NymVPN
Decentralized mixnet VPN that hides traffic patterns.
nym.com- Price
- PaidSubscription with a short free trial; yearly billing brings it down to a few dollars a month. Pay with card or crypto, including the NYM token.
- Works on
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Based in
- Switzerland
- Source code
- Open source
- Encryption
- End-to-end encrypted
- Payment
- Accepts crypto
NymVPN is the boldest of the new decentralized VPNs. Its mixnet mode shuffles and pads your packets so the timing and shape of your traffic are hidden, not only the contents, which defeats an adversary watching both ends of a connection. It is open source and pays node operators through the NYM token. That protection costs speed. Mixnet mode is noticeably slower than a normal VPN and the product is still young. Choose it when metadata leakage worries you more than raw throughput.
Strengths
- Mixnet mode hides traffic patterns and timing
- Decentralized infrastructure with no single operator
- Open source, built by a Swiss privacy company
- Pay with card or crypto
Considerations
- Mixnet mode is noticeably slower than a normal VPN
- Young product; smaller ecosystem than the majors
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