The Nym platform v0.9.2 is now available. All mixnode and gateway operators should update their running code. Validators do not need to update for this release. The new version should fix the networking problems that we’ve been seeing over the past few weeks, primarily due to the spectacular growth we have been seeing in mixnode numbers. We have now surpassed the 1500 node level. We have re-enabled the network monitor which tracks node uptime / reputation. Only v0.9.2 nodes will be monitored. Older nodes will have their reputation frozen until they upgrade. So there’s no massive hurry to upgrade, your reputation is not being degraded. But the sooner you upgrade your node, the sooner your reputation will start rising again.

Thanks so much to everyone who has taken the time to set up a Nym mixnode. You are now part of one of the largest privacy networks on the planet, and probably the fastest-growing one.

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