Hey nymsters!
Thanks to everyone who joined our second community call of 2026 β and what a packed one it was ![]()
Big congrats to our trivia winners this week:
@Rodent x3
@Beyond
@zanchomazorca x2
Absolute legends. You earned your Trivia Champ badges and bonus points in the Nym Squad League - these will be reflected on the January leaderboard. Well played!
Nym Updates
We covered some exciting ecosystem news:
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Next weekβs call will feature a guest from the Keplr team β and it will take place on Wednesday (not Thursday). Previous call recording is here.
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The Zcash β NYM native swapper is live. You can now swap seamlessly between the two privacy OGs.
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Reminder: You can pay for NymVPN with Zcash for fully anonymous payments.
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- Improved censorship resistance (better DNS handling)
- Fix for bandwidth exceeded bug
- Custom DNS bug resolved
- Improved server search (Android, Linux, Windows)
- Dynamic reconnect on Android
- Mixnet optimizations coming
- OpenWRT release now testable (community-driven!)
We also wrapped up the 2025 Nym Squad League season:
- Record income: ~1.7M NYM
- 410K NYM distributed to contributors
- Treasury now holds ~4.1M NYM
Huge thanks to all translators, devs, community contributors and node operators. NSL UI/UX upgrades are coming soon
Privacy News Roundup
We covered some heavy but important developments:
Floridaβs proposed App Store Accountability Act β potential mandatory age verification infrastructure.
TikTok rolling out AI-based age detection across Europe.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling allowing warrantless access to Google searches (limited precedent, but worrying).
Large-scale fake banking scam network (11,000+ fraudulent domains exploiting SEO).
As always - stay alert, stay informed.
Timestamps :
[00:00:35] Introduction & format overview
[00:03:43] NYM token now live in Keplr
[00:04:42] Zcash β NYM swapper
[00:06:53] NymVPN release notes & censorship resistance improvements
[00:11:26] Nym Squad League 2025 season wrap-up
[00:16:28] Privacy news roundup
[00:25:14] Beginner guide to using NymVPN (entry/exit gateways, modes)
[00:35:10] Trivia game begins
[00:47:27] Q&A session
[01:02:15] Closing & next week reminder
Thanks to everyone who joined, asked questions, suggested topics, and contributed energy ![]()
If youβve got ideas for next week - news, games, guests, backgrounds - drop them in the forum thread.
See you Wednesday for the Keplr special edition.
