Nym Squad League: Welcome to Fall Season
With a dedicated treasury of over 1m NYM and grants up to 100k NYM, it’s time to kick off the third full blown season of the Nym Squad League!
Key details
Fall Season mission board
Starts: October 14.
Ends: December 31.
Submission deadline: December 6.
Squad Wealth Fund balance: 1m NYM
Motto: Bring the noise!
The Nym mixnet generates noise: cover traffic which cloaks you online like no other technology. Both literally and figuratively, the upcoming NymVPN launch will make some noise this season - we invite you to bring the noise with us!
Fall Season objectives
- Bring the noise: use NymVPN, provide cover traffic and be private together.
- Ready, set: help and amplify the NymVPN launch.
- Strengthen and optimize the Nym network.
- Build tools and apps for the Nym ecosystem.
What’s new?
note: a more detailed list is available in the NSL Summer Season report.
- Anyone can apply for grants: Most NSL grants no longer require Nymja/Shinobi rank.
- Specific builder grants: You can still propose your own ideas, but starting this season we also put out specific calls for builders: operator tooling, reviving NymConnect, and more. Keep an eye on the mission board!
- Buddy system: NSL can be a lot to take in at first. Seasoned contributors can help you get started.
Promotions
The following community members begin the Fall Season with a promotion! Congratulations, and thanks to all of you for making a difference.
@JohnSmithPR → Shinobi
If you’ve spent any amount of time in the Nym community recently, you already know John Smith. He’s become a true expert at the ins and outs of operating Nym infra, making his contributions as a Nym node mentor crucial. Mr Smith took the initiative and worked with the core team to update and clarify the rules of the Nym Delegations Program as well.
@vinlexnodes → Shinobi
Vincent is a true community OG. He’s been active in the community and running Nym infra since the testnet days, joined the Nym community manager team almost 2 years ago and has been an integral part of the community ever since. He continued helping operators as a Nym node mentor, and has played an important role in collecting and forwarding the community’s feedback during the ongoing NymVPN testing.
@kaled → Shinobi
Kaled is fairly new in the Nym community, and he was quick to get his hands dirty. He’s played an important role in improving the Nym Squad League framework by providing valuable feedback, and as a Nym node operator with a background in data science, he’s been working with the core team to research and build new operator tooling. Kaled also purchased and made available the nym.community domain for the community to use.
@teckeltradeando → Nymja
Teckel is an outstanding Nymster, has been in the Nym community since the first Shipyard, always helps and collaborates with colleagues in the telegram chat in Spanish, active in quizzes and she has a mixnode in the Delegations Program; she is currently part of the Team of “El rincón de la Privacidad” emphasizes all the knowledge she has about our tech as well as the history of how it has been developing over time.
@bumpmeup → Nymja
Bumpmeup is a new addition to the Nym Squad League, who only joined this season. Their most notable contribution so far has been the Telegram mixnode monitor bot, which is a simple way for operators to keep track of all new delegations. They’ve also been exceptional at helping fellow operators and new Nym node runners set up their nodes the right way!
@DjonTravolta1337 → Nymja
Our newest Nymster - DjonTravolta is also set to take on more responsibilities as a Nymja. In his short time here, he has already shared some cool blog posts & Twitter/X threads that have been well received by his audience. His agility & creativity in the community can’t go unnoticed, which is why he has earned himself a deserved spot on this list.
@guidogio69 → Nymja
Guido is a current Nymster and part of the NSO Squad is also a candidate to be Nymja; among his contributions we have that he created a template to monitor nodes with “Zabbis”, he also manages a gateway and a mixnode. We are very happy to have him as part of the community for all his technical knowledge that he brings to all operators and his openness to help us.
@ridvancakiroglu → Nymja
Ridvan is a current Nymster and an OG member of the Turkish Nym community who never misses any quizzes, and is almost top of this season’s leaderboard. He’s one of the founders of the Privacy Warriors squad and is always ready to help out with translations, creating newsletters and promoting Nym-related content via his socials.
@Sergo → Nymja
Sergo is the co-founder of G Point DAO. Their squad was rewarded during last year’s Shipyard and they also participated in the Delegations Program where they successfully earned delegations of up to 250k NYM. His most recent work has been a series of blog posts to onboard newcomers in the Nym Squad League.
@semabond2003 → Nymja
Semabond a.k.a LOLKS on Nym Discord is an OG Nymster who has followed the development of the project since last year’s Shipyard. He is a constant (and exceptional) participant in the Nym weekly quizzes, has an interest in writing content and aims to expand NymVPN’s reach and increase community engagement. He’s ready to help grow the NymVPN community by educating users about the importance of decentralized privacy technologies and how NymVPN stands out in this landscape.
@honeybarny → Nymja
Only having joined this season, HoneyBarny is already a popular name among Nym community circles. His recent series of Twitter/X thread aims to bring more attention to Nym & lets newcomers to get onboarded in creative yet simple ways! Check out some of his work here.