1-click NKN node image updated for Mainnet on 3 cloud platforms

Posted on 15 июля, 2019

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 snapshot of one running node and clone.
Promote BeneficiaryAddr to further improve security: so the mining reward can be kept in secure wallet that is generated by user personally and not stored anywhere on the cloud.
Reduced resource usage: especially network bandwidth usage is reduced by at least 50%, since it is a major cost factor for some cloud platforms. Also reduced requirements on CPU and memory.

Of course we kept all the features and benefits our miners enjoy from testnet v0.8.x: health monitoring and auto healing, remote node status information, and etc. Currently we still support auto-upgrade during phase 1 of Mainnet for faster bug fix and network upgrade.

Road ahead

Moving forward, we have the following on our agenda:

Support more leading cloud, e.g. Microsoft Azure
Stop auto-upgrade during phase 2 of Mainnet, so we can enhance security and avoid single point of failure (github)
Together with NKN mobile app and nknx.org miner dashboard, enable remote provisioning of NKN mining node without user input in cloud console
Built-in GUI web admin portal for mining at home (Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Raspberry Pi, router, etc), so users can manage their nodes locally and securely using web GUI
Together with community, support more home devices such as WiFi router, NAS, and gateways.

Where to start mining and where to find help

For general overview, FAQ and everything mining:

Nodes & Mining

For DigitalOcean:

NKN 1-click on MarketPlace
https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/nkn-full-node
NKN 1-click on DigitalOcean guide:
One-Click to build a New Kind of Network node on DigitalOcean

For Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

NKN 1-click on MarketPlace
https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/details/nkn-public/nkn-full-node?project=nkn-internal-testnet&folder&organizationId=118314538687
NKN 1-click on Google Cloud guide:
Deploy NKN Full Node from Google Cloud Marketplace

For Amazon Web Service (AWS)

NKN 1-click on MarketPlace
https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B07PWJ69BF?qid=1563211302495&sr=0-1&ref_=srh_res_product_title
NKN 1-click on AWS guide (general and advanced):
Deploy NKN Full Node from AWS Marketplace
Deploy NKN Full Node on AWS Advanced Option

About NKN

NKN is the new kind of P2P network connectivity protocol & ecosystem powered by a novel public blockchain. We use economic incentives to motivate Internet users to share network connection and utilize unused bandwidth. NKN’s open, efficient, and robust networking infrastructure enables application developers to build the decentralized Internet so everyone can enjoy secure, low cost, and universally accessible connectivity.