Shipyard Practice Test #1 will start today on Discord! 🌤🛤

💫 Warm up for Saturday's final exam & ace this practice test! 500 $NYM rewards in each language

🔔Timings:

12:00 UTC: Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian & Vietnamese
18:30 UTC: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and Russian

This test will also help you prepare & understand Saturday's final Level 1 exam!

📌 MANDATORY: You must select your preferred language to participate in the practice test and the final exam!

⦿ Click here to read the exam curriculum 📜
⦿ Select your language here to participate 🍎
⦿ Watch out for more updates & instructions in your exam channels on Discord!

Feel free to share any questions about participation in this chat :)

⚜️ Nym Shipyard | Community Channels | How to complete Level 1?

Masterclass #3: "Nym, the private transport layer for Web3" 🍝

As Shipyard Level 1 comes to a close... it's time for the Nym DevRel and Business Development teams to join us for a special lecture!

Curious to know about the state of privacy in Web3?

Using Nym alone can't guarantee anonymity, but it solves the problem at its core — the Layer 0 Nym mixnet provides cover. Nym protects metadata information from leaking by obscuring any and all types of network traffic.

Learn how the mixnet achieves this and more, with Ade & Max in tomorrow's final Level 1 lecture!

🌠 Watch out for the Secret phrase to claim your POAPs

📅 October 19, Thursday
⏰ 16:00 CET
📺 Livestream on: YouTube & Twitch

⚜️ Shipyard Website | Community Channels | How to complete Level 1?

Next up: Join the first Shipyard Fireside Chat this Friday 🤠🔥

To round up Level 1 of Shipyard, Nym has invited universally acclaimed privacy experts!

🌀 Guests:
Evin McMullin (disco.xyz)
Kenny (Manta)
Alan (Railgun)

Tune in to the live discussion on "Privacy primitives in Web3: from layer 0 to zk-compute" with Sudo & Jaya.

They will dive into the stack of privacy-preserving technologies built for web3, and the future a private web3 will enable.

🔮 The chat will be followed by facilitation of Shipyard study guilds with Huxian (Founder, Pineapple Hive)

📅 October 20, Friday
⏰ 16:00 CET
📺 Streaming here on: YouTube & Twitch

You won't wanna miss this one 👀

⚜️ Shipyard Website | Community Channels | How to complete Level 1?

What has encryption ever done for us?

A retrospective on the fight for public access to cryptography and the world it gave us, ahead of this year’s Global Encryption Day.

⚠️ MUST READ: To graduate from Shipyard level 1

Are you ready for the first challenge? Below you can find the list resources to help you ace the exam, get a share of the 350k NYM prize pool, and unlock Level 2!

- Masterclass #1 Fixing the broken internet by Harry Halpin
- Masterclass #2 Protection of communications metadata by Claudia Diaz
- Masterclass #3: "Nym, the private transport layer for Web3"
- Nym Litepaper
- Simple introduction to mixnets
- Nym Shipyard: a privacy academy in the public squares
- Nym mixnet is not a blockchain — but it is powered by one
- Privacy — what is it good for?
- Data Privacy Day special: a primer on metadata
- Layer 0 privacy infrastructure for the whole internet
- Cybersecurity' begins with integrity, not surveillance
- VPNs, Tor, I2P — how does Nym compare?

Keep in mind: the exam will be live, and you can only take it at the scheduled time. Don't miss it!

⏰ Timings for Saturday, October 21:
10:00 CET: 한국인, Indonesian, 中文, 日本語, tiếng-việt
11:00 CET: English, Русский, Français, Türkçe
19:00 CET: Español, Português

📌 [IMPORTANT] How to participate?
1. Click here to visit the 🎎|select-language channel on Discord
2. Select your preferred language from the menu
3. Watch your exam channel for more updates!

You must select your preferred language before the end of today (23:59 CET) to participate in tomorrow's Final Level 1 exam.

Good luck, and see you in the classroom.

Level 1 of Shipyard ends today - how to graduate to Level 2? 🧑🏼‍🎓🎊

Completing Level 1: Nymster today will unlock 350k $NYM in rewards + qualification into Level 2!

⏰ Timings for today's exams:
10:00 CET: 한국인, Indonesian, 中文, 日本語, tiếng-việt
11:00 CET: English, Русский, Français, Türkçe
19:00 CET: Español, Português

The exam will be live, and you can only take it at the scheduled time. This is your only chance to graduate to Level 2: Nymja Cadet 💜

📌 [IMPORTANT] How to participate?
1. Click here to visit the 🎎|select-language channel on Discord
2. Select your preferred language from the menu
3. Watch your exam channel for more updates!

⚜️ Shipyard Website | Community Channels | Level 1 Curriculum

Farewell, Shipyard Level 1 – Level 2: Cadet is starting on Tuesday 🏄‍♀️

450k+ NYM tokens in prizes & lots of new events are waiting for you at this stage!

While you wait for today's final exam leaderboard & rewards to be announced, follow this new Shipyard Level 2 page for:

🥂 all Level 2 lectures & AMAs
📚 recommended readings & watch list
✨ and upcoming rewards

Next week's events are now added in the "Events" section on the Nym Discord server & will be updated regularly!

Keep an eye out for the final Level 1 leaderboard to be announced by Tuesday, midnight CET!

YOUR OPINION MATTERS!

Today we are exploring some of the screens of the mobile application for NymConnect, and we'd love to know what you think!

We would love to hear from you and would appreciate if you could spare 10 min of your time giving us feedback. We will keep the test open until Monday 23rd October at 15h CET.

All feedback is welcome, please feel free to speak your mind.

Masterclass #4 — "Nym token economics 101" 🌖⚡️

Had a good time learning about the big picture during Level 1?

Wait until Nymja Level 2 turns you into a privacy pro! This stage is all about nitty gritty, privacy deep dives and everyone is invited!

It all starts tomorrow — find out wen moon, wen lambo & learn everything about staking, bridging and using the NYM token to defeat surveillance with Huxian (from Pineapple Hive)! 👀🍍

Claim your Level 2 POAPs by attending this livestream ✨

📅 October 24, Tuesday
⏰ 16:00 CET
📺 Streaming here on: YouTube & Twitch

⚜️ Shipyard Website | Community Channels

Nym $300m Innovation Fund opens for applications this November

Gain mentorship and funding with Nym’s commitment to growing a healthy privacy ecosystem.

Whether you completed the Shipyard Level 1 exam or not… there’s lots to look forward to during Level 2 💥

🥳 Shipyard Level 2 is open for all:

If you've completed your registration, you can join Level 2: Nymster directly! Certified Nymsters from Level 1 will be able to enjoy additional perks at this stage.

Watch out for more news & instructions as we get closer to the final exam!

🏆 Final Nymster academy leaderboard:

1600+ pupils took Saturday's final exam & competed for Level 1 rewards. Click here to see how all final exam participants have been rewarded at this stage.

Special mention to some exceptional performances 💞
⦿ "Alex*" was placed globally number 1 with the highest overall score
⦿ "Mst Ferdousi" & "compote1630" were the only other members to score 13000+ points
⦿ Top 3 members in each language channel have also been rewarded with bonus $NYM!

⚠️ NOTE: If your name is highlighted in yellow, you must click here and fill out the attached Discord form to claim your prizes before Friday, October 27 23:59 UTC

Keep an eye on your registered claiming address for instructions to be sent by contact@nymtech.net in the coming days.

Congrats everyone 💌

⚜️ Shipyard Website | Community Channels

Nym mixnet and WalletConnect integration — the first steps

This spotlight on work by a recent Nym intern shows how the mixnet can plug in to WalletConnect, securing dApps and wallets.

Masterclass #5 — "Nym network deep-dive and running exit nodes"

With your newly acquired privacy skills, you have the power over your digital life. Privacy in the age of AI, why Nym is needed and how it helps, you know it all! 🏔

The incentivised and decentralised mixnet behind Nym is the key component that drives all traffic inside the network. It enables anonymous browsing and protection from network level adversaries.

The next Masterclass will feature a detailed review of the Nym network, tutorial to join the mixnet, running your own profitable nodes and... a new beta release 🥳

🗓 Find out more with Nym DevRel Serinko and Community OG Pawnflake this Thursday at 16:00 CET

📻 Livestream on: YouTube & Twitch

⚜️ Shipyard Website | Community Channels

Shipyard Practice Test #2 is coming up tomorrow on Discord!

There's no better way to prepare for the final exams than competing hard in the Shipyard weekly practice quizzes 🌟

💫 500 $NYM rewards in each language

🔔Timings:

14:00 CET: Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian & Vietnamese
20:30 CET: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and Russian

📜 Click here to read the test curriculum

⦿ Join your Shipyard exam channel timely on Discord to participate 🍎
⦿ Watch out for more updates & instructions in your exam channels on Discord!

Feel free to share any questions about participation in this chat :)

⚜️ Nym Shipyard | Community Channels

Thanks for joining today's Shipyard Masterclass #5 🌤

Hope you're all set to run your own mix nodes now that you know the Nym network inside-out!

🪸 Click here to watch the recording!

🎬 List of chapters from the Masterclass:

Introductions | Nym 101 & mixnet deep-dive | Why to run a Nym node? | How to start? | Operator deep-dive | Rewards for operators | Introducing ExplorNYM

🎒 Masterclass #5 Homework Bag:

- Nym node types
- What does it take to build the world’s most powerful VPN?

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A big thanks to @Pawnflake 💫

This masterclass was co-delivered by a special Shipyard Academy 2022 graduate, active contributor and trusted node runner - Pawnflake! You can learn more about him from the slide decks shared above.

His most recent innovation is ExploreNYM - a new explorer that makes staking & running nodes easier for all. Click here to see how it works! 🌏

🎖 Recommended nodes for staking

🎖 Join the Matrix server for support with running your own node!

🗣 TOMORROW: Nym network & token economics AMA

After completing this week's lectures, you're already expert on Nym tokenomics and how the network works!

Week 3 of Shipyard still has more to offer. Tomorrow is going to be another busy day complete with more opportunities to learn 🔥

🌀 Who's going to be there?
- Claudia Diaz (Chief Scientist).
- Serinko (DevRel).
- Pawnflake (Community OG)
- Huxian (Founder, Pineapple Hive)
... and our beloved hosts: Sudo & Diane!

If you have any questions from the last 2 masterclasses - this is the place to have them all answered 👨‍🔬

🔮 The chat will be followed by another Shipyard Study Guilds Workshop with Hux [3-4 p.m. UTC]

📅 October 27, Friday
⏰ 14:00 UTC
📺 Streaming here on: YouTube & Twitch

⚜️ Shipyard Website | Community Channels

Masterclass #6 — "Exploring decentralised VPNs & anonymous e-cash in Nym"

Welcome to the final week of Shipyard Level 2 💙🎊

You'll soon be an expert on Nym network architecture, token economics, bonding, staking, earning rewards, and their impact on privacy. Mastering these skills will help you in Saturday's final exam.

It all starts tomorrow with an exciting double lecture! 📺⚡️

🎓 What is a decentralised VPN? A exclusive preview of the NymVPN

Marc Debizet, Nym Head of Product will deliver a session explaining decentralised VPNs, how they work and how Nym will improve the current solutions.
Watch this lecture for an exclusive preview of the long-awaited NymVPN!

🎓 Pay, but not with your privacy: anonymous e-cash in Nym

Typically, using a VPN means revealing personal info when you pay for it. With Nym VPN, payments will be private from start to finish!
Find out exactly how this process will work with Nym Head of Research, Ania Piotrowska.

📅 October 31, Tuesday
⏰ 15:00 UTC / 16:00 CET
📺 Live on: YouTube & Twitch

🔔 Set a reminder!

⚜️ Shipyard Website | Community Channels

Thursday's expert Community Town Hall panel will focus on you 🏡👥

The final few months of this year are dedicated to scaling Nym for end users.

This entails enabling NymConnect for full system protection via a new Nym VPN and ensuring it can be paid for without compromising privacy.

Let's join in to discuss the progress so far & these upcoming developments along with the whole Nym community!

🌀 Guests:
- Harry Halpin (CEO)
- Claudia Diaz (Chief Scientist)
- Ania Piotrowska (Head of Research)
- Ade Molajo (Head of BD)
- Mark Sinclair (Head of Engineering)
- Marc Debizet (Lead Product Manager)
- Huxian (Community OG) ... and our hosts: Sudo & Diane!

Set your reminders now to not miss this live session 🚀

📅 November 2, Thursday
⏰ 11:00 UTC
📺 Watch on: YouTube & Twitch