The question of minimum profit margin for Nym nodes 📜
A proposal to implement minimum profit margins and operator cost limits among node operators previously sparked debate within the Nym community.
The team is planning a Town Hall to further discuss and ensure fairness for all operators.
This blogpost gives an update on the current state of this proposal and outlines a process for arriving at a decision.
A proposal to implement minimum profit margins and operator cost limits among node operators previously sparked debate within the Nym community.
The team is planning a Town Hall to further discuss and ensure fairness for all operators.
This blogpost gives an update on the current state of this proposal and outlines a process for arriving at a decision.
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NymVPN logo: the surveillance eclipse 🌇
The NymVPN is the first commercial app to launch on the Nym mixnet — a decentralized network securing privacy as the default for any digital communication.
In celebration of the eclipse in some parts of the world, here is a short post gives a little insight into the symbolism behind the NymVPN logo ahead of the upcoming Alpha launch!
Sign up to the NymVPN waitlist here.
The NymVPN is the first commercial app to launch on the Nym mixnet — a decentralized network securing privacy as the default for any digital communication.
In celebration of the eclipse in some parts of the world, here is a short post gives a little insight into the symbolism behind the NymVPN logo ahead of the upcoming Alpha launch!
Sign up to the NymVPN waitlist here.
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Nym Fast & Furious network performance tests I, II and III 🏎️🏁
Over the past two weeks, the Nym network and core team have been conducting a series of performance tests.
The tests entails Nym’s core team setting up clients all over the world to push high volumes of traffic through the network to learn where the network can be improved.
The third test is planned for 12 UTC today (Tuesday 9th of April), and will take place live during the weekly Operator AMA call. Read the new blog post to find out more!
Over the past two weeks, the Nym network and core team have been conducting a series of performance tests.
The tests entails Nym’s core team setting up clients all over the world to push high volumes of traffic through the network to learn where the network can be improved.
The third test is planned for 12 UTC today (Tuesday 9th of April), and will take place live during the weekly Operator AMA call. Read the new blog post to find out more!
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Community call: The state of online privacy 🌏
Last week's livestream was all about privacy on the hardware level. This week's community call will be a little different because we'll be focusing more on the software side of things 😉
Join this week's call to talk about the state online privacy with a very special guest:
🗣 Legendary cryptographer and Nym advisor, Bart Preneel!
Sudo & Diane will be hosting this week's call & answering your community questions.
📅 11 April, 2024
⏰ 14:00 UTC
📺 Tune in: YouTube & Twitch
Last week's livestream was all about privacy on the hardware level. This week's community call will be a little different because we'll be focusing more on the software side of things 😉
Join this week's call to talk about the state online privacy with a very special guest:
🗣 Legendary cryptographer and Nym advisor, Bart Preneel!
Sudo & Diane will be hosting this week's call & answering your community questions.
📅 11 April, 2024
⏰ 14:00 UTC
📺 Tune in: YouTube & Twitch
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VPNs and mixnets: Together at last 🤝
What is a mixnet, and how is it now powering the best new VPN for privacy?
After years of research, the Nym team has created an effective mixnet that is not only scalable, but where anonymity actually improves as the mixnet scales. Read more on it in this new blog post.
What is a mixnet, and how is it now powering the best new VPN for privacy?
After years of research, the Nym team has created an effective mixnet that is not only scalable, but where anonymity actually improves as the mixnet scales. Read more on it in this new blog post.
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Nym Squad League: Season 0 report 📝
Nym Squad League soft launched in January 2024 with ‘Season 0: Dawn of the Nymja’, which came to a close at the end of March.
This post provides an overview of what was achieved in Nym Squad League ‘Season 0: Dawn of the Nymja’.
We are looking forward to opening Season 1 to Nymsters very soon, welcoming even more community members to the program!
Nym Squad League soft launched in January 2024 with ‘Season 0: Dawn of the Nymja’, which came to a close at the end of March.
This post provides an overview of what was achieved in Nym Squad League ‘Season 0: Dawn of the Nymja’.
We are looking forward to opening Season 1 to Nymsters very soon, welcoming even more community members to the program!
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Nym Quiz Challenge — 10k+ $NYM in rewards every month ✨
Learn about mixnets and how they're now powering the best new VPN for privacy in next week's quiz!
🏆 500 $NYM prizes in all languages
🎯 Topic: VPNs and mixnets: Together at last
⏰ Schedule for Thursday, April 25:
12:00 UTC: Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian & Vietnamese quizzes
18:30 UTC: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and Russian quizzes
🙋♀️ How do I participate?
⦿ Visit the Nym Discord server
⦿ Click on "Channels and Roles" to start onboarding
⦿ Choose your language for the Nym Weekly Quiz and you're all set!
Learn about mixnets and how they're now powering the best new VPN for privacy in next week's quiz!
🏆 500 $NYM prizes in all languages
🎯 Topic: VPNs and mixnets: Together at last
⏰ Schedule for Thursday, April 25:
12:00 UTC: Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian & Vietnamese quizzes
18:30 UTC: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and Russian quizzes
🙋♀️ How do I participate?
⦿ Visit the Nym Discord server
⦿ Click on "Channels and Roles" to start onboarding
⦿ Choose your language for the Nym Weekly Quiz and you're all set!
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Community call: Let's talk about privacy-preserving wallets 👛🗣
Privacy preserving wallets let you protect personal info, prevent tracking and take more control of your financial privacy.
This week's special guest Barron Caster from Leo Wallet, which is a privacy-preserving cryptocurrency wallet for the Aleo blockchain. He is joining tomorrow's hosts Sudo & Hux for a deeper discussion about privacy, crypto wallets, which one you should choose & answer your community questions!
Share your questions in the live chat or (anonymously) on Matrix & collect your limited POAPs 🏞
📅 18 April, 2024
⏰ 14:00 UTC
📺 Tune in: YouTube & Twitch
Privacy preserving wallets let you protect personal info, prevent tracking and take more control of your financial privacy.
This week's special guest Barron Caster from Leo Wallet, which is a privacy-preserving cryptocurrency wallet for the Aleo blockchain. He is joining tomorrow's hosts Sudo & Hux for a deeper discussion about privacy, crypto wallets, which one you should choose & answer your community questions!
Share your questions in the live chat or (anonymously) on Matrix & collect your limited POAPs 🏞
📅 18 April, 2024
⏰ 14:00 UTC
📺 Tune in: YouTube & Twitch
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Introducing Nym Squad Wealth Fund 💸
Over 30 mil tokens were delegated to Nym nodes, launching community treasury.
The Nym Squad Wealth Fund is a community treasury of NYM tokens that will grow and shrink with the performance and usage of Nym. The treasury supports Nym ecosystem growth, rewarding outstanding community contributions.
Read on to learn more about this fund and how it'll be used to Nym Squad League missions every quarter!
Over 30 mil tokens were delegated to Nym nodes, launching community treasury.
The Nym Squad Wealth Fund is a community treasury of NYM tokens that will grow and shrink with the performance and usage of Nym. The treasury supports Nym ecosystem growth, rewarding outstanding community contributions.
Read on to learn more about this fund and how it'll be used to Nym Squad League missions every quarter!
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🎊👨👩👦👦 The Gathering is here - Welcome, Nymsters! 👨👩👦👦🎊
"With the launch of Nym VPN, the eclipse is upon us! To harness its magical power and change the world once and for all, Nymsters, Nymjas and Shinobis are gathering around the world and making preparations."
As of today, the first full-blown season of Nym Squad League is live! Below is a recap for Nymsters of Sudo's presentation during yesterday's community call - give it a watch for further information.
💜 Our main objectives for this season are:
1. Readying the Nym mainnet for the launch of NymVPN
2. Testing NymVPN with different audiences
3. Building new tools for the Nym ecosystem
4. Strengthening the Nym community all around the world
This season up to 200k NYM will be shared among Nymsters from the Squad Wealth Fund. Here is what you need to know and do to get your share:
📌 NSL Season 1 - The Gathering starts today and will end on the 30th of June. Register here!
The prize pool can be 200K NYM, and its final size depends on you. All of you, together! Keep a close eye on Nym community channels for critical missions - if we ace these together, we can max out the prize pool!
⦿ Collect points throughout the season by completing tasks. More points = more rewards!
⦿ Top 200 participants can redeem points, and others get to carry points forward to next season.
⦿ Achievements can get you multipliers. For example if you get the NymStar award, you get a 1.5x multiplier.
⦿ Nymjas get access to grants, can form squads, and participate in the governance in NSL and the Squad Wealth Fund.
⦿ You can earn a promotion to Nymja by standing out as a Nymster with your contributions.
Privacy loves company - welcome to the Gathering!
"With the launch of Nym VPN, the eclipse is upon us! To harness its magical power and change the world once and for all, Nymsters, Nymjas and Shinobis are gathering around the world and making preparations."
As of today, the first full-blown season of Nym Squad League is live! Below is a recap for Nymsters of Sudo's presentation during yesterday's community call - give it a watch for further information.
💜 Our main objectives for this season are:
1. Readying the Nym mainnet for the launch of NymVPN
2. Testing NymVPN with different audiences
3. Building new tools for the Nym ecosystem
4. Strengthening the Nym community all around the world
This season up to 200k NYM will be shared among Nymsters from the Squad Wealth Fund. Here is what you need to know and do to get your share:
📌 NSL Season 1 - The Gathering starts today and will end on the 30th of June. Register here!
The prize pool can be 200K NYM, and its final size depends on you. All of you, together! Keep a close eye on Nym community channels for critical missions - if we ace these together, we can max out the prize pool!
⦿ Collect points throughout the season by completing tasks. More points = more rewards!
⦿ Top 200 participants can redeem points, and others get to carry points forward to next season.
⦿ Achievements can get you multipliers. For example if you get the NymStar award, you get a 1.5x multiplier.
⦿ Nymjas get access to grants, can form squads, and participate in the governance in NSL and the Squad Wealth Fund.
⦿ You can earn a promotion to Nymja by standing out as a Nymster with your contributions.
Privacy loves company - welcome to the Gathering!
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Nym joins the Liquid Federation ahead of Bitcoin halving 🤿➗
Nym is now running a Liquid functionary node to support the Bitcoin layer-2 ecosystem
Bitcoin launched a transformative movement in decentralized technology. We are now about to witness the next algorithmic step in its deflationary design: the fourth halving of bitcoin mining rewards. The next Bitcoin halving is scheduled for blockheight 840,000 and set to take place today.
The genesis of Bitcoin is historically and technically entwined with that of mixnets. Leading up to the halving, Nym has officially joined the 65-member-strong Liquid Federation to signal support for Bitcoin and its growing layer-2 ecosystem.
Nym is now running a Liquid functionary node to support the Bitcoin layer-2 ecosystem
Bitcoin launched a transformative movement in decentralized technology. We are now about to witness the next algorithmic step in its deflationary design: the fourth halving of bitcoin mining rewards. The next Bitcoin halving is scheduled for blockheight 840,000 and set to take place today.
The genesis of Bitcoin is historically and technically entwined with that of mixnets. Leading up to the halving, Nym has officially joined the 65-member-strong Liquid Federation to signal support for Bitcoin and its growing layer-2 ecosystem.
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Nym and Aleo alliance with Leo Wallet 🦁🤝
Nym is excited to announce its strategic partnership with Aleo, a leading privacy-focused blockchain platform, with support from Leo Wallet.
Leo is a privacy preserving cryptocurrency wallet which is native to the Aleo network and a trusted name in secure wallet infrastructure.
The collaboration combines Aleo’s power as a zero-knowledge Layer-1 blockchain with Nym’s Layer-0 mixnet protocol.
Nym is excited to announce its strategic partnership with Aleo, a leading privacy-focused blockchain platform, with support from Leo Wallet.
Leo is a privacy preserving cryptocurrency wallet which is native to the Aleo network and a trusted name in secure wallet infrastructure.
The collaboration combines Aleo’s power as a zero-knowledge Layer-1 blockchain with Nym’s Layer-0 mixnet protocol.
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Nym teams up with the Optimism ecosystem 🔐🌐
Nym is thrilled to announce its new collaboration with the Optimism Foundation, whose members will be among the first to test out the upcoming NymVPN. This a significant step forward in the realm of online privacy and security.
We invite you to join us on this exciting journey as we explore new frontiers in privacy and security.
Be sure to mark your calendars for the upcoming AMA session on 3 May 2024 and stay tuned for more details on how to get early access to NymVPN 🚀
Nym is thrilled to announce its new collaboration with the Optimism Foundation, whose members will be among the first to test out the upcoming NymVPN. This a significant step forward in the realm of online privacy and security.
We invite you to join us on this exciting journey as we explore new frontiers in privacy and security.
Be sure to mark your calendars for the upcoming AMA session on 3 May 2024 and stay tuned for more details on how to get early access to NymVPN 🚀
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NymVPN alpha private testing has begun 🌑🏃♀️
NymVPN alpha is now available to test for users who have signed up on the waiting list!
Thanks to subscribers, core community members, and of course the research and development team at Nym, we can now take the next step in building a more anonymous internet, halting surveillance in its tracks.
NymVPN alpha is now available to test for users who have signed up on the waiting list!
Thanks to subscribers, core community members, and of course the research and development team at Nym, we can now take the next step in building a more anonymous internet, halting surveillance in its tracks.
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Nym Quiz Challenge will now be part of NSL 👾 🤩
Starting this week, your quiz efforts will be rewarded from the Squad Wealth Fund.
So, what does it mean for you? 🧐
By participating in quizzes regularly, you can get up to 500 points & a 1.5x multiplier on the Nym Squad League leaderboard.
Regular quiz participants will have a significant edge. These extra points will go a long way in redeeming up to 200k NYM token reward pool reserved for Nymsters, at the end of the season.
🎯 Topic: NymVPN alpha private testing has begun
⏰ Schedule for Thursday, May 9:
12:00 UTC: Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian & Vietnamese quizzes
18:30 UTC: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and Russian quizzes
🙋♀️ How to participate?
⦿ Join the Nym Discord server
⦿ Register for Nym Squad League
⦿ Join the quiz channel in your language
Starting this week, your quiz efforts will be rewarded from the Squad Wealth Fund.
So, what does it mean for you? 🧐
By participating in quizzes regularly, you can get up to 500 points & a 1.5x multiplier on the Nym Squad League leaderboard.
Regular quiz participants will have a significant edge. These extra points will go a long way in redeeming up to 200k NYM token reward pool reserved for Nymsters, at the end of the season.
🎯 Topic: NymVPN alpha private testing has begun
⏰ Schedule for Thursday, May 9:
12:00 UTC: Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian & Vietnamese quizzes
18:30 UTC: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and Russian quizzes
🙋♀️ How to participate?
⦿ Join the Nym Discord server
⦿ Register for Nym Squad League
⦿ Join the quiz channel in your language
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Community call: Alephium - A sharded layer 1 blockchain 🛸🌿
Your favourite community calls are back 😋
This week's livestream will feature returning guests from Alephium, who are back for another round of discussions with our hosts Sudo & Hux.
🌀 Guests:
Maud Bannwart, COO and
Vlad Moshnyager, CMO
Alephium is a sharded L1 aiming to iterate on and improve on Bitcoin's UTXO and Proof-of-Work. Hop on for a conversation about the upcoming updates in their ecosystem and their long-standing partnership with Nym.
Attention new joiners 🗣 Don't miss this week's special Nym101 segment to welcome you and get you started! 😃🧡
📅 9 May, 2024
⏰ 14:00 UTC
📺 Tune in: YouTube | Twitch | Twitter
Your favourite community calls are back 😋
This week's livestream will feature returning guests from Alephium, who are back for another round of discussions with our hosts Sudo & Hux.
🌀 Guests:
Maud Bannwart, COO and
Vlad Moshnyager, CMO
Alephium is a sharded L1 aiming to iterate on and improve on Bitcoin's UTXO and Proof-of-Work. Hop on for a conversation about the upcoming updates in their ecosystem and their long-standing partnership with Nym.
Attention new joiners 🗣 Don't miss this week's special Nym101 segment to welcome you and get you started! 😃🧡
📅 9 May, 2024
⏰ 14:00 UTC
📺 Tune in: YouTube | Twitch | Twitter
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We got Nym Squad League monthly leaderboard before GTA VI 😲
⭐️ NymSTAR award contenders
@foxybloke
@RocioGonzalezT9
@BikramBiswas786
@Platohedroboss
alex_x_alex#0 (Discord)
@arifnewaz
@Raymomentz
@jsantann
Nymjas, Shinobi and team members will vote this week to decide the top 3 NymSTAR award winners!
🫂 Community champions
Highlighting some exceptional community efforts by NSL participants.
@tanelliott618, @RocioGonzalezT9 and @Raymomentz hosted NymVPN workshops in their regions
@Platohedroboss presented Nym on Cypher Radio
kaled created timestamps for last week's community call
@arifnewaz created tutorials about NymVPN in Bengali
🛤 Key missions for this month
⦿ Summarise events & meetups
⦿ Create YouTube timestamps
⦿ Create content about NymVPN
Keep an eye out for the first critical mission of this season in the coming days! Use the
👑 New Leaderboard! Click here >
Top 200 participants get rewarded up to 200k $NYM from the Squad Wealth Fund at the end of each season.
Complete missions regularly to climb up the ranks!
New nymsters who registered during April will get their invites and Nymster NFTs this week, and will be visible on the leaderboard starting next month 🚀
🤲 Registrations for NSL are open - sign up now!
🪻 Nym Squad League | Missions
@foxybloke
@RocioGonzalezT9
@BikramBiswas786
@Platohedroboss
alex_x_alex#0 (Discord)
@arifnewaz
@Raymomentz
@jsantann
Nymjas, Shinobi and team members will vote this week to decide the top 3 NymSTAR award winners!
🫂 Community champions
Highlighting some exceptional community efforts by NSL participants.
@tanelliott618, @RocioGonzalezT9 and @Raymomentz hosted NymVPN workshops in their regions
@Platohedroboss presented Nym on Cypher Radio
kaled created timestamps for last week's community call
@arifnewaz created tutorials about NymVPN in Bengali
🛤 Key missions for this month
⦿ Summarise events & meetups
⦿ Create YouTube timestamps
⦿ Create content about NymVPN
Keep an eye out for the first critical mission of this season in the coming days! Use the
/missions command in the chat to bring up the full list of missions.👑 New Leaderboard! Click here >
Top 200 participants get rewarded up to 200k $NYM from the Squad Wealth Fund at the end of each season.
Complete missions regularly to climb up the ranks!
New nymsters who registered during April will get their invites and Nymster NFTs this week, and will be visible on the leaderboard starting next month 🚀
🪻 Nym Squad League | Missions
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Community call: Is RGB Really Good for Bitcoin? 😎
Privacy is at heart of everything Nym does & this week's community call is no different. The livestream will feature Olga Ukolova who is building RGB — a scalable & confidential smart contracts system for Bitcoin & lightning network.
Their latest release is the Ultraviolet platform which combines the power of RGB smart contracts with a mindblowing speed of blockchain-less settlements, data availability network, zero knowledge proofs and trustless BTC bridging.
Find out what RGB does, who it is for, what problems it solves and get answers to your own community questions with our hosts Hux & Sudo!
📅 16 May, 2024
⏰ 14:00 UTC
📺 Tune in: YouTube | Twitch | Twitter
Privacy is at heart of everything Nym does & this week's community call is no different. The livestream will feature Olga Ukolova who is building RGB — a scalable & confidential smart contracts system for Bitcoin & lightning network.
Their latest release is the Ultraviolet platform which combines the power of RGB smart contracts with a mindblowing speed of blockchain-less settlements, data availability network, zero knowledge proofs and trustless BTC bridging.
Find out what RGB does, who it is for, what problems it solves and get answers to your own community questions with our hosts Hux & Sudo!
📅 16 May, 2024
⏰ 14:00 UTC
📺 Tune in: YouTube | Twitch | Twitter
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Get ready for another Nym Quiz challenge! 🧑🏫💫
Learn how Nym Squad League participants will be rewarded from the community treasury of NYM tokens that will grow and shrink with the performance and usage of Nym.
🎯 Topic: Introducing Nym Squad Wealth Fund
⏰ When? 23 May, 2024
12:00 UTC: Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian & Vietnamese quizzes
18:30 UTC: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and Russian quizzes
🙋♀️ How to participate?
Sign up for the Nym Squad League to join Nym quizzes on Discord!
Learn how Nym Squad League participants will be rewarded from the community treasury of NYM tokens that will grow and shrink with the performance and usage of Nym.
🎯 Topic: Introducing Nym Squad Wealth Fund
⏰ When? 23 May, 2024
12:00 UTC: Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian & Vietnamese quizzes
18:30 UTC: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and Russian quizzes
🙋♀️ How to participate?
Sign up for the Nym Squad League to join Nym quizzes on Discord!
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Your NymSTAR award winners for April 2024 are... 🥁
🪖 @foxybloke
🏝️ @jsantann
🏗️ @RocioGonzalezT9
🦹 @Platohedroboss
All winners will get 1000 $NYM and 1.5x multiplier on all points collected on the Nymster leaderboard. Nymster, Nymja or Shinobi can be nominated for bringing the vibes to Nym channels, helping others, and contributing to the vision. Register as a Nymster here.
See this page to learn how you too can become a NymSTAR!
#NSLNymSTAR | 🗳️ Vote: forum.nymtech.net
🪖 @foxybloke
🏝️ @jsantann
🏗️ @RocioGonzalezT9
🦹 @Platohedroboss
All winners will get 1000 $NYM and 1.5x multiplier on all points collected on the Nymster leaderboard. Nymster, Nymja or Shinobi can be nominated for bringing the vibes to Nym channels, helping others, and contributing to the vision. Register as a Nymster here.
See this page to learn how you too can become a NymSTAR!
#NSLNymSTAR | 🗳️ Vote: forum.nymtech.net
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Incentivizing privacy, not surveillance: Nym nodes approve min. profit margin 🌘🗳️
The Nym nodes have spoken: they want a minimum profit margin (PM) vis-à-vis network stakers.
This is the first vote by a community that is co-creating a novel digital market which incentivizes privacy rather than surveillance. Strong privacy protections will soon be offered as a service thanks to collective decision making by the network itself.
Read the new blog post to find out more!
The Nym nodes have spoken: they want a minimum profit margin (PM) vis-à-vis network stakers.
This is the first vote by a community that is co-creating a novel digital market which incentivizes privacy rather than surveillance. Strong privacy protections will soon be offered as a service thanks to collective decision making by the network itself.
Read the new blog post to find out more!
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