We released a new version v1.1-beta. Version 1.1 is a major release that introduced web GUI dashboard, new crypto puzzle mechanism, new txn type, and a lot performance optimization. Feature highlights: Add a web-based GUI dashboard that can be used to show node status and change configurations. By default the dashboard can be accessed from […]
an August 2019 update Introduction When we launched our mainnet Narwhal in July 2019, we outlined our high level plans beyond Mainnet. Now it is time for an update and put a little bit more details to the roadmap beyond Mainnet. There are two main tracks that happen in parallel and enhance each other: Mainnet […]
Captain Narwhal’s choices in transmitting data over NKN Captain Narwhal Planet Hopping Hyperdrive (image by Izmo) Imagine you are Captain Narwhal of the Millennium Falcon starship, and need to go from Earth to Endor. You have two choices: “Planet hopping”: go via moon to Mars, from Mars to Tatooin, through Hoth and Naboo, and then land […]
The key tenets of 5G 5G has garnered a lot of hype recently as many wireless carriers began their first deployments. In the United States, all major carriers including Verizon, AT&T, Tmobile/Sprint have early deployments in select markets. Carriers worldwide are adopting it as the next generation wireless global standard. Here at NKN, we are excited […]
With Over 20,000 Full Consensus Nodes, NKN Is Developing The Largest, Fully Featured Blockchain Network That Can Improve Internet Connectivity and Performance SAN MATEO, CA (August 6, 2019) — Cryptocurrency technology may have the potential to change the world, but at the moment there are only a few centralized institutions and individuals that can control the wealth, […]
San Mateo, CA (July 29th, 2019) NKN and Taxa Network are pleased to announce a collaboration to bring together decentralized network and trusted compute (TEE) to enable a new breed of high-performance, trustless applications and services. This strategic partnership will allow NKN to integrate Taxa’s compute environment and smart contract platform on NKN’s global P2P […]
July 23rd, 2019 – San Francisco, California NKN is proud to announce a new collaboration with Ankr, a distributed compute platform that uses idle computing resources in data centers and edge devices. Both NKN and Ankr have adopted a sharing economy business model that seeks to leverage the unused resources that are available in today’s […]
What’s new? Our 1-click NKN node image has now been updated for mainnet and approved by all three leading cloud platforms DigitalOcean, Google Cloud Platform, and Amazon Web Service. Some of the highlights of this version: Upgraded for Mainnet Improved security: mandate one unique wallet per node. it is no longer possible to take a […]
BlockGroup, parent company of BlockVC, created a $200M crypto M&A fund in December 2018. The new crypto fund focuses on the secondary market: especially acquisition as well as strategic follow-up investment in high quality blockchain projects. These additional investment will strengthen the operation capital of the project team. In addition, BlockGroup partner with the project […]