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Welcome to the new internet!
The New Kind of Network
Easy To Use
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.
Optimized Routing
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. Private and Secure Delivery
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.Solutions in the NKN Ecosystem
nMobile
With nMobile, we created an all-in-one solution for decentralized chat, wallet integration, and solution utilization. It eliminates the possibility of security and privacy breaches by removing centralized servers entirely.
nConnect
With nConnect, we offer a unique remote access solution with strongest security and ultimate privacy. This revolutionary service allows our users to reach to all their private data and personal files in just one click, whenever or wherever they want.
DataRide
With dataRide we provide custom built solutions (e.g. nCDN or nConnect) for customers, as well as documented resources for developers who want to code applications on their own.
Solving all the problems todays internet can't!
Millions of nodes
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.
Aggregated high speed
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.
Zero Server
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 and global ID
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.
Extra security and privacy
End-to-end and hop-by-hop encryption without Public Key Infrastructure or 3rd party certificates.
Low latency
NKN Supports all application types including real-time 3D gaming, AR/VR, and IoT, as well as edge computing and optimized routing.
Build your own software based on NKN
Using NKN in your own software is easy as 1-2-3! Our SDK is available in multiple languages, we’ve made things easy to get started with, and an active community is always there to answer your questions. NKN SDK is available in:
Bigger than your ordinary Blockchain
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Always the fastest connection and latency
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Reliable and tamper proof transactions
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Companies which we work with
iQIYI
iQIYI is the world's leading online movie and video streaming website, offering TV dramas, movies, variety shows, animation, and other quality content. NKN provides nCDN, a crowd sourced content delivery network solution, to iQiYi.
China Mobile
China Mobile Limited provides mobile voice and multimedia services through its nationwide mobile telecommunications network across mainland China and Hong Kong. NKN utilizes China Mobile's Edge Computing resources to deliver nCDN service.
Synology
Synology Inc. specializes in Network-attached storage (NAS) appliances. Synology's products are distributed worldwide and localized in several languages. NKN provides nConnect service for secure remote access of NAS devices.
Recent Blog
2021 has been a breakthrough year for NKN, and we rode the surging wave of crypto to new heights. We grew our market capitalization faster than the overall industry, greatly expanded our network to over 100,000 nodes and increased our lead as the largest blockchain network in the world. We successfully accelerated the adoption of our nConnect and nMobile products to even more markets and wider audiences. And we are well on our way to delivering the ultimate decentralized, serverless, secure and fast Web 3.0 networking infrastructure.
“If Web 3.0 is the future of our global network, NKN is well-positioned to capture a much-needed component of infrastructure. And while Web 3.0 may still have skeptics, one need only read articles from decades ago to remember how far we’ve come. Do investors really want to bet against a more global, transparent, and decentralized […]
We are excited to announce that starting today Wednesday April 7, users can transfer NKN into Coinbase Pro accounts ahead of trading. Support for NKN will be available in all Coinbase’s supported jurisdictions. Trading will begin on or after 9AM Pacific Time (PT) Friday April 9, if liquidity conditions are met. NKN-USD and NKN-BTC trading pairs will be supported.
On March 25th 2021, NKN founding team did an AMA with Binance English community covering questions from the positioning of NKN project, technology, partnership, commercial potential, community development and many other topics. There are over 25,000 active audiences and the AMA lasted 2 hours (30 minutes overtime) due to the enthusiastic responses. Here are the transcripts.
Recently NKN broke through 45,000 full consensus nodes on its mainnet. Buy What does it means and why does billions of nodes even matter? NKN co-founder Bruce Li explains why NKN will fundamentally change the future of Internet.
Coinbase Custody supports NKN
NKN signs commercial contract with Synology China for secure remote access of NAS devices. The nConnect based solution will enable every existing NAS application to work as if you are at home network. $NKN #BUIDL #web3
- nMobile is an extra secure and trusted chat app, available on iOS and Android today. - Why nMobile? To eradicate the roots of security hacks and privacy issues of popular chat apps such as whatsapp and signal, by removing all centralized servers. - Targeted audience: people who put highest priority on security and privacy, such as crypto community, minority groups, and financial/legal/health professionals. - Why is it better? nMobile runs on dataRide, a blockchain powered distributed communication system by over 20,000 independent, open source and community run relay servers.
This case study introduces a new model in providing carrier-grade content delivery services for Video Service Providers. Using China Mobile’s edge compute infrastructure together with NKN’s distributed micro hosting software, the solution was able to meet all of the technical hurdles in commercial content delivery services for one of the largest Video Service Providers in […]
Transaction spamming, or Tx spamming, is one of the persistent security attacks on these high performance blockchains that can wreak havoc for extended periods of time. The attackers might or might not gain any financial benefit, but can certainly make everybody’s life quite miserable at relatively low cost. In this article, we define what is transaction spamming, how to detect it, and how to deal with it. Recent examples from 4 leading projects were studied, as well as a best practice is summarized.
Today we are thrilled to launch our new NKN style guide. We will discuss about NKN brand emotive, design inspirations and major design elements. Please watch the companion video too.
NKN April 2022 Highlights - SWFT adding support for NKN Mainnet and NKN ERC-20 token swap - nLearning | Web 3.0 example : nMobile secure chat - nConnect | Keep up the productivity and security in a remote working age - NKN Short video series | The approach to NKN Technology - Upcoming: launch of NKN's new style guide
And here we are, with SWFT swap adding support for NKN mainnet and ERC20 token. Start to swap NKN swiftly between mainnet and ERC-20, or swap with USDT and other hundreds of cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and GameFi items today, within just a few clicks on the SWFT platform.
Remote work is persisting and trending permanently. It is not surprising that a hybrid lifestyle is at our doorstep, where remote working will be taking more parts in our daily life and work balance. At the same time, we are becoming more aware of the importance of sensitive information and private data. Now might be the right time to equip ourselves with the right remote access and control service not only from a personal perspective but also in terms of business interest. nConnect should be one of your best choices made today, to ensure security, productivity, and efficiency.
How to build the most secure and private messaging app Introduction There is much news and buzz about Web 3.0, but the concept seems to be quite vague or complicated. One impression of Web 3.0 is that it will replace the current Internet, but exactly how is not clear for many people . There are […]
- NKN network reaching 180,000 full consensus nodes - nConnect short video series | Exploring the potential - nConnect Advanced Application: reverse proxy - nMobile | A revolutionary messaging App
- NKN 2021 Annual report | Meeting the extraordinary - New Mainnet version v2.1.8 release - Apple Time Machine: remotely with nConnect - nConnect | a trusted companion for all your smart home devices