NymVPN supercharged: WireGuard is live and speedy!

Nym
3 min readOct 6, 2024

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Decentralized VPN routing meets state-of-the-art encryption

All the updates for the NymVPN app in September and the integration of the WireGuard protocol for the Fast Mode.

WireGuard on NymVPN

A huge milestone has been reached for NymVPN: the WireGuard protocol is now live on the Fast Mode for most apps and operating systems, with Windows to be launched shortly.

Why is this so important? Decentralized and independent routing is absolutely crucial for privacy, but this inevitably creates latencies with most encrypted routing protocols. Every stop your traffic makes slows things down, requiring independent servers to decrypt before forwarding your data to its intended destination. Making this encrypted routing process as efficient and secure as possible is crucial, and WireGuard comes in for the save here.

WireGuard utilizes a streamlined codebase and state-of-the-art encryption protocols. While not designed specifically for decentralized routing, the Nym dev team has succeeded in adapting WireGuard to a tunnel-in-tunnel protocol for enhanced privacy on NymVPN’s Fast Mode, a 2-server network to complement the app’s 5-server Anonymous Mode.

And it’s fast!

So when you need the confidence of enhanced privacy but with speeds that rival other centralized and essentislly unprivate VPNs, Nym has you covered.

NymVPN in September

There are also other important updates to the NymVPN app in September:

Read about all the new updates here.

And there’s a lot more coming very soon:

  • Release of the WireGuard Fast Mode on Windows
  • Reduced leaks (IPv6, DNS, etc.) while connected to the app
  • Launch of zk-nym-enabled accounts
  • Launch of localized Apple apps and website
  • Improved censorship-resistant gateways

Free NymVPN Beta testing continues

NymVPN is being built on many principles: everyone needs enhanced online privacy not provided by other VPNs on the market, but also speed for things like casual browsing without compromising on privacy.

NymVPN thus allows users to customize their level of online privacy with two modes:

  1. The Anonymous Mode, which provides the most technologically sophisticated online privacy protection through the Nym mixnet
  2. And the Fast Mode which is now powered by WireGuard for less sensitive traffic

But the job isn’t done yet: Nym still needs all you dedicated Beta testers to flood the Nym network with your traffic so that the Nym team can identify all the bugs and make it work seamlessly for users. So if you haven’t tried it yet, sign up to get your free instant credential today!

And if you’re curious about how the Nym mixnet handles your traffic, check out our step-by-step guide to what happens behind the screen in the network.

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