+----------+              +----------+             +----------+                 
                       | Mix Node |<-----------> | Mix Node |<----------->| Mix Node |                 
                       | Layer 1  |              | Layer 2  |             | Layer 3  |                 
                       +----------+              +----------+             +----------+                 
                            ^                                                   ^                      
                            |                                                   |                      
                            |                                                   |                      
                            v                                                   v                      
                    +--------------+                                +-------------------------+        
                    | Your gateway |                                | Service / app's gateway |        
                    +--------------+                                +-------------------------+        
                            ^                                                    ^                     
                            |                                                    |                     
                            |                                                    |                     
                            |                                                    |                     
                            |                                                    |                     
                            v                                                    v                     
                  +-------------------+                                +-------------------+           
                  | +---------------+ |                                | +---------------+ |           
                  | |  Nym client   | |                                | |  Nym Client   | |           
                  | +---------------+ |                                | +---------------+ |           
                  |         ^         |                                |         ^         |           
                  |         |         |                                |         |         |           
                  |         |         |                                |         |         |           
                  |         |         |                                |         |         |           
                  |         v         |                                |         v         |           
                  | +---------------+ |                                | +---------------+ |           
                  | | Your app code | |                                | | Service Code  | |           
                  | +---------------+ |                                | +---------------+ |           
                  +-------------------+                                +-------------------+           
                    Your Local Machine                                Service Provider Machine