Validators and Tokens

What's the difference between NYM and uNYM?

1 NYM = 1 000 000 uNYM

Why some Nyx blockchain operations take one hour and others are instant?

This is based on the definition in Nym's CosmWasm (opens in a new tab) smart contracts code.

Whatever is defined as a pending epoch event (opens in a new tab) will get resolved at the end of the current epoch.

And whatever is defined as a pending interval event (opens in a new tab) will get resolved at the end of the current interval.

Why is validator set entry whitelisted?

We understand that the early days of the Nyx blockchain will face possible vulnerabilities in terms of size - easy to disrupt or halt the chain if a malicious party entered with a large portion of stake. Besides that, there are some legal issues we need to address before we can distribute the validator set in a fully permissionless fashion.