText::SelfAddress {
+                address: recipient.to_string(),
+            },
+            ServerResponse::Error(err) => ServerResponseText::Error {
+                message: err.to_string(),
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}

clients/socks5/Cargo.toml

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+[package]
+name = "nym-socks5-client"
+version = "0.11.0"
+authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+rust-version = "1.56"
+
+[lib]
+name = "nym_socks5"
+path = "src/lib.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+clap = "2.33.0"
+dirs = "3.0" # for determining default store directories in config
+dotenv = "0.15.0"
+futures = "0.3"
+log = "0.4"
+pin-project = "1.0"
+pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
+rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] } # for config serialization/deserialization
+snafu = "0.6"
+tokio = { version = "1.4", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "net", "signal"] }
+url = "2.2"
+
+# internal
+client-core = { path = "../client-core" }
+coconut-interface = { path = "../../common/coconut-interface", optional = true }
+credentials = { path = "../../common/credentials", optional = true }
+config = { path = "../../common/config" }
+crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto" }
+gateway-client = { path = "../../common/client-libs/gateway-client" }
+gateway-requests = { path = "../../gateway/gateway-requests" }
+nymsphinx = { path = "../../common/nymsphinx" }
+ordered-buffer = {path = "../../common/socks5/ordered-buffer"}
+socks5-requests = { path = "../../common/socks5/requests" }
+topology = { path = "../../common/topology" }
+pemstore = { path = "../../common/pemstore" }
+proxy-helpers = { path = "../../common/socks5/proxy-helpers" }
+validator-client = { path = "../../common/client-libs/validator-client" }
+version-checker = { path = "../../common/version-checker" }
+
+[features]
+coconut = ["coconut-interface", "credentials", "gateway-requests/coconut", "gateway-client/coconut"]

clients/socks5/src/client/config/mod.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::client::config::template::config_template;
+use client_core::config::Config as BaseConfig;
+pub use client_core::config::MISSING_VALUE;
+use config::defaults::DEFAULT_SOCKS5_LISTENING_PORT;
+use config::NymConfig;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+mod template;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct Config {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    base: BaseConfig<Config>,
+
+    socks5: Socks5,
+}
+
+impl NymConfig for Config {
+    fn template() -> &'static str {
+        config_template()
+    }
+
+    fn default_root_directory() -> PathBuf {
+        dirs::home_dir()
+            .expect("Failed to evaluate $HOME value")
+            .join(".nym")
+            .join("socks5-clients")
+    }
+
+    fn root_directory(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.base.get_nym_root_directory()
+    }
+
+    fn config_directory(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.root_directory()
+            .join(self.base.get_id())
+            .join("config")
+    }
+
+    fn data_directory(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.root_directory().join(self.base.get_id()).join("data")
+    }
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    pub fn new<S: Into<String>>(id: S, provider_mix_address: S) -> Self {
+        Config {
+            base: BaseConfig::new(id),
+            socks5: Socks5::new(provider_mix_address),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_port(mut self, port: u16) -> Self {
+        self.socks5.listening_port = port;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_provider_mix_address(mut self, address: String) -> Self {
+        self.socks5.provider_mix_address = address;
+        self
+    }
+
+    // getters
+    pub fn get_config_file_save_location(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.config_directory().join(Self::config_file_name())
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_provider_mix_address(&self) -> Recipient {
+        Recipient::try_from_base58_string(&self.socks5.provider_mix_address)
+            .expect("malformed provider address")
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_base(&self) -> &BaseConfig<Self> {
+        &self.base
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_base_mut(&mut self) -> &mut BaseConfig<Self> {
+        &mut self.base
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_listening_port(&self) -> u16 {
+        self.socks5.listening_port
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct Socks5 {
+    /// The port on which the client will be listening for incoming requests
+    listening_port: u16,
+
+    /// The mix address of the provider to which all requests are going to be sent.
+    provider_mix_address: String,
+}
+
+impl Socks5 {
+    pub fn new<S: Into<String>>(provider_mix_address: S) -> Self {
+        Socks5 {
+            listening_port: DEFAULT_SOCKS5_LISTENING_PORT,
+            provider_mix_address: provider_mix_address.into(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for Socks5 {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Socks5 {
+            listening_port: DEFAULT_SOCKS5_LISTENING_PORT,
+            provider_mix_address: "".into(),
+        }
+    }
+}

clients/socks5/src/client/config/template.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+pub(crate) fn config_template() -> &'static str {
+    // While using normal toml marshalling would have been way simpler with less overhead,
+    // I think it's useful to have comments attached to the saved config file to explain behaviour of
+    // particular fields.
+    // Note: any changes to the template must be reflected in the appropriate structs in verloc.
+    r#"
+# This is a TOML config file.
+# For more information, see https://github.com/toml-lang/toml
+
+##### main base client config options #####
+
+[client]
+# Version of the client for which this configuration was created.
+version = '{{ client.version }}'
+
+# Human readable ID of this particular client.
+id = '{{ client.id }}'
+
+# Addresses to APIs running on validator from which the client gets the view of the network.
+validator_api_urls = [
+    {{#each client.validator_api_urls }}
+        '{{this}}',
+    {{/each}}
+]
+
+# Path to file containing private identity key.
+private_identity_key_file = '{{ client.private_identity_key_file }}'
+
+# Path to file containing public identity key.
+public_identity_key_file = '{{ client.public_identity_key_file }}'
+
+# Path to file containing private encryption key.
+private_encryption_key_file = '{{ client.private_encryption_key_file }}'
+
+# Path to file containing public encryption key.
+public_encryption_key_file = '{{ client.public_encryption_key_file }}'
+
+# Full path to file containing reply encryption keys of all reply-SURBs we have ever
+# sent but not received back.
+reply_encryption_key_store_path = '{{ client.reply_encryption_key_store_path }}'
+
+# Path to directory containing public/private keys used for bandwidth token purchase.
+# Those are saved in case of emergency, to be able to reclaim bandwidth tokens.
+# The public key is the name of the file, while the private key is the content.
+backup_bandwidth_token_keys_dir = '{{ client.backup_bandwidth_token_keys_dir }}'
+
+# Ethereum private key.
+eth_private_key = '{{ client.eth_private_key }}'
+
+# Addess to an Ethereum full node.
+eth_endpoint = '{{ client.eth_endpoint }}'
+
+##### additional client config options #####
+
+# ID of the gateway from which the client should be fetching messages.
+gateway_id = '{{ client.gateway_id }}'
+
+# Address of the gateway listener to which all client requests should be sent.
+gateway_listener = '{{ client.gateway_listener }}'
+
+# A gateway specific, optional, base58 stringified shared key used for
+# communication with particular gateway.
+gateway_shared_key_file = '{{ client.gateway_shared_key_file }}'
+
+# Path to file containing key used for encrypting and decrypting the content of an
+# acknowledgement so that nobody besides the client knows which packet it refers to.
+ack_key_file = '{{ client.ack_key_file }}'
+    
+##### advanced configuration options #####
+
+# Absolute path to the home Nym Clients directory.
+nym_root_directory = '{{ client.nym_root_directory }}'
+
+
+##### socket config options #####
+
+[socks5]
+
+# The mix address of the provider to which all requests are going to be sent.
+provider_mix_address = '{{ socks5.provider_mix_address }}'
+
+# The port on which the client will be listening for incoming requests
+listening_port = {{ socks5.listening_port }}
+
+
+##### logging configuration options #####
+
+[logging]
+
+# TODO
+
+
+##### debug configuration options #####
+# The following options should not be modified unless you know EXACTLY what you are doing
+# as if set incorrectly, they may impact your anonymity.
+
+[debug]
+
+average_packet_delay = '{{ debug.average_packet_delay }}'
+average_ack_delay = '{{ debug.average_ack_delay }}'
+loop_cover_traffic_average_delay = '{{ debug.loop_cover_traffic_average_delay }}'
+message_sending_average_delay = '{{ debug.message_sending_average_delay }}'
+
+"#
+}

clients/socks5/src/client/mod.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::client::config::Config;
+use crate::socks::{
+    authentication::{AuthenticationMethods, Authenticator, User},
+    server::SphinxSocksServer,
+};
+use client_core::client::cover_traffic_stream::LoopCoverTrafficStream;
+use client_core::client::inbound_messages::{
+    InputMessage, InputMessageReceiver, InputMessageSender,
+};
+use client_core::client::key_manager::KeyManager;
+use client_core::client::mix_traffic::{
+    BatchMixMessageReceiver, BatchMixMessageSender, MixTrafficController,
+};
+use client_core::client::real_messages_control::RealMessagesController;
+use client_core::client::received_buffer::{
+    ReceivedBufferRequestReceiver, ReceivedBufferRequestSender, ReceivedMessagesBufferController,
+};
+use client_core::client::reply_key_storage::ReplyKeyStorage;
+use client_core::client::topology_control::{
+    TopologyAccessor, TopologyRefresher, TopologyRefresherConfig,
+};
+use client_core::config::persistence::key_pathfinder::ClientKeyPathfinder;
+use crypto::asymmetric::identity;
+use futures::channel::mpsc;
+use gateway_client::{
+    AcknowledgementReceiver, AcknowledgementSender, GatewayClient, MixnetMessageReceiver,
+    MixnetMessageSender,
+};
+use log::*;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::nodes::NodeIdentity;
+use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
+
+use gateway_client::bandwidth::BandwidthController;
+
+pub(crate) mod config;
+
+pub struct NymClient {
+    /// Client configuration options, including, among other things, packet sending rates,
+    /// key filepaths, etc.
+    config: Config,
+
+    /// Tokio runtime used for futures execution.
+    // TODO: JS: Personally I think I prefer the implicit way of using it that we've done with the
+    // gateway.
+    runtime: Runtime,
+
+    /// KeyManager object containing smart pointers to all relevant keys used by the client.
+    key_manager: KeyManager,
+}
+
+impl NymClient {
+    pub fn new(config: Config) -> Self {
+        let pathfinder = ClientKeyPathfinder::new_from_config(config.get_base());
+        let key_manager = KeyManager::load_keys(&pathfinder).expect("failed to load stored keys");
+
+        NymClient {
+            runtime: Runtime::new().unwrap(),
+            config,
+            key_manager,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn as_mix_recipient(&self) -> Recipient {
+        Recipient::new(
+            *self.key_manager.identity_keypair().public_key(),
+            *self.key_manager.encryption_keypair().public_key(),
+            // TODO: below only works under assumption that gateway address == gateway id
+            // (which currently is true)
+            NodeIdentity::from_base58_string(self.config.get_base().get_gateway_id()).unwrap(),
+        )
+    }
+
+    // future constantly pumping loop cover traffic at some specified average rate
+    // the pumped traffic goes to the MixTrafficController
+    fn start_cover_traffic_stream(
+        &self,
+        topology_accessor: TopologyAccessor,
+        mix_tx: BatchMixMessageSender,
+    ) {
+        info!("Starting loop cover traffic stream...");
+        // we need to explicitly enter runtime due to "next_delay: time::delay_for(Default::default())"
+        // set in the constructor which HAS TO be called within context of a tokio runtime
+        let _guard = self.runtime.enter();
+
+        LoopCoverTrafficStream::new(
+            self.key_manager.ack_key(),
+            self.config.get_base().get_average_ack_delay(),
+            self.config.get_base().get_average_packet_delay(),
+            self.config
+                .get_base()
+                .get_loop_cover_traffic_average_delay(),
+            mix_tx,
+            self.as_mix_recipient(),
+            topology_accessor,
+        )
+        .start(self.runtime.handle());
+    }
+
+    fn start_real_traffic_controller(
+        &self,
+        topology_accessor: TopologyAccessor,
+        reply_key_storage: ReplyKeyStorage,
+        ack_receiver: AcknowledgementReceiver,
+        input_receiver: InputMessageReceiver,
+        mix_sender: BatchMixMessageSender,
+    ) {
+        let controller_config = client_core::client::real_messages_control::Config::new(
+            self.key_manager.ack_key(),
+            self.config.get_base().get_ack_wait_multiplier(),
+            self.config.get_base().get_ack_wait_addition(),
+            self.config.get_base().get_average_ack_delay(),
+            self.config.get_base().get_message_sending_average_delay(),
+            self.config.get_base().get_average_packet_delay(),
+            self.as_mix_recipient(),
+        );
+
+        info!("Starting real traffic stream...");
+        // we need to explicitly enter runtime due to "next_delay: time::delay_for(Default::default())"
+        // set in the constructor [of OutQueueControl] which HAS TO be called within context of a tokio runtime
+        // When refactoring this restriction should definitely be removed.
+        let _guard = self.runtime.enter();
+
+        RealMessagesController::new(
+            controller_config,
+            ack_receiver,
+            input_receiver,
+            mix_sender,
+            topology_accessor,
+            reply_key_storage,
+        )
+        .start(self.runtime.handle());
+    }
+
+    // buffer controlling all messages fetched from provider
+    // required so that other components would be able to use them (say the websocket)
+    fn start_received_messages_buffer_controller(
+        &self,
+        query_receiver: ReceivedBufferRequestReceiver,
+        mixnet_receiver: MixnetMessageReceiver,
+        reply_key_storage: ReplyKeyStorage,
+    ) {
+        info!("Starting received messages buffer controller...");
+        ReceivedMessagesBufferController::new(
+            self.key_manager.encryption_keypair(),
+            query_receiver,
+            mixnet_receiver,
+            reply_key_storage,
+        )
+        .start(self.runtime.handle())
+    }
+
+    fn start_gateway_client(
+        &mut self,
+        mixnet_message_sender: MixnetMessageSender,
+        ack_sender: AcknowledgementSender,
+    ) -> GatewayClient {
+        let gateway_id = self.config.get_base().get_gateway_id();
+        if gateway_id.is_empty() {
+            panic!("The identity of the gateway is unknown - did you run `nym-client` init?")
+        }
+        let gateway_address = self.config.get_base().get_gateway_listener();
+        if gateway_address.is_empty() {
+            panic!("The address of the gateway is unknown - did you run `nym-client` init?")
+        }
+
+        let gateway_identity = identity::PublicKey::from_base58_string(gateway_id)
+            .expect("provided gateway id is invalid!");
+
+        self.runtime.block_on(async {
+            #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+            let bandwidth_controller = BandwidthController::new(
+                self.config.get_base().get_validator_api_endpoints(),
+                *self.key_manager.identity_keypair().public_key(),
+            );
+            #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+            let bandwidth_controller = BandwidthController::new(
+                self.config.get_base().get_eth_endpoint(),
+                self.config.get_base().get_eth_private_key(),
+                self.config.get_base().get_backup_bandwidth_token_keys_dir(),
+            )
+            .expect("Could not create bandwidth controller");
+
+            let mut gateway_client = GatewayClient::new(
+                gateway_address,
+                self.key_manager.identity_keypair(),
+                gateway_identity,
+                Some(self.key_manager.gateway_shared_key()),
+                mixnet_message_sender,
+                ack_sender,
+                self.config.get_base().get_gateway_response_timeout(),
+                Some(bandwidth_controller),
+            );
+
+            gateway_client
+                .authenticate_and_start()
+                .await
+                .expect("could not authenticate and start up the gateway connection");
+
+            gateway_client
+        })
+    }
+
+    // future responsible for periodically polling directory server and updating
+    // the current global view of topology
+    fn start_topology_refresher(&mut self, topology_accessor: TopologyAccessor) {
+        let topology_refresher_config = TopologyRefresherConfig::new(
+            self.config.get_base().get_validator_api_endpoints(),
+            self.config.get_base().get_topology_refresh_rate(),
+            env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string(),
+        );
+        let mut topology_refresher =
+            TopologyRefresher::new(topology_refresher_config, topology_accessor);
+        // before returning, block entire runtime to refresh the current network view so that any
+        // components depending on topology would see a non-empty view
+        info!("Obtaining initial network topology");
+        self.runtime.block_on(topology_refresher.refresh());
+
+        // TODO: a slightly more graceful termination here
+        if !self
+            .runtime
+            .block_on(topology_refresher.is_topology_routable())
+        {
+            panic!(
+                "The current network topology seem to be insufficient to route any packets through\
+                - check if enough nodes and a gateway are online"
+            );
+        }
+
+        info!("Starting topology refresher...");
+        topology_refresher.start(self.runtime.handle());
+    }
+
+    // controller for sending sphinx packets to mixnet (either real traffic or cover traffic)
+    // TODO: if we want to send control messages to gateway_client, this CAN'T take the ownership
+    // over it. Perhaps GatewayClient needs to be thread-shareable or have some channel for
+    // requests?
+    fn start_mix_traffic_controller(
+        &mut self,
+        mix_rx: BatchMixMessageReceiver,
+        gateway_client: GatewayClient,
+    ) {
+        info!("Starting mix traffic controller...");
+        MixTrafficController::new(mix_rx, gateway_client).start(self.runtime.handle());
+    }
+
+    fn start_socks5_listener(
+        &self,
+        buffer_requester: ReceivedBufferRequestSender,
+        msg_input: InputMessageSender,
+    ) {
+        info!("Starting socks5 listener...");
+        let auth_methods = vec![AuthenticationMethods::NoAuth as u8];
+        let allowed_users: Vec<User> = Vec::new();
+
+        let authenticator = Authenticator::new(auth_methods, allowed_users);
+        let mut sphinx_socks = SphinxSocksServer::new(
+            self.config.get_listening_port(),
+            authenticator,
+            self.config.get_provider_mix_address(),
+            self.as_mix_recipient(),
+        );
+        self.runtime
+            .spawn(async move { sphinx_socks.serve(msg_input, buffer_requester).await });
+    }
+
+    /// blocking version of `start` method. Will run forever (or until SIGINT is sent)
+    pub fn run_forever(&mut self) {
+        self.start();
+        if let Err(e) = self.runtime.block_on(tokio::signal::ctrl_c()) {
+            error!(
+                "There was an error while capturing SIGINT - {:?}. We will terminate regardless",
+                e
+            );
+        }
+
+        println!(
+            "Received SIGINT - the client will terminate now (threads are not yet nicely stopped, if you see stack traces that's alright)."
+        );
+    }
+
+    pub fn start(&mut self) {
+        info!("Starting nym client");
+        // channels for inter-component communication
+        // TODO: make the channels be internally created by the relevant components
+        // rather than creating them here, so say for example the buffer controller would create the request channels
+        // and would allow anyone to clone the sender channel
+
+        // sphinx_message_sender is the transmitter for any component generating sphinx packets that are to be sent to the mixnet
+        // they are used by cover traffic stream and real traffic stream
+        // sphinx_message_receiver is the receiver used by MixTrafficController that sends the actual traffic
+        let (sphinx_message_sender, sphinx_message_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();
+
+        // unwrapped_sphinx_sender is the transmitter of mixnet messages received from the gateway
+        // unwrapped_sphinx_receiver is the receiver for said messages - used by ReceivedMessagesBuffer
+        let (mixnet_messages_sender, mixnet_messages_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();
+
+        // used for announcing connection or disconnection of a channel for pushing re-assembled messages to
+        let (received_buffer_request_sender, received_buffer_request_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();
+
+        // channels responsible for controlling real messages
+        let (input_sender, input_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded::<InputMessage>();
+
+        // channels responsible for controlling ack messages
+        let (ack_sender, ack_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();
+        let shared_topology_accessor = TopologyAccessor::new();
+
+        let reply_key_storage =
+            ReplyKeyStorage::load(self.config.get_base().get_reply_encryption_key_store_path())
+                .expect("Failed to load reply key storage!");
+
+        // the components are started in very specific order. Unless you know what you are doing,
+        // do not change that.
+        self.start_topology_refresher(shared_topology_accessor.clone());
+        self.start_received_messages_buffer_controller(
+            received_buffer_request_receiver,
+            mixnet_messages_receiver,
+            reply_key_storage.clone(),
+        );
+
+        let gateway_client = self.start_gateway_client(mixnet_messages_sender, ack_sender);
+
+        self.start_mix_traffic_controller(sphinx_message_receiver, gateway_client);
+        self.start_real_traffic_controller(
+            shared_topology_accessor.clone(),
+            reply_key_storage,
+            ack_receiver,
+            input_receiver,
+            sphinx_message_sender.clone(),
+        );
+
+        self.start_cover_traffic_stream(shared_topology_accessor, sphinx_message_sender);
+        self.start_socks5_listener(received_buffer_request_sender, input_sender);
+
+        info!("Client startup finished!");
+        info!("The address of this client is: {}", self.as_mix_recipient());
+    }
+}

clients/socks5/src/commands/init.rs

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+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::client::config::Config;
+use crate::commands::override_config;
+use clap::{App, Arg, ArgMatches};
+use client_core::client::key_manager::KeyManager;
+use client_core::config::persistence::key_pathfinder::ClientKeyPathfinder;
+use config::NymConfig;
+use crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
+use gateway_client::GatewayClient;
+use gateway_requests::registration::handshake::SharedKeys;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::nodes::NodeIdentity;
+use rand::{prelude::SliceRandom, rngs::OsRng, thread_rng};
+use std::convert::TryInto;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use topology::{filter::VersionFilterable, gateway};
+use url::Url;
+
+pub fn command_args<'a, 'b>() -> clap::App<'a, 'b> {
+    let app = App::new("init")
+        .about("Initialise a Nym client. Do this first!")
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("id")
+            .long("id")
+            .help("Id of the nym-mixnet-client we want to create config for.")
+            .takes_value(true)
+            .required(true)
+        )
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("provider")
+            .long("provider")
+            .help("Address of the socks5 provider to send messages to.")
+            .takes_value(true)
+            .required(true)
+        )
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("gateway")
+            .long("gateway")
+            .help("Id of the gateway we are going to connect to.")
+            .takes_value(true)
+        )
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("validators")
+                .long("validators")
+                .help("Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the validators")
+                .takes_value(true),
+        )
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("port")
+            .short("p")
+            .long("port")
+            .help("Port for the socket to listen on in all subsequent runs")
+            .takes_value(true)
+        )
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("fastmode")
+            .long("fastmode")
+            .hidden(true) // this will prevent this flag from being displayed in `--help`
+            .help("Mostly debug-related option to increase default traffic rate so that you would not need to modify config post init")
+        );
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+        let app = app
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("eth_endpoint")
+            .long("eth_endpoint")
+            .help("URL of an Ethereum full node that we want to use for getting bandwidth tokens from ERC20 tokens")
+            .takes_value(true)
+            .required(true))
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("eth_private_key")
+            .long("eth_private_key")
+            .help("Ethereum private key used for obtaining bandwidth tokens from ERC20 tokens")
+            .takes_value(true)
+            .required(true));
+
+    app
+}
+
+async fn register_with_gateway(
+    gateway: &gateway::Node,
+    our_identity: Arc<identity::KeyPair>,
+) -> Arc<SharedKeys> {
+    let timeout = Duration::from_millis(1500);
+    let mut gateway_client = GatewayClient::new_init(
+        gateway.clients_address(),
+        gateway.identity_key,
+        our_identity.clone(),
+        timeout,
+    );
+    gateway_client
+        .establish_connection()
+        .await
+        .expect("failed to establish connection with the gateway!");
+    gateway_client
+        .perform_initial_authentication()
+        .await
+        .expect("failed to register with the gateway!")
+}
+
+async fn gateway_details(
+    validator_servers: Vec<Url>,
+    chosen_gateway_id: Option<&str>,
+) -> gateway::Node {
+    let validator_api = validator_servers
+        .choose(&mut thread_rng())
+        .expect("The list of validator apis is empty");
+    let validator_client = validator_client::ApiClient::new(validator_api.clone());
+
+    let gateways = validator_client.get_cached_gateways().await.unwrap();
+    let valid_gateways = gateways
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|gateway| gateway.try_into().ok())
+        .collect::<Vec<gateway::Node>>();
+
+    let filtered_gateways = valid_gateways.filter_by_version(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
+
+    // if we have chosen particular gateway - use it, otherwise choose a random one.
+    // (remember that in active topology all gateways have at least 100 reputation so should
+    // be working correctly)
+    if let Some(gateway_id) = chosen_gateway_id {
+        filtered_gateways
+            .iter()
+            .find(|gateway| gateway.identity_key.to_base58_string() == gateway_id)
+            .expect(&*format!("no gateway with id {} exists!", gateway_id))
+            .clone()
+    } else {
+        filtered_gateways
+            .choose(&mut rand::thread_rng())
+            .expect("there are no gateways on the network!")
+            .clone()
+    }
+}
+
+fn show_address(config: &Config) {
+    fn load_identity_keys(pathfinder: &ClientKeyPathfinder) -> identity::KeyPair {
+        let identity_keypair: identity::KeyPair =
+            pemstore::load_keypair(&pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(
+                pathfinder.private_identity_key().to_owned(),
+                pathfinder.public_identity_key().to_owned(),
+            ))
+            .expect("Failed to read stored identity key files");
+        identity_keypair
+    }
+
+    fn load_sphinx_keys(pathfinder: &ClientKeyPathfinder) -> encryption::KeyPair {
+        let sphinx_keypair: encryption::KeyPair =
+            pemstore::load_keypair(&pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(
+                pathfinder.private_encryption_key().to_owned(),
+                pathfinder.public_encryption_key().to_owned(),
+            ))
+            .expect("Failed to read stored sphinx key files");
+        sphinx_keypair
+    }
+
+    let pathfinder = ClientKeyPathfinder::new_from_config(config.get_base());
+    let identity_keypair = load_identity_keys(&pathfinder);
+    let sphinx_keypair = load_sphinx_keys(&pathfinder);
+
+    let client_recipient = Recipient::new(
+        *identity_keypair.public_key(),
+        *sphinx_keypair.public_key(),
+        // TODO: below only works under assumption that gateway address == gateway id
+        // (which currently is true)
+        NodeIdentity::from_base58_string(config.get_base().get_gateway_id()).unwrap(),
+    );
+
+    println!("\nThe address of this client is: {}", client_recipient);
+}
+
+pub fn execute(matches: &ArgMatches) {
+    println!("Initialising client...");
+
+    let id = matches.value_of("id").unwrap(); // required for now
+    let provider_address = matches.value_of("provider").unwrap();
+
+    let already_init = if Config::default_config_file_path(Some(id)).exists() {
+        println!("Socks5 client \"{}\" was already initialised before! Config information will be overwritten (but keys will be kept)!", id);
+        true
+    } else {
+        false
+    };
+
+    let mut config = Config::new(id, provider_address);
+
+    let mut rng = OsRng;
+
+    // TODO: ideally that should be the last thing that's being done to config.
+    // However, we are later further overriding it with gateway id
+    config = override_config(config, matches);
+    if matches.is_present("fastmode") {
+        config.get_base_mut().set_high_default_traffic_volume();
+    }
+
+    // if client was already initialised, don't generate new keys, not re-register with gateway
+    // (because this would create new shared key)
+    if !already_init {
+        // create identity, encryption and ack keys.
+        let mut key_manager = KeyManager::new(&mut rng);
+
+        let chosen_gateway_id = matches.value_of("gateway");
+
+        let registration_fut = async {
+            let gate_details = gateway_details(
+                config.get_base().get_validator_api_endpoints(),
+                chosen_gateway_id,
+            )
+            .await;
+            config
+                .get_base_mut()
+                .with_gateway_id(gate_details.identity_key.to_base58_string());
+            let shared_keys =
+                register_with_gateway(&gate_details, key_manager.identity_keypair()).await;
+            (shared_keys, gate_details.clients_address())
+        };
+
+        // TODO: is there perhaps a way to make it work without having to spawn entire runtime?
+        let rt = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();
+        let (shared_keys, gateway_listener) = rt.block_on(registration_fut);
+        config
+            .get_base_mut()
+            .with_gateway_listener(gateway_listener);
+        key_manager.insert_gateway_shared_key(shared_keys);
+
+        let pathfinder = ClientKeyPathfinder::new_from_config(config.get_base());
+        key_manager
+            .store_keys(&pathfinder)
+            .expect("Failed to generated keys");
+        println!("Saved all generated keys");
+    }
+
+    let config_save_location = config.get_config_file_save_location();
+    config
+        .save_to_file(None)
+        .expect("Failed to save the config file");
+    println!("Saved configuration file to {:?}", config_save_location);
+    println!("Using gateway: {}", config.get_base().get_gateway_id(),);
+    println!("Client configuration completed.\n\n\n");
+
+    show_address(&config);
+}