Mark Sinclair
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* Bump version of nym-cli to 1.1.0 and move CHANGELOG to standalone file * Bump version of nym-connect to v1.1.0 and update CHANGELOG * Bump version of nym-wallet to v1.1.0 and update CHANGELOG * Bump version of explorer-api to v1.1.0 * Bump versions of binaries (native-client, socks5-client, mixnode, gateway, network-requester) to v1.1.0 * Bump version of validator-api to v1.1.0 * Bump version of mixnet contract to v1.1.0 (vesting contract already v1.1.0 from #1472) * Bump Nym Platform version to v1.1.0 and update CHANGELOG * Update CHANGELOG.md * Update CHANGELOG.md * Updated changelog with v2-related changes * Update CHANGELOG.md Co-authored-by: Mark Sinclair <mmsinclair@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Fouad <fmtabbara@hotmail.co.uk> Co-authored-by: Pierre Dommerc <dommerc.pierre@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Jędrzej Stuczyński <jedrzej.stuczynski@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Jess <31625607+jessgess@users.noreply.github.com>
Nym API
The Nym API provides multiple services to the Nym network, and is designed to be run alongside Nyxd validators. From a logical perspective, there are multiple applications, but they are bundled together for ease of deployment.
Nym Directory Caching
The Nym directory is contained in the mixnet smart contract in the Nyx blockchain. The blockchain holds the canonical directory information about nodes, stake, locations etc. The Nym API caches this information periodically to make queries faster and more scalable.
Nym Network Monitoring
The Nym API periodically sends test packets through the entire of the Nym mixnet to test node liveness and quality of service.
Coconut Credentials
Coconut [paper] is a distributed cryptographic signing scheme providing a high degree of privacy for its users. You can find an overview of how to use it in the Coconut section of the Nym documentation.
A simple explanation is also available in blog form.
This project was partially funded through the NGI0 PET Fund, a fund established by NL.net with financial support from the European Commission's NGI programme, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 825310.