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Nym?

So Tor with a blockchain, and you have to pay for it?

> Users pay a fee in NYM to send their data through the mixnet.

To be fair, Tor costs too, it's just that someone else is picking up the bill.

Tor is not a mixnet, since it cannot delay individual packets or messages, which is a requirement for actual "mixing". Tor is onion routing.

Can’t get on board with a privacy tool if the first thing they ask you to do is to join their Telegram channel

Since I'm the one that said it originally, I tend to strongly agree. I really can't stand it. Its such an absolute, unnecessary respect killer.

tend to sympathize, it's slack or discord invites that trigger it for me