Nym Shipyard, the 12-week Massive Open Online Course for building the future private internet, has completed — and with a huge influx of new community members, DAOs and squads forming, plus a series of well-attended masterclasses from the leading voices in privacy, and brand new mix nodes spinning up in droves… it’s fair to say Shipyard was a resounding success.Languages: <a href="https://medium.com/&#64;NYM_Indonesia/nym-shipyard-dalam-jumlah-60-node-baru-ribuan-peserta-f1764ff87a9d" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bahasa Indonesia</a> // <a href="https://medium.com/&#64;nym_ru/nym-shipyard-%D0%B2-%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85-60-%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85-%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B4-%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%8F%D1%87%D0%B8-%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2-c50057a0d19e" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Русский</a> // <a href="https://medium.com/&#64;nymportugues/nym-shipyard-em-n%C3%BAmeros-60-novos-n%C3%B3s-milhares-de-participantes-ae7174bc7d3a" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Português</a> // <a href="https://medium.com/&#64;nymspanish/nym-shipyard-en-cifras-60-nuevos-nodos-miles-de-participantes-40ace1422a6b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Español</a> // <a href="https://medium.com/&#64;nym_china/nym-shipyard-60%E4%B8%AA%E6%96%B0%E8%8A%82%E7%82%B9-%E6%95%B0%E5%8D%83%E5%90%8D%E5%8F%82%E4%B8%8E%E8%80%85-850aced32d04" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">中文</a> // <a href="https://medium.com/&#64;nymturkish/rakamlarla-nym-shipyard-60-yeni-mixnode-binlerce-kat%C4%B1l%C4%B1mc%C4%B1-478b0a3b82fe" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Türkçe</a> // <a href="https://note.com/koko_crypto/n/nc343f6f47c44" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">日本</a><img src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:900/1*HQpDd1zNa9kaWCKUsDnx2w.gif" />Image by <a href="https://linktr.ee/Poppel" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Poppel</a>Ahead of the <a href="https://nymvpn.com/en" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">NymVPN launch</a>, the next generation of Nymjas are primed and ready to shape the future internet: a vision for the web that truly values digital integrity and privacy. Let’s take a look back.<h2 id="header-0">Shipyard at a glance — in numbers</h2>With the goal of improving Nym infrastructure and building the core community ahead of the <a href="https://nymvpn.com/en" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">NymVPN official launch</a>, Shipyard saw phenomenal growth across the board — whether that was in new mix node or gateway operators, <a href="https://blog.nymtech.net/nym-300m-innovation-fund-opens-for-applications-this-november-ad82f06a060b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Innovation Fund</a> applicants, or with the ballooning growth of on-chain activity for NYM token delegators and holders.Over the course of 12 weeks, there was:<ul><li>A huge increase in token activity with more than 3,000 new NYM wallets</li><li>73,000 new members of the Nym Discord, 46,500 new members of the Nym Telegram, hundreds of new members on the Nym Element (Matrix) channels</li><li>1,600&#43; active participants completing bi-weekly quizzes</li><li>1,500&#43; graduates from Level 2</li><li>500 Nymjas who graduated from Level 3, the most intense stage of Shipyard, with a specialisation track</li><li>60 new mix node operators</li><li>30 new self-organised community ‘squads’ and DAOs</li><li>10 new community grantees</li></ul><h2 id="header-1">Shipyard masterclass — recap</h2>Thousands and thousands of Nymsters and would-be Nymjas gathered on streaming platforms to catch a series of live talks, tutorials and hands-on guides from the top voices in privacy — catch them all here:Nym Shipyard Level 1<ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;1m6sq2yYt9E" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CEO and cofounder Harry Halpin: Fixing the broken internet</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;BftsP0JrkWc" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CSO Jaya Brekke: Introduction to Shipyard and a brief history of privacy</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;VLLsGzLJRaI" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cofounder and Nym chief scientist Claudia Diaz: Metadata: how much data does it reveal about us?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;uwRd_PXTvvE" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Nym DevRel Alexia Lorenza and head of BD Ade Molajo: Nym, the private transport layer for Web3</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;bPkpM42pYb4" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Core community member Hux on Nym token economics 101</a></li></ul>Nym Shipyard Level 2<ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;EJkxd9RFLNE" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Nym DevRel Serinko with a Nym network deep-dive — and core contributor Pawnflake with an exit node masterclass</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;nLmdsZ1BsQg" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Nym lead product manager Marc Debizet with a NymVPN overview and head of research and Nym cofounder Ania Piotrowska on zk-nyms and private payments</a></li></ul>Nym Shipyard Level 3<ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;ozTHN28XPY4" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Security specialist at Nym Chelsea Manning on hardware optimisation for cryptography-based applications</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;M-QpuGR7Kp0" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Nym head of Growth for Latin America, Daniel Vazquez, on Nym nodes and the Delegation Programme</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;qpHUSAQbwaU" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Nym’s Mykola and Huxian from the core community on forming Nymja squads</a></li></ul><img src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/0*mcUa3xrcr9UwkFuS" />A small taster selection of the incredible Shipyard masterclass feedback.Level 3: hands-on workshopsThroughout Shipyard, participants learned how to run and maintain mix nodes as a business, in-depth guides to building with Nym SDKs on top of the Nym mixnet, and setting up Nym nodes and exit nodes — plus other token deep dives and AMAs.<ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;L02E68HNtEE" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Want to stake in Nym? Here’s how to choose a mix node to delegate NYM</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;1LWwoewwQ5Y" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">How to build on Nym — introduction to Nym SDKs</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;ANKOme6EyBs" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">How to run Nym exit nodes</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;frC_Zy5feN4" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Setting up a Nym node: tips and tricks and perfect parameters</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;w2XVN7Y6_p4" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Building on Nym with NoTrustVerify</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;pcZT81vnTg4" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Nodes as a business and community of privacy builders</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;ToFMo1Bor3k" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Maintaining a Nym node and operators AMA</a></li></ul>Guest lectures and fireside chatsMembers of the Nym core team were joined by very special guests including Alex Pruden at Aleo, Rose O’Leary at DarkFi, Kenny Li at Manta, and Alan Scott at Railgun:<ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;gIoqkGByXII" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Fireside chat: Privacy primitives in Web3, with Kenny Li at Manta, Alan Scott at Railgun, joined by Jaya Klara Brekke, Sudo, and Huxian from Nym.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;yKSif0TTZ1k" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Privacy narratives: Choosing data dystopia or freedom, with Rose O’Leary at DarkFi and Jaya Klara Brekke and Sudo at Nym.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;2mkbix9gIf8" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Aleo over Nym — a guest lecture featuring Alex Pruden, CEO at Aleo, joined by Jaya Klara Brekke and Max Hampshire at Nym</a></li></ul><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;iqYoV3gjxOc" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">And finally, a well-attended graduation ceremony featuring Nym COO, Alexis Roussel</a>!<h2 id="header-2">Nym Shipyard: Impact</h2>Shipyard may have completed, but it’s not quite over: by training the next generation of operators, builders, and visionaires new projects will spring to life and the decentralised infrastructure of the mixnet will continue to grow.<img src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/0*S8Jmkg3Qq-SvdFe4" />Just a few of the incredible squads and DAOs to emerge from ShipyardShipyard is also leading to the creation of a permanent knowledge hub, plus a new community onboarding and education funnel, along with readying promising applicants for the <a href="https://blog.nymtech.net/nym-300m-innovation-fund-opens-for-applications-this-november-ad82f06a060b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Innovation Fund</a>.Discussions are underway for Shipyard in 2024 —stay tuned for updates, and see you there. In the meantime, join the Nym community, and sign up for the <a href="https://nymvpn.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">NymVPN waitlist</a> to see all this hard work bear fruit.Join the Nym Community<a href="https://discord.com/invite/nym" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Discord</a> //<a href="https://t.me/nymtech" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Telegram</a> //<a href="https://matrix.to/#/%23dev:nymtech.chat" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Element</a> //<a href="https://twitter.com/nymproject" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Twitter</a>Privacy loves company<a href="https://t.me/nymchan" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">English</a> //<a href="https://t.me/nymchina" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 中文</a> //<a href="https://t.me/NYM_Russian" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Русский</a> //<a href="https://t.me/NYM_turkey" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Türkçe</a> //<a href="https://t.me/nymtechvn" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Tiếng Việt</a> //<a href="https://t.me/nymjapanese" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 日本</a> //<a href="https://t.me/nymfrench" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Française</a> //<a href="https://t.me/NYMSPANISH" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Español</a> //<a href="https://t.me/nymportuguese" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Português</a> //<a href="https://t.me/nymkorea" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 한국인</a>

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