NYM operates as a system that aims to provide full privacy, allowing developers to connect their existing applications to the NYM system with the intention to protect their users. This protection is achieved through the Nym mixnet, which aims to provide privacy at the network level, and Nym private credentials, which aim to offer privacy at the application layer. The Nym mixnet is a decentralized network of computers arranged in three layers, where communication traffic is sent through multiple layers of encryption, making every piece of data passing through the mixnet look identical. This process aims to obfuscate metadata that uniquely identifies your communications, striving to ensure that your messages are private.