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The iroh-nym-transport crate routes iroh QUIC packets through the Nym mixnet, providing traffic analysis resistance by shuffling and delaying packets across a network of mix nodes. This is useful when you need stronger metadata privacy than Tor provides — the mixnet obscures not just your IP address, but also communication patterns and timing.
Both iroh’s custom transport API and this crate are experimental. Expect breaking changes.

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Installation

cargo add iroh-nym-transport

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Usage

use std::sync::Arc;
use iroh::{Endpoint, presets};
use iroh_nym_transport::NymUserTransport;
use nym_sdk::mixnet::MixnetClient;

let nym_client = MixnetClient::connect_new().await?;
let transport = Arc::new(NymUserTransport::new(nym_client));

let endpoint = Endpoint::builder()
    .clear_ip_transports()
    .add_custom_transport(transport)
    .bind(presets::N0)
    .await?;
Calling clear_ip_transports() disables QUIC over UDP so all traffic routes exclusively through the mixnet. You can only connect to other endpoints that also have the Nym transport enabled.

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Performance characteristics

The mixnet intentionally introduces latency and limits throughput as part of its privacy guarantees:
MetricDirect QUICNym mixnet
RTT50–200 ms~1–3 s
Throughput10+ Mbps~15–20 KiB/s
Nym is well suited for privacy-sensitive, latency-tolerant applications. It is not suitable for real-time communication or high-throughput file transfer.

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Feature flag

Custom transport support must be enabled: 
[dependencies]
iroh = { version = "*", features = ["unstable-custom-transports"] }