wallet tracing POC

feature: use clap derive for nym-api + use stricter validation for other binaries (#2772 )
* fixed all uses of deprecated clap methods * updated all uses of clap to 4.0 * unified obtaining build information * moved around the imports * Moved all nym-api arguments to ApiArgs and simplified parsing * Using common shutdown signal code * Using clap for parsing Vec<Url> * stricter validation of socks5-client arguments * ibid for the native client * ibid for the gateway * ibid for the mixnode * clippy
2023-01-05 17:30:25 +01:00 · 2023-01-05 10:32:57 +00:00 · 2023-01-05 10:21:05 +00:00 · 2023-01-05 10:20:56 +00:00 · 2023-01-05 10:20:37 +00:00 · 2023-01-05 10:20:24 +00:00
139 changed files with 6121 additions and 9195 deletions
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ GEOIPUPDATE_LICENSE_KEY=xxx
 # List of space-separated database edition IDs. Edition IDs may
 # consist of letters, digits, and dashes. For example, GeoIP2-City
 # would download the GeoIP2 City database (GeoIP2-City).
-GEOIPUPDATE_EDITION_IDS=GeoLite2-City
+GEOIPUPDATE_EDITION_IDS=GeoLite2-Country
 # The number of hours between geoipupdate runs. If this is not set
 # or is set to 0, geoipupdate will run once and exit.
 GEOIPUPDATE_FREQUENCY=72
@@ -13,9 +13,16 @@ Post 1.0.0 release, the changelog format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://
 - all-binaries: improved error logging ([#2686])
 - native client: bring shutdown logic up to the same level as socks5-client
 - nym-api, coconut-dkg contract: automatic, time-based dkg epoch state advancement ([#2670])
+- all-binaries: standarised argument names (note: old names should still be accepted) ([#2762]
+
+### Fixed
+
+- nym-api: should now correctly use `rewarding.enabled` config flag ([#2753])

 [#2686]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/2686
 [#2670]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/2670
+[#2753]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/2753
+[#2762]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/2762

 ## [v1.1.4] (2022-12-20)

@@ -426,6 +426,13 @@ dependencies = [
 "serde",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "build-information"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "vergen 7.2.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.9.1"
@@ -598,41 +605,51 @@ version = "3.2.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "190814073e85d238f31ff738fcb0bf6910cedeb73376c87cd69291028966fd83"
 dependencies = [
- "atty",
 "bitflags",
- "clap_derive",
- "clap_lex",
+ "clap_lex 0.2.4",
 "indexmap",
- "once_cell",
- "strsim",
- "termcolor",
 "textwrap 0.15.0",
 ]

 [[package]]
-name = "clap_complete"
-version = "3.2.4"
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.0.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e4179da71abd56c26b54dd0c248cc081c1f43b0a1a7e8448e28e57a29baa993d"
+checksum = "2148adefda54e14492fb9bddcc600b4344c5d1a3123bd666dcb939c6f0e0e57e"
 dependencies = [
- "clap 3.2.8",
+ "atty",
+ "bitflags",
+ "clap_derive",
+ "clap_lex 0.3.0",
+ "once_cell",
+ "strsim",
+ "termcolor",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_complete"
+version = "4.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "10861370d2ba66b0f5989f83ebf35db6421713fd92351790e7fdd6c36774c56b"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap 4.0.26",
 ]

 [[package]]
 name = "clap_complete_fig"
-version = "3.2.4"
+version = "4.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ed37b4c0c1214673eba6ad8ea31666626bf72be98ffb323067d973c48b4964b9"
+checksum = "46b30e010e669cd021e5004f3be26cff6b7c08d2a8a0d65b48d43a8cc0efd6c3"
 dependencies = [
- "clap 3.2.8",
+ "clap 4.0.26",
 "clap_complete",
 ]

 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "3.2.7"
+version = "4.0.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "759bf187376e1afa7b85b959e6a664a3e7a95203415dba952ad19139e798f902"
+checksum = "0177313f9f02afc995627906bbd8967e2be069f5261954222dac78290c2b9014"
 dependencies = [
 "heck 0.4.0",
 "proc-macro-error",
@@ -650,6 +667,15 @@ dependencies = [
 "os_str_bytes",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0d4198f73e42b4936b35b5bb248d81d2b595ecb170da0bac7655c54eedfa8da8"
+dependencies = [
+ "os_str_bytes",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "client-connections"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -766,7 +792,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "completions"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "clap 3.2.8",
+ "clap 4.0.26",
 "clap_complete",
 "clap_complete_fig",
 ]
@@ -1005,7 +1031,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
 "bip39",
 "cfg-if 0.1.10",
- "clap 3.2.8",
+ "clap 4.0.26",
 "coconut-interface",
 "completions",
 "config",
@@ -1765,7 +1791,7 @@ name = "explorer-api"
 version = "1.1.1"
 dependencies = [
 "chrono",
- "clap 3.2.8",
+ "clap 4.0.26",
 "contracts-common",
 "dotenv",
 "humantime-serde",
@@ -1778,6 +1804,9 @@ dependencies = [
 "network-defaults",
 "okapi",
 "pretty_env_logger",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand_pcg 0.3.1",
+ "rand_seeder",
 "reqwest",
 "rocket",
 "rocket_cors",
@@ -3202,6 +3231,72 @@ dependencies = [
 "libc",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "nym-api"
+version = "1.1.4"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "async-trait",
+ "bip39",
+ "bs58",
+ "build-information",
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "clap 4.0.26",
+ "coconut-bandwidth-contract-common",
+ "coconut-dkg-common",
+ "coconut-interface",
+ "config",
+ "console-subscriber",
+ "contracts-common",
+ "cosmwasm-std",
+ "credential-storage",
+ "credentials",
+ "crypto",
+ "cw-utils",
+ "cw3",
+ "dirs",
+ "dkg",
+ "dotenv",
+ "futures",
+ "gateway-client",
+ "getset",
+ "humantime-serde",
+ "inclusion-probability",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "logging",
+ "mixnet-contract-common",
+ "multisig-contract-common",
+ "nym-api-requests",
+ "nymcoconut",
+ "nymsphinx",
+ "okapi",
+ "pemstore",
+ "pin-project",
+ "pretty_env_logger",
+ "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "reqwest",
+ "rocket",
+ "rocket_cors",
+ "rocket_okapi",
+ "schemars",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sqlx 0.6.2",
+ "tap",
+ "task",
+ "thiserror",
+ "time 0.3.17",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "topology",
+ "ts-rs",
+ "url",
+ "validator-client",
+ "version-checker",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-api-requests"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -3240,7 +3335,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "base64",
 "bip39",
 "bs58",
- "clap 3.2.8",
+ "clap 4.0.26",
 "clap_complete",
 "clap_complete_fig",
 "dotenv",
@@ -3264,7 +3359,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "bip39",
 "bs58",
 "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "clap 3.2.8",
+ "clap 4.0.26",
 "comfy-table",
 "cosmrs",
 "cosmwasm-std",
@@ -3290,7 +3385,8 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "nym-client"
 version = "1.1.4"
 dependencies = [
- "clap 3.2.8",
+ "build-information",
+ "clap 4.0.26",
 "client-connections",
 "client-core",
 "coconut-interface",
@@ -3303,6 +3399,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "futures",
 "gateway-client",
 "gateway-requests",
+ "lazy_static",
 "log",
 "logging",
 "network-defaults",
@@ -3320,7 +3417,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "topology",
 "url",
 "validator-client",
- "vergen 5.1.17",
 "version-checker",
 "websocket-requests",
 ]
@@ -3333,7 +3429,8 @@ dependencies = [
 "async-trait",
 "bip39",
 "bs58",
- "clap 3.2.8",
+ "build-information",
+ "clap 4.0.26",
 "coconut-interface",
 "colored",
 "completions",
@@ -3346,6 +3443,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "futures",
 "gateway-requests",
 "humantime-serde",
+ "lazy_static",
 "log",
 "logging",
 "mixnet-client",
@@ -3368,7 +3466,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "tokio-util 0.7.3",
 "url",
 "validator-client",
- "vergen 5.1.17",
 "version-checker",
 ]

@@ -3378,7 +3475,8 @@ version = "1.1.4"
 dependencies = [
 "anyhow",
 "bs58",
- "clap 3.2.8",
+ "build-information",
+ "clap 4.0.26",
 "colored",
 "completions",
 "config",
@@ -3410,7 +3508,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "topology",
 "url",
 "validator-client",
- "vergen 5.1.17",
 "version-checker",
 ]

@@ -3419,7 +3516,7 @@ name = "nym-network-requester"
 version = "1.1.4"
 dependencies = [
 "async-trait",
- "clap 3.2.8",
+ "clap 4.0.26",
 "client-connections",
 "completions",
 "dirs",
@@ -3482,7 +3579,8 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "nym-socks5-client"
 version = "1.1.4"
 dependencies = [
- "clap 3.2.8",
+ "build-information",
+ "clap 4.0.26",
 "client-connections",
 "client-core",
 "coconut-interface",
@@ -3495,6 +3593,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "futures",
 "gateway-client",
 "gateway-requests",
+ "lazy_static",
 "log",
 "logging",
 "network-defaults",
@@ -3515,7 +3614,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "topology",
 "url",
 "validator-client",
- "vergen 5.1.17",
 "version-checker",
 ]

@@ -3545,70 +3643,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "vesting-contract-common",
 ]

-[[package]]
-name = "nym-validator-api"
-version = "1.1.4"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "async-trait",
- "bs58",
- "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "clap 3.2.8",
- "coconut-bandwidth-contract-common",
- "coconut-dkg-common",
- "coconut-interface",
- "config",
- "console-subscriber",
- "contracts-common",
- "cosmwasm-std",
- "credential-storage",
- "credentials",
- "crypto",
- "cw-utils",
- "cw3",
- "dirs",
- "dkg",
- "dotenv",
- "futures",
- "gateway-client",
- "getset",
- "humantime-serde",
- "inclusion-probability",
- "log",
- "logging",
- "mixnet-contract-common",
- "multisig-contract-common",
- "nym-api-requests",
- "nymcoconut",
- "nymsphinx",
- "okapi",
- "pemstore",
- "pin-project",
- "pretty_env_logger",
- "rand 0.7.3",
- "rand 0.8.5",
- "reqwest",
- "rocket",
- "rocket_cors",
- "rocket_okapi",
- "schemars",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "sqlx 0.6.2",
- "tap",
- "task",
- "thiserror",
- "time 0.3.17",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-stream",
- "topology",
- "ts-rs",
- "url",
- "validator-client",
- "vergen 7.2.1",
- "version-checker",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-wallet-types"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -4390,7 +4424,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "rand_isaac",
 "rand_jitter",
 "rand_os",
- "rand_pcg",
+ "rand_pcg 0.1.2",
 "rand_xorshift",
 "winapi",
 ]
@@ -4554,6 +4588,24 @@ dependencies = [
 "rand_core 0.4.2",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "rand_pcg"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "59cad018caf63deb318e5a4586d99a24424a364f40f1e5778c29aca23f4fc73e"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_core 0.6.3",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_seeder"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cf2890aaef0aa82719a50e808de264f9484b74b442e1a3a0e5ee38243ac40bdb"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_core 0.6.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_xorshift"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ members = [
    "common/coconut-interface",
    "common/commands",
    "common/config",
+    "common/build-information",
    "common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/coconut-bandwidth-contract",
    "common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/coconut-dkg",
    "common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/contracts-common",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "client-core"
-version = "1.1.5"
+version = "1.1.4"
 authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.66"
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ where
        mixnet_message_sender: MixnetMessageSender,
        ack_sender: AcknowledgementSender,
        shutdown: TaskClient,
-    ) -> Result<GatewayClient, ClientCoreError<B>> {
+    ) -> Result<GatewayClient, ClientCoreError> {
        let gateway_id = self.gateway_config.gateway_id.clone();
        if gateway_id.is_empty() {
            return Err(ClientCoreError::GatewayIdUnknown);
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ where
        refresh_rate: Duration,
        topology_accessor: TopologyAccessor,
        shutdown: TaskClient,
-    ) -> Result<(), ClientCoreError<B>> {
+    ) -> Result<(), ClientCoreError> {
        let topology_refresher_config = TopologyRefresherConfig::new(
            nym_api_urls,
            refresh_rate,
@@ -328,12 +328,17 @@ where
    async fn setup_persistent_reply_storage(
        backend: B,
        shutdown: TaskClient,
-    ) -> Result<CombinedReplyStorage, ClientCoreError<B>> {
+    ) -> Result<CombinedReplyStorage, ClientCoreError>
+    where
+        <B as ReplyStorageBackend>::StorageError: Sync + Send,
+    {
        let persistent_storage = PersistentReplyStorage::new(backend);
        let mem_store = persistent_storage
            .load_state_from_backend()
            .await
-            .map_err(|err| ClientCoreError::SurbStorageError { source: err })?;
+            .map_err(|err| ClientCoreError::SurbStorageError {
+                source: Box::new(err),
+            })?;

        let store_clone = mem_store.clone();
        spawn_future(async move {
@@ -345,7 +350,10 @@ where
        Ok(mem_store)
    }

-    pub async fn start_base(mut self) -> Result<BaseClient, ClientCoreError<B>> {
+    pub async fn start_base(mut self) -> Result<BaseClient, ClientCoreError>
+    where
+        <B as ReplyStorageBackend>::StorageError: Sync + Send,
+    {
        info!("Starting nym client");
        // channels for inter-component communication
        // TODO: make the channels be internally created by the relevant components
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ use time::OffsetDateTime;
 async fn setup_fresh_backend<P: AsRef<Path>>(
    db_path: P,
    debug_config: &DebugConfig,
-) -> Result<fs_backend::Backend, ClientCoreError<fs_backend::Backend>> {
+) -> Result<fs_backend::Backend, ClientCoreError> {
    info!("creating fresh surb database");
    let mut storage_backend = match fs_backend::Backend::init(db_path).await {
        Ok(backend) => backend,
        Err(err) => {
            error!("failed to setup persistent storage backend for our reply needs: {err}");
-            return Err(ClientCoreError::SurbStorageError { source: err });
+            return Err(ClientCoreError::SurbStorageError {
+                source: Box::new(err),
+            });
        }
    };

@@ -34,7 +36,9 @@ async fn setup_fresh_backend<P: AsRef<Path>>(
    storage_backend
        .init_fresh(&mem_store)
        .await
-        .map_err(|err| ClientCoreError::SurbStorageError { source: err })?;
+        .map_err(|err| ClientCoreError::SurbStorageError {
+            source: Box::new(err),
+        })?;

    Ok(storage_backend)
 }
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ fn archive_corrupted_database<P: AsRef<Path>>(db_path: P) -> io::Result<()> {
 pub async fn setup_fs_reply_surb_backend<P: AsRef<Path>>(
    db_path: P,
    debug_config: &DebugConfig,
-) -> Result<fs_backend::Backend, ClientCoreError<fs_backend::Backend>> {
+) -> Result<fs_backend::Backend, ClientCoreError> {
    // if the database file doesnt exist, initialise fresh storage, otherwise attempt to load the existing one
    let db_path = db_path.as_ref();
    if db_path.exists() {
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 // Copyright 2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::client::replies::reply_storage::ReplyStorageBackend;
 use crypto::asymmetric::identity::Ed25519RecoveryError;
 use gateway_client::error::GatewayClientError;
 use topology::NymTopologyError;
 use validator_client::ValidatorClientError;

 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
-pub enum ClientCoreError<B: ReplyStorageBackend> {
+pub enum ClientCoreError {
    #[error("I/O error: {0}")]
    IoError(#[from] std::io::Error),

@@ -40,7 +39,9 @@ pub enum ClientCoreError<B: ReplyStorageBackend> {
    InsufficientNetworkTopology(#[from] NymTopologyError),

    #[error("experienced a failure with our reply surb persistent storage: {source}")]
-    SurbStorageError { source: B::StorageError },
+    SurbStorageError {
+        source: Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>,
+    },

    #[error("The gateway id is invalid - {0}")]
    UnableToCreatePublicKeyFromGatewayId(Ed25519RecoveryError),
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::client::replies::reply_storage::ReplyStorageBackend;
 use crate::{
    client::key_manager::KeyManager,
    config::{persistence::key_pathfinder::ClientKeyPathfinder, Config},
@@ -17,13 +16,10 @@ use tap::TapFallible;
 use topology::{filter::VersionFilterable, gateway};
 use url::Url;

-pub(super) async fn query_gateway_details<B>(
+pub(super) async fn query_gateway_details(
    validator_servers: Vec<Url>,
    chosen_gateway_id: Option<String>,
-) -> Result<gateway::Node, ClientCoreError<B>>
-where
-    B: ReplyStorageBackend,
-{
+) -> Result<gateway::Node, ClientCoreError> {
    let nym_api = validator_servers
        .choose(&mut thread_rng())
        .ok_or(ClientCoreError::ListOfNymApisIsEmpty)?;
@@ -55,13 +51,10 @@ where
    }
 }

-async fn register_with_gateway<B>(
+async fn register_with_gateway(
    gateway: &gateway::Node,
    our_identity: Arc<identity::KeyPair>,
-) -> Result<Arc<SharedKeys>, ClientCoreError<B>>
-where
-    B: ReplyStorageBackend,
-{
+) -> Result<Arc<SharedKeys>, ClientCoreError> {
    let timeout = Duration::from_millis(1500);
    let mut gateway_client = GatewayClient::new_init(
        gateway.clients_address(),
@@ -81,13 +74,12 @@ where
    Ok(shared_keys)
 }

-pub(super) async fn register_with_gateway_and_store_keys<T, B>(
+pub(super) async fn register_with_gateway_and_store_keys<T>(
    gateway_details: gateway::Node,
    config: &Config<T>,
-) -> Result<(), ClientCoreError<B>>
+) -> Result<(), ClientCoreError>
 where
    T: NymConfig,
-    B: ReplyStorageBackend,
 {
    let mut rng = OsRng;
    let mut key_manager = KeyManager::new(&mut rng);
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use tap::TapFallible;
 use config::NymConfig;
 use crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};

-use crate::client::replies::reply_storage::ReplyStorageBackend;
 use crate::{
    config::{
        persistence::key_pathfinder::ClientKeyPathfinder, ClientCoreConfigTrait, Config,
@@ -63,13 +62,13 @@ impl Display for InitResults {

 /// Convenience function for setting up the gateway for a client. Depending on the arguments given
 /// it will do the sensible thing.
-pub async fn setup_gateway<B, C, T>(
+pub async fn setup_gateway<C, T>(
    register_gateway: bool,
+    // TODO: this should get refactored to instead take Option<identity::PublicKey>
    user_chosen_gateway_id: Option<String>,
    config: &Config<T>,
-) -> Result<GatewayEndpointConfig, ClientCoreError<B>>
+) -> Result<GatewayEndpointConfig, ClientCoreError>
 where
-    B: ReplyStorageBackend,
    C: NymConfig + ClientCoreConfigTrait,
    T: NymConfig,
 {
@@ -79,19 +78,18 @@ where
    } else if let Some(user_chosen_gateway_id) = user_chosen_gateway_id {
        config_gateway_with_existing_keys(user_chosen_gateway_id, config).await
    } else {
-        reuse_existing_gateway_config::<B, C>(&id)
+        reuse_existing_gateway_config::<C>(&id)
    }
 }

 /// Get the gateway details by querying the validator-api. Either pick one at random or use
 /// the chosen one if it's among the available ones.
 /// Saves keys to disk, specified by the paths in `config`.
-pub async fn register_with_gateway<B, T>(
+pub async fn register_with_gateway<T>(
    user_chosen_gateway_id: Option<String>,
    config: &Config<T>,
-) -> Result<GatewayEndpointConfig, ClientCoreError<B>>
+) -> Result<GatewayEndpointConfig, ClientCoreError>
 where
-    B: ReplyStorageBackend,
    T: NymConfig,
 {
    println!("Configuring gateway");
@@ -111,12 +109,11 @@ where
 /// create any keys.
 /// This assumes that the user knows what they are doing, and that the existing keys are valid for
 /// the gateway being used
-pub async fn config_gateway_with_existing_keys<B, T>(
+pub async fn config_gateway_with_existing_keys<T>(
    user_chosen_gateway_id: String,
    config: &Config<T>,
-) -> Result<GatewayEndpointConfig, ClientCoreError<B>>
+) -> Result<GatewayEndpointConfig, ClientCoreError>
 where
-    B: ReplyStorageBackend,
    T: NymConfig,
 {
    println!("Using gateway provided by user, keeping existing keys");
@@ -127,11 +124,8 @@ where
 }

 /// Read and reuse the existing gateway configuration from a file that was generate earlier.
-pub fn reuse_existing_gateway_config<B, T>(
-    id: &str,
-) -> Result<GatewayEndpointConfig, ClientCoreError<B>>
+pub fn reuse_existing_gateway_config<T>(id: &str) -> Result<GatewayEndpointConfig, ClientCoreError>
 where
-    B: ReplyStorageBackend,
    T: NymConfig + ClientCoreConfigTrait,
 {
    println!("Not registering gateway, will reuse existing config and keys");
@@ -150,19 +144,15 @@ where
 }

 /// Get the client address by loading the keys from stored files.
-pub fn get_client_address_from_stored_keys<B, T>(
+pub fn get_client_address_from_stored_keys<T>(
    config: &Config<T>,
-) -> Result<Recipient, ClientCoreError<B>>
+) -> Result<Recipient, ClientCoreError>
 where
    T: config::NymConfig,
-    B: ReplyStorageBackend,
 {
-    fn load_identity_keys<B>(
+    fn load_identity_keys(
        pathfinder: &ClientKeyPathfinder,
-    ) -> Result<identity::KeyPair, ClientCoreError<B>>
-    where
-        B: ReplyStorageBackend,
-    {
+    ) -> Result<identity::KeyPair, ClientCoreError> {
        let identity_keypair: identity::KeyPair =
            pemstore::load_keypair(&pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(
                pathfinder.private_identity_key().to_owned(),
@@ -172,12 +162,9 @@ where
        Ok(identity_keypair)
    }

-    fn load_sphinx_keys<B>(
+    fn load_sphinx_keys(
        pathfinder: &ClientKeyPathfinder,
-    ) -> Result<encryption::KeyPair, ClientCoreError<B>>
-    where
-        B: ReplyStorageBackend,
-    {
+    ) -> Result<encryption::KeyPair, ClientCoreError> {
        let sphinx_keypair: encryption::KeyPair =
            pemstore::load_keypair(&pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(
                pathfinder.private_encryption_key().to_owned(),
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 bip39 = "1.0.1"
 cfg-if = "0.1"
-clap = { version = "3.2", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 rand = "0.7.3"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ cfg_if::cfg_if! {
        #[tokio::main]
        async fn main() -> Result<()> {
            let args = Cli::parse();
-            setup_env(args.config_env_file.clone());
+            setup_env(args.config_env_file.as_ref());
            let bin_name = "nym-credential-client";

            match args.command {
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ cfg_if::cfg_if! {
                    let state = deposit(&r.nymd_url, &r.mnemonic, r.amount).await?;
                    get_credential(&state, shared_storage).await?;
                }
-                Command::Completions(c) => c.generate(&mut crate::Cli::into_app(), bin_name),
-                Command::GenerateFigSpec => fig_generate(&mut crate::Cli::into_app(), bin_name)
+                Command::Completions(c) => c.generate(&mut crate::Cli::command(), bin_name),
+                Command::GenerateFigSpec => fig_generate(&mut crate::Cli::command(), bin_name)
            }

            Ok(())
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-client"
-version = "1.1.5"
+version = "1.1.4"
 authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>", "Jędrzej Stuczyński <andrew@nymtech.net>"]
 description = "Implementation of the Nym Client"
 edition = "2021"
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ futures = "0.3" # bunch of futures stuff, however, now that I think about it, it
 # and the single instance of abortable we have should really be refactored anyway
 url = "2.2"

-clap = { version = "3.2", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 dirs = "4.0"
+lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 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
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1.21.2", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "net", "signal"] }
 tokio-tungstenite = "0.14" # websocket

 ## internal
+build-information = { path = "../../common/build-information" }
 client-core = { path = "../client-core", features = ["fs-surb-storage"] }
 client-connections = { path = "../../common/client-connections" }
 coconut-interface = { path = "../../common/coconut-interface", optional = true }
@@ -58,6 +60,3 @@ coconut = ["coconut-interface", "credentials", "credentials/coconut", "gateway-r

 [dev-dependencies]
 serde_json = "1.0" # for the "textsend" example
-
-[build-dependencies]
-vergen = { version = "5", default-features = false, features = ["build", "git", "rustc", "cargo"] }
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use clap::Args;
 use config::NymConfig;
+use crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::fmt::Display;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Init {

    /// Id of the gateway we are going to connect to.
    #[clap(long)]
-    gateway: Option<String>,
+    gateway: Option<identity::PublicKey>,

    /// Force register gateway. WARNING: this will overwrite any existing keys for the given id,
    /// potentially causing loss of access.
@@ -29,12 +30,14 @@ pub(crate) struct Init {
    force_register_gateway: bool,

    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the nymd validators
-    #[clap(long)]
-    nymd_validators: Option<String>,
+    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+    #[clap(long, value_delimiter = ',')]
+    nymd_validators: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the API validators
-    #[clap(long)]
-    api_validators: Option<String>,
+    #[clap(long, alias = "api_validators", value_delimiter = ',')]
+    // the alias here is included for backwards compatibility (1.1.4 and before)
+    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

    /// Whether to not start the websocket
    #[clap(long)]
@@ -46,11 +49,11 @@ pub(crate) struct Init {

    /// Mostly debug-related option to increase default traffic rate so that you would not need to
    /// modify config post init
-    #[clap(long, hidden = true)]
+    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
    fastmode: bool,

    /// Disable loop cover traffic and the Poisson rate limiter (for debugging only)
-    #[clap(long, hidden = true)]
+    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
    no_cover: bool,

    /// Set this client to work in a enabled credentials mode that would attempt to use gateway
@@ -67,13 +70,14 @@ pub(crate) struct Init {
 impl From<Init> for OverrideConfig {
    fn from(init_config: Init) -> Self {
        OverrideConfig {
-            nymd_validators: init_config.nymd_validators,
-            api_validators: init_config.api_validators,
+            nym_apis: init_config.nym_apis,
            disable_socket: init_config.disable_socket,
            port: init_config.port,
            fastmode: init_config.fastmode,
            no_cover: init_config.no_cover,

+            #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+            nymd_validators: init_config.nymd_validators,
            #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
            enabled_credentials_mode: init_config.enabled_credentials_mode,
        }
@@ -127,16 +131,16 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Init) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
    let register_gateway = !already_init || user_wants_force_register;

    // Attempt to use a user-provided gateway, if possible
-    let user_chosen_gateway_id = args.gateway.clone();
+    let user_chosen_gateway_id = args.gateway;

    // Load and potentially override config
    let mut config = override_config(Config::new(id), OverrideConfig::from(args.clone()));

    // Setup gateway by either registering a new one, or creating a new config from the selected
    // one but with keys kept, or reusing the gateway configuration.
-    let gateway = client_core::init::setup_gateway::<_, Config, _>(
+    let gateway = client_core::init::setup_gateway::<Config, _>(
        register_gateway,
-        user_chosen_gateway_id,
+        user_chosen_gateway_id.map(|id| id.to_base58_string()),
        config.get_base(),
    )
    .await
@@ -152,14 +156,14 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Init) -> Result<(), ClientError> {

    let address = client_core::init::get_client_address_from_stored_keys(config.get_base())?;
    let init_results = InitResults::new(&config, &address);
-    println!("{}", init_results);
+    println!("{init_results}");

    // Output summary to a json file, if specified
    if args.output_json {
        client_core::init::output_to_json(&init_results, "client_init_results.json");
    }

-    println!("\nThe address of this client is: {}\n", address);
+    println!("\nThe address of this client is: {address}\n");
    Ok(())
 }

@@ -1,54 +1,30 @@
 // Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use std::error::Error;
-
 use crate::client::config::{Config, SocketType};
+use build_information::BinaryBuildInformation;
 use clap::CommandFactory;
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use completions::{fig_generate, ArgShell};
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use std::error::Error;

 pub(crate) mod init;
 pub(crate) mod run;
 pub(crate) mod upgrade;

-fn long_version() -> String {
-    format!(
-        r#"
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-"#,
-        "Build Timestamp:",
-        env!("VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP"),
-        "Build Version:",
-        env!("VERGEN_BUILD_SEMVER"),
-        "Commit SHA:",
-        env!("VERGEN_GIT_SHA"),
-        "Commit Date:",
-        env!("VERGEN_GIT_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP"),
-        "Commit Branch:",
-        env!("VERGEN_GIT_BRANCH"),
-        "rustc Version:",
-        env!("VERGEN_RUSTC_SEMVER"),
-        "rustc Channel:",
-        env!("VERGEN_RUSTC_CHANNEL"),
-        "cargo Profile:",
-        env!("VERGEN_CARGO_PROFILE"),
-    )
+lazy_static! {
+    pub static ref PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: String =
+        BinaryBuildInformation::new(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")).pretty_print();
 }

-fn long_version_static() -> &'static str {
-    Box::leak(long_version().into_boxed_str())
+// Helper for passing LONG_VERSION to clap
+fn pretty_build_info_static() -> &'static str {
+    &PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION
 }

 #[derive(Parser)]
-#[clap(author = "Nymtech", version, long_version = long_version_static(), about)]
+#[clap(author = "Nymtech", version, long_version = pretty_build_info_static(), about)]
 pub(crate) struct Cli {
    /// Path pointing to an env file that configures the client.
    #[clap(short, long)]
@@ -76,13 +52,14 @@ pub(crate) enum Commands {

 // Configuration that can be overridden.
 pub(crate) struct OverrideConfig {
-    nymd_validators: Option<String>,
-    api_validators: Option<String>,
+    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
    disable_socket: bool,
    port: Option<u16>,
    fastmode: bool,
    no_cover: bool,

+    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+    nymd_validators: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
    enabled_credentials_mode: bool,
 }
@@ -94,34 +71,21 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Cli) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Syn
        Commands::Init(m) => init::execute(m).await?,
        Commands::Run(m) => run::execute(m).await?,
        Commands::Upgrade(m) => upgrade::execute(m),
-        Commands::Completions(s) => s.generate(&mut Cli::into_app(), bin_name),
-        Commands::GenerateFigSpec => fig_generate(&mut Cli::into_app(), bin_name),
+        Commands::Completions(s) => s.generate(&mut Cli::command(), bin_name),
+        Commands::GenerateFigSpec => fig_generate(&mut Cli::command(), bin_name),
    }
    Ok(())
 }

 pub(crate) fn override_config(mut config: Config, args: OverrideConfig) -> Config {
-    if let Some(raw_validators) = args.nymd_validators {
-        config
-            .get_base_mut()
-            .set_custom_validators(config::parse_validators(&raw_validators));
-    } else if std::env::var(network_defaults::var_names::CONFIGURED).is_ok() {
-        let raw_validators = std::env::var(network_defaults::var_names::NYMD_VALIDATOR)
-            .expect("nymd validator not set");
-        config
-            .get_base_mut()
-            .set_custom_validators(config::parse_validators(&raw_validators));
-    }
-    if let Some(raw_validators) = args.api_validators {
-        config
-            .get_base_mut()
-            .set_custom_nym_apis(config::parse_validators(&raw_validators));
+    if let Some(nym_apis) = args.nym_apis {
+        config.get_base_mut().set_custom_nym_apis(nym_apis);
    } else if std::env::var(network_defaults::var_names::CONFIGURED).is_ok() {
        let raw_validators = std::env::var(network_defaults::var_names::API_VALIDATOR)
            .expect("api validator not set");
        config
            .get_base_mut()
-            .set_custom_nym_apis(config::parse_validators(&raw_validators));
+            .set_custom_nym_apis(config::parse_urls(&raw_validators));
    }

    if args.disable_socket {
@@ -134,6 +98,15 @@ pub(crate) fn override_config(mut config: Config, args: OverrideConfig) -> Confi

    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
    {
+        if let Some(nymd_validators) = args.nymd_validators {
+            config.get_base_mut().set_custom_validators(nymd_validators);
+        } else if std::env::var(network_defaults::var_names::CONFIGURED).is_ok() {
+            let raw_validators = std::env::var(network_defaults::var_names::NYMD_VALIDATOR)
+                .expect("nymd validator not set");
+            config
+                .get_base_mut()
+                .set_custom_validators(config::parse_urls(&raw_validators));
+        }
        if args.enabled_credentials_mode {
            config.get_base_mut().with_disabled_credentials(false)
        }
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use std::error::Error;
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use crate::{

 use clap::Args;
 use config::NymConfig;
+use crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use log::*;
 use version_checker::is_minor_version_compatible;

@@ -21,17 +22,19 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {
    id: String,

    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the nymd validators
-    #[clap(long)]
-    nymd_validators: Option<String>,
+    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+    #[clap(long, value_delimiter = ',')]
+    nymd_validators: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the API validators
-    #[clap(long)]
-    api_validators: Option<String>,
+    #[clap(long, alias = "api_validators", value_delimiter = ',')]
+    // the alias here is included for backwards compatibility (1.1.4 and before)
+    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

    /// Id of the gateway we want to connect to. If overridden, it is user's responsibility to
    /// ensure prior registration happened
    #[clap(long)]
-    gateway: Option<String>,
+    gateway: Option<identity::PublicKey>,

    /// Whether to not start the websocket
    #[clap(long)]
@@ -43,11 +46,11 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {

    /// Mostly debug-related option to increase default traffic rate so that you would not need to
    /// modify config post init
-    #[clap(long, hidden = true)]
+    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
    fastmode: bool,

    /// Disable loop cover traffic and the Poisson rate limiter (for debugging only)
-    #[clap(long, hidden = true)]
+    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
    no_cover: bool,

    /// Set this client to work in a enabled credentials mode that would attempt to use gateway
@@ -60,12 +63,14 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {
 impl From<Run> for OverrideConfig {
    fn from(run_config: Run) -> Self {
        OverrideConfig {
-            nymd_validators: run_config.nymd_validators,
-            api_validators: run_config.api_validators,
+            nym_apis: run_config.nym_apis,
            disable_socket: run_config.disable_socket,
            port: run_config.port,
            fastmode: run_config.fastmode,
            no_cover: run_config.no_cover,
+
+            #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+            nymd_validators: run_config.nymd_validators,
            #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
            enabled_credentials_mode: run_config.enabled_credentials_mode,
        }
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use client_core::client::replies::reply_storage::fs_backend;
 use client_core::error::ClientCoreError;

 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
@@ -7,7 +6,7 @@ pub enum ClientError {
    IoError(#[from] std::io::Error),

    #[error("client-core error: {0}")]
-    ClientCoreError(#[from] ClientCoreError<fs_backend::Backend>),
+    ClientCoreError(#[from] ClientCoreError),

    #[error("Failed to load config for: {0}")]
    FailedToLoadConfig(String),
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
    println!("{}", banner());

    let args = commands::Cli::parse();
-    setup_env(args.config_env_file.clone());
+    setup_env(args.config_env_file.as_ref());
    commands::execute(&args).await
 }

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-socks5-client"
-version = "1.1.5"
+version = "1.1.4"
 authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>"]
 description = "A SOCKS5 localhost proxy that converts incoming messages to Sphinx and sends them to a Nym address"
 edition = "2021"
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ name = "nym_socks5"
 path = "src/lib.rs"

 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "3.2", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 dirs = "4.0"
 futures = "0.3"
+lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4"
 pin-project = "1.0"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1.21.2", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "net", "signal"] }
 url = "2.2"

 # internal
+build-information = { path = "../../common/build-information" }
 client-core = { path = "../client-core", features = ["fs-surb-storage"] }
 client-connections = { path = "../../common/client-connections" }
 coconut-interface = { path = "../../common/coconut-interface", optional = true }
@@ -51,6 +53,3 @@ version-checker = { path = "../../common/version-checker" }
 [features]
 coconut = ["coconut-interface", "credentials", "gateway-requests/coconut", "gateway-client/coconut", "credentials/coconut", "client-core/coconut"]
 eth = []
-
-[build-dependencies]
-vergen = { version = "5", default-features = false, features = ["build", "git", "rustc", "cargo"] }
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use vergen::{vergen, Config};
-
-fn main() {
-    vergen(Config::default()).expect("failed to extract build metadata")
-}
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use clap::Args;
 use config::NymConfig;
+use crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::fmt::Display;
@@ -21,19 +22,20 @@ pub(crate) struct Init {

    /// Address of the socks5 provider to send messages to.
    #[clap(long)]
-    provider: String,
+    provider: Recipient,

    /// Specifies whether this client is going to use an anonymous sender tag for communication with the service provider.
    /// While this is going to hide its actual address information, it will make the actual communication
    /// slower and consume nearly double the bandwidth as it will require sending reply SURBs.
    ///
    /// Note that some service providers might not support this.
-    #[clap(long)]
-    use_anonymous_sender_tag: bool,
+    // the alias here is included for backwards compatibility (1.1.4 and before)
+    #[clap(long, alias = "use_anonymous_sender_tag")]
+    use_reply_surbs: bool,

    /// Id of the gateway we are going to connect to.
    #[clap(long)]
-    gateway: Option<String>,
+    gateway: Option<identity::PublicKey>,

    /// Force register gateway. WARNING: this will overwrite any existing keys for the given id,
    /// potentially causing loss of access.
@@ -41,12 +43,14 @@ pub(crate) struct Init {
    force_register_gateway: bool,

    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the nymd validators
-    #[clap(long)]
-    nymd_validators: Option<String>,
+    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+    #[clap(long, value_delimiter = ',')]
+    nymd_validators: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the API validators
-    #[clap(long)]
-    api_validators: Option<String>,
+    #[clap(long, alias = "api_validators", value_delimiter = ',')]
+    // the alias here is included for backwards compatibility (1.1.4 and before)
+    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

    /// Port for the socket to listen on in all subsequent runs
    #[clap(short, long)]
@@ -54,11 +58,11 @@ pub(crate) struct Init {

    /// Mostly debug-related option to increase default traffic rate so that you would not need to
    /// modify config post init
-    #[clap(long, hidden = true)]
+    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
    fastmode: bool,

    /// Disable loop cover traffic and the Poisson rate limiter (for debugging only)
-    #[clap(long, hidden = true)]
+    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
    no_cover: bool,

    /// Set this client to work in a enabled credentials mode that would attempt to use gateway
@@ -75,12 +79,14 @@ pub(crate) struct Init {
 impl From<Init> for OverrideConfig {
    fn from(init_config: Init) -> Self {
        OverrideConfig {
-            nymd_validators: init_config.nymd_validators,
-            api_validators: init_config.api_validators,
+            nym_apis: init_config.nym_apis,
            port: init_config.port,
-            use_anonymous_sender_tag: init_config.use_anonymous_sender_tag,
+            use_anonymous_replies: init_config.use_reply_surbs,
            fastmode: init_config.fastmode,
            no_cover: init_config.no_cover,
+
+            #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+            nymd_validators: init_config.nymd_validators,
            #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
            enabled_credentials_mode: init_config.enabled_credentials_mode,
        }
@@ -135,19 +141,19 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Init) -> Result<(), Socks5ClientError> {
    let register_gateway = !already_init || user_wants_force_register;

    // Attempt to use a user-provided gateway, if possible
-    let user_chosen_gateway_id = args.gateway.clone();
+    let user_chosen_gateway_id = args.gateway;

    // Load and potentially override config
    let mut config = override_config(
-        Config::new(id, provider_address),
+        Config::new(id, &provider_address.to_string()),
        OverrideConfig::from(args.clone()),
    );

    // Setup gateway by either registering a new one, or creating a new config from the selected
    // one but with keys kept, or reusing the gateway configuration.
-    let gateway = client_core::init::setup_gateway::<_, Config, _>(
+    let gateway = client_core::init::setup_gateway::<Config, _>(
        register_gateway,
-        user_chosen_gateway_id,
+        user_chosen_gateway_id.map(|id| id.to_base58_string()),
        config.get_base(),
    )
    .await
@@ -1,55 +1,31 @@
-// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use std::error::Error;
-
 use crate::client::config::Config;
+use build_information::BinaryBuildInformation;
 use clap::CommandFactory;
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use completions::{fig_generate, ArgShell};
-use config::parse_validators;
+use config::parse_urls;
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use std::error::Error;

 pub mod init;
 pub(crate) mod run;
 pub(crate) mod upgrade;

-fn long_version() -> String {
-    format!(
-        r#"
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-"#,
-        "Build Timestamp:",
-        env!("VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP"),
-        "Build Version:",
-        env!("VERGEN_BUILD_SEMVER"),
-        "Commit SHA:",
-        env!("VERGEN_GIT_SHA"),
-        "Commit Date:",
-        env!("VERGEN_GIT_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP"),
-        "Commit Branch:",
-        env!("VERGEN_GIT_BRANCH"),
-        "rustc Version:",
-        env!("VERGEN_RUSTC_SEMVER"),
-        "rustc Channel:",
-        env!("VERGEN_RUSTC_CHANNEL"),
-        "cargo Profile:",
-        env!("VERGEN_CARGO_PROFILE"),
-    )
+lazy_static! {
+    pub static ref PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: String =
+        BinaryBuildInformation::new(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")).pretty_print();
 }

-fn long_version_static() -> &'static str {
-    Box::leak(long_version().into_boxed_str())
+// Helper for passing LONG_VERSION to clap
+fn pretty_build_info_static() -> &'static str {
+    &PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION
 }

 #[derive(Parser)]
-#[clap(author = "Nymtech", version, long_version = long_version_static(), about)]
+#[clap(author = "Nymtech", version, long_version = pretty_build_info_static(), about)]
 pub(crate) struct Cli {
    /// Path pointing to an env file that configures the client.
    #[clap(short, long)]
@@ -79,13 +55,14 @@ pub(crate) enum Commands {

 // Configuration that can be overridden.
 pub(crate) struct OverrideConfig {
-    nymd_validators: Option<String>,
-    api_validators: Option<String>,
+    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
    port: Option<u16>,
-    use_anonymous_sender_tag: bool,
+    use_anonymous_replies: bool,
    fastmode: bool,
    no_cover: bool,

+    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+    nymd_validators: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
    enabled_credentials_mode: bool,
 }
@@ -97,33 +74,22 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Cli) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Syn
        Commands::Init(m) => init::execute(m).await?,
        Commands::Run(m) => run::execute(m).await?,
        Commands::Upgrade(m) => upgrade::execute(m),
-        Commands::Completions(s) => s.generate(&mut Cli::into_app(), bin_name),
-        Commands::GenerateFigSpec => fig_generate(&mut Cli::into_app(), bin_name),
+        Commands::Completions(s) => s.generate(&mut Cli::command(), bin_name),
+        Commands::GenerateFigSpec => fig_generate(&mut Cli::command(), bin_name),
    }
    Ok(())
 }

 pub(crate) fn override_config(mut config: Config, args: OverrideConfig) -> Config {
-    if let Some(raw_validators) = args.nymd_validators {
-        config
-            .get_base_mut()
-            .set_custom_validators(parse_validators(&raw_validators));
-    } else if let Ok(raw_validators) = std::env::var(network_defaults::var_names::NYMD_VALIDATOR) {
-        config
-            .get_base_mut()
-            .set_custom_validators(parse_validators(&raw_validators));
-    }
-    if let Some(raw_validators) = args.api_validators {
-        config
-            .get_base_mut()
-            .set_custom_nym_apis(parse_validators(&raw_validators));
+    if let Some(nym_apis) = args.nym_apis {
+        config.get_base_mut().set_custom_nym_apis(nym_apis);
    } else if let Ok(raw_validators) = std::env::var(network_defaults::var_names::API_VALIDATOR) {
        config
            .get_base_mut()
-            .set_custom_nym_apis(parse_validators(&raw_validators));
+            .set_custom_nym_apis(parse_urls(&raw_validators));
    }

-    if args.use_anonymous_sender_tag {
+    if args.use_anonymous_replies {
        config = config.with_anonymous_replies(true)
    }

@@ -133,6 +99,15 @@ pub(crate) fn override_config(mut config: Config, args: OverrideConfig) -> Confi

    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
    {
+        if let Some(nymd_validators) = args.nymd_validators {
+            config.get_base_mut().set_custom_validators(nymd_validators);
+        } else if let Ok(raw_validators) =
+            std::env::var(network_defaults::var_names::NYMD_VALIDATOR)
+        {
+            config
+                .get_base_mut()
+                .set_custom_validators(parse_urls(&raw_validators));
+        }
        if args.enabled_credentials_mode {
            config.get_base_mut().with_disabled_credentials(false)
        }
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ use crate::{

 use clap::Args;
 use config::NymConfig;
+use crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use log::*;
+use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use version_checker::is_minor_version_compatible;

 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
@@ -27,25 +29,27 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {
    /// slower and consume nearly double the bandwidth as it will require sending reply SURBs.
    ///
    /// Note that some service providers might not support this.
-    #[clap(long)]
-    use_anonymous_sender_tag: bool,
+    // the alias here is included for backwards compatibility (1.1.4 and before)
+    #[clap(long, alias = "use_anonymous_sender_tag")]
+    use_anonymous_replies: bool,

    /// Address of the socks5 provider to send messages to.
    #[clap(long)]
-    provider: Option<String>,
+    provider: Option<Recipient>,

    /// Id of the gateway we want to connect to. If overridden, it is user's responsibility to
    /// ensure prior registration happened
    #[clap(long)]
-    gateway: Option<String>,
+    gateway: Option<identity::PublicKey>,

    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the nymd validators
-    #[clap(long)]
-    nymd_validators: Option<String>,
+    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+    #[clap(long, value_delimiter = ',')]
+    nymd_validators: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the Nym APIs
-    #[clap(long)]
-    nym_apis: Option<String>,
+    #[clap(long, value_delimiter = ',')]
+    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

    /// Port for the socket to listen on
    #[clap(short, long)]
@@ -53,11 +57,11 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {

    /// Mostly debug-related option to increase default traffic rate so that you would not need to
    /// modify config post init
-    #[clap(long, hidden = true)]
+    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
    fastmode: bool,

    /// Disable loop cover traffic and the Poisson rate limiter (for debugging only)
-    #[clap(long, hidden = true)]
+    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
    no_cover: bool,

    /// Set this client to work in a enabled credentials mode that would attempt to use gateway
@@ -70,12 +74,14 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {
 impl From<Run> for OverrideConfig {
    fn from(run_config: Run) -> Self {
        OverrideConfig {
-            nymd_validators: run_config.nymd_validators,
-            api_validators: run_config.nym_apis,
+            nym_apis: run_config.nym_apis,
            port: run_config.port,
-            use_anonymous_sender_tag: run_config.use_anonymous_sender_tag,
+            use_anonymous_replies: run_config.use_anonymous_replies,
            fastmode: run_config.fastmode,
            no_cover: run_config.no_cover,
+
+            #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+            nymd_validators: run_config.nymd_validators,
            #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
            enabled_credentials_mode: run_config.enabled_credentials_mode,
        }
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use crate::socks::types::SocksProxyError;
-use client_core::client::replies::reply_storage::fs_backend;
 use client_core::error::ClientCoreError;
 use socks5_requests::ConnectionId;

@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ pub enum Socks5ClientError {
    IoError(#[from] std::io::Error),

    #[error("client-core error: {0}")]
-    ClientCoreError(#[from] ClientCoreError<fs_backend::Backend>),
+    ClientCoreError(#[from] ClientCoreError),

    #[error("SOCKS proxy error")]
    SocksProxyError(SocksProxyError),
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
    println!("{}", banner());

    let args = commands::Cli::parse();
-    setup_env(args.config_env_file.clone());
+    setup_env(args.config_env_file.as_ref());
    commands::execute(&args).await
 }

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[package]
+name = "build-information"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+
+[build-dependencies]
+vergen = { version = "7", default-features = false, features = ["build", "git", "rustc", "cargo"] }
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use vergen::{vergen, Config};
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+// TODO: at a later date this crate should probably also expose `ContractBuildInformation`
+// and be used by our smart contracts
+
+pub struct BinaryBuildInformation {
+    // VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP
+    /// Provides the build timestamp, for example `2021-02-23T20:14:46.558472672+00:00`.
+    pub build_timestamp: &'static str,
+
+    // VERGEN_BUILD_SEMVER
+    /// Provides the build version, for example `0.1.0-9-g46f83e1`.
+    pub build_version: &'static str,
+
+    // VERGEN_GIT_SHA
+    /// Provides the hash of the commit that was used for the build, for example `46f83e112520533338245862d366f6a02cef07d4`.
+    pub commit_sha: &'static str,
+
+    // VERGEN_GIT_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP
+    /// Provides the timestamp of the commit that was used for the build, for example `2021-02-23T08:08:02-05:00`.
+    pub commit_timestamp: &'static str,
+
+    // VERGEN_GIT_BRANCH
+    /// Provides the name of the git branch that was used for the build, for example `master`.
+    pub commit_branch: &'static str,
+
+    // VERGEN_RUSTC_SEMVER
+    /// Provides the rustc version that was used for the build, for example `1.52.0-nightly`.
+    pub rustc_version: &'static str,
+
+    // VERGEN_RUSTC_CHANNEL
+    /// Provides the rustc channel that was used for the build, for example `nightly`.
+    pub rustc_channel: &'static str,
+
+    // VERGEN_CARGO_PROFILE
+    /// Provides the cargo profile that was used for the build, for example `debug`.
+    pub cargo_profile: &'static str,
+}
+
+impl BinaryBuildInformation {
+    // explicitly require the build_version to be passed as it's binary specific
+    pub const fn new(build_version: &'static str) -> Self {
+        BinaryBuildInformation {
+            build_timestamp: env!("VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP"),
+            build_version,
+            commit_sha: env!("VERGEN_GIT_SHA"),
+            commit_timestamp: env!("VERGEN_GIT_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP"),
+            commit_branch: env!("VERGEN_GIT_BRANCH"),
+            rustc_version: env!("VERGEN_RUSTC_SEMVER"),
+            rustc_channel: env!("VERGEN_RUSTC_CHANNEL"),
+            cargo_profile: env!("VERGEN_CARGO_PROFILE"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn pretty_print(&self) -> String {
+        format!(
+            r#"
+{:<20}{}
+{:<20}{}
+{:<20}{}
+{:<20}{}
+{:<20}{}
+{:<20}{}
+{:<20}{}
+{:<20}{}
+"#,
+            "Build Timestamp:",
+            self.build_timestamp,
+            "Build Version:",
+            self.build_version,
+            "Commit SHA:",
+            self.commit_sha,
+            "Commit Date:",
+            self.commit_timestamp,
+            "Commit Branch:",
+            self.commit_branch,
+            "rustc Version:",
+            self.rustc_version,
+            "rustc Channel:",
+            self.rustc_channel,
+            "cargo Profile:",
+            self.cargo_profile,
+        )
+    }
+}
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ bip39 = "1.0.1"
 bs58 = "0.4"
 comfy-table = "6.0.0"
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
-clap = { version = "3.2", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive"] }
 handlebars = "3.0.1"
 humantime-serde = "1.0"
 k256 = { version = "0.10", features = ["ecdsa", "sha256"] }
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub struct ClientArgs {
 pub fn get_network_details(args: &ClientArgs) -> Result<NymNetworkDetails, ContextError> {
    // let the network defaults crate handle setting up the env vars if the file arg is set, otherwise
    // it will default to what is already in env vars, falling back to mainnet
-    setup_env(args.config_env_file.clone());
+    setup_env(args.config_env_file.as_ref());

    // override the env vars with user supplied arguments, if set
    if let Some(nymd_url) = args.nymd_url.as_ref() {
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html

 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "3.2", features = ["derive"] }
-clap_complete = "3.2"
-clap_complete_fig = "3.2"
+clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive"] }
+clap_complete = "4.0"
+clap_complete_fig = "4.0"
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use clap::builder::Command;
-use clap::clap_derive::ArgEnum;
+use clap::clap_derive::ValueEnum;
 use clap::Args;
 use clap_complete::generator::generate;
 use clap_complete::Shell as ClapShell;
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub fn fig_generate(command: &mut Command, name: &str) {
    )
 }

-#[derive(ArgEnum, Copy, Clone)]
+#[derive(ValueEnum, Copy, Clone)]
 pub enum Shell {
    Bash,
    Elvish,
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pub enum Shell {

 #[derive(Args, Copy, Clone)]
 pub struct ArgShell {
-    #[clap(arg_enum, value_name = "SHELL")]
+    #[clap(value_enum, value_name = "SHELL")]
    shell: Shell,
 }

@@ -118,13 +118,14 @@ pub trait NymConfig: Default + Serialize + DeserializeOwned {
    }
 }

-pub fn parse_validators(raw: &str) -> Vec<url::Url> {
+// this function is only used for parsing values from the network defaults and thus the "expect" there are fine
+pub fn parse_urls(raw: &str) -> Vec<url::Url> {
    raw.split(',')
-        .map(|raw_validator| {
-            raw_validator
+        .map(|raw_url| {
+            raw_url
                .trim()
                .parse()
-                .expect("one of the provided validator api urls is invalid")
+                .expect("one of the provided nym api urls is invalid")
        })
        .collect()
 }
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ impl Family {
        self.proxy.as_ref()
    }

-    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn label(&self) -> &str {
        &self.label
    }
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pub use ed25519_dalek::{Verifier, PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH, SECRET_KEY_LENGTH, SIGNATUR
 use nymsphinx_types::{DestinationAddressBytes, DESTINATION_ADDRESS_LENGTH};
 use pemstore::traits::{PemStorableKey, PemStorableKeyPair};
 use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
+use std::str::FromStr;
 use thiserror::Error;

 #[cfg(feature = "rand")]
@@ -141,6 +142,14 @@ impl PublicKey {
    }
 }

+impl FromStr for PublicKey {
+    type Err = Ed25519RecoveryError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        PublicKey::from_base58_string(s)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 impl Serialize for PublicKey {
    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ impl ValidatorDetails {
    }
 }

-pub fn setup_env(config_env_file: Option<PathBuf>) {
+pub fn setup_env(config_env_file: Option<&PathBuf>) {
    match std::env::var(var_names::CONFIGURED) {
        // if the configuration is not already set in the env vars
        Err(std::env::VarError::NotPresent) => {
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use nymsphinx_types::Destination;
 use serde::de::{Error as SerdeError, Unexpected, Visitor};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
 use std::fmt::{self, Formatter};
+use std::str::FromStr;
 use thiserror::Error;

 // Not entirely sure whether this is the correct place for those, but let's see how it's going
@@ -225,6 +226,14 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for Recipient {
    }
 }

+impl FromStr for Recipient {
+    type Err = RecipientFormattingError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        Recipient::try_from_base58_string(s)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
  "devDependencies": {
    "@nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers": "^2.0.5",
-    "@nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan": "^3.0.3",
+    "@nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan": "^3.1.0",
    "@nomiclabs/hardhat-waffle": "^2.0.3",
    "chai": "^4.3.6",
    "ethereum-waffle": "^3.4.4",
    "ethers": "^5.6.1",
-    "hardhat": "^2.9.2",
+    "hardhat": "^2.11.2",
    "solidity-coverage": "^0.7.20"
  },
  "dependencies": {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@types/node": "^14.14.22",
-    "nodemon": "^2.0.7",
+    "nodemon": "^2.0.20",
    "@nymproject/nym-validator-client" : "0.18.0",
    "save-dev": "0.0.1-security",
    "tasktimer": "^3.0.0",
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # The path to the geoip database file
-GEOIP_DB_PATH=./geo_ip/GeoLite2-City.mmdb
+GEOIP_DB_PATH=./geo_ip/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 [package]
 name = "explorer-api"
-version = "1.1.2"
+version = "1.1.1"
 edition = "2021"

 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html

 [dependencies]
 chrono = { version = "0.4.19", features = ["serde"] }
-clap = { version = "3.2", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 humantime-serde = "1.0"
 isocountry = "0.3.2"
 itertools = "0.10.3"
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ thiserror = "1.0.29"
 tokio = {version = "1.21.2", features = ["full"] }
 maxminddb = "0.23.0"
 dotenv = "0.15.0"
+rand = "0.8.5"
+rand_seeder = "0.2.3"
+rand_pcg = "0.3.1"

 mixnet-contract-common = { path = "../common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/mixnet-contract" }
 contracts-common = { path = "../common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/contracts-common" }
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ It should be previously installed thanks to `geoipupdate` service.
 For example:

 ```shell
-GEOIP_DB_PATH=./geo_ip/GeoLite2-City.mmdb cargo run
+GEOIP_DB_PATH=./geo_ip/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb cargo run
 ```

 Note: explorer-api binary reads the provided `.env` file.
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright 2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::geo_ip::location::Location;
+use crate::state::ExplorerApiStateContext;
+use rocket::response::status;
+use rocket::serde::json::Json;
+use rocket::{Route, State};
+use rocket_okapi::okapi::openapi3::OpenApi;
+use rocket_okapi::settings::OpenApiSettings;
+
+pub fn nym_terms_make_default_routes(settings: &OpenApiSettings) -> (Vec<Route>, OpenApi) {
+    openapi_get_routes_spec![settings: terms]
+}
+
+#[openapi(tag = "terms")]
+#[get("/")]
+pub(crate) async fn terms(
+    _state: &State<ExplorerApiStateContext>,
+    location: Location,
+) -> Result<Json<String>, status::Forbidden<String>> {
+    if location.iso_alpha2 == "US" {
+        return Err(status::Forbidden(Some("US government sucks".to_string())));
+    }
+    Ok(Json("Nym Terms & Conditions: Welcome".to_string()))
+}
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub(crate) mod http;
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@

 use isocountry::CountryCode;
 use log::warn;
-use maxminddb::{geoip2::City, MaxMindDBError, Reader};
+use maxminddb::{geoip2::Country, MaxMindDBError, Reader};
 use std::{
    net::{IpAddr, ToSocketAddrs},
    str::FromStr,
    sync::Arc,
 };

-const DEFAULT_DATABASE_PATH: &str = "./geo_ip/GeoLite2-City.mmdb";
+const DEFAULT_DATABASE_PATH: &str = "./geo_ip/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb";
 const FAKE_PORT: u16 = 1234;

 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ pub(crate) struct Location {
    pub(crate) iso_alpha3: String,
    /// English country short name (ISO 3166-1)
    pub(crate) name: String,
-    pub(crate) latitude: Option<f64>,
-    pub(crate) longitude: Option<f64>,
 }

 impl GeoIp {
@@ -88,7 +86,7 @@ impl GeoIp {
                error!("No registered GeoIP database");
                GeoIpError::InternalError
            })?
-            .lookup::<City>(ip);
+            .lookup::<Country>(ip);
        match &result {
            Ok(v) => Ok(Some(
                Location::try_from(v).map_err(|_| GeoIpError::InternalError)?,
@@ -101,11 +99,11 @@ impl GeoIp {
    }
 }

-impl<'a> TryFrom<&City<'a>> for Location {
+impl<'a> TryFrom<&Country<'a>> for Location {
    type Error = String;

-    fn try_from(city: &City) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        let data = city.country.as_ref().ok_or_else(|| {
+    fn try_from(country: &Country) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let data = country.country.as_ref().ok_or_else(|| {
            warn!("No Country data found");
            "No Country data found"
        })?;
@@ -121,13 +119,10 @@ impl<'a> TryFrom<&City<'a>> for Location {
            warn!("{}", &message);
            message
        })?;
-
        Ok(Location {
            iso_alpha2,
            iso_alpha3: String::from(iso_codes.alpha3()),
            name: String::from(iso_codes.name()),
-            latitude: city.location.as_ref().and_then(|l| l.latitude),
-            longitude: city.location.as_ref().and_then(|l| l.longitude),
        })
    }
 }
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use rocket::{Build, Request, Rocket};
 use rocket_cors::{AllowedHeaders, AllowedOrigins};
 use rocket_okapi::swagger_ui::make_swagger_ui;

+use crate::buy_terms::http::nym_terms_make_default_routes;
 use crate::country_statistics::http::country_statistics_make_default_routes;
 use crate::gateways::http::gateways_make_default_routes;
 use crate::http::swagger::get_docs;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ fn configure_rocket(state: ExplorerApiStateContext) -> Rocket<Build> {
        "/overview" => overview_make_default_routes(&openapi_settings),
        "/ping" => ping_make_default_routes(&openapi_settings),
        "/validators" => validators_make_default_routes(&openapi_settings),
+        "/terms" => nym_terms_make_default_routes(&openapi_settings),
    };

    building_rocket
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ use dotenv::dotenv;
 use log::info;
 use logging::setup_logging;
 use network_defaults::setup_env;
-use task::TaskManager;
+use task::{wait_for_signal, TaskManager};

+mod buy_terms;
 pub(crate) mod cache;
 mod client;
 pub(crate) mod commands;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ async fn main() {
    dotenv().ok();
    setup_logging();
    let args = commands::Cli::parse();
-    setup_env(args.config_env_file);
+    setup_env(args.config_env_file.as_ref());
    let mut explorer_api = ExplorerApi::new();
    explorer_api.run().await;
 }
@@ -87,31 +88,3 @@ impl ExplorerApi {
        log::info!("Stopping explorer API");
    }
 }
-
-#[cfg(unix)]
-async fn wait_for_signal() {
-    use tokio::signal::unix::{signal, SignalKind};
-    let mut sigterm = signal(SignalKind::terminate()).expect("Failed to setup SIGTERM channel");
-    let mut sigquit = signal(SignalKind::quit()).expect("Failed to setup SIGQUIT channel");
-
-    tokio::select! {
-        _ = tokio::signal::ctrl_c() => {
-            log::info!("Received SIGINT");
-        },
-        _ = sigterm.recv() => {
-            log::info!("Received SIGTERM");
-        }
-        _ = sigquit.recv() => {
-            log::info!("Received SIGQUIT");
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(not(unix))]
-async fn wait_for_signal() {
-    tokio::select! {
-        _ = tokio::signal::ctrl_c() => {
-            log::info!("Received SIGINT");
-        },
-    }
-}
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ pub(crate) struct PrettyDetailedMixNodeBond {
    pub estimated_delegators_apy: f64,
    pub operating_cost: Coin,
    pub profit_margin_percent: Percent,
+    pub family_id: Option<u16>,
 }

 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, JsonSchema)]
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ pub(crate) struct Location {
    pub(crate) two_letter_iso_country_code: String,
    pub(crate) three_letter_iso_country_code: String,
    pub(crate) country_name: String,
-    pub(crate) latitude: Option<f64>,
-    pub(crate) longitude: Option<f64>,
 }

 impl Location {
@@ -46,8 +44,6 @@ impl Location {
            country_name: location.name,
            two_letter_iso_country_code: location.iso_alpha2,
            three_letter_iso_country_code: location.iso_alpha3,
-            latitude: location.latitude,
-            longitude: location.longitude,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 pub(crate) mod http;
 pub(crate) mod location;
 pub(crate) mod models;
+pub(crate) mod utils;

 pub(crate) const CACHE_REFRESH_RATE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
 pub(crate) const CACHE_ENTRY_TTL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use tokio::sync::{RwLock, RwLockReadGuard};
 use crate::helpers::best_effort_small_dec_to_f64;
 use validator_client::models::MixNodeBondAnnotated;

+use super::utils::family_numerical_id;
 use crate::mix_node::models::{MixnodeStatus, PrettyDetailedMixNodeBond};
 use crate::mix_nodes::location::{Location, LocationCache, LocationCacheItem};
 use crate::mix_nodes::CACHE_ENTRY_TTL;
@@ -140,6 +141,8 @@ impl ThreadsafeMixNodesCache {
        let denom = &node.mixnode_details.original_pledge().denom;
        let rewarding_info = &node.mixnode_details.rewarding_details;

+        let family_id = node.family.as_ref().map(family_numerical_id);
+
        PrettyDetailedMixNodeBond {
            mix_id,
            location: location.and_then(|l| l.location.clone()),
@@ -157,6 +160,7 @@ impl ThreadsafeMixNodesCache {
            estimated_delegators_apy: best_effort_small_dec_to_f64(node.estimated_delegators_apy),
            operating_cost: rewarding_info.cost_params.interval_operating_cost.clone(),
            profit_margin_percent: rewarding_info.cost_params.profit_margin_percent,
+            family_id,
        }
    }

@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 // Copyright 2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

+use mixnet_contract_common::families::FamilyHead;
+use rand::Rng;
+use rand_pcg::Pcg64;
+use rand_seeder::Seeder;
+
 use crate::mix_nodes::location::GeoLocation;
 use isocountry::CountryCode;

+#[allow(dead_code)]
 pub(crate) fn map_2_letter_to_3_letter_country_code(geo: &GeoLocation) -> String {
    match CountryCode::for_alpha2(&geo.country_code) {
        Ok(three_letter_country_code) => three_letter_country_code.alpha3().to_string(),
@@ -16,3 +22,10 @@ pub(crate) fn map_2_letter_to_3_letter_country_code(geo: &GeoLocation) -> String
        }
    }
 }
+
+// We don't need numerical IDs anywhere, so to avoid modifying the contract storage again and
+//  since this is for explorer ergonomics, it will generate a deterministic random u16 based on the family Identity.
+pub(crate) fn family_numerical_id(fh: &FamilyHead) -> u16 {
+    let mut rng: Pcg64 = Seeder::from(fh.identity()).make_rng();
+    rng.gen()
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@nym/network-explorer",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
  "private": true,
  "license": "Apache-2.0",
  "dependencies": {
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { Tooltip } from '@nymproject/react/tooltip/Tooltip';
 import { CopyToClipboard } from '@nymproject/react/clipboard/CopyToClipboard';
 import { Box } from '@mui/system';
 import { cellStyles } from './Universal-DataGrid';
-import { unymToNym } from '../utils/currency';
+import { currencyToString } from '../utils/currency';
 import { GatewayEnrichedRowType } from './Gateways';
 import { MixnodeRowType } from './MixNodes';

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function formatCellValues(val: string | number, field: string) {
    );
  }
  if (field === 'bond') {
-    return unymToNym(val, 6);
+    return currencyToString(val.toString());
  }
  return val;
 }
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ export type GatewayRowType = {
  bond: number;
  host: string;
  location: string;
-  version: string;
 };

 export type GatewayEnrichedRowType = GatewayRowType & {
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ export function gatewayToGridRow(arrayOfGateways: GatewayResponse): GatewayRowTy
        location: gw?.gateway?.location || '',
        bond: gw.pledge_amount.amount || 0,
        host: gw.gateway.host || '',
-        version: gw.gateway.version || '',
      }));
 }

@@ -42,7 +40,6 @@ export function gatewayEnrichedToGridRow(
    location: gateway?.gateway?.location || '',
    bond: gateway.pledge_amount.amount || 0,
    host: gateway.gateway.host || '',
-    version: gateway.gateway.version || '',
    clientsPort: gateway.gateway.clients_port || 0,
    mixPort: gateway.gateway.mix_port || 0,
    routingScore: `${report.most_recent}%`,
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import Select, { SelectChangeEvent } from '@mui/material/Select';
 import { Filters } from './Filters/Filters';
 import { useIsMobile } from '../hooks/useIsMobile';

+const fieldsHeight = '42.25px';
+
 type TableToolBarProps = {
  onChangeSearch: (arg: string) => void;
  onChangePageSize: (event: SelectChangeEvent<string>) => void;
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ export const TableToolbar: React.FC<TableToolBarProps> = ({
      }}
    >
      <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: isMobile ? 'column-reverse' : 'row', alignItems: 'middle' }}>
-        <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between' }}>
+        <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', height: fieldsHeight }}>
          {childrenBefore}
          <Select
            labelId="simple-select-label"
@@ -65,6 +67,9 @@ export const TableToolbar: React.FC<TableToolBarProps> = ({
          sx={{
            width: isMobile ? '100%' : 200,
            marginBottom: isMobile ? 2 : 0,
+            '& > :not(style)': {
+              height: fieldsHeight,
+            },
          }}
          value={searchTerm}
          data-testid="search-box"
@@ -58,12 +58,6 @@ const columns: ColumnsType[] = [
    headerAlign: 'left',
    flex: 1,
  },
-  {
-    field: 'version',
-    title: 'Version',
-    headerAlign: 'left',
-    flex: 1,
-  },
 ];

 /**
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { TableToolbar } from '../../components/TableToolbar';
 import { CustomColumnHeading } from '../../components/CustomColumnHeading';
 import { Title } from '../../components/Title';
 import { cellStyles, UniversalDataGrid } from '../../components/Universal-DataGrid';
-import { unymToNym } from '../../utils/currency';
+import { currencyToString } from '../../utils/currency';
 import { Tooltip } from '../../components/Tooltip';
 import { BIG_DIPPER } from '../../api/constants';
 import { splice } from '../../utils';
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export const PageGateways: React.FC = () => {
          to={`/network-components/gateway/${params.row.identityKey}`}
          data-testid="pledge-amount"
        >
-          {unymToNym(params.value, 6)}
+          {currencyToString(params.value)}
        </MuiLink>
      ),
    },
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export const PageGateways: React.FC = () => {
      field: 'owner',
      headerName: 'Owner',
      renderHeader: () => <CustomColumnHeading headingTitle="Owner" />,
-      width: 180,
+      width: 380,
      headerAlign: 'left',
      headerClassName: 'MuiDataGrid-header-override',
      renderCell: (params: GridRenderCellParams) => (
@@ -142,24 +142,6 @@ export const PageGateways: React.FC = () => {
        </MuiLink>
      ),
    },
-    {
-      field: 'version',
-      headerName: 'Version',
-      renderHeader: () => <CustomColumnHeading headingTitle="Version" />,
-      width: 150,
-      headerAlign: 'left',
-      headerClassName: 'MuiDataGrid-header-override',
-      renderCell: (params: GridRenderCellParams) => (
-        <MuiLink
-          sx={{ ...cellStyles }}
-          href={`${BIG_DIPPER}/account/${params.value}`}
-          target="_blank"
-          data-testid="owner"
-        >
-          {params.value}
-        </MuiLink>
-      ),
-    },
  ];

  const handlePageSize = (event: SelectChangeEvent<string>) => {
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@ const PageMixnodeDetailWithState: React.FC = () => {
          {mixNode && (
            <ContentCard title="Location">
              {mixNode?.error && <ComponentError text="There was a problem retrieving this mixnode location" />}
-              {mixNode?.data?.location?.latitude && mixNode?.data?.location?.longitude && (
+              {mixNode.data && mixNode?.data?.location && (
                <WorldMap
                  loading={mixNode.isLoading}
-                  userLocation={[mixNode.data.location.longitude, mixNode.data.location.latitude]}
+                  userLocation={[mixNode?.data?.location?.lng, mixNode?.data?.location?.lat]}
                />
              )}
            </ContentCard>
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ export interface MixNodeResponseItem {
  status: MixnodeStatus;
  location: {
    country_name: string;
-    latitude?: number;
-    longitude?: number;
+    lat: number;
+    lng: number;
    three_letter_iso_country_code: string;
    two_letter_iso_country_code: string;
  };
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

 [package]
 name = "nym-gateway"
-version = "1.1.5"
+version = "1.1.4"
 authors = [
    "Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>",
    "Jędrzej Stuczyński <andrew@nymtech.net>",
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ anyhow = "1.0.53"
 async-trait = { version = "0.1.51" }
 bip39 = "1.0.1"
 bs58 = "0.4.0"
-clap = { version = "3.2", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 colored = "2.0"
 dashmap = "4.0"
 dirs = "4.0"
 dotenv = "0.15.0"
 futures = "0.3"
 humantime-serde = "1.0.1"
+lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4"
 once_cell = "1.7.2"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ tokio-util = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["codec"] }
 url = { version = "2.2", features = ["serde"] }

 # internal
+build-information = { path = "../common/build-information" }
 coconut-interface = { path = "../common/coconut-interface", optional = true }
 credentials = { path = "../common/credentials" }
 config = { path = "../common/config" }
@@ -85,10 +87,4 @@ sqlx = { version = "0.5", features = [
    "sqlite",
    "macros",
    "migrate",
-] }
-vergen = { version = "5", default-features = false, features = [
-    "build",
-    "git",
-    "rustc",
-    "cargo",
-] }
+] }
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use sqlx::{Connection, SqliteConnection};
 use std::env;
-use vergen::{vergen, Config};

 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
@@ -23,6 +22,4 @@ async fn main() {
    // for some strange reason we need to add a leading `/` to the windows path even though it's
    // not a valid windows path... but hey, it works...
    println!("cargo:rustc-env=DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///{}", &database_path);
-
-    vergen(Config::default()).expect("failed to extract build metadata")
 }
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2020-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use crate::{
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ use crate::{
 use clap::Args;
 use config::NymConfig;
 use crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
+use std::net::IpAddr;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use validator_client::nymd;

 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
 pub struct Init {
@@ -17,11 +20,11 @@ pub struct Init {

    /// The custom host on which the gateway will be running for receiving sphinx packets
    #[clap(long)]
-    host: String,
+    host: IpAddr,

    /// The wallet address you will use to bond this gateway, e.g. nymt1z9egw0knv47nmur0p8vk4rcx59h9gg4zuxrrr9
    #[clap(long)]
-    wallet_address: String,
+    wallet_address: nymd::AccountId,

    /// The port on which the gateway will be listening for sphinx packets
    #[clap(long)]
@@ -33,23 +36,27 @@ pub struct Init {

    /// The host that will be reported to the directory server
    #[clap(long)]
+    // TODO: could this be changed to `Option<url::Url>`?
    announce_host: Option<String>,

    /// Path to sqlite database containing all gateway persistent data
    #[clap(long)]
-    datastore: Option<String>,
+    datastore: Option<PathBuf>,

    /// Comma separated list of endpoints of nym APIs
-    #[clap(long)]
-    nym_apis: Option<String>,
+    #[clap(long, alias = "validator_apis", value_delimiter = ',')]
+    // the alias here is included for backwards compatibility (1.1.4 and before)
+    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

    /// Comma separated list of endpoints of the validator
-    #[clap(long)]
-    validators: Option<String>,
+    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+    #[clap(long, alias = "validators", value_delimiter = ',')]
+    // the alias here is included for backwards compatibility (1.1.4 and before)
+    nymd_validators: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

    /// Cosmos wallet mnemonic needed for double spending protection
    #[clap(long)]
-    mnemonic: Option<String>,
+    mnemonic: Option<bip39::Mnemonic>,

    /// Set this gateway to work only with coconut credentials; that would disallow clients to
    /// bypass bandwidth credential requirement
@@ -63,7 +70,7 @@ pub struct Init {

    /// URL where a statistics aggregator is running. The default value is a Nym aggregator server
    #[clap(long)]
-    statistics_service_url: Option<String>,
+    statistics_service_url: Option<url::Url>,
 }

 impl From<Init> for OverrideConfig {
@@ -76,14 +83,15 @@ impl From<Init> for OverrideConfig {
            datastore: init_config.datastore,
            announce_host: init_config.announce_host,
            nym_apis: init_config.nym_apis,
-            validators: init_config.validators,
            mnemonic: init_config.mnemonic,

-            #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
-            only_coconut_credentials: init_config.only_coconut_credentials,
-
            enabled_statistics: init_config.enabled_statistics,
            statistics_service_url: init_config.statistics_service_url,
+
+            #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+            nymd_validators: init_config.nymd_validators,
+            #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+            only_coconut_credentials: init_config.only_coconut_credentials,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -159,18 +167,19 @@ mod tests {
    async fn create_gateway_with_in_mem_storage() {
        let args = Init {
            id: "foo-id".to_string(),
-            host: "foo-host".to_string(),
-            wallet_address: "n1z9egw0knv47nmur0p8vk4rcx59h9gg4zjx9ede".to_string(),
+            host: "1.1.1.1".parse().unwrap(),
+            wallet_address: "n1z9egw0knv47nmur0p8vk4rcx59h9gg4zjx9ede".parse().unwrap(),
            mix_port: Some(42),
            clients_port: Some(43),
            announce_host: Some("foo-announce-host".to_string()),
-            datastore: Some("foo-datastore".to_string()),
+            datastore: Some("/foo-datastore".parse().unwrap()),
            nym_apis: None,
-            validators: None,
            mnemonic: None,
            statistics_service_url: None,
            enabled_statistics: None,
            #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+            nymd_validators: None,
+            #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
            only_coconut_credentials: false,
        };
        std::env::set_var(BECH32_PREFIX, "n");
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
-// Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2020-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use std::{process, str::FromStr};
-
 use crate::{config::Config, Cli};
 use clap::CommandFactory;
 use clap::Subcommand;
 use colored::Colorize;
 use completions::{fig_generate, ArgShell};
-use config::parse_validators;
 use crypto::bech32_address_validation;
 use network_defaults::mainnet::read_var_if_not_default;
 use network_defaults::var_names::{
-    API_VALIDATOR, BECH32_PREFIX, CONFIGURED, NYMD_VALIDATOR, STATISTICS_SERVICE_DOMAIN_ADDRESS,
+    API_VALIDATOR, BECH32_PREFIX, CONFIGURED, STATISTICS_SERVICE_DOMAIN_ADDRESS,
 };
+use std::net::IpAddr;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process;
+use validator_client::nymd::{self};

 pub(crate) mod init;
 pub(crate) mod node_details;
@@ -47,18 +48,19 @@ pub(crate) enum Commands {

 // Configuration that can be overridden.
 pub(crate) struct OverrideConfig {
-    host: Option<String>,
-    wallet_address: Option<String>,
+    host: Option<IpAddr>,
+    wallet_address: Option<nymd::AccountId>,
    mix_port: Option<u16>,
    clients_port: Option<u16>,
-    datastore: Option<String>,
+    datastore: Option<PathBuf>,
    announce_host: Option<String>,
    enabled_statistics: Option<bool>,
-    statistics_service_url: Option<String>,
-    nym_apis: Option<String>,
-    validators: Option<String>,
-    mnemonic: Option<String>,
+    statistics_service_url: Option<url::Url>,
+    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
+    mnemonic: Option<bip39::Mnemonic>,

+    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+    nymd_validators: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
    only_coconut_credentials: bool,
 }
@@ -72,8 +74,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: Cli) {
        Commands::Run(m) => run::execute(m).await,
        Commands::Sign(m) => sign::execute(m),
        Commands::Upgrade(m) => upgrade::execute(m).await,
-        Commands::Completions(s) => s.generate(&mut crate::Cli::into_app(), bin_name),
-        Commands::GenerateFigSpec => fig_generate(&mut crate::Cli::into_app(), bin_name),
+        Commands::Completions(s) => s.generate(&mut crate::Cli::command(), bin_name),
+        Commands::GenerateFigSpec => fig_generate(&mut crate::Cli::command(), bin_name),
    }
 }

@@ -103,12 +105,8 @@ pub(crate) fn override_config(mut config: Config, args: OverrideConfig) -> Confi
        config = config.with_enabled_statistics(enabled_statistics);
    }

-    if let Some(raw_url) = args.statistics_service_url {
-        config = config.with_custom_statistics_service_url(
-            raw_url
-                .parse()
-                .expect("the provided statistics service url is invalid!"),
-        );
+    if let Some(url) = args.statistics_service_url {
+        config = config.with_custom_statistics_service_url(url);
    } else if std::env::var(CONFIGURED).is_ok() {
        if let Some(raw_url) = read_var_if_not_default(STATISTICS_SERVICE_DOMAIN_ADDRESS) {
            config = config.with_custom_statistics_service_url(
@@ -119,26 +117,18 @@ pub(crate) fn override_config(mut config: Config, args: OverrideConfig) -> Confi
        }
    }

-    if let Some(raw_validators) = args.nym_apis {
-        config = config.with_custom_nym_apis(parse_validators(&raw_validators));
+    if let Some(nym_apis) = args.nym_apis {
+        config = config.with_custom_nym_apis(nym_apis);
    } else if std::env::var(CONFIGURED).is_ok() {
        if let Some(raw_validators) = read_var_if_not_default(API_VALIDATOR) {
-            config = config.with_custom_nym_apis(::config::parse_validators(&raw_validators))
-        }
-    }
-
-    if let Some(ref raw_validators) = args.validators {
-        config = config.with_custom_validator_nymd(parse_validators(raw_validators));
-    } else if std::env::var(CONFIGURED).is_ok() {
-        if let Some(raw_validators) = read_var_if_not_default(NYMD_VALIDATOR) {
-            config = config.with_custom_validator_nymd(::config::parse_validators(&raw_validators))
+            config = config.with_custom_nym_apis(::config::parse_urls(&raw_validators))
        }
    }

    if let Some(wallet_address) = args.wallet_address {
-        let trimmed = wallet_address.trim();
-        validate_bech32_address_or_exit(trimmed);
-        config = config.with_wallet_address(trimmed);
+        // perform extra validation to ensure we have correct prefix
+        validate_bech32_address_or_exit(wallet_address.as_ref());
+        config = config.with_wallet_address(wallet_address);
    }

    if let Some(datastore_path) = args.datastore {
@@ -146,13 +136,20 @@ pub(crate) fn override_config(mut config: Config, args: OverrideConfig) -> Confi
    }

    if let Some(cosmos_mnemonic) = args.mnemonic {
-        config = config.with_cosmos_mnemonic(
-            bip39::Mnemonic::from_str(&cosmos_mnemonic).expect("Provided mnemonic is invalid"),
-        );
+        config = config.with_cosmos_mnemonic(cosmos_mnemonic);
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
    {
+        use network_defaults::var_names::NYMD_VALIDATOR;
+
+        if let Some(nymd_validators) = args.nymd_validators {
+            config = config.with_custom_validator_nymd(nymd_validators);
+        } else if std::env::var(CONFIGURED).is_ok() {
+            if let Some(raw_validators) = read_var_if_not_default(NYMD_VALIDATOR) {
+                config = config.with_custom_validator_nymd(::config::parse_urls(&raw_validators))
+            }
+        }
        config = config.with_only_coconut_credentials(args.only_coconut_credentials);
    }

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2020-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use crate::{
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ use crate::{
 use clap::Args;
 use config::NymConfig;
 use log::*;
+use std::net::IpAddr;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use validator_client::nymd;

 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
 pub struct Run {
@@ -17,11 +20,11 @@ pub struct Run {

    /// The custom host on which the gateway will be running for receiving sphinx packets
    #[clap(long)]
-    host: Option<String>,
+    host: Option<IpAddr>,

    /// The wallet address you will use to bond this gateway, e.g. nymt1z9egw0knv47nmur0p8vk4rcx59h9gg4zuxrrr9
    #[clap(long)]
-    wallet_address: Option<String>,
+    wallet_address: Option<nymd::AccountId>,

    /// The port on which the gateway will be listening for sphinx packets
    #[clap(long)]
@@ -33,23 +36,27 @@ pub struct Run {

    /// The host that will be reported to the directory server
    #[clap(long)]
+    // TODO: could this be changed to `Option<url::Url>`?
    announce_host: Option<String>,

    /// Path to sqlite database containing all gateway persistent data
    #[clap(long)]
-    datastore: Option<String>,
+    datastore: Option<PathBuf>,

-    /// Comma separated list of endpoints of the nym APIs
-    #[clap(long)]
-    nym_apis: Option<String>,
+    /// Comma separated list of endpoints of nym APIs
+    #[clap(long, alias = "validator_apis", value_delimiter = ',')]
+    // the alias here is included for backwards compatibility (1.1.4 and before)
+    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

    /// Comma separated list of endpoints of the validator
-    #[clap(long)]
-    validators: Option<String>,
+    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+    #[clap(long, alias = "validators", value_delimiter = ',')]
+    // the alias here is included for backwards compatibility (1.1.4 and before)
+    nymd_validators: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

    /// Cosmos wallet mnemonic
    #[clap(long)]
-    mnemonic: Option<String>,
+    mnemonic: Option<bip39::Mnemonic>,

    /// Set this gateway to work only with coconut credentials; that would disallow clients to
    /// bypass bandwidth credential requirement
@@ -63,7 +70,7 @@ pub struct Run {

    /// URL where a statistics aggregator is running. The default value is a Nym aggregator server
    #[clap(long)]
-    statistics_service_url: Option<String>,
+    statistics_service_url: Option<url::Url>,
 }

 impl From<Run> for OverrideConfig {
@@ -76,14 +83,15 @@ impl From<Run> for OverrideConfig {
            datastore: run_config.datastore,
            announce_host: run_config.announce_host,
            nym_apis: run_config.nym_apis,
-            validators: run_config.validators,
            mnemonic: run_config.mnemonic,

-            #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
-            only_coconut_credentials: run_config.only_coconut_credentials,
-
            enabled_statistics: run_config.enabled_statistics,
            statistics_service_url: run_config.statistics_service_url,
+
+            #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+            nymd_validators: run_config.nymd_validators,
+            #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+            only_coconut_credentials: run_config.only_coconut_credentials,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-// Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2020-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

+use crate::commands::validate_bech32_address_or_exit;
 use crate::{
-    commands::{validate_bech32_address_or_exit, version_check},
+    commands::version_check,
    config::{persistence::pathfinder::GatewayPathfinder, Config},
 };
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
@@ -10,9 +11,10 @@ use clap::{ArgGroup, Args};
 use config::NymConfig;
 use crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use log::error;
+use validator_client::nymd;

 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
-#[clap(group(ArgGroup::new("sign").required(true).args(&["address", "text"])))]
+#[clap(group(ArgGroup::new("sign").required(true).args(&["wallet_address", "text"])))]
 pub struct Sign {
    /// The id of the mixnode you want to sign with
    #[clap(long)]
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ pub struct Sign {

    /// Signs your blockchain address with your identity key
    #[clap(long)]
-    address: Option<String>,
+    wallet_address: Option<nymd::AccountId>,

    /// Signs an arbitrary piece of text with your identity key
    #[clap(long)]
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ pub struct Sign {

 enum SignedTarget {
    Text(String),
-    Address(String),
+    Address(nymd::AccountId),
 }

 impl TryFrom<Sign> for SignedTarget {
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ impl TryFrom<Sign> for SignedTarget {
    fn try_from(args: Sign) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
        if let Some(text) = args.text {
            Ok(SignedTarget::Text(text))
-        } else if let Some(address) = args.address {
+        } else if let Some(address) = args.wallet_address {
            Ok(SignedTarget::Address(address))
        } else {
            // This is unreachable, and hopefully clap will support it explicitly by outputting an
@@ -58,15 +60,12 @@ pub fn load_identity_keys(pathfinder: &GatewayPathfinder) -> identity::KeyPair {
    identity_keypair
 }

-fn print_signed_address(private_key: &identity::PrivateKey, raw_address: &str) {
-    let trimmed = raw_address.trim();
-    validate_bech32_address_or_exit(trimmed);
-    let signature = private_key.sign_text(trimmed);
+fn print_signed_address(private_key: &identity::PrivateKey, wallet_address: nymd::AccountId) {
+    // perform extra validation to ensure we have correct prefix
+    validate_bech32_address_or_exit(wallet_address.as_ref());

-    println!(
-        "The base58-encoded signature on '{}' is: {}",
-        trimmed, signature
-    );
+    let signature = private_key.sign_text(wallet_address.as_ref());
+    println!("The base58-encoded signature on '{wallet_address}' is: {signature}",);
 }

 fn print_signed_text(private_key: &identity::PrivateKey, text: &str) {
@@ -113,6 +112,6 @@ pub fn execute(args: &Sign) {

    match signed_target {
        SignedTarget::Text(text) => print_signed_text(identity_keypair.private_key(), &text),
-        SignedTarget::Address(addr) => print_signed_address(identity_keypair.private_key(), &addr),
+        SignedTarget::Address(addr) => print_signed_address(identity_keypair.private_key(), addr),
    }
 }
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ fn minor_0_12_upgrade(

    print_start_upgrade(config_version, &to_version);

-    let upgraded_config = config.with_custom_version(to_version.to_string().as_ref());
+    let upgraded_config = config.with_custom_version(to_version.to_string());

    upgraded_config.save_to_file(None).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
        eprintln!("failed to overwrite config file! - {err}");
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 use crate::config::template::config_template;
 use config::defaults::{DEFAULT_CLIENT_LISTENING_PORT, DEFAULT_MIX_LISTENING_PORT};
 use config::NymConfig;
-use log::error;
 use network_defaults::mainnet::{API_VALIDATOR, NYMD_VALIDATOR, STATISTICS_SERVICE_DOMAIN_ADDRESS};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::net::IpAddr;
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use url::Url;
+use validator_client::nymd;

 pub mod persistence;
 mod template;
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ impl Config {
        self
    }

+    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
    pub fn with_custom_validator_nymd(mut self, validator_nymd_urls: Vec<Url>) -> Self {
        self.gateway.validator_nymd_urls = validator_nymd_urls;
        self
@@ -159,16 +160,8 @@ impl Config {
        self
    }

-    pub fn with_listening_address<S: Into<String>>(mut self, listening_address: S) -> Self {
-        let listening_address_string = listening_address.into();
-        if let Ok(ip_addr) = listening_address_string.parse() {
-            self.gateway.listening_address = ip_addr;
-        } else {
-            error!(
-                "failed to change listening address. the provided value ({}) was invalid",
-                listening_address_string
-            );
-        }
+    pub fn with_listening_address(mut self, listening_address: IpAddr) -> Self {
+        self.gateway.listening_address = listening_address;
        self
    }

@@ -192,18 +185,18 @@ impl Config {
        self
    }

-    pub fn with_custom_persistent_store<S: Into<String>>(mut self, store_dir: S) -> Self {
-        self.gateway.persistent_storage = PathBuf::from(store_dir.into());
+    pub fn with_custom_persistent_store(mut self, store_dir: PathBuf) -> Self {
+        self.gateway.persistent_storage = store_dir;
        self
    }

-    pub fn with_custom_version(mut self, version: &str) -> Self {
-        self.gateway.version = version.to_string();
+    pub fn with_custom_version<S: Into<String>>(mut self, version: S) -> Self {
+        self.gateway.version = version.into();
        self
    }

-    pub fn with_wallet_address(mut self, wallet_address: &str) -> Self {
-        self.gateway.wallet_address = wallet_address.to_string();
+    pub fn with_wallet_address(mut self, wallet_address: nymd::AccountId) -> Self {
+        self.gateway.wallet_address = Some(wallet_address);
        self
    }

@@ -302,8 +295,8 @@ impl Config {
        &self.gateway.version
    }

-    pub fn get_wallet_address(&self) -> &str {
-        &self.gateway.wallet_address
+    pub fn get_wallet_address(&self) -> Option<nymd::AccountId> {
+        self.gateway.wallet_address.clone()
    }
 }

@@ -377,7 +370,8 @@ pub struct Gateway {
    persistent_storage: PathBuf,

    /// The Cosmos wallet address that will control this gateway
-    wallet_address: String,
+    // the only reason this is an Option is because of the lack of existence of a sane default value
+    wallet_address: Option<nymd::AccountId>,
 }

 impl Gateway {
@@ -423,7 +417,7 @@ impl Default for Gateway {
            cosmos_mnemonic: bip39::Mnemonic::from_str("exact antique hybrid width raise anchor puzzle degree fee quit long crack net vague hip despair write put useless civil mechanic broom music day").unwrap(),
            nym_root_directory: Config::default_root_directory(),
            persistent_storage: Default::default(),
-            wallet_address: "nymXXXXXXXX".to_string(),
+            wallet_address: None,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -1,24 +1,28 @@
 // Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

+use build_information::BinaryBuildInformation;
 use clap::{crate_version, Parser};
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use logging::setup_logging;
 use network_defaults::setup_env;
-use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;

 mod commands;
 mod config;
 mod node;

-static LONG_VERSION: OnceCell<String> = OnceCell::new();
+lazy_static! {
+    pub static ref PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: String =
+        BinaryBuildInformation::new(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")).pretty_print();
+}

-// Helper for passing LONG_ABOUT to clap
-fn long_version_static() -> &'static str {
-    LONG_VERSION.get().expect("Failed to get long about text")
+// Helper for passing LONG_VERSION to clap
+fn pretty_build_info_static() -> &'static str {
+    &PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION
 }

 #[derive(Parser)]
-#[clap(author = "Nymtech", version, about, long_version = long_version_static())]
+#[clap(author = "Nymtech", version, about, long_version = pretty_build_info_static())]
 struct Cli {
    /// Path pointing to an env file that configures the gateway.
    #[clap(short, long)]
@@ -32,12 +36,9 @@ struct Cli {
 async fn main() {
    setup_logging();
    println!("{}", banner());
-    LONG_VERSION
-        .set(long_version())
-        .expect("Failed to set long about text");

    let args = Cli::parse();
-    setup_env(args.config_env_file.clone());
+    setup_env(args.config_env_file.as_ref());
    commands::execute(args).await;
 }

@@ -58,37 +59,6 @@ fn banner() -> String {
    )
 }

-fn long_version() -> String {
-    format!(
-        r#"
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-"#,
-        "Build Timestamp:",
-        env!("VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP"),
-        "Build Version:",
-        env!("VERGEN_BUILD_SEMVER"),
-        "Commit SHA:",
-        env!("VERGEN_GIT_SHA"),
-        "Commit Date:",
-        env!("VERGEN_GIT_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP"),
-        "Commit Branch:",
-        env!("VERGEN_GIT_BRANCH"),
-        "rustc Version:",
-        env!("VERGEN_RUSTC_SEMVER"),
-        "rustc Channel:",
-        env!("VERGEN_RUSTC_CHANNEL"),
-        "cargo Profile:",
-        env!("VERGEN_CARGO_PROFILE")
-    )
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
@@ -96,9 +66,6 @@ mod tests {

    #[test]
    fn verify_cli() {
-        LONG_VERSION
-            .set(long_version())
-            .expect("Failed to set long about text");
        Cli::command().debug_assert();
    }
 }
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
-// Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2020-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

+use self::storage::PersistentStorage;
 use crate::commands::sign::load_identity_keys;
 use crate::commands::validate_bech32_address_or_exit;
+use crate::config::persistence::pathfinder::GatewayPathfinder;
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::node::client_handling::active_clients::ActiveClientsStore;
 use crate::node::client_handling::websocket;
 use crate::node::mixnet_handling::receiver::connection_handler::ConnectionHandler;
 use crate::node::statistics::collector::GatewayStatisticsCollector;
 use crate::node::storage::Storage;
+use colored::Colorize;
 use crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
 use log::*;
 use mixnet_client::forwarder::{MixForwardingSender, PacketForwarder};
-#[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
-use network_defaults::NymNetworkDetails;
 use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
 use rand::thread_rng;
 use statistics_common::collector::StatisticsSender;
@@ -21,16 +22,15 @@ use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::process;
 use std::sync::Arc;

-use crate::config::persistence::pathfinder::GatewayPathfinder;
 #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
 use crate::node::client_handling::websocket::connection_handler::coconut::CoconutVerifier;
 #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
 use credentials::coconut::utils::obtain_aggregate_verification_key;
 #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+use network_defaults::NymNetworkDetails;
+#[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
 use validator_client::{Client, CoconutApiClient};

-use self::storage::PersistentStorage;
-
 pub(crate) mod client_handling;
 pub(crate) mod mixnet_handling;
 pub(crate) mod statistics;
@@ -117,9 +117,15 @@ where
    fn generate_owner_signature(&self) -> String {
        let pathfinder = GatewayPathfinder::new_from_config(&self.config);
        let identity_keypair = load_identity_keys(&pathfinder);
-        let address = self.config.get_wallet_address();
-        validate_bech32_address_or_exit(address);
-        let verification_code = identity_keypair.private_key().sign_text(address);
+        let Some(address) = self.config.get_wallet_address() else {
+            let error_message = "Error: gateway hasn't set its wallet address".red();
+            println!("{error_message}");
+            println!("Exiting...");
+            process::exit(1);
+        };
+        // perform extra validation to ensure we have correct prefix
+        validate_bech32_address_or_exit(address.as_ref());
+        let verification_code = identity_keypair.private_key().sign_text(address.as_ref());
        verification_code
    }

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

 [package]
 name = "nym-mixnode"
-version = "1.1.5"
+version = "1.1.4"
 authors = [
    "Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>",
    "Jędrzej Stuczyński <andrew@nymtech.net>",
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ rust-version = "1.58.1"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.40"
 bs58 = "0.4.0"
-clap = { version = "3.2", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 colored = "2.0"
 cupid = "0.6.1"
 dirs = "4.0"
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ toml = "0.5.8"
 url = { version = "2.2", features = ["serde"] }

 ## internal
+build-information = { path = "../common/build-information" }
 config = { path="../common/config" }
 crypto = { path="../common/crypto" }
 completions = { path="../common/completions" }
@@ -57,6 +58,3 @@ tokio = { version="1.21.2", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "net", "signal", "tes

 nymsphinx-types = { path = "../common/nymsphinx/types" }
 nymsphinx-params = { path = "../common/nymsphinx/params" }
-
-[build-dependencies]
-vergen = { version = "5", default-features = false, features = ["build", "git", "rustc", "cargo"] }
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use vergen::{vergen, Config};
-
-fn main() {
-    vergen(Config::default()).expect("failed to extract build metadata")
-}
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::node::node_description::NodeDescription;
 use clap::Args;
@@ -11,9 +14,32 @@ pub(crate) struct Describe {
    /// The id of the mixnode you want to describe
    #[clap(long)]
    id: String,
+
+    /// Human readable name of this node
+    #[clap(long)]
+    name: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Description of this node
+    #[clap(long)]
+    description: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Link associated with this node, for example `https://mixnode.yourdomain.com`
+    #[clap(long)]
+    link: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Physical location of this node, for example `City: London, Country: UK`
+    #[clap(long)]
+    location: Option<String>,
 }

-pub(crate) fn execute(args: &Describe) {
+fn read_user_input() -> String {
+    io::stdout().flush().unwrap();
+    let mut buf = String::new();
+    io::stdin().read_line(&mut buf).unwrap();
+    buf.trim().to_string()
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn execute(args: Describe) {
    // ensure that the mixnode has in fact been initialized
    match Config::load_from_file(Some(&args.id)) {
        Ok(cfg) => cfg,
@@ -23,33 +49,29 @@ pub(crate) fn execute(args: &Describe) {
        }
    };

-    // get input from the user
-    print!("name: ");
-    io::stdout().flush().unwrap();
-    let mut name_buf = String::new();
-    io::stdin().read_line(&mut name_buf).unwrap();
-    let name = name_buf.trim().to_string();
-
-    print!("description: ");
-    io::stdout().flush().unwrap();
-    let mut desc_buf = String::new();
-    io::stdin().read_line(&mut desc_buf).unwrap();
-    let description = desc_buf.trim().to_string();
-
    let example_url = "https://mixnode.yourdomain.com".bright_cyan();
    let example_location = "City: London, Country: UK";

-    print!("link, e.g. {}: ", example_url);
-    io::stdout().flush().unwrap();
-    let mut link_buf = String::new();
-    io::stdin().read_line(&mut link_buf).unwrap();
-    let link = link_buf.trim().to_string();
+    // get input from the user if not provided via the arguments
+    let name = args.name.unwrap_or_else(|| {
+        print!("name: ");
+        read_user_input()
+    });

-    print!("location, e.g. {}: ", example_location);
-    io::stdout().flush().unwrap();
-    let mut location_buf = String::new();
-    io::stdin().read_line(&mut location_buf).unwrap();
-    let location = location_buf.trim().to_string();
+    let description = args.description.unwrap_or_else(|| {
+        print!("description: ");
+        read_user_input()
+    });
+
+    let link = args.link.unwrap_or_else(|| {
+        print!("link, e.g. {example_url}: ");
+        read_user_input()
+    });
+
+    let location = args.location.unwrap_or_else(|| {
+        print!("location, e.g. {example_location}: ");
+        read_user_input()
+    });

    let node_description = NodeDescription {
        name,
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-// Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2020-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

+use super::OverrideConfig;
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::node::MixNode;
 use crate::{commands::override_config, config::persistence::pathfinder::MixNodePathfinder};
 use clap::Args;
 use config::NymConfig;
 use crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
-
-use super::OverrideConfig;
+use std::net::IpAddr;
+use validator_client::nymd;

 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct Init {
@@ -18,11 +19,11 @@ pub(crate) struct Init {

    /// The host on which the mixnode will be running
    #[clap(long)]
-    host: String,
+    host: IpAddr,

    /// The wallet address you will use to bond this mixnode, e.g. nymt1z9egw0knv47nmur0p8vk4rcx59h9gg4zuxrrr9
    #[clap(long)]
-    wallet_address: String,
+    wallet_address: nymd::AccountId,

    /// The port on which the mixnode will be listening for mix packets
    #[clap(long)]
@@ -40,9 +41,10 @@ pub(crate) struct Init {
    #[clap(long)]
    announce_host: Option<String>,

-    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the validators
-    #[clap(long)]
-    validators: Option<String>,
+    /// Comma separated list of nym-api endpoints of the validators
+    // the alias here is included for backwards compatibility (1.1.4 and before)
+    #[clap(long, alias = "validators", value_delimiter = ',')]
+    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
 }

 impl From<Init> for OverrideConfig {
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ impl From<Init> for OverrideConfig {
            verloc_port: init_config.verloc_port,
            http_api_port: init_config.http_api_port,
            announce_host: init_config.announce_host,
-            validators: init_config.validators,
+            nym_apis: init_config.nym_apis,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
 // Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use std::process;
-
 use crate::{config::Config, Cli};
 use clap::CommandFactory;
 use clap::Subcommand;
 use colored::Colorize;
 use completions::{fig_generate, ArgShell};
 use config::defaults::mainnet::read_var_if_not_default;
-use config::{
-    defaults::var_names::{API_VALIDATOR, BECH32_PREFIX, CONFIGURED},
-    parse_validators,
-};
+use config::defaults::var_names::{API_VALIDATOR, BECH32_PREFIX, CONFIGURED};
 use crypto::bech32_address_validation;
+use std::net::IpAddr;
+use std::process;
+use validator_client::nymd;

 mod describe;
 mod init;
@@ -52,27 +50,27 @@ pub(crate) enum Commands {
 // Configuration that can be overridden.
 struct OverrideConfig {
    id: String,
-    host: Option<String>,
-    wallet_address: Option<String>,
+    host: Option<IpAddr>,
+    wallet_address: Option<nymd::AccountId>,
    mix_port: Option<u16>,
    verloc_port: Option<u16>,
    http_api_port: Option<u16>,
    announce_host: Option<String>,
-    validators: Option<String>,
+    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
 }

 pub(crate) async fn execute(args: Cli) {
    let bin_name = "nym-mixnode";

-    match &args.command {
+    match args.command {
        Commands::Describe(m) => describe::execute(m),
-        Commands::Init(m) => init::execute(m),
-        Commands::Run(m) => run::execute(m).await,
-        Commands::Sign(m) => sign::execute(m),
-        Commands::Upgrade(m) => upgrade::execute(m),
-        Commands::NodeDetails(m) => node_details::execute(m),
-        Commands::Completions(s) => s.generate(&mut crate::Cli::into_app(), bin_name),
-        Commands::GenerateFigSpec => fig_generate(&mut crate::Cli::into_app(), bin_name),
+        Commands::Init(m) => init::execute(&m),
+        Commands::Run(m) => run::execute(&m).await,
+        Commands::Sign(m) => sign::execute(&m),
+        Commands::Upgrade(m) => upgrade::execute(&m),
+        Commands::NodeDetails(m) => node_details::execute(&m),
+        Commands::Completions(s) => s.generate(&mut crate::Cli::command(), bin_name),
+        Commands::GenerateFigSpec => fig_generate(&mut crate::Cli::command(), bin_name),
    }
 }

@@ -95,11 +93,11 @@ fn override_config(mut config: Config, args: OverrideConfig) -> Config {
        config = config.with_http_api_port(port);
    }

-    if let Some(ref raw_validators) = args.validators {
-        config = config.with_custom_nym_apis(parse_validators(raw_validators));
+    if let Some(nym_apis) = args.nym_apis {
+        config = config.with_custom_nym_apis(nym_apis);
    } else if std::env::var(CONFIGURED).is_ok() {
        if let Some(raw_validators) = read_var_if_not_default(API_VALIDATOR) {
-            config = config.with_custom_nym_apis(::config::parse_validators(&raw_validators))
+            config = config.with_custom_nym_apis(::config::parse_urls(&raw_validators))
        }
    }

@@ -110,10 +108,10 @@ fn override_config(mut config: Config, args: OverrideConfig) -> Config {
        config = config.announce_address_from_listening_address()
    }

-    if let Some(ref wallet_address) = args.wallet_address {
-        let trimmed = wallet_address.trim();
-        validate_bech32_address_or_exit(trimmed);
-        config = config.with_wallet_address(trimmed);
+    if let Some(wallet_address) = args.wallet_address {
+        // perform extra validation to ensure we have correct prefix
+        validate_bech32_address_or_exit(wallet_address.as_ref());
+        config = config.with_wallet_address(wallet_address);
    }

    config
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 // Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

+use super::OverrideConfig;
 use crate::commands::{override_config, version_check};
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::node::MixNode;
 use clap::Args;
 use config::NymConfig;
-
-use super::OverrideConfig;
+use std::net::IpAddr;
+use validator_client::nymd;

 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct Run {
@@ -17,11 +18,11 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {

    /// The custom host on which the mixnode will be running
    #[clap(long)]
-    host: Option<String>,
+    host: Option<IpAddr>,

    /// The wallet address you will use to bond this mixnode, e.g. nymt1z9egw0knv47nmur0p8vk4rcx59h9gg4zuxrrr9
    #[clap(long)]
-    wallet_address: Option<String>,
+    wallet_address: Option<nymd::AccountId>,

    /// The port on which the mixnode will be listening for mix packets
    #[clap(long)]
@@ -39,9 +40,10 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {
    #[clap(long)]
    announce_host: Option<String>,

-    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the validators
-    #[clap(long)]
-    validators: Option<String>,
+    /// Comma separated list of nym-api endpoints of the validators
+    // the alias here is included for backwards compatibility (1.1.4 and before)
+    #[clap(long, alias = "validators", value_delimiter = ',')]
+    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
 }

 impl From<Run> for OverrideConfig {
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ impl From<Run> for OverrideConfig {
            verloc_port: run_config.verloc_port,
            http_api_port: run_config.http_api_port,
            announce_host: run_config.announce_host,
-            validators: run_config.validators,
+            nym_apis: run_config.nym_apis,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2020-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use std::convert::TryFrom;
@@ -11,19 +11,21 @@ use clap::{ArgGroup, Args};
 use config::NymConfig;
 use crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use log::error;
+use validator_client::nymd;

 use super::version_check;

 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
-#[clap(group(ArgGroup::new("sign").required(true).args(&["address", "text"])))]
+#[clap(group(ArgGroup::new("sign").required(true).args(&["wallet_address", "text"])))]
 pub(crate) struct Sign {
    /// The id of the mixnode you want to sign with
    #[clap(long)]
    id: String,

    /// Signs your blockchain address with your identity key
-    #[clap(long)]
-    address: Option<String>,
+    // the alias here is included for backwards compatibility (1.1.4 and before)
+    #[clap(long, alias = "address")]
+    wallet_address: Option<nymd::AccountId>,

    /// Signs an arbitrary piece of text with your identity key
    #[clap(long)]
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Sign {

 enum SignedTarget {
    Text(String),
-    Address(String),
+    Address(nymd::AccountId),
 }

 impl TryFrom<Sign> for SignedTarget {
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ impl TryFrom<Sign> for SignedTarget {
    fn try_from(args: Sign) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
        if let Some(text) = args.text {
            Ok(SignedTarget::Text(text))
-        } else if let Some(address) = args.address {
+        } else if let Some(address) = args.wallet_address {
            Ok(SignedTarget::Address(address))
        } else {
            // This is unreachable, and hopefully clap will support it explicitly by outputting an
@@ -52,15 +54,12 @@ impl TryFrom<Sign> for SignedTarget {
    }
 }

-fn print_signed_address(private_key: &identity::PrivateKey, raw_address: &str) {
-    let trimmed = raw_address.trim();
-    validate_bech32_address_or_exit(trimmed);
-    let signature = private_key.sign_text(trimmed);
+fn print_signed_address(private_key: &identity::PrivateKey, wallet_address: nymd::AccountId) {
+    // perform extra validation to ensure we have correct prefix
+    validate_bech32_address_or_exit(wallet_address.as_ref());

-    println!(
-        "The base58-encoded signature on '{}' is: {}",
-        trimmed, signature
-    );
+    let signature = private_key.sign_text(wallet_address.as_ref());
+    println!("The base58-encoded signature on '{wallet_address}' is: {signature}",);
 }

 fn print_signed_text(private_key: &identity::PrivateKey, text: &str) {
@@ -107,6 +106,6 @@ pub(crate) fn execute(args: &Sign) {

    match signed_target {
        SignedTarget::Text(text) => print_signed_text(identity_keypair.private_key(), &text),
-        SignedTarget::Address(addr) => print_signed_address(identity_keypair.private_key(), &addr),
+        SignedTarget::Address(addr) => print_signed_address(identity_keypair.private_key(), addr),
    }
 }
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use url::Url;
+use validator_client::nymd;

 pub mod persistence;
 mod template;
@@ -160,16 +161,8 @@ impl Config {
        self
    }

-    pub fn with_listening_address<S: Into<String>>(mut self, listening_address: S) -> Self {
-        let listening_address_string = listening_address.into();
-        if let Ok(ip_addr) = listening_address_string.parse() {
-            self.mixnode.listening_address = ip_addr
-        } else {
-            error!(
-                "failed to change listening address. the provided value ({}) was invalid",
-                listening_address_string
-            )
-        }
+    pub fn with_listening_address(mut self, listening_address: IpAddr) -> Self {
+        self.mixnode.listening_address = listening_address;
        self
    }

@@ -203,8 +196,8 @@ impl Config {
        self
    }

-    pub fn with_wallet_address(mut self, wallet_address: &str) -> Self {
-        self.mixnode.wallet_address = wallet_address.to_string();
+    pub fn with_wallet_address(mut self, wallet_address: nymd::AccountId) -> Self {
+        self.mixnode.wallet_address = Some(wallet_address);
        self
    }

@@ -317,8 +310,8 @@ impl Config {
        self.verloc.retry_timeout
    }

-    pub fn get_wallet_address(&self) -> &str {
-        &self.mixnode.wallet_address
+    pub fn get_wallet_address(&self) -> Option<nymd::AccountId> {
+        self.mixnode.wallet_address.clone()
    }
 }

@@ -377,7 +370,8 @@ struct MixNode {
    nym_root_directory: PathBuf,

    /// The Cosmos wallet address that will control this mixnode
-    wallet_address: String,
+    // the only reason this is an Option is because of the lack of existence of a sane default value
+    wallet_address: Option<nymd::AccountId>,
 }

 impl MixNode {
@@ -414,7 +408,7 @@ impl Default for MixNode {
            public_sphinx_key_file: Default::default(),
            nym_api_urls: vec![Url::from_str(API_VALIDATOR).expect("Invalid default API URL")],
            nym_root_directory: Config::default_root_directory(),
-            wallet_address: "nymXXXXXXXX".to_string(),
+            wallet_address: None,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright 2020-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate rocket;

-// Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
 use ::config::defaults::setup_env;
+use build_information::BinaryBuildInformation;
 use clap::{crate_version, Parser};
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use logging::setup_logging;
@@ -14,16 +15,17 @@ mod config;
 mod node;

 lazy_static! {
-    pub static ref LONG_VERSION: String = long_version();
+    pub static ref PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: String =
+        BinaryBuildInformation::new(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")).pretty_print();
 }

 // Helper for passing LONG_VERSION to clap
-fn long_version_static() -> &'static str {
-    &LONG_VERSION
+fn pretty_build_info_static() -> &'static str {
+    &PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION
 }

 #[derive(Parser)]
-#[clap(author = "Nymtech", version, about, long_version = long_version_static())]
+#[clap(author = "Nymtech", version, about, long_version = pretty_build_info_static())]
 struct Cli {
    /// Path pointing to an env file that configures the mixnode.
    #[clap(short, long)]
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ async fn main() {
    println!("{}", banner());

    let args = Cli::parse();
-    setup_env(args.config_env_file.clone());
+    setup_env(args.config_env_file.as_ref());
    commands::execute(args).await;
 }

@@ -60,37 +62,6 @@ fn banner() -> String {
    )
 }

-fn long_version() -> String {
-    format!(
-        r#"
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-"#,
-        "Build Timestamp:",
-        env!("VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP"),
-        "Build Version:",
-        env!("VERGEN_BUILD_SEMVER"),
-        "Commit SHA:",
-        env!("VERGEN_GIT_SHA"),
-        "Commit Date:",
-        env!("VERGEN_GIT_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP"),
-        "Commit Branch:",
-        env!("VERGEN_GIT_BRANCH"),
-        "rustc Version:",
-        env!("VERGEN_RUSTC_SEMVER"),
-        "rustc Channel:",
-        env!("VERGEN_RUSTC_CHANNEL"),
-        "cargo Profile:",
-        env!("VERGEN_CARGO_PROFILE")
-    )
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use crate::node::node_description::NodeDescription;
 use crate::node::node_statistics::SharedNodeStats;
 use crate::node::packet_delayforwarder::{DelayForwarder, PacketDelayForwardSender};
 use ::crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
+use colored::Colorize;
 use config::NymConfig;
 use log::{error, info, warn};
 use mixnode_common::verloc::{self, AtomicVerlocResult, VerlocMeasurer};
@@ -87,9 +88,15 @@ impl MixNode {
    fn generate_owner_signature(&self) -> String {
        let pathfinder = MixNodePathfinder::new_from_config(&self.config);
        let identity_keypair = Self::load_identity_keys(&pathfinder);
-        let address = self.config.get_wallet_address();
-        validate_bech32_address_or_exit(address);
-        let verification_code = identity_keypair.private_key().sign_text(address);
+        let Some(address) = self.config.get_wallet_address() else {
+            let error_message = "Error: mixnode hasn't set its wallet address".red();
+            println!("{error_message}");
+            println!("Exiting...");
+            process::exit(1);
+        };
+        // perform extra validation to ensure we have correct prefix
+        validate_bech32_address_or_exit(address.as_ref());
+        let verification_code = identity_keypair.private_key().sign_text(address.as_ref());
        verification_code
    }

@@ -118,7 +125,10 @@ impl MixNode {
        );
        println!(
            "You are bonding to wallet address: {}\n\n",
-            self.config.get_wallet_address()
+            self.config
+                .get_wallet_address()
+                .map(|addr| addr.to_string())
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| "UNSPECIFIED".to_string())
        );
    }

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 [package]
-name = "nym-validator-api"
-version = "1.1.5"
+name = "nym-api"
+version = "1.1.4"
 authors = [
    "Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>",
    "Jędrzej Stuczyński <andrew@nymtech.net>",
@@ -17,13 +17,15 @@ rust-version = "1.56"
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = "0.1.52"
 bs58 = {version = "0.4.0", optional = true }
+bip39 = "1"
 cfg-if = "1.0"
-clap = { version = "3.2", features = ["cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 console-subscriber = { version = "0.1.1", optional = true } # validator-api needs to be built with RUSTFLAGS="--cfg tokio_unstable"
 dirs = "4.0"
 dotenv = "0.15.0"
 futures = "0.3.24"
 humantime-serde = "1.0"
+lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4.17"
 pin-project = "1.0"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ rocket_okapi = { version = "0.8.0-rc.2", features = ["swagger"] }
 schemars = { version = "0.8", features = ["preserve_order"] }

 ## internal
+build-information = { path = "../common/build-information" }
 coconut-bandwidth-contract-common = { path = "../common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/coconut-bandwidth-contract" }
 coconut-dkg-common = { path = "../common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/coconut-dkg", optional = true }
 coconut-interface = { path = "../common/coconut-interface", optional = true }
@@ -115,12 +118,6 @@ sqlx = { version = "0.6.2", features = [
    "macros",
    "migrate",
 ] }
-vergen = { version = "7", default-features = false, features = [
-    "build",
-    "git",
-    "rustc",
-    "cargo",
-] }

 [dev-dependencies]
 cw3 = "0.13.4"
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use sqlx::{Connection, SqliteConnection};
 use std::env;
-use vergen::{vergen, Config};

 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
@@ -23,6 +22,4 @@ async fn main() {
    // for some strange reason we need to add a leading `/` to the windows path even though it's
    // not a valid windows path... but hey, it works...
    println!("cargo:rustc-env=DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///{}", &database_path);
-
-    vergen(Config::default()).expect("failed to extract build metadata")
 }
@@ -446,8 +446,6 @@ impl Config {
        self.network_monitor.credentials_database_path.clone()
    }

-    // TODO: Remove if still unused
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn get_rewarding_enabled(&self) -> bool {
        self.rewarding.enabled
    }
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2020-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 #[macro_use]
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ extern crate rocket;

 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::contract_cache::ValidatorCacheRefresher;
+use crate::epoch_operations::RewardedSetUpdater;
 use crate::network_monitor::NetworkMonitorBuilder;
 use crate::node_status_api::uptime_updater::HistoricalUptimeUpdater;
 use crate::nymd_client::Client;
@@ -15,9 +16,12 @@ use ::config::defaults::setup_env;
 use ::config::defaults::var_names::{CONFIGURED, MIXNET_CONTRACT_ADDRESS, MIX_DENOM};
 use ::config::NymConfig;
 use anyhow::Result;
-use clap::{crate_version, App, Arg, ArgMatches};
+use build_information::BinaryBuildInformation;
+use clap::Parser;
 use contract_cache::ValidatorCache;
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use log::{info, warn};
+use logging::setup_logging;
 use node_status_api::NodeStatusCache;
 use okapi::openapi3::OpenApi;
 use rocket::fairing::AdHoc;
@@ -26,27 +30,21 @@ use rocket::{Ignite, Rocket};
 use rocket_cors::{AllowedHeaders, AllowedOrigins, Cors};
 use rocket_okapi::mount_endpoints_and_merged_docs;
 use rocket_okapi::swagger_ui::make_swagger_ui;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use std::{fs, process};
-use task::TaskManager;
+use task::{wait_for_signal, TaskManager};
 use tokio::sync::Notify;
-#[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
-use url::Url;
-use validator_client::nymd::SigningNymdClient;
+use validator_client::nymd::{self, SigningNymdClient};

-use crate::epoch_operations::RewardedSetUpdater;
 #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
 use coconut::{
    comm::QueryCommunicationChannel,
    dkg::controller::{init_keypair, DkgController},
    InternalSignRequest,
 };
-use logging::setup_logging;
 #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
-use validator_client::nymd::bip32::secp256k1::elliptic_curve::rand_core::OsRng;
+use rand::rngs::OsRng;

 pub(crate) mod config;
 pub(crate) mod contract_cache;
@@ -60,150 +58,92 @@ mod swagger;
 #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
 mod coconut;

-const ID: &str = "id";
-const CONFIG_ENV_FILE: &str = "config-env-file";
-const MONITORING_ENABLED: &str = "enable-monitor";
-const REWARDING_ENABLED: &str = "enable-rewarding";
-const MIXNET_CONTRACT_ARG: &str = "mixnet-contract";
-const MNEMONIC_ARG: &str = "mnemonic";
-const WRITE_CONFIG_ARG: &str = "save-config";
-const NYMD_VALIDATOR_ARG: &str = "nymd-validator";
-const ENABLED_CREDENTIALS_MODE_ARG_NAME: &str = "enabled-credentials-mode";
-
-#[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
-const ANNOUNCE_ADDRESS: &str = "announce-address";
-#[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
-const COCONUT_ENABLED: &str = "enable-coconut";
-
-const REWARDING_MONITOR_THRESHOLD_ARG: &str = "monitor-threshold";
-
-const MIN_MIXNODE_RELIABILITY_ARG: &str = "min_mixnode_reliability";
-const MIN_GATEWAY_RELIABILITY_ARG: &str = "min_gateway_reliability";
-
-fn long_version() -> String {
-    format!(
-        r#"
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-{:<20}{}
-"#,
-        "Build Timestamp:",
-        env!("VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP"),
-        "Build Version:",
-        env!("VERGEN_BUILD_SEMVER"),
-        "Commit SHA:",
-        env!("VERGEN_GIT_SHA"),
-        "Commit Date:",
-        env!("VERGEN_GIT_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP"),
-        "Commit Branch:",
-        env!("VERGEN_GIT_BRANCH"),
-        "rustc Version:",
-        env!("VERGEN_RUSTC_SEMVER"),
-        "rustc Channel:",
-        env!("VERGEN_RUSTC_CHANNEL"),
-        "cargo Profile:",
-        env!("VERGEN_CARGO_PROFILE")
-    )
+lazy_static! {
+    pub static ref PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: String =
+        BinaryBuildInformation::new(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")).pretty_print();
 }

-fn parse_args() -> ArgMatches {
-    let build_details = long_version();
-    let base_app = App::new("Nym API")
-        .version(crate_version!())
-        .long_version(&*build_details)
-        .author("Nymtech")
-        .arg(
-            Arg::with_name(CONFIG_ENV_FILE)
-                .help("Path pointing to an env file that configures the Nym API")
-                .long(CONFIG_ENV_FILE)
-                .short('c')
-                .takes_value(true)
-        )
-        .arg(
-            Arg::with_name(ID)
-                .help("Id of the nym-api we want to run")
-                .long(ID)
-                .takes_value(true)
-        )
-        .arg(
-            Arg::with_name(MONITORING_ENABLED)
-                .help("specifies whether a network monitoring is enabled on this API")
-                .long(MONITORING_ENABLED)
-                .short('m')
-        )
-        .arg(
-            Arg::with_name(REWARDING_ENABLED)
-                .help("specifies whether a network rewarding is enabled on this API")
-                .long(REWARDING_ENABLED)
-                .short('r')
-                .requires_all(&[MONITORING_ENABLED, MNEMONIC_ARG])
-        )
-        .arg(
-            Arg::with_name(NYMD_VALIDATOR_ARG)
-                .help("Endpoint to nymd instance from which the monitor will grab nodes to test")
-                .long(NYMD_VALIDATOR_ARG)
-                .takes_value(true)
-        )
-        .arg(Arg::with_name(MIXNET_CONTRACT_ARG)
-                 .long(MIXNET_CONTRACT_ARG)
-                 .help("Address of the mixnet contract managing the network")
-                 .takes_value(true),
-        )
-        .arg(Arg::with_name(MNEMONIC_ARG)
-                 .long(MNEMONIC_ARG)
-                 .help("Mnemonic of the network monitor used for rewarding operators")
-                 .takes_value(true)
-        )
-        .arg(
-            Arg::with_name(WRITE_CONFIG_ARG)
-                .help("specifies whether a config file based on provided arguments should be saved to a file")
-                .long(WRITE_CONFIG_ARG)
-                .short('w')
-        )
-        .arg(
-            Arg::with_name(REWARDING_MONITOR_THRESHOLD_ARG)
-                .help("Specifies the minimum percentage of monitor test run data present in order to distribute rewards for given interval.")
-                .takes_value(true)
-                .long(REWARDING_MONITOR_THRESHOLD_ARG)
-        )
-        .arg(
-            Arg::with_name(MIN_MIXNODE_RELIABILITY_ARG)
-                .long(MIN_MIXNODE_RELIABILITY_ARG)
-                .help("Mixnodes with reliability lower the this get blacklisted by network monitor, get no traffic and cannot be selected into a rewarded set.")
-                .takes_value(true)
-        )
-        .arg(
-            Arg::with_name(MIN_GATEWAY_RELIABILITY_ARG)
-                .long(MIN_GATEWAY_RELIABILITY_ARG)
-                .help("Gateways with reliability lower the this get blacklisted by network monitor, get no traffic and cannot be selected into a rewarded set.")
-                .takes_value(true)
-        )
-        .arg(
-            Arg::with_name(ENABLED_CREDENTIALS_MODE_ARG_NAME)
-                .long(ENABLED_CREDENTIALS_MODE_ARG_NAME)
-                .help("Set this nym api to work in a enabled credentials that would attempt to use gateway with the bandwidth credential requirement")
-        );
+// Helper for passing LONG_VERSION to clap
+fn pretty_build_info_static() -> &'static str {
+    &PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION
+}

+// explicitly defined custom parser (as opposed to just using
+// #[arg(value_parser = clap::value_parser!(u8).range(0..100))]
+// for better error message
+fn threshold_in_range(s: &str) -> Result<u8, String> {
+    let threshold: usize = s
+        .parse()
+        .map_err(|_| format!("`{s}` isn't a valid threshold number"))?;
+    if threshold > 100 {
+        Err(format!("{threshold} is not within the range 0-100"))
+    } else {
+        Ok(threshold as u8)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
+#[clap(author = "Nymtech", version, long_version = pretty_build_info_static(), about)]
+struct ApiArgs {
+    /// Path pointing to an env file that configures the Nym API.
+    #[clap(short, long)]
+    config_env_file: Option<std::path::PathBuf>,
+
+    /// Id of the nym-api we want to run
+    #[clap(long)]
+    id: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Specifies whether network monitoring is enabled on this API
+    #[clap(short = 'm', long)]
+    enable_monitor: bool,
+
+    /// Specifies whether network rewarding is enabled on this API
+    #[clap(short = 'r', long, requires = "enable_monitor", requires = "mnemonic")]
+    enable_rewarding: bool,
+
+    /// Endpoint to nymd instance from which the monitor will grab nodes to test
+    #[clap(long)]
+    nymd_validator: Option<url::Url>,
+
+    /// Address of the mixnet contract managing the network
+    #[clap(long)]
+    mixnet_contract: Option<nymd::AccountId>,
+
+    /// Mnemonic of the network monitor used for rewarding operators
+    // even though we're currently converting the mnemonic to string (and then back to the concrete type)
+    // at least we're getting immediate validation when passing the arguments
+    #[clap(long)]
+    mnemonic: Option<bip39::Mnemonic>,
+
+    /// Specifies whether a config file based on provided arguments should be saved to a file
+    #[clap(short = 'w', long)]
+    save_config: bool,
+
+    /// Specifies the minimum percentage of monitor test run data present in order to distribute rewards for given interval.
+    #[clap(long, value_parser = threshold_in_range)]
+    monitor_threshold: Option<u8>,
+
+    /// Mixnodes with reliability lower the this get blacklisted by network monitor, get no traffic and cannot be selected into a rewarded set.
+    #[clap(long, value_parser = threshold_in_range)]
+    min_mixnode_reliability: Option<u8>,
+
+    /// Gateways with reliability lower the this get blacklisted by network monitor, get no traffic and cannot be selected into a rewarded set.
+    #[clap(long, value_parser = threshold_in_range)]
+    min_gateway_reliability: Option<u8>,
+
+    /// Set this nym api to work in a enabled credentials that would attempt to use gateway with the bandwidth credential requirement
+    #[clap(long)]
+    enabled_credentials_mode: bool,
+
+    /// Announced address where coconut clients will connect.
    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
-    let base_app = base_app
-        .arg(
-            Arg::with_name(ANNOUNCE_ADDRESS)
-                .help("Announced address where coconut clients will connect.")
-                .long(ANNOUNCE_ADDRESS)
-                .takes_value(true),
-        )
-        .arg(
-            Arg::with_name(COCONUT_ENABLED)
-                .help("Flag to indicate whether coconut signer authority is enabled on this API")
-                .requires_all(&[MNEMONIC_ARG, ANNOUNCE_ADDRESS])
-                .long(COCONUT_ENABLED),
-        );
-    base_app.get_matches()
+    #[clap(long)]
+    announce_address: Option<url::Url>,
+
+    /// Flag to indicate whether coconut signer authority is enabled on this API
+    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+    #[clap(long, requires = "mnemonic", requires = "announce-address")]
+    enable_coconut: bool,
 }

 async fn wait_for_interrupt(mut shutdown: TaskManager) {
@@ -218,122 +158,55 @@ async fn wait_for_interrupt(mut shutdown: TaskManager) {
    log::info!("Stopping nym API");
 }

-#[cfg(unix)]
-async fn wait_for_signal() {
-    use tokio::signal::unix::{signal, SignalKind};
-    let mut sigterm = signal(SignalKind::terminate()).expect("Failed to setup SIGTERM channel");
-    let mut sigquit = signal(SignalKind::quit()).expect("Failed to setup SIGQUIT channel");
-
-    tokio::select! {
-        _ = tokio::signal::ctrl_c() => {
-            log::info!("Received SIGINT");
-        },
-        _ = sigterm.recv() => {
-            log::info!("Received SIGTERM");
-        }
-        _ = sigquit.recv() => {
-            log::info!("Received SIGQUIT");
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(not(unix))]
-async fn wait_for_signal() {
-    tokio::select! {
-        _ = tokio::signal::ctrl_c() => {
-            log::info!("Received SIGINT");
-        },
-    }
-}
-
-fn override_config(mut config: Config, matches: &ArgMatches) -> Config {
-    if let Some(id) = matches.value_of(ID) {
-        fs::create_dir_all(Config::default_config_directory(Some(id)))
+fn override_config(mut config: Config, args: ApiArgs) -> Config {
+    if let Some(id) = args.id {
+        fs::create_dir_all(Config::default_config_directory(Some(&id)))
            .expect("Could not create config directory");
-        fs::create_dir_all(Config::default_data_directory(Some(id)))
+        fs::create_dir_all(Config::default_data_directory(Some(&id)))
            .expect("Could not create data directory");
-        config = config.with_id(id);
+        config = config.with_id(&id);
    }

-    if matches.is_present(MONITORING_ENABLED) {
-        config = config.with_network_monitor_enabled(true)
+    config = config
+        .with_network_monitor_enabled(args.enable_monitor)
+        .with_rewarding_enabled(args.enable_rewarding)
+        .with_disabled_credentials_mode(!args.enabled_credentials_mode);
+
+    if let Some(nymd_validator) = args.nymd_validator {
+        config = config.with_custom_nymd_validator(nymd_validator);
    }

-    if matches.is_present(REWARDING_ENABLED) {
-        config = config.with_rewarding_enabled(true)
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
-    if matches.is_present(COCONUT_ENABLED) {
-        config = config.with_coconut_signer_enabled(true)
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
-    if let Some(announce_address) = matches.value_of(ANNOUNCE_ADDRESS) {
-        config = config.with_announce_address(
-            Url::parse(announce_address).expect("Could not parse announce address"),
-        );
-    }
-
-    if let Some(raw_validator) = matches.value_of(NYMD_VALIDATOR_ARG) {
-        let parsed = match raw_validator.parse() {
-            Err(err) => {
-                error!("Passed validator argument is invalid - {err}");
-                process::exit(1)
-            }
-            Ok(url) => url,
-        };
-        config = config.with_custom_nymd_validator(parsed);
-    }
-
-    if let Some(mixnet_contract) = matches.value_of(MIXNET_CONTRACT_ARG) {
-        config = config.with_custom_mixnet_contract(mixnet_contract)
+    if let Some(mixnet_contract) = args.mixnet_contract {
+        config = config.with_custom_mixnet_contract(mixnet_contract.to_string())
    } else if std::env::var(CONFIGURED).is_ok() {
        if let Some(mixnet_contract) = read_var_if_not_default(MIXNET_CONTRACT_ADDRESS) {
            config = config.with_custom_mixnet_contract(mixnet_contract)
        }
    }
-
-    if let Some(mnemonic) = matches.value_of(MNEMONIC_ARG) {
-        config = config.with_mnemonic(mnemonic)
+    if let Some(mnemonic) = args.mnemonic {
+        config = config.with_mnemonic(mnemonic.to_string())
    }

-    if let Some(monitor_threshold) = matches
-        .value_of(REWARDING_MONITOR_THRESHOLD_ARG)
-        .map(|t| t.parse::<u8>())
-    {
-        let monitor_threshold =
-            monitor_threshold.expect("Provided monitor threshold is not a number!");
-        assert!(
-            monitor_threshold <= 100,
-            "Provided monitor threshold is greater than 100!"
-        );
+    if let Some(monitor_threshold) = args.monitor_threshold {
        config = config.with_minimum_interval_monitor_threshold(monitor_threshold)
    }

-    if let Some(reliability) = matches
-        .value_of(MIN_MIXNODE_RELIABILITY_ARG)
-        .map(|t| t.parse::<u8>())
-    {
-        config = config.with_min_mixnode_reliability(
-            reliability.expect("Provided reliability is not a u8 number!"),
-        )
+    if let Some(reliability) = args.min_mixnode_reliability {
+        config = config.with_min_mixnode_reliability(reliability)
    }

-    if let Some(reliability) = matches
-        .value_of(MIN_GATEWAY_RELIABILITY_ARG)
-        .map(|t| t.parse::<u8>())
-    {
-        config = config.with_min_gateway_reliability(
-            reliability.expect("Provided reliability is not a u8 number!"),
-        )
+    if let Some(reliability) = args.min_gateway_reliability {
+        config = config.with_min_gateway_reliability(reliability)
    }

-    if matches.is_present(ENABLED_CREDENTIALS_MODE_ARG_NAME) {
-        config = config.with_disabled_credentials_mode(false)
+    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+    if let Some(announce_address) = args.announce_address {
+        config = config
+            .with_announce_address(announce_address)
+            .with_coconut_signer_enabled(args.enable_coconut);
    }

-    if matches.is_present(WRITE_CONFIG_ARG) {
+    if args.save_config {
        info!("Saving the configuration to a file");
        if let Err(err) = config.save_to_file(None) {
            error!("Failed to write config to a file - {err}");
@@ -490,11 +363,11 @@ fn get_servers() -> Vec<rocket_okapi::okapi::openapi3::Server> {
    }]
 }

-async fn run_nym_api(matches: ArgMatches) -> Result<()> {
+async fn run_nym_api(args: ApiArgs) -> Result<()> {
    let system_version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");

    // try to load config from the file, if it doesn't exist, use default values
-    let id = matches.value_of(ID);
+    let id = args.id.as_deref();
    let (config, _already_inited) = match Config::load_from_file(id) {
        Ok(cfg) => (cfg, true),
        Err(_) => {
@@ -503,14 +376,14 @@ async fn run_nym_api(matches: ArgMatches) -> Result<()> {
                .into_string()
                .unwrap();
            warn!(
-                "Could not load the configuration file from {}. Either the file did not exist or was malformed. Using the default values instead",
-                config_path
+                "Could not load the configuration file from {config_path}. Either the file did not exist or was malformed. Using the default values instead",                
            );
            (Config::new(), false)
        }
    };

-    let config = override_config(config, &matches);
+    let save_to_file = args.save_config;
+    let config = override_config(config, args);

    #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
    if !_already_inited {
@@ -518,9 +391,16 @@ async fn run_nym_api(matches: ArgMatches) -> Result<()> {
    }

    // if we just wanted to write data to the config, exit
-    if matches.is_present(WRITE_CONFIG_ARG) {
-        return Ok(());
+    if save_to_file {
+        info!("Saving the configuration to a file");
+        if let Err(err) = config.save_to_file(None) {
+            error!("Failed to write config to a file - {err}");
+            process::exit(1)
+        } else {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
    }
+
    let mix_denom = std::env::var(MIX_DENOM).expect("mix denom not set");

    let signing_nymd_client = Client::new_signing(&config);
@@ -584,11 +464,13 @@ async fn run_nym_api(matches: ArgMatches) -> Result<()> {
        tokio::spawn(async move { validator_cache_refresher.run(shutdown_listener).await });

        // spawn rewarded set updater
-        let mut rewarded_set_updater =
-            RewardedSetUpdater::new(signing_nymd_client, validator_cache.clone(), storage).await?;
-        let shutdown_listener = shutdown.subscribe();
-        tokio::spawn(async move { rewarded_set_updater.run(shutdown_listener).await.unwrap() });
-
+        if config.get_rewarding_enabled() {
+            let mut rewarded_set_updater =
+                RewardedSetUpdater::new(signing_nymd_client, validator_cache.clone(), storage)
+                    .await?;
+            let shutdown_listener = shutdown.subscribe();
+            tokio::spawn(async move { rewarded_set_updater.run(shutdown_listener).await.unwrap() });
+        }
        validator_cache_listener
    } else {
        // Spawn the validator cache refresher.
@@ -658,10 +540,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
    }}

    setup_logging();
-    let args = parse_args();
-    let config_env_file = args
-        .value_of(CONFIG_ENV_FILE)
-        .map(|s| PathBuf::from_str(s).expect("invalid env config file"));
-    setup_env(config_env_file);
+    let args = ApiArgs::parse();
+    setup_env(args.config_env_file.as_ref());
    run_nym_api(args).await
 }
@@ -2161,9 +2161,9 @@ json-stringify-safe@5.0.1:
  integrity sha512-ZClg6AaYvamvYEE82d3Iyd3vSSIjQ+odgjaTzRuO3s7toCdFKczob2i0zCh7JE8kWn17yvAWhUVxvqGwUalsRA==

 json5@^2.2.1:
-  version "2.2.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/json5/-/json5-2.2.1.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-1hqLFMSrGHRHxav9q9gNjJ5EXznIxGVO09xQRrwplcS8qs28pZ8s8hupZAmqDwZUmVZ2Qb2jnyPOWcDH8m8dlA==
+  version "2.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json5/-/json5-2.2.3.tgz#78cd6f1a19bdc12b73db5ad0c61efd66c1e29283"
+  integrity sha512-XmOWe7eyHYH14cLdVPoyg+GOH3rYX++KpzrylJwSW98t3Nk+U8XOl8FWKOgwtzdb8lXGf6zYwDUzeHMWfxasyg==

 kleur@^3.0.3:
  version "3.0.3"
@@ -407,6 +407,13 @@ dependencies = [
 "memchr",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "build-information"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "vergen 7.4.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.11.0"
@@ -566,35 +573,33 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "3.2.22"
+version = "4.0.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "86447ad904c7fb335a790c9d7fe3d0d971dc523b8ccd1561a520de9a85302750"
+checksum = "2148adefda54e14492fb9bddcc600b4344c5d1a3123bd666dcb939c6f0e0e57e"
 dependencies = [
 "atty",
 "bitflags",
 "clap_derive",
 "clap_lex",
- "indexmap",
 "once_cell",
 "strsim",
 "termcolor",
- "textwrap",
 ]

 [[package]]
 name = "clap_complete"
-version = "3.2.5"
+version = "4.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3f7a2e0a962c45ce25afce14220bc24f9dade0a1787f185cecf96bfba7847cd8"
+checksum = "10861370d2ba66b0f5989f83ebf35db6421713fd92351790e7fdd6c36774c56b"
 dependencies = [
 "clap",
 ]

 [[package]]
 name = "clap_complete_fig"
-version = "3.2.4"
+version = "4.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ed37b4c0c1214673eba6ad8ea31666626bf72be98ffb323067d973c48b4964b9"
+checksum = "46b30e010e669cd021e5004f3be26cff6b7c08d2a8a0d65b48d43a8cc0efd6c3"
 dependencies = [
 "clap",
 "clap_complete",
@@ -602,9 +607,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "3.2.18"
+version = "4.0.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ea0c8bce528c4be4da13ea6fead8965e95b6073585a2f05204bd8f4119f82a65"
+checksum = "0177313f9f02afc995627906bbd8967e2be069f5261954222dac78290c2b9014"
 dependencies = [
 "heck 0.4.0",
 "proc-macro-error",
@@ -615,9 +620,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2850f2f5a82cbf437dd5af4d49848fbdfc27c157c3d010345776f952765261c5"
+checksum = "0d4198f73e42b4936b35b5bb248d81d2b595ecb170da0bac7655c54eedfa8da8"
 dependencies = [
 "os_str_bytes",
 ]
@@ -1583,7 +1588,16 @@ version = "0.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2953d1df47ac0eb70086ccabf0275aa8da8591a28bd358ee2b52bd9f9e3ff9e9"
 dependencies = [
- "enum-iterator-derive",
+ "enum-iterator-derive 0.8.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "enum-iterator"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "45a0ac4aeb3a18f92eaf09c6bb9b3ac30ff61ca95514fc58cbead1c9a6bf5401"
+dependencies = [
+ "enum-iterator-derive 1.1.0",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -1597,6 +1611,17 @@ dependencies = [
 "syn",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "enum-iterator-derive"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "828de45d0ca18782232dfb8f3ea9cc428e8ced380eb26a520baaacfc70de39ce"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -3440,6 +3465,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "nym-socks5-client"
 version = "1.1.4"
 dependencies = [
+ "build-information",
 "clap",
 "client-connections",
 "client-core",
@@ -3451,6 +3477,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "futures",
 "gateway-client",
 "gateway-requests",
+ "lazy_static",
 "log",
 "logging",
 "network-defaults",
@@ -3471,7 +3498,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "topology",
 "url",
 "validator-client",
- "vergen",
 "version-checker",
 ]

@@ -6028,12 +6054,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "winapi-util",
 ]

-[[package]]
-name = "textwrap"
-version = "0.15.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b7b3e525a49ec206798b40326a44121291b530c963cfb01018f63e135bac543d"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "thin-slice"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -6538,7 +6558,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "anyhow",
 "cfg-if",
 "chrono",
- "enum-iterator",
+ "enum-iterator 0.8.1",
 "getset",
 "git2",
 "rustc_version 0.4.0",
@@ -6546,6 +6566,23 @@ dependencies = [
 "thiserror",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "vergen"
+version = "7.4.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "efadd36bc6fde40c6048443897d69511a19161c0756cb704ed403f8dfd2b7d1c"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "enum-iterator 1.1.3",
+ "getset",
+ "git2",
+ "rustc_version 0.4.0",
+ "rustversion",
+ "thiserror",
+ "time 0.3.17",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version-checker"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -6582,7 +6619,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "schemars",
 "serde",
 "thiserror",
- "vergen",
+ "vergen 5.1.17",
 "vesting-contract-common",
 ]

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@nym/nym-connect",
-  "version": "1.1.5",
+  "version": "1.1.4",
  "main": "index.js",
  "license": "MIT",
  "scripts": {
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-connect"
-version = "1.1.5"
+version = "1.1.4"
 description = "nym-connect"
 authors = ["Nym Technologies SA"]
 license = ""
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ pub async fn init_socks5_config(provider_address: String, chosen_gateway_id: Str
    if let Ok(raw_validators) = std::env::var(config_common::defaults::var_names::API_VALIDATOR) {
        config
            .get_base_mut()
-            .set_custom_nym_apis(config_common::parse_validators(&raw_validators));
+            .set_custom_nym_apis(config_common::parse_urls(&raw_validators));
    }

    // Setup gateway by either registering a new one, or reusing exiting keys
-    let gateway = client_core::init::setup_gateway::<_, Socks5Config, _>(
+    let gateway = client_core::init::setup_gateway::<Socks5Config, _>(
        register_gateway,
        Some(chosen_gateway_id),
        config.get_base(),
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use client_core::client::replies::reply_storage::fs_backend;
 use client_core::error::ClientCoreError;
 use serde::{Serialize, Serializer};
 use thiserror::Error;
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ pub enum BackendError {
    #[error("{source}")]
    ClientCoreError {
        #[from]
-        source: ClientCoreError<fs_backend::Backend>,
+        source: ClientCoreError,
    },
    #[error("{source}")]
    ApiClientError {
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
  "package": {
    "productName": "nym-connect",
-    "version": "1.1.5"
+    "version": "1.1.4"
  },
  "build": {
    "distDir": "../dist",
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { Box, CircularProgress, Divider, Stack, Tooltip, Typography } from '@mui/material';
+import { Box, CircularProgress, Typography } from '@mui/material';
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
 import { ConnectionStatusKind } from '../types';
 import { ServiceProvider } from '../types/directory';
-import { ServiceProviderInfo } from './ServiceProviderInfo';

 const FONT_SIZE = '10px';
 const FONT_WEIGHT = '600';
@@ -15,8 +14,8 @@ const ConnectionStatusContent: React.FC<{
  switch (status) {
    case ConnectionStatusKind.connected:
      return (
-        <Typography fontWeight={FONT_WEIGHT} fontStyle={FONT_STYLE} fontSize="14px">
-          Connected to
+        <Typography fontWeight={FONT_WEIGHT} fontStyle={FONT_STYLE} textAlign="center">
+          Connected
        </Typography>
      );
    case ConnectionStatusKind.disconnecting:
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ const ConnectionStatusContent: React.FC<{
          ml={1}
          textTransform="uppercase"
          textAlign="center"
-          fontSize={FONT_SIZE}
+          fontSize="10px"
          sx={{ wordSpacing: 3, letterSpacing: 2 }}
        >
          You are not protected
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ export const ConnectionStatus: React.FC<{
  status: ConnectionStatusKind;
  connectedSince?: DateTime;
  serviceProvider?: ServiceProvider;
-}> = ({ status, serviceProvider }) => {
+}> = ({ status, connectedSince, serviceProvider }) => {
  const color =
    status === ConnectionStatusKind.connected || status === ConnectionStatusKind.disconnecting
      ? '#21D072'
@@ -71,13 +70,13 @@ export const ConnectionStatus: React.FC<{
      <Box color={color} fontSize={FONT_SIZE} sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
        <ConnectionStatusContent status={status} />
      </Box>
-      {serviceProvider ? (
-        <Tooltip title={<ServiceProviderInfo serviceProvider={serviceProvider} />}>
-          <Box sx={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}>
-            {serviceProvider && <Typography>{serviceProvider.description}</Typography>}
-          </Box>
-        </Tooltip>
-      ) : null}
+      <Box>
+        {serviceProvider && (
+          <Typography fontSize={12} textAlign="center">
+            To {serviceProvider.description}
+          </Typography>
+        )}
+      </Box>
    </>
  );
 };
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import { Divider, Stack, Typography } from '@mui/material';
-import { ServiceProvider } from 'src/types/directory';
-
-export const ServiceProviderInfo = ({ serviceProvider }: { serviceProvider: ServiceProvider }) => (
-  <Stack gap={1} sx={{ wordWrap: 'break-word', maxWidth: 150, p: 1 }}>
-    <Typography variant="body2" fontWeight="bold">
-      Connection info
-    </Typography>
-    <Typography variant="caption">{serviceProvider.description}</Typography>
-    <Divider />
-    <Typography variant="caption" fontWeight="bold">
-      Gateway <Typography variant="caption">{serviceProvider.gateway}</Typography>
-    </Typography>
-    <Divider />
-    <Typography variant="caption" fontWeight="bold">
-      Provider <Typography variant="caption">{serviceProvider.address.slice(0, 35)}...</Typography>
-    </Typography>
-  </Stack>
-);
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ export const ClientContextProvider = ({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode
      .catch((e) => console.log(e));

    listen('socks5-event', (e: TauriEvent) => {
-      console.log(e);
-
      setError(e.payload);
    }).then((result) => {
      unlisten.push(result);
@@ -37,13 +37,11 @@ export const ConnectedLayout: React.FC<{
 }) => (
  <>
    <IpAddressAndPortModal show={showInfoModal} onClose={handleCloseInfoModal} ipAddress={ipAddress} port={port} />
-    <Box>
+    <Box pb={4}>
      <ConnectionStatus status={ConnectionStatusKind.connected} serviceProvider={serviceProvider} />
    </Box>
-    <Divider sx={{ my: 2 }} />
-    <Box sx={{ mb: 3 }}>
-      <IpAddressAndPort label="Socks5 address" ipAddress={ipAddress} port={port} />
-    </Box>
+    <IpAddressAndPort label="Socks5 address" ipAddress={ipAddress} port={port} />
+    <Divider sx={{ my: 3 }} />
    {/* <ConnectionStats stats={stats} /> */}
    <ConnectionTimer connectedSince={connectedSince} />
    <ConnectionButton status={status} busy={busy} onClick={onConnectClick} isError={isError} />
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
durch	1060888945	wallet tracing POC	2023-01-05 17:30:25 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	5f4926dd49	feature: use clap derive for nym-api + use stricter validation for other binaries (#2772 ) * fixed all uses of deprecated clap methods * updated all uses of clap to 4.0 * unified obtaining build information * moved around the imports * Moved all nym-api arguments to ApiArgs and simplified parsing * Using common shutdown signal code * Using clap for parsing Vec<Url> * stricter validation of socks5-client arguments * ibid for the native client * ibid for the gateway * ibid for the mixnode * clippy	2023-01-05 10:32:57 +00:00
dependabot[bot]	1f132a4eaa	build(deps): bump got and nodemon (#1624 ) Bumps [got](https://github.com/sindresorhus/got) and [nodemon](https://github.com/remy/nodemon). These dependencies needed to be updated together. Removes `got` Updates `nodemon` from 2.0.12 to 2.0.19 - [Release notes](https://github.com/remy/nodemon/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/remy/nodemon/compare/v2.0.12...v2.0.19) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: got dependency-type: indirect - dependency-name: nodemon dependency-type: direct:production ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-05 10:21:05 +00:00
dependabot[bot]	097d2d51cc	build(deps): bump undici, hardhat and @nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan (#1634 ) Bumps [undici](https://github.com/nodejs/undici), [hardhat](https://github.com/nomiclabs/hardhat) and [@nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan](https://github.com/nomiclabs/hardhat). These dependencies needed to be updated together. Updates `undici` from 4.16.0 to 5.10.0 - [Release notes](https://github.com/nodejs/undici/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/nodejs/undici/compare/v4.16.0...v5.10.0) Updates `hardhat` from 2.9.2 to 2.11.2 - [Release notes](https://github.com/nomiclabs/hardhat/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/nomiclabs/hardhat/compare/hardhat@2.9.2...hardhat@2.11.2) Updates `@nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan` from 3.0.3 to 3.1.0 - [Release notes](https://github.com/nomiclabs/hardhat/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/nomiclabs/hardhat/compare/@nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan@3.0.3...@nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan@3.1.0) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: undici dependency-type: indirect - dependency-name: hardhat dependency-type: direct:development - dependency-name: "@nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan" dependency-type: direct:development ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-05 10:20:56 +00:00
dependabot[bot]	a2078d997b	Bump loader-utils from 1.4.0 to 1.4.2 (#1763 ) Bumps [loader-utils](https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils) from 1.4.0 to 1.4.2. - [Release notes](https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/blob/v1.4.2/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/compare/v1.4.0...v1.4.2) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: loader-utils dependency-type: indirect ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-05 10:20:37 +00:00
dependabot[bot]	558d4b899d	Bump deep-object-diff from 1.1.7 to 1.1.9 (#1765 ) Bumps [deep-object-diff](https://github.com/mattphillips/deep-object-diff) from 1.1.7 to 1.1.9. - [Release notes](https://github.com/mattphillips/deep-object-diff/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/mattphillips/deep-object-diff/commits) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: deep-object-diff dependency-type: indirect ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-05 10:20:24 +00:00
dependabot[bot]	4fcb98e839	Bump decode-uri-component in /contracts/basic-bandwidth-generation (#1838 ) Bumps [decode-uri-component](https://github.com/SamVerschueren/decode-uri-component) from 0.2.0 to 0.2.2. - [Release notes](https://github.com/SamVerschueren/decode-uri-component/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/SamVerschueren/decode-uri-component/compare/v0.2.0...v0.2.2) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: decode-uri-component dependency-type: indirect ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-05 10:20:11 +00:00
dependabot[bot]	702bb202a3	Bump decode-uri-component from 0.2.0 to 0.2.2 (#1840 ) Bumps [decode-uri-component](https://github.com/SamVerschueren/decode-uri-component) from 0.2.0 to 0.2.2. - [Release notes](https://github.com/SamVerschueren/decode-uri-component/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/SamVerschueren/decode-uri-component/compare/v0.2.0...v0.2.2) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: decode-uri-component dependency-type: indirect ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-05 10:19:59 +00:00
dependabot[bot]	71ff2c04a0	Bump express in /clients/native/examples/js-examples/websocket (#1849 ) Bumps [express](https://github.com/expressjs/express) from 4.17.1 to 4.18.2. - [Release notes](https://github.com/expressjs/express/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/expressjs/express/blob/master/History.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/expressjs/express/compare/4.17.1...4.18.2) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: express dependency-type: indirect ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-05 10:19:46 +00:00
dependabot[bot]	cb30384eaf	Bump qs and express in /clients/native/examples/js-examples/websocket (#1850 ) Bumps [qs](https://github.com/ljharb/qs) and [express](https://github.com/expressjs/express). These dependencies needed to be updated together. Updates `qs` from 6.7.0 to 6.11.0 - [Release notes](https://github.com/ljharb/qs/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/ljharb/qs/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/ljharb/qs/compare/v6.7.0...v6.11.0) Updates `express` from 4.17.1 to 4.18.2 - [Release notes](https://github.com/expressjs/express/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/expressjs/express/blob/master/History.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/expressjs/express/compare/4.17.1...4.18.2) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: qs dependency-type: indirect - dependency-name: express dependency-type: indirect ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-05 10:19:38 +00:00
dependabot[bot]	e911c2fbc0	Bump qs and express in /clients/webassembly/js-example (#1851 ) Bumps [qs](https://github.com/ljharb/qs) and [express](https://github.com/expressjs/express). These dependencies needed to be updated together. Updates `qs` from 6.7.0 to 6.11.0 - [Release notes](https://github.com/ljharb/qs/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/ljharb/qs/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/ljharb/qs/compare/v6.7.0...v6.11.0) Updates `express` from 4.17.1 to 4.18.2 - [Release notes](https://github.com/expressjs/express/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/expressjs/express/blob/master/History.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/expressjs/express/compare/4.17.1...4.18.2) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: qs dependency-type: indirect - dependency-name: express dependency-type: indirect ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-05 10:19:27 +00:00
dependabot[bot]	bb005a39f5	Bump qs, body-parser and express (#1852 ) Bumps [qs](https://github.com/ljharb/qs), [qs](https://github.com/ljharb/qs), [body-parser](https://github.com/expressjs/body-parser) and [express](https://github.com/expressjs/express). These dependencies needed to be updated together. Updates `qs` from 6.10.1 to 6.11.0 - [Release notes](https://github.com/ljharb/qs/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/ljharb/qs/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/ljharb/qs/compare/v6.10.1...v6.11.0) Updates `qs` from 6.5.2 to 6.11.0 - [Release notes](https://github.com/ljharb/qs/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/ljharb/qs/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/ljharb/qs/compare/v6.10.1...v6.11.0) Updates `body-parser` from 1.19.0 to 1.20.1 - [Release notes](https://github.com/expressjs/body-parser/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/expressjs/body-parser/blob/master/HISTORY.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/expressjs/body-parser/compare/1.19.0...1.20.1) Updates `express` from 4.17.1 to 4.18.2 - [Release notes](https://github.com/expressjs/express/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/expressjs/express/blob/master/History.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/expressjs/express/compare/4.17.1...4.18.2) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: qs dependency-type: indirect - dependency-name: qs dependency-type: indirect - dependency-name: body-parser dependency-type: indirect - dependency-name: express dependency-type: indirect ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-05 10:19:19 +00:00
dependabot[bot]	ea72c37083	Bump express in /contracts/basic-bandwidth-generation (#1853 ) Bumps [express](https://github.com/expressjs/express) from 4.17.1 to 4.18.2. - [Release notes](https://github.com/expressjs/express/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/expressjs/express/blob/master/History.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/expressjs/express/compare/4.17.1...4.18.2) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: express dependency-type: indirect ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-05 10:19:10 +00:00
dependabot[bot]	a24dd8b9bc	build(deps): bump json5 from 2.2.1 to 2.2.3 in /nym-api/tests (#2768 ) Bumps [json5](https://github.com/json5/json5) from 2.2.1 to 2.2.3. - [Release notes](https://github.com/json5/json5/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/json5/json5/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/json5/json5/compare/v2.2.1...v2.2.3) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: json5 dependency-type: indirect ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-05 10:11:01 +00:00
dependabot[bot]	b006c01397	build(deps): bump json5 from 2.2.1 to 2.2.3 in /testnet-faucet (#2769 ) Bumps [json5](https://github.com/json5/json5) from 2.2.1 to 2.2.3. - [Release notes](https://github.com/json5/json5/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/json5/json5/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/json5/json5/compare/v2.2.1...v2.2.3) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: json5 dependency-type: indirect ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-05 10:10:38 +00:00
dependabot[bot]	f7f2a51458	build(deps): bump json5 from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2 (#2770 ) Bumps [json5](https://github.com/json5/json5) from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2. - [Release notes](https://github.com/json5/json5/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/json5/json5/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/json5/json5/compare/v1.0.1...v1.0.2) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: json5 dependency-type: indirect ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-05 10:10:04 +00:00
Jon Häggblad	408396c900	client-core: remove generic parameter for ClientCoreError (#2765 ) * client-core: remove generic parameter for ClientCoreError * fix compilation	2023-01-04 15:41:11 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	a97c913bb1	Fixed missing feature lock for coconut-exlusive fields (#2767 )	2023-01-04 14:00:55 +00:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	dba5a9caef	Renamed 'nym-validator-api' package name to 'nym-api' (#2766 )	2023-01-04 13:00:37 +00:00
Pierre Dommerc	3e39573feb	feat(wallet-buy): pass wallet address as url param (#2752 )	2023-01-04 13:26:09 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	ac312e9109	feature: standarise arguments (#2762 ) * Renamed "address" argument in "sign" command to "wallet-address" * Ability to optionally describe mixnode with command line arguments * renamed 'validators' arguments to 'nym-apis' in mixnode binary * cleaned up gateway validator-related url arguments * fixup! Renamed "address" argument in "sign" command to "wallet-address" * renamed 'use_anonymous_sender_tag' to 'use_anonymous_replies' * 'nymd_endpoints => 'nymd_validators' * more consistency for nymd_validators and nym_apis urls arguments * updated changelog	2023-01-04 09:59:08 +00:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	8a2a7dc0ce	bugfix: don't start rewarding unless `rewarding.enabled` is explicitly set to `true` (#2753 ) * start rewarded set updater based on config flag * removed dead code annotation * updated changelog	2023-01-04 09:44:32 +00:00
Fouad	9684b7ffbd	merge resolve	2022-12-22 15:45:02 +01:00
farbanas	29f48efe49	feat: release v1.1.5 of nym-wallet	2022-12-22 12:13:44 +01:00
Drazen Urch	bdc285dbbb	Add numeric family ids to explorer-api (#2707 )	2022-12-21 23:37:32 +01:00
benedetta davico	a02a1b0385	Merge pull request #2728 from nymtech/feat/2722-ne-ui make fields match button height	2022-12-21 15:09:32 +01:00
Gala	a746738d48	make fields match button height	2022-12-19 13:40:26 +01:00