Biography

Yanbo LiFounder of NKN & Co-Founder of Onchain

Open source guru, Linux Kernel network subsystem code contributor.

Founded and led Onchain Beijing office and developed open source blockchainplatform DNA (Distributed Network Architecture).(https://github.com/dreamfly281/DNA）

Studied in Stanford and has an outstanding background in cryptography.

More than 10 years of R&D experience at Nokia, Qualcomm, specializing in architecture design of distributed network system and implementation of Mesh network protocol.

The Missing Element

Compute

Storage Networkconnectivity&transmission

Proof of Work, e.g. Bitcoin, Ethereum

Proof of Storagee.g. IPFS/Filecoin, Sia, Storj

Proof of Transmit/Relay?

Challenges to Free Bits of Internet Today

NeutralityNet

NetworkFragmentation

Selective Propagation

Privacy

Inefficient Usage of Network

Challenges of Existing P2P or Blockchain Network

Mesh network initialization highlydepends on root node or seed nodes

Static network topology is susceptible to attack (even for mesh networks)

Absence of economic incentive scheme for the network transport layer

A compromised decentralization to enhance performance /controllability at expense of equality and scalability

A Cellular Automata powered, decentralized data relay network built on Blockchain &

incentivized by native token

What We Care

How to decentralize networkHow to make each node independent of each otherHow to introduce randomness via defining the rules regulating the interactions between nodesHow to encourage the participation of nodes inside entire networkHow to automate the network

Use centralization to improve efficiencySacrifice the extendibility of network in exchange for expediting consensusPut up barrier and set up privileges in the name of “improving security” Use pure financial tools or trusted 3rd party to solve technical problem

Goal of NKN

Powered by Blockchain and experiment of “NKS”

Connect anyone at anyplace

Secure net neutrality from network layer

Always open and scalable

Efficient and dynamic routing selection

Tokenize data transmission capability to incentivize

participating nodes

Inspirations from NKS

Simple microscopic rules can lead to complex behaviorWolfram’s 4 classes of behaviors to highlight “the Edges of Chaos” for Self-organizationRichness of computational universe The principle of computational equivalence The nature of computational irreducibility

“A New Kind of Science”- Stephen Wolfram

“Non-von-Neumann-style” architecture Network fully decentralizedEqual peers running in parallelDynamic, self-organized and self-evolution Simplicity of rules

Cellular Automata

Cellular Automata & NKN Network

All nodes are equal in the network

Simple Cellular Automata (CA) rule is selected

Every node keeps own CA state, as well as neighbors' CA state

For each cycle, all the nodes will update their CA state autonomously based on the same rule and neighboring states. The links will be adjusted based on their states, therefore the network topology is evolving without changing the underlying infrastructure or protocol

For each network cycle, the node that received data will update its CA state according to the rule and broadcast to neighboring nodes

NKN Features

Truly Decentralized

NKN powered by Cellular Automata

Openness & Fairness

Self-Organized Self-Evolution

Routing Dynamics

NKN Blockchain

Application Layer

Incentive Layer： Transmission capability tokenized

Consensus Layer：Introducing a useful proof of work

Network Layer： Introduce Cellular Automata rules and dynamic topology

Data Layer

Decentralization with Scalability

Technical Highlights

Cellular Automata & Rule A useful Proof of Work Tokenization of data transmission capability

Introduce Cellular Automata to rebuild the network layer.Move beyond P2P network to make a more robust, secure, and personal privacy-conscious network connection layer.

Introduce the Proof of Relay & Cellular Automate to improve the consensus efficiency and fairness of the Blockchain system.

Improve the overall resource utilization of data transmission for DApp.

Incentivize more people to join and expand the network.

An universal network layer A better Blockchain system

Cellular Automata Powered Innovations

CA and Blockchain

PoW or Proof of Relay, Fair and efficient consensus

Tokenizing network resource

Shared economy, efficientresource utilization

Cellular Automata Rule

Dynamic, secure, unpredictable,self-evolving

CA and Networking

NKN Road Map

Release our own online Blockchain forum for technical communication

Release Whitepaper& Economic Model

Launch Beta NKN network with ledger based on Cellular Automata & Proof of Relay

Release high efficient and scalable NKN network 1.0

Phase 2

Phase 3

Phase 1

Phase 4

Economic Model

Miners

Developers

Investors

NKN Foundation

Similar to Filecoin/IPFS but in network domain, we intend to tokenize the participators‘ data transmission capability instead of their storage. NKN’s final distribution ratio is to be determined.

NKN will provide superior connectivity by using Cellular Automata powered dynamic and self-evolutionary network while effectively using Blockchain’snative economic model (Token) to motivate participants to join and expand the network.

https://t.me/nknorg