neural/trident/os/nockchain.md

Nockchain

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Runtime Parameters

Parameter Value
VM Nock
Runtime binding nockchain.ext.*
Account model UTXO (Notes)
Storage model Merkle-authenticated
Cost model Proof-based (nock reductions)
Cross-chain --

Runtime Binding (nockchain.ext.*)

  • Note management — create and consume UTXO notes
  • Kernel operations — interaction with the Nockchain kernel
  • Proof composition — compose and verify STARK proofs

Notes

Nockchain is a provable blockchain using Nock combinator VM with STARK proofs.

For VM details, see nock.md.

Folder

Homonyms

cybics/crystal/nockchain
the chain where mining is proving (2025). zkPoW replaces hash-grinding with useful proof labor: miners compete to produce STARK proofs of computations over the Nock ISA — twelve opcodes, deterministic reduction — and the chain verifies proofs instead of re-executing work. the watts that secure the…

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