Nym · interactive mechanism simulation

Real traffic is sphinx-packaged and mixed with cover noise across three stratified hops. Delegated NYM stake — capped by a saturation point — decides which nodes carry that traffic, and performance-based rewards flow back. Edit the parameters, or trigger a correlation attack to see why cover traffic and delay matter.
⚠ global passive adversary correlating packet timing Sender real sphinx packets Cover traffic decoy noise, 40% Mix layer 1 ~500ms delay Mix layer 2 stake-weighted set Mix layer 3 → gateway Recipient correlation risk: low Delegators stake as reputation Mixnet contract (Nyx) 0 NYM staked saturation cap: 8,000 NYM Rewards pool 0.0 NYM paid QoS: 90%
Real packets routed
0
Cover packets injected
0
NYM staked
0 NYM
Rewards paid
0.0 NYM
Correlation risk
Low
Parameters — edit me
2.0/s
40%
500ms
8,000
90%
Controls

Illustrative simulation. Defaults mirror the researched Nym mechanism (three-hop sphinx mixnet, cover traffic, delegated stake with a saturation cap, performance-based rewards), but packet sizes and timing are randomized for visualization — not live onchain data. The "trigger correlation attack" button briefly zeroes cover traffic and delay to show why a global passive adversary can correlate timing when noise and mixing are too thin. Part of The Onchain Experiment Atlas.