We released a new version v1.1.2-beta. This is a major release that introduced various features. Particularly, every miner should read this: Two more ports 30004 and 30005 need to be open in order to accept https/wss clients and receive more mining rewards! The certs directory should be shipped together with nknd! It’s included in the […]
“Let me be explicit: the current NKN node code, without any modification, will work with one billion full nodes without any problem.” Quote from latest interview with NKN.ORG CTO Yilun Zhang by @ggmesh for @DailyChainNews Full interview here, a must read for technology enthusiasts: https://thedailychain.com/billions-of-nkn-nodes-with-dr-zhang/
What is nCDN? nCDN, or New Kind of Content Delivery Network, combines the best elements of traditional data center focused CDNs and decentralized P2P CDNs for a truly new CDN solution. This new service runs on NKN’s global shared network of servers that are hosted in data centers offered by many of the top cloud providers […]
A server-less, secure and private chat for individuals and groups “NKN Splashing” by Tom Introduction D-Chat is one of the highlights of NKN consumer applications, developed by community developer Lynn. It utilizes and showcases a wide spectrum of NKN’s platform products and SDKs, including: Use NKN’s decentralized PubSub service to deliver group messages Use Multi-client SDK […]
October 23rd, 2019, Beijing China. NKN founder & CEO Yanbo Li, co-founder and CTO Yilun Zhang, gave two technical talks on “High-performane Scalable Blockchain and Its Applications in Network” at prestigious Tsinghua University, in collaboration with two university blockchain clubs (BATS and TIBA). We had a good participation from students and university staff, as well […]
by NKN CTO Yilun Zhang We released a new version v1.1.1-beta. This is a major release that introduced various features, security updates, and performance optimization. Feature highlights: Database: Implement state pruning that can greatly reduce ChainDB size by removing unused states. State pruning is still be beta phase and is not enabled by default. You […]
by Yilun Zhang, CTO of nkn.org (first published on Hacker Noon) I use ssh everyday and I love it, but I have to admit that ssh is not ideal in terms of security and convenience. Here are the reasons: The security of ssh relies on the assumption that a user knows the public key of […]
NKN client enables free end to end data transmission in a purely decentralized way. Prior to NKN, if a sender client (a mobile app, for example) wants to send some data to a receiver client, the receiver needs to be publicly accessible, which is not practical for consumer applications, or they have to be both […]
V0.1, September 2019 edition Welcome newcomers Mining can sound daunting for newcomers, especially when you hear about the expensive ASIC based Bitcoin mining machines or very high end cloud servers needed for other leading blockchain projects. Fear no more, NKN mining software requires inexpensive computers (home routers or network hard disks, old laptops, and $5 […]