>TLDR: We're moving Goblin from the Nym mixnet... back to Tor
I originally built Goblin's privacy on the Nym mixnet because it was a strong tool for the job. It had exactly one job in Goblin: hide your IP address from our relay. Everything else about a payment was already covered. What you send is encrypted end to end, who sent it is a throwaway one-time key, and when you sent it is shuffled by our own relay.
But the network Goblin relied on just kept failing. It went dark on us more than once, until it stopped working altogether. "Your payments work unless it's the wrong time of day" is not something I'll ship.
So we're going back to Tor: the most battle-tested privacy network there is, with no token, no rented bandwidth, and nothing to expire. It's embedded right inside the app, the same way our sibling wallet GRIM already does it. No separate program to install.

And honestly, it's better day to day. Tor is faster where you actually feel it, like sending a payment or opening the app, because it skips the mixnet's built-in delays. It's easier on your battery and more reliable. Timing is still fuzzed on the relay, which holds each payment for a brief, random moment before passing it on, so nobody can line up "you sent" with "they received."
And if you want even better privacy, you can run your own relay and connect only to it. Then no third party ever sits between you and your payments.
I'll keep thinking about how to improve privacy in Goblin. This isn't the end of that work, just a change of footing.
Faster, more reliable, no tokens, nothing to expire. I'm glad to make that trade.