NKN (New Kind of Network) is an open, decentralized, and community-built network infrastructure and ecosystem driven by blockchain technology. NKN incentivizes users to share their excess bandwidth, assisting device service providers in effectively allocating network resources, encouraging individuals and businesses to deploy more nodes to join the network and provide data transmission services to other nodes, thereby earning economic rewards.
The goal of NKN is to create new opportunities for network transmission using blockchain technology, addressing issues such as resource allocation, transmission efficiency, and value transfer that exist in current networks. It aims to become a public blockchain infrastructure that tokenizes network transmission resources, following Ethereums tokenization of computational power and Filecoin/IPFSs tokenization of storage capabilities. Its technological innovations include dynamic routing, proof of relay, highly scalable consensus mechanisms, and resource-sharing incentives.
The NKN token is the native token in the NKN ecosystem economy, used to incentivize network resource sharing and effectively utilize surplus network bandwidth.
Project Advantages
1. Consensus Among Millions of Nodes
An innovative MOCA consensus algorithm that is highly scalable and supports an unlimited number of consensus nodes. Our testnet currently has over 5,878 consensus nodes from around the world, second only to Bitcoin and Ethereum in number.
2. Network Aggregation Acceleration
Data transmission between nodes and clients can leverage the aggregated speed of multiple paths. Adding more NKN nodes to the network can significantly increase its overall throughput.
3. No Centralized Servers Required
Achieves full peer-to-peer functionality and true decentralization without the need for centralized servers. This significantly reduces system architecture complexity and costs, avoids service outages due to single points of failure, and prevents centralized targets for hacker attacks, along with the privacy issues that arise from these factors.
4. Unique Global Identifier
A uniquely identifiable NKN address allows network services to connect with clients anywhere in the world at any time, helping people discover and search for applications and services. Ensures services and links are always available.
5. Enhanced Security and Privacy Protection
Supports end-to-end and hop-by-hop encryption without requiring additional public key infrastructure or third-party certification authorities.
6. Low Latency
Supports various types of applications, including real-time 3D games, AR/VR, and IoT. Supports edge computing and path optimization. Data transmission between NKN nodes can occur off-chain, not limited by consensus speed.
Core Technologies
1. Decentralized link connection and network overlay based on Chord DHT.
2. Large-scale node rapid consensus mechanism: MOCA (Mocha) consensus.
3. Verifiable data transmission signature chain and proof-of-relay (POR).
4. Incentive distribution and mining mechanism based on effective data forwarding.
Application Scenarios
Developers (B2D)
NKN provides developers with a universal peer-to-peer network layer without the need to develop and maintain any centralized servers.
Individual Users (B2C)
Provides better connectivity and more access options. Consumers can also earn rewards by sharing their unused network bandwidth with other users.
Enterprise Providers (B2B)
Assists enterprise users in providing better network coverage and efficient utilization of idle network resources. NKN has the second-largest global node scale after Bitcoin and Ethereum. Distributed network applications will enhance user experiences with improved access products.
Jay is an application developer who created a great social media app called JinMessenger. To make his product accessible to a global audience and turn it into a commercial success rather than just a traditional communication tool, he can develop a decentralized application (DApp) on NKN using the provided DApp networking toolkit to quickly create and launch a globally accessible product. Additionally, Jay can submit his application to NKN to receive sharing incentives.
WiFi Secure Sharing
NKN assists in sharing WiFi connections securely:
- Facilitates secure authentication and sharing without third-party custody risks.
- End-to-end encryption to alleviate privacy concerns.
- Integrated wallet and convenient token payment methods.
- Supports automatic billing based on sessions, traffic, or time.
Further serves the ecosystems of smart IoT and smart home systems.
NKN and loTex announced the launch of a strategic partnership to provide blockchain-driven solutions for connecting and managing smart home devices. All smartphone, tablet, router, system manufacturers, wireless operators, wireless semiconductor suppliers, medical, automotive, IoT, smart home, smart city, and location service providers can connect to NKNs network services.
NKN can integrate with and support more existing network applications.
It can integrate with and support more existing network apps, transforming their network layers or providing connection conveniences, giving them partial decentralized attributes, making them more convenient and secure, reducing maintenance and network costs while enhancing user experience. For example:
• WhatsApp, Nimbuzz, and ChatMe supporting XMPP
• Various audio/video applications like Google Hangouts, FB Messenger, Discord, GoToMeeting supporting WebRTC.
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