#PrivacyLovesCompany
Nym is a global, decentralised privacy system that protects privacy at the network layer of the internet. One of the ways that we achieve this in Nym is by being decentralised — operated, sustained and supported by people all over the world!
Our Nym community is incredibly varied — we have activists and hacktivists, privacy experts who have been around for decades and token enthusiasts entirely new to privacy but keen to get in on the next big thing to shape our digital future.
With this wonderful and varied community it is important to have a clear path for people to learn and get involved in making this decentralised global privacy system a reality.
Which is why we are launching Shipyard Academy!
Shipyard Academy will take you through what you need to know to go from Nymster to Nymja and contribute to the project in meaningful ways.
You will learn and test your knowledge about surveillance, mixnets, network layer privacy, and cypherpunks, about privacy as a core principle of Web3, the privacy problems of many of today’s most popular apps as well as the Nym lore and more…
There is a max prize pool of 100K NYMs which will be distributed to top participants across three stages. Tests and tasks will become increasingly advanced at each stage. By the end of the six weeks you will be fully equipped to participate in and contribute to the Nym community and mission.
What will I do and how much time will it take?
Shipyard Academy starts on the 5th of November and is divided into 3 stages: Nymster, Navigator and Sailmaker. Each will have a set of tasks, quizzes and tests that will get increasingly more difficult.
The tasks are not expected to take more than a couple of hours. Keep an eye on Nym socials channels for all the information you will need to be able to complete the weekly quizzes and progress to the next stages…
Sounds great — sign me up!
Details
Stage 1 “Nymster” will start on the 5th of November, so you will need to sign up before then! You will learn the basics of the problems of privacy online, what a mixnet is and how the Nym infrastructure contributes to defeating surveillance capitalism!
Learning and tasks will be short and simple and can be done in your own time. But the two quizzes for the first round will take place at a fixed time on Saturday the 5th and 12th of November.
Run time: 5th — 19th Nov
Tasks
- Sign up, join our socials and say hello to the community!
- Invite a friend to the community channels
- Learn about the privacy problems of popular apps
- Learn about Nym, mixnets and how it all began…
- Retweet or share Nym content
- Take two quizzes and test your knowledge
Reward Pool
Stage 1 reward pool will be announced on the 5th of November. The amount will scale linearly throughout stage 1 as collective goals are achieved.
Collective goals
- 80% correct collective answers on the first quizz!
- 1500 NymConnect downloads
- 1000 NymConnect Daily Active Users
The learnings, tasks and tests for stages 2 and 3 will be revealed as the program progresses.
Read more: (https://shipyard.nymtech.net/academy)
We are always looking for new community members to run nodes and create privacy-enhanced applications on top of Nym. Join our community to participate and keep up to date:
