# Spectre Explorer — Nym Network Explorer

> Spectre Explorer (https://explorer.nym.spectredao.net) is an independent, real-time block and network explorer for the Nym privacy mixnet, built by SpectreDAO. It surfaces live data on Nym Nodes (mixnodes and gateways), Nyx validators, accounts, the NYM token, staking rewards and network decentralization.

All data is public and free to cite. Key conventions: a node "performance score" is a composite 0–100% quality score (routing × configuration × stress testing), NOT historical uptime. Token amounts are denominated in NYM, where 1 NYM = 1,000,000 unym (micro-NYM). The canonical domain is https://explorer.nym.spectredao.net; the public API is https://api.nym.spectredao.net/api/v1.

## Core pages

- [Dashboard](https://explorer.nym.spectredao.net/dashboard): live network overview — mixnode/gateway/validator counts, total stake, the rewarded set, NYM price, version distribution and a global map of node locations.
- [Nodes](https://explorer.nym.spectredao.net/nodes): every Nym Node with live performance score, total stake, stake saturation, assigned role and geographic location; filterable and sortable.
- [Token](https://explorer.nym.spectredao.net/token): NYM token price, market capitalization, circulating and total supply, vesting and funding.
- [Rewards](https://explorer.nym.spectredao.net/rewards): Nym staking rewards by epoch — operator and delegator payouts and reward history.
- [Decentralization](https://explorer.nym.spectredao.net/decentralization): stake distribution, the Nakamoto coefficient, and geographic/ASN spread across operators.
- [Accounts](https://explorer.nym.spectredao.net/accounts): Nyx chain accounts ranked by NYM balance, with delegations and accrued rewards.
- [Search](https://explorer.nym.spectredao.net/search): look up a node identity, node ID, account address or location.

## Detail pages (dynamic)

- Node detail: `https://explorer.nym.spectredao.net/nodes/{identity_key}` (the node's ed25519 identity key)
- Account detail: `https://explorer.nym.spectredao.net/account/{nyx_address}` (a `n1...` bech32 address)
- Reward epoch: `https://explorer.nym.spectredao.net/rewards/epochs/{epoch_id}`

## Glossary

- **Nym**: decentralized privacy infrastructure; a mixnet that obscures traffic metadata against a global passive adversary.
- **Mixnet**: a multi-layer network of relays that reorder and delay packets so input and output cannot be correlated.
- **Mixnode**: a relay in a mixnet layer that adds a random delay and forwards Sphinx packets, breaking sender–receiver linkability.
- **Gateway**: the entry/exit point between clients and the mixnet (entry gateways admit traffic; exit gateways deliver it to the internet).
- **Nym Node**: the unified node binary that can act as a mixnode, entry gateway or exit gateway, with the role assigned per epoch.
- **Validator**: secures the Nyx (Cosmos SDK) blockchain underpinning Nym — blocks, governance and the bonding/reward smart contracts.
- **NYM token**: native utility token used to stake (delegate) on nodes, pay for mixnet bandwidth credentials, and reward operators and delegators.
- **Performance score**: composite 0–100% quality score (routing × config × stress); a primary input, with stake, to reward selection.
- **Stake saturation**: ratio of a node's total stake to the saturation point; rewards scale up to 100% then diminish.
- **Rewarded set**: the nodes selected each epoch to route traffic and earn rewards (active vs standby).
- **Epoch**: the reward and role-assignment interval; the rewarded set is re-selected and rewards distributed each epoch.

## More

- [Full LLM reference](https://explorer.nym.spectredao.net/llms-full.txt)
- [Nym project (nymtech.net)](https://nymtech.net)