The current lack of privacy on the internet exposes billions of people to mass surveillance and data breaches, undermining trust in digital services and stifling innovation. Nym is a mixnet and develops the infrastructure to prevent this data leakage by protecting every packet’s metadata at the network and application layers.

We were joined by Nym's CEO & Founder Harry Halpin, and CSO Jaya Klara Brekke, to chat about the threat mass surveillance has on society, what Nym sets out to do and take a deep dive into the architecture of the protocol.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Harry and Jaya's backgrounds and how they got into crypto
• Harry's personal experience with surveillance
• Mass surveillance on the internet
• The rationale behind the cypherpunk manifesto “transparency for the powerful, privacy for the rest of us”
• The 'general public's' attitude towards privacy
• The Nym infrastructure, purpose and benefits
• How Nym works with other applications
• How does incentivization work
• Harry's relationship with Julian Assange

Episode links:

• “Privacy for end users, transparency for the infrastructure” blog post
• Ep 339 - What Julian Assange Represents to the Crypto Movement
• Nym website
• Main Telegram
• Node Setup Help Chat
• GitHub
• Documentation
• YouTube
• Harry on Twitter
• Jaya on Twitter
• Nym on Twitter

Sponsors:

• Tally: Tally is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash
• CowSwap: CowSwap is a Meta-Dex Aggregator built by Gnosis. It taps into all on-chain liquidity - including other dex aggregators such as Paraswap, 1inch and Matcha - offering the best prices on all trades. It provides some UX perks (no gas costs for failed transactions!) and protects traders against MEV. - https://epicenter.rocks/cowswap

This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/426