Exchange NKN (NKN)

The New Kind of Network (NKN) is a decentralized open-source blockchain platform that aims to solve a series of limitations of the peer-to-peer networks that have been arising over the years. Centralization, barriers to access with authorization processes, scalability constraints, and financial motivations are all existing problems that limit the possibilities of next-generation blockchain systems. Together with the present inefficiencies of the Internet, NKN was created to provide a new type of unrestricted Internet network that can be globally accessible. Just like Bitcoin does not depend on banks or institutions to validate financial transactions, NKN wants to allow the global transfer of data without relying on big telecommunication monopolies. The development team mentions several problems that can be solved through the network – namely, inefficient use of bandwidth, rampant censorship by governments, and invasion of user privacy. NKN uses its own consensus mechanism called "Proof of Relay" (PoR). PoR encourages participants to contribute to the blockchain network by sharing their connectivity and bandwidth in exchange for rewards. Mining is essentially achieved by contributing to the data transfer layer. Participants receive rewards by providing more network resources than they consume. The NKN cryptocurrency represents the future of cryptocurrencies, due to its security, connection speed, and the great wonders of fast connectivity that it has on its website, with improvements, practically daily. Unlike other projects that use buzzwords like “innovation” to promote their projects, NKN is truly doing something remarkable in its field. It slowly but surely climbs up the ladder.

The project was launched in January 2018, soon after the removal of Net Neutrality had been approved by the Federal Communications Commission. With enough obstacles in the state of the Internet at the time, NKN came up with the idea to provide a worldwide network of nodes that could be connected to from everywhere, at any given time. At the time of writing, NKN is already the biggest blockchain network in the world with over 101,000 nodes, with Bitcoin and Ethereum having roughly 10,000 nodes each.