Nockchain says zero-knowledge proofs can move computation out of consensus, enabling one chain to combine hard money, programmability, privacy and flexible compute

Nockchain argues that zero-knowledge proofs let computation move off-chain, so features no longer require separate networks, unlike Bitcoin's minimalism, Ethereum's in-consensus execution engine, and Zcash's privacy-only design. The project proposes one proof-of-work chain with a hard cap, no premine, and a fair launch where every coin is mined. It has added matrix multiplication—the arithmetic behind AI inference—as a second mining puzzle alongside proving work, with plans to extend puzzles to rendering, simulation and other provable computation. Multiple puzzles pay out in NOCK, and attackers must beat all puzzles at once. Author acknowledges current puzzles are not yet fully useful; useful compute is the stated next step.

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