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The 1800s minimum TTL defeated CDN failover mechanisms (e.g. Fastly
publishes 30–60s A-record TTLs specifically to signal when edge nodes
are removed). Dead IPs were cached for up to 30 minutes with no
way for the client to recover without a restart.
- Drop DEFAULT_POSITIVE_LOOKUP_CACHE_TTL from 1800s to 60s so that
CDN-signalled failovers take effect within a minute
- Shuffle resolved IPs on each lookup so retries cycle through all
available edge nodes rather than hitting the same dead address
- Add invalidate_preresolve_entry / invalidate_preresolve_for API
for callers that want targeted per-host cache eviction on hard
connection failures
The Nym Privacy Platform
The platform is composed of multiple Rust crates. Top-level executable binary crates include:
nym-node- a tool for running a node within the Nym network. Nym Nodes containing functionality such asmixnode,entry-gatewayandexit-gatewayare fundamental components of Nym Mixnet architecture. Nym Nodes are ran by decentralised node operators. Read more aboutnym-nodein Operators Guide documentation. Network functionality ofnym-node(labeled with--modeflag) can be:mixnode- shuffles Sphinx packets together to provide privacy against network-level attackers.gateway- acts sort of like a mailbox for mixnet messages, which removes the need for direct delivery to potentially offline or firewalled devices. Gateways can be further categorized asentry-gatewayandexit-gateway. The latter has an extra embedded IP packet router and Network requester to route data to the internet.
nym-client- an executable which you can build into your own applications. Use it for interacting with Nym nodes.nym-socks5-client- a Socks5 proxy you can run on your machine and use with existing applications.nym-explorer- a (projected) block explorer and (existing) mixnet viewer.nym-wallet- a desktop wallet implemented using the Tauri) framework.nym-cli- a tool for interacting with the network from the CLI.
┌─►mix──┐ mix mix
│ │
Entry │ │ Exit
client ───► Gateway ──┘ mix │ mix ┌─►mix ───► Gateway ───► internet
│ │
│ │
mix └─►mix──┘ mix
This project integrates with the Midnight Network
Building
- Platform build instructions are available on Nym Operators Guide documentation.
- Wallet build instructions are available here.
Developing
References for developers:
Developer chat
You can chat to us in the #dev channel on Matrix or on the Nym Forum.
Tokenomics & Rewards
Nym network economic incentives, operator and validator rewards, and scalability of the network are determined according to the principles laid out in the section 6 of Nym Whitepaper. Initial reward pool is set to 250 million Nym, making the circulating supply 750 million Nym.
Licensing and copyright information
This is a monorepo and components that make up Nym as a system are licensed individually, so for accurate information, please check individual files.
As a general approach, licensing is as follows this pattern:
- applications and binaries are GPLv3
- libraries and components are Apache 2.0 or MIT
- documentation is Apache 2.0 or CC0-1.0
Nym Node Operators and Validators Terms and Conditions can be found here.
Getting Started
yarn install
yarn build