NKN
NKN is a peer to peer network connectivity protocol and ecosystem powered by a novel public blockchain. It uses economic incentives to motivate Internet users to share network connections and utilize unused bandwidth.
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NKN
NKN is a new kind of peer to peer network connectivity protocol and ecosystem powered by a novel public blockchain. It uses economic incentives to motivate Internet users to share network connections and utilize unused bandwidth.
NKN makes it easy for everybody to use and utilize our services. Our code is available in many programming languages so it's easy to adopt for every developer.
The NKN network always finds the most optimal route to it's destination. Using our own "proximity routing" algorithm, data is always taking the fastest possible relayers.
NKN works without the direct use of an IP address. Data is stored only in the local device, and always guarantees best protection of privacy and security.
NKN, or New Kind of Network, is an open-source protocol for public blockchain-based peer-to-peer Networks to share network bandwidth and Internet connectivity. The project was launched in January 2018 and lists Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha, and Whitfield Diffie, inventor of public-key cryptography as advisors. NKN Mainnet was launched in July 2019 and has up to 25,000 full consensus nodes (more than Bitcoin or Ethereum).
NKN’s consensus algorithm is based on Cellular Automata, A New Kind of Science and Ising Model, where a simple local majority rule can lead to system-level convergence in a small number of iterations. The design goal is to scale to arbitrary numbers of equal consensus nodes.
NKN uses a global addressing scheme based on public keys, in order to enable direct peer to peer communication without centralized servers. The routing of packets is based on Chord Distributed Hash Table (DHT), which maps each NKN address to a random and verifiable position on the Chord DHT ring.
Notable use cases for NKN include:
Content Delivery system (contract with Chinese video giant iQIYI)
Edge computing (contract with China Mobile)
D-chat (secure messaging app)
nShell (secure remote terminal access).
NKN’s consensus algorithm is based on Cellular Automata, A New Kind of Science and Ising Model, where a simple local majority rule can lead to system-level convergence in a small number of iterations. The design goal is to scale to arbitrary numbers of equal consensus nodes.
NKN uses a global addressing scheme based on public keys, in order to enable direct peer to peer communication without centralized servers. The routing of packets is based on Chord Distributed Hash Table (DHT), which maps each NKN address to a random and verifiable position on the Chord DHT ring.
NKN's novel MOCA consensus algorithm is horizontally scalable and supports an arbitrary number of consensus nodes. NKN mainnet can support millions of full consensus nodes, more than Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Nodes and clients can utilize the aggregated speed of several routes. Adding more NKN nodes to the network can horizontally scale throughput for the entire network.
Fully peer to peer and decentralized, with no need to develop and run centralized servers. Significantly reducing complexity and costs, as well as removing the single point of failure and a centralized target for attacks or hacking.
Unique NKN addresses enable services from anywhere in the world and at any time, and also helps people discover and search for applications and services.
End-to-end and hop-by-hop encryption without Public Key Infrastructure or 3rd party certificates.
NKN Supports all application types including real-time 3D gaming, AR/VR, and IoT, as well as edge computing and optimized routing.
The project was launched in January 2018 and lists Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha, and Whitfield Diffie, inventor of public-key cryptography as advisors. NKN Mainnet was launched in July 2019 and has up to 25,000 full consensus nodes (more than Bitcoin or Ethereum).
Notable use cases for NKN include:
Content Delivery system (contract with Chinese video giant iQIYI)
Edge computing (contract with China Mobile)
D-chat (secure messaging app)
nShell (secure remote terminal access).
NKN’s consensus algorithm is based on Cellular Automata, A New Kind of Science and Ising Model, where a simple local majority rule can lead to system-level convergence in a small number of iterations. The design goal is to scale to arbitrary numbers of equal consensus nodes.
NKN uses a global addressing scheme based on public keys, in order to enable direct peer to peer communication without centralized servers. The routing of packets is based on Chord Distributed Hash Table (DHT), which maps each NKN address to a random and verifiable position on the Chord DHT ring.
February 4, 2022
January 31, 2022
Highlights
nConnect | No more sacrifice on security for remote accessing
A completely new and rebuilt Surge 1.0.0 Beta Release!
NKN nConnect and QNAP twitter holiday season Coupon is on Final Call!
nMobile new Updates
Happy Lunar New Year 2022!
Mainnet technical development updates
Latest Mainnet Stats January 27, 2022:
The latest stable release for mainnet is v2.1.7
(https://github.com/nknorg/nkn/releases)
nConnect | No more sacrifice on security for remote accessing
Desperately searching for something that will save you from sacrificing security when remote accessing?
Find what the expert NASCompare has to say here:
https://nascompares.com/answer/how-to-connect-your-qnap-or-synology-nas-to-the-internet-safely/
or watch his YouTube Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIGwBkrFu_o
Since nConnect does not open any public IP addresses or ports, you are free from any potential security breaches while trying to access your devices remotely. Moreover, thanks to our vast decentralized NKN network infrastructure, nConnect guarantees both speed and security at the same time.
If you are a Synology, QNAP or ASUS NAS user, it’s definitely worth a try. A brand new secure and fast experience for remote accessing is waiting for you just within a few simple steps of setting up.
Find out more about nConnect on our official page:
nconnect.nkn.org
A completely new and rebuilt Surge 1.0.0 Beta release!
https://getsurge.io
A version for small group public testing for this fully new and rebuilt version of Surge 1.0.0 Beta is out in our communities! you can find the download link below from our community developer group rule110:
https://github.com/rule110-io/surge/releases
Built on NKN’s fully decentralized blockchain network, Surge is a trustworthy p2p file sharing App that enables 100% anonymous file transfers.
NKN nConnect and QNAP Twitter holiday season coupon is on final call!
50% OFF COUPON for nConnect on QNAP NAS is on the final call!
Apply code: QNAPnConnectTwitterCoupon at stripe or credit card check out to enjoy nConnect for only half of its original price.
nMobile New Updates
Continuously improving our product to realize its full potential, we have several updates for nMobile in this month:
Optimized efficiency for file/message sending
Optimized Client connection performance, including connection under weak Internet environment or sudden network switching (e.g. between WiFi and cellular)
Fixed countdown time for burn after reading
A brand new version of nMobile with updated functionality and new features is awaiting in the coming year, stay tuned guys, for the next groundbreaking messaging tool!
Happy Lunar New Year 2022!
NKN team wishes you a Happy Lunar New Year! It’s the Year of the Tiger according to the Chinese Zodiac.
Once again, on the behalf of the NKN team, we’d like to thank all of our community members, holders, developers, partners and friends from all over the world for supporting and loving NKN in the past year. And we promise to bring more in the coming year!
66 countries & regions
116,742 full consensus nodes
The project was launched in January 2018 and lists Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha, and Whitfield Diffie, inventor of public-key cryptography as advisors. NKN Mainnet was launched in July 2019 and has up to 25,000 full consensus nodes (more than Bitcoin or Ethereum).
Notable use cases for NKN include:
Content Delivery system (contract with Chinese video giant iQIYI)
Edge computing (contract with China Mobile)
D-chat (secure messaging app)
nShell (secure remote terminal access).
NKN’s consensus algorithm is based on Cellular Automata, A New Kind of Science and Ising Model, where a simple local majority rule can lead to system-level convergence in a small number of iterations. The design goal is to scale to arbitrary numbers of equal consensus nodes.
NKN uses a global addressing scheme based on public keys, in order to enable direct peer to peer communication without centralized servers. The routing of packets is based on Chord Distributed Hash Table (DHT), which maps each NKN address to a random and verifiable position on the Chord DHT ring.
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