Logan Allen: Nockchain's Global Competition for Useful ZK Proof of Work Miners Kicks Off

The Delphi Podcast

Join Tommy Shaughnessy as he hosts Logan Allen, founder of Zorp and Nockchain, to discuss Nockchain, a new proof-of-work L1 blockchain. Learn about its ZK Powell consensus mechanism, where miners generate ZK proofs.

Zorp: https://zorp.ioNockchain: https://nockchain.org

🎯 Key Highlights

▸ Logan Allen's journey to creating Nockchain.

▸ Nockchain's "ZK Proof of Work" (ZK Powell) and its "Dumbnet" initial phase.

▸ How block rewards will subsidize proving capacity to build a proof market.

▸ "Intents" on Nockchain: enabling micro-apps via conditional coin locks.

▸ Nockchain's state growth strategy: prove once, verify by many.

▸ Potential for specialized ZK ASICs.

▸ Knock App framework for off-chain verifiable services.

▸ Roadmap: Nockchain namespace and cross-chain atomic swaps.

▸ Vision: A circular economy with useful and engaging applications.

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▸ Zorp's Twitter: @ZorpZK

▸ Nockchain's Twitter: @Nockchain

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Timestamps

00:00 - Intro: Logan Allen & Nockchain

01:00 - Interest in Knock instruction set & ZKVMs

02:00 - Building Nockchain: No pre-mine, PoW L1

03:00 - ZK Powell: Useful Proof of Work

10:00 - ZK Powell Deep Dive

12:00 - "Dumbnet" - Initial Nockchain Phase

15:00 - App Intents & Proving Capacity

19:00 - Miner Competition on Nockchain

22:00 - Knock App Development Framework

25:00 - State Growth & Verification

36:00 - Knock App Framework in Rust

38:00 - Nockchain Namespace Plans

46:00 - Challenge: Building Nockchain's Economy

52:00 - Getting Involved with Nockchain

53:00 - The "Aha!" Moment in Research

Disclaimer

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