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* fix socks5 syntax * reshape backup and restore and add proxy * fix URLS * remove deprecated node-api-check - archived for when there is time to maintain the tool * add hash verification step
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# Network Components
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Core components:
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* A **Mixnet**, which mixes Sphinx packet traffic so that it cannot be determined who is communicating with whom. Our mixnet is based on a modified version of the [**Loopix** design](concepts/loopix). This is made up of [Nym nodes](architecture/mixnet#nodes) runnning on servers around the world maintained by a decentralised group of Operators.
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* Various [**Nym clients**](architecture/mixnet#nym-clients) which manage sending and receiving Sphinx packets, encrypting/decrypting traffic, and providing [cover traffic](./concepts/cover-traffic) to hide 'real' traffic timing.
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* A CosmWasm-enabled blockchain called [**Nyx**](architecture/nyx), the home of the various smart contracts used by the mixnet. A subset of Nyx Validators run [NymAPI](./architecture/nyx#nymapi) instances, taking part in also producing and verifying [zk-nym credentials](cryptography/zk-nym).
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