# Nym VPN

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Nym VPN and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Nym for mixnet routing that hides identity and resists global adversaries, though critics note mixnets are less tested than Tor.

## Why people recommend it

- Keeps accounts and identity private (3 comments): "Nym is a personal agent that has (and can make) all of its own accounts and only gets selective read only access to yours." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48515624)) "all that is known by banks is that you purchased the service. Like how Nym does it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49678452)) "without exposing your accounts and personal identity to potential harms" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48530982))
- Mixnet routing resists global adversaries (3 comments): "For a vpn with mixnet that actually works I recommend NYM. Really cool tech, cool crowd, and constantly improving." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48005935)) "nymvpn (mixnet with tor like routing and in built delays)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47269744)) "Nym is apparently good against a global adversary." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49691851))
- Improves on traditional VPNs (2 comments): "For a vpn with mixnet that actually works I recommend NYM. Really cool tech, cool crowd, and constantly improving." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48005935)) "Nym and Obscura make improvements on the traditional VPN." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50323102))
- Strong community and cool tech (2 comments): "For a vpn with mixnet that actually works I recommend NYM. Really cool tech, cool crowd, and constantly improving." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48005935)) "Nym vpn and its community show the outside the system tech spirit still lives on" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48540604))

## What people warn about

- Mixnets less tested than Tor (1 comments): "Nym looks promising but mixnets haven't been tested as much as the Tor network." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48985829))
- Seen as advertising or crypto shilling (2 comments): "Because he is selling VPN. This is an advertorial, including using techniques like darkened image of the adversary to make them look like a villain." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48748762)) "the VPN looks like something for shilling crypto" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48748494))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Mullvad VPN](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mullvad-vpn.md): 255 recommend
- [Proton VPN](https://hackerapproved.com/p/proton-vpn.md): 63 recommend
- [iCloud Private Relay](https://hackerapproved.com/p/icloud-private-relay.md): 26 recommend
- [Cloudflare WARP](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-warp.md): 18 recommend
- [Firefox VPN](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-built-in-vpn.md): 16 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Nym VPN", https://hackerapproved.com/p/nym/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).