Nym roadmap update
Read on for more details on the Nym roadmap for 2022 and beyond…
Read on for more details on the Nym roadmap for 2022 and beyond…
The Nym mainnet launch rolled out in Q4 last year, and 2022 has been a year of much progress: Nym now has an active community of mixnodes, gateways and validators operating a global privacy system. We have four more milestones to hit in 2022 before moving into next year where the aim is major partnerships and end-user adoption. Here’s what’s next…
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Rounding off 2022
- Launch zk-nyms for bandwidth credentials
We are launching zk-nym, an anonymous credentials system, based on the Coconut protocol, that ensures unlinkability and allows for decentralised issuance of credentials. The first practical use case of zk-nym is bandwidth credentials, enabling privacy preserving paid usage of the Nym mixnet. Decentralised issuance of zk-nyms will be available for other use cases for anyone building on the Nyx CosmWasm blockchain!
2. Launch NYX for blockchain governance and validator rewards
The Nyx blockchain on the Cosmos ecosystem has been operating for months, powering the Nym privacy system. Launching the NYX token will ensure that validators who have been running the chain will finally get rewarded and will boost CosmWasm smart contract development on Nyx for all application developers.
3. Begin Web3 wallet integrations and privacy partnerships
We are in discussions with a number of major Web3 wallets on Nym mixnet integrations. We expect to see the practical work on wallet integrations begin before the end of the year, safeguarding network layer privacy for a variety of crypto transactions.
4. Graduate our first cohort from Shipyard Academy!
Meanwhile, the Nym community is growing, maturing. More than 4,000 applicants made it through to Shipyard Academy and are currently learning all about the Nym infrastructure, token economics and privacy. By the end of 2022, the Academy will graduate its first cohort who will be ready to educate and promote a future where privacy by design is the norm.
2023 — Nym mixnet for the people
Looking ahead, 2023 will be focused on end-users as we prepare for mainstream adoption. Given the increasing concerns surrounding privacy rights, there is growing awareness among ordinary people on the importance of privacy-preserving technologies to protect their digital lives and well-being.
Our priorities will be to ensure that their needs are met and accessibility to the Nym mixnet is as frictionless as possible through:
- Enabling users to determine their mixnet latency preferences and security needs
- Determining optimised mixnet parameters per application type
- Launching decentralised Nym VPN service with partners
- Building censorship-resistant gateways
- Enabling paid mixnet service using ZK-Nyms
- Securing partnerships with major blockchains, driving mixnet usage
Partnerships with major blockchains and applications are key to Nym’s strategy. Mass adoption at the scale of millions will succeed through the integration of the mixnet into apps and services that people are already using — within and beyond Web3.
2024 — privacy at institutional and enterprise scale
At the heart of our work, we firmly believe that privacy as default is fundamental to how our privacy rights can be respected. It should therefore be integrated into core societal institutions as they become increasingly digitised. This can only be achieved through institutional adoption and enterprise use-cases which will be our focus in 2024.
Enterprise and institutional use cases will be critical for privacy to be integrated at the infrastructure level, with key partners integration across fintech, medical and personal data sectors. These sectors have high exposure to privacy breaches that severely impact ordinary people.
In addition, a push for integration into browsers and operating systems with popular programs in our daily lives like Signal, Google and Brave is on the cards as a natural extension to the success in demand of Nym Connect usage.
Other important pillars of institutional adoption include:
- Standardise at Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
- Secure hardware optimisation and network stack integration
A future with privacy as default
The end game is to scale the Nym mixnet to millions of users as we enter an era where privacy tools are normal. As digitisation spreads, so too does the attack surface, undermining the privacy and security of people and organisations. There is a real and immediate need for privacy to be ensured by design. This is essential for a future where our basic infrastructures respect and secure the fundamental right to privacy — and Nym is here to make it a reality.
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