Whitepaper

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Challenges

• Limitations of P2P Networks

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• Resource Utilization

  • Huge inefficiency exists in the current network when providing global connectivity and information transmission

• Net Neutrality & Fragementation

  • Internet access environment is becoming unsustainable under an endless stream of attacks and blockage, leading to selective and biased information propagation

  • Internet has become fragmented

 

Vision

• Objectives of NKN

  • Any node can connect to this fully open network from any place

  • Promote network sharing

  • Secure net neutrality from network layer innovations

  • Always keep network open and scalable

  • Perform efficient and dynamic routing

  • Tokenize network connectivity and data transmission assets and incentivize participating nodes

  • Design and build the next generation of blockchain network

• The Third Pillar: Networking

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• Elementary Components

  • Blockchainizing the remaining core building blocks of computing infrastructure

    • Introduces decentralized data transmission network (DDTN) scheme and utilizes truly decentralized blockchain to provide network connectivity and data transmission capability by using massive independent relay nodes to solve the problem of precipitation of redundant data on the network

  • Cellular Automata powered DDTN

    • Enable us to build a truly decentralized blockchain network

  • Cellular Automata driven consensus

    • Essential for decentralized systems without trusted third parties

  • Proof of Relay, A Useful Proof of Work

    • Encourages participants to contribute to blockchain network by sharing their connectivity and bandwidth to get rewards

  • Tokenization of network connectivity and data transmission capability

    • Encouraging participants to share their connectivity and bandwidth in exchange for tokens

  • Networking toolkit for fast and painless DApp development

    • Focus on creativity, innovation, user interface/experience and business logic

• Networking toolkit for Fast and Painless DApp Development

  • No longer need to wade through the jungle of blockchain, cryptography, consensus mechanism, identity and security before even writing one line of code

  • You can build a Facebook using ETH or NEO for computing, IPFS for storage, and NKN for networking

 

Technology Foundations

• Cellular Automata

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New Kind of Network

• Next Generation Decentralized Network

  • NKN is designed to tokenize network connectivity and data transmission capability as a useful PoW

 

THE REST OF THE WHITEPAPER IS VERY TECHNICAL SO PLEASE GO READ THE OTHER HALF ON YOUR OWN IF YOU ARE WANTING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THEY PROPOSE TO MAKE THE TECH WORK.

 

Roadmap

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Team

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Yanbo Li – Founder and CEO

• Co-founder & Core blockchain developer for Onchain - Current

  • Head of Beijing Office of Onchain which is a Blockchain enterprise solution supplier and take charge of core blockchain system R&D

• Sr Project Manager & Technical director for Redpoint Positioning Corporation – 7 months

  • Take charge of all the China market projects and business partners in term of RPP Indoor GPS system

• Staff Engineer at Qualcomm – 3 years 6 months

  • Open Source driver development for Qualcomm Snapdragon platform WLAN and ath10k series

• Sr Software Engineer for Nokia Siemens Networks – 4 years 11 months

  • Responsible for the design and implementation the MAC layer and TCP/IP protocol stack interface layer, the wireless resource management and network traffic controlling

• Software Engineer for Motorola – 4 years

  • Development A Cache FileSystem A stackable FileSystem similar with the UNionFS

 

Zheng Li – Co-Founder and Co-CEO

• Technical Program Manager for Project Fi at Google – 6 months

  • Technical program management for eSIM, as well as OEM phones for Project Fi

• Software Engineering Manager; Global Business Development Manager; Founder, PM and TPM: Lumina 4G LTE small cells; Co-Founder, PM and TPM: WiMetro Mesh WiFi; System Architect at Nokia – 17 years

  • Build the future X communication platform that unifies digital existence and allows intuitive, contextual interaction with People, Places, Things & Services.

  • Develop new technical and business solutions with innovative companies in radio & backhaul, hyper scale cloud, and big data analytic domains.

  • Develop an outdoor 4G LTE small cell with embedded wireless backhaul for mobile data use in dense urban deployment.

  • Develop an outdoor mesh WiFi product from scratch, utilizing cutting edge 3-sector industrial design, 802.11n chipset and patented antenna technology.

• Software Engineer for Nortel – 5 months

  • Technical prime of feature development for CDMA2000 radio network management software suite, plus solving customer service request as last-line support.

 

Justin Wang – VP research and Technical Marketing

• Master System Developer; Master Designer; and Senior Designer for Ericsson – 1 year 8 months

  • Filed more than 25 PCT patents on blockchain, wireless communication, cloud computing, sharing vehicle connectivity and massive IoT domains.

• Transaction Risk management Program Manager at Amazon – 1 year

  • Identifies effective project opportunities in the TRMS Operations team by conducting process studies using value stream maps or other suitable techniques.

• Project manager at Microsoft – 1 year 6 months

  • Serve as a project manager that owns the master schedule that tracks and reports on implementation efforts across engineering, marketing, quality and supply chain.

• Project Manager; and Research Project Manager for Nokia Siemens Networks – 5 years

  • Guided several departments in designing and developing 25 mobile phone projects through in-market stage.

  • Only winner for CTO RTP innovation competition 2009 in Greater China region for global.

• Chief Radio Designer for Datang Mobile – 1 year 4 months

  • Served as the design chief for several indoor 3G base station of China Mobile open bidding.

• RFIC Design Engineer for RDA Microelectronics – 1 year 3 months

  • Effectively developed RFIC products based on CMOS RFIC for wireless communications.

• RFIC Design Engineer for Beijing Embedded System Key Lab – 2 years 3 months

  • Developed mixed signal IC chips for DVB, WLAN based on CMOS technology, targeting to serve 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

 

Allen Dixon – VP Business Development

• Product and Alliances Manager for Titan Regulation – Current

  • Managed the product development of an early stage RegTech SaaS offering including defining requirements, technology architecture, securing 3rd party development resources, committed milestones, and launch plans.

• Business Development Manager; and Manager for Nokia – 5 years

  • Expanded company collaboration with Apple to include early development of new network features and services, enabling > 20 operators worldwide with new features for iOS devices.

  • Identified, evaluated, and recommended corporate partnering opportunities based on strategic market analysis and technology assessment, leading to corporate level growth by partnering strategy seeking to grow revenue by 1 Billion EUR for 2014-2017.

• Lead Engineer; and Senior Software Engineer for Motorola Solutions – 12 years

  • Led planning, design, integration, and testing activities of new network features deployed by customers such as Sprint, Verizon, and KDDI Japan fulfilling all requirements and with high quality.

  • Developed, presented, and demonstrated advanced technology to Hutchison Thailand, KDDI, Verizon, and other valued customer partners, resulting in commercialization of new IP RAN network elements that increased capacity and lowered costs for operators.

 

Chris Wu – VP of Business Development and Operations

• Technical Program Manager at Amazon – 1 year 1 month

  • Lead cross functional development on new technology from design through delivery including connectivity (Wi-Fi & Bluetooth), Multimedia and Framework crossing tablets, e-reader, TV products.

• Senior Project Manager; Customer Project Manager; and Senior Business Development Analyst at Qualcomm – 6 years 9 months

  • Manage all the mobile connectivity projects (WLAN, Bluetooth, GPS) of China Diamond customers by daily scrum meeting review and micromanage key China mobile customer projects (OPPO, XiaoMi, Vivo, Lenovo, Hisense etc)

  • responsible for China key mobile account projects

  • Business development in smart grid/metering market ,new emerging business and telecom industry

 

Whitfield Diffie – Advisor

• Bailey Whitfield 'Whit' Diffie is an American cryptographer and one of the pioneers of public-key cryptography along with Martin Hellman and Ralph Merkle.

• Turing Award is an annual prize given by the Association for Computing Machinery to an individual selected for contributions "of lasting and major technical importance to the computer field

• The Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award is granted yearly by the Association for Computing Machinery to honor "specific theoretical accomplishments that have had a significant and demonstrable effect on the practice of computing

• The IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal is presented annually to up to three persons, for outstanding achievements in information sciences, information systems and information technology.

• The prize is awarded by the Marconi Foundation. and it includes a $100,000 honorarium and a work of sculpture.

 

Partners & Backers

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Telecom INFRA Project

• We are creating a new approach to building and deploying telecom network infrastructure.

ONF

• Transforming Networks into Agile Platforms for Service Delivery

Cryptic Labs

• Research lab for blockchain, security, privacy, and trust

 

Articles

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https://medium.com/nknetwork

Blog

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Videos

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYRCW7hTN4E

AMTV

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFR9k8IPEdw

Boxmining

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7K0NeTeB3M

BlockchainBrad

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBkrYlyyM6I

Crypto Love

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o95Uu4m_hXw

Boxmining

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGSYcbuJZp0

Crypto Zombie

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cp_6kd3mrk

The Crypto Lark

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpxMN0_NrSc&list=PLvLTDuBFntMJ-RsMqEuVr7HWDHZ5DCne9&index=31

Blockchain Connect

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smzyW75ttH8

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Conclusion

I would give NKN a B+ rating. NKN is the new kind of network connectivity protocol & ecosystem powered by blockchain for an open, decentralized, and shared Internet. I think that the idea behind this project is great. Very similar to Substratum, which both projects understand the need for this. The team behind this project is amazing with lots of great experience and an advisor like no other. The partnerships aren’t that amazing but the team alone wants to make me invest in this.