Weekly research log
Mix Networks Friday
Dated weekly notes on Anonymity Networks. Each briefing reflects what was known in its week; the pillar entries carry the current view.
2026-10-16HOPR ships Piz Palü (v5.0.0 stable) on Oct 13 — the first major-version cut since Monte Rosa 4.0 (Sep 4, 2025)
Oct 09 – Oct 16 2026 (W42)
2026-10-09Nym Binaries v2026.19-fuqing (Oct 1, pre-window) ships lock-free topology + HTTP rate-limit rotation + LP-DATA
Oct 02 – Oct 09 2026 (W41)
2026-10-02Tor Browser 16.0a13 (Sep 30) — first alpha to ship with the new gpg subkey (tor-browser-build#41847 signs all.
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2026-09-25Tor Browser 16.0a12 (Sep 22) — first alpha on the Firefox 153 ESR base (Tor Browser 15.x stable is on Firefox.
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2026-09-18Tor Browser 15.0.23 (Sep 15) — second post-0.4.9.12 point release in six days; Firefox 140.16.0esr rebase.
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2026-09-11Tor 0.4.9.12 (Sep 8) — TROVE-2026 security release.
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2026-09-04Nym Binaries v2026.17-djibouti (Sep 2) — first release to ship the full Directory Contract stack.
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2026-08-28Nym Directory Contract — MERGED (Aug 21): The full stack documented as "open PRs" last week — #6933 (Directory
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2026-08-21Nym × Peach Bitcoin: Peach — a Swiss, non-custodial, no-KYC P2P Bitcoin marketplace — natively integrated the
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2026-08-14Tor / DEF CON 34: Roger "arma" Dingledine's "Shepherding the Tor network" (Sunday, Aug 9) delivered the keynot
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2026-08-07Tor / Tails: Tails 7.10.1 (August 5) — EMERGENCY RELEASE.
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2026-07-31I2P: I2P 2.13.0 released July 20, 2026 — landmark post-quantum upgrade: full PQ protection on primary NTCP2.
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2026-07-17Nym / NymVPN: Edge wallet integration live (mid-July 2026 rollout) — first major multi-asset wallet with nativ
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2026-07-03Tor / Tor Browser: Tor Browser 15.0.17 released June 28, 2026 (security updates to Tor 0.4.9.11).
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2026-06-26Tor / Tor Browser: Tor Browser 15.0.16 released June 17, 2026 — incremental security and stability fixes.
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2026-06-19Tor: Arti 2.4.0 released June 1 2026 with flowctl-cc (RTT-congestion control, proposal 324) promoted to stable
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