Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NKN (software)


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The result was speedy delete as WP:G5: creation by sock in violation of block, with no significant edits by others. Primefac (talk) 15:31, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

NKN (software)

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Lowkey press release for yet another non-notable cryptocurrency software. All sources presented are either press releases or comes from unreliable, non-compelling crypto blogs and websites. WP:BEFORE turns up the same stuff. Virtually no coverage in any form of media outside of the aforementioned crypto blogs and audience specific sites. Sulfurboy (talk) 03:49, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. Sulfurboy (talk) 03:49, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

In addition, coindesk is the most reputable news outlet in blockchain and cryptocurrency. And their report on NKN and iQIYI in video platform contract is a valid reference. Sebastian Sinclair (2020-04-14). "Baidu-Owned Video Streaming Giant iQiyi Taps Public Blockchain for Performance Boost". . Zbruceli(talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:47, 18 May 2020 (UTC) — Zbruceli (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep I think the main merit of this entry is that NKN's consensus algorithm represent a new school of technical adavance that are based on Cellular Automata in order to solve the scalability of many nodes instead of transaction per second. Other notable projects in this space is IOTA and Coordicide, and Near Protocol. And this technical challenge has been well spelled out in Dr. Stephen Wolfram's analysis. "Stephen Wolfram (Creator of NKS) Tries to Understand NKN".

Keep I'd like to note that the GSMA case-study is neither a non-reputable source, nor a press release. It's a case-study - going into fine detail on how the NKN Software worked with iQIYI (China's largest video streaming platform) and even out-performed existing content delivery offerings. GSMA are a hugely creditable association of hundreds of telecom and mobile providers globally, and share their findings and news with these members. GSMA - Future Networks: NKN Case Study OMTom (talk) 17:08, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * Delete. Blockchain vaporware that doesn't even make sense, created by a sockpuppet of another user who was blocked for spamming the same thing. ST47 (talk) 17:40, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment, the two above spa accounts will likely need to be checked too.
 * Comment I respect wiki mods spending their personal time to maintain the quality of wikipedia. NKN is lesser known, which is clear, but it does not warrant a label of "vaporware". And the developers have toiled over the last two years creating the following (just facts, no PR): over 1 million line of new source code on the GitHub NKN core repository . Over 14,000 community nodes running in 42 countries and regions NKN explorer and network map . And in addition, with the GSMA reference and coindesk reference, the network is used by legitimate multi-national businesses. Zbruceli (talk)


 * Comment Vapourware is a very poor description for NKN. They're one of the few telecom startup companies which has a simple but field-disruptive idea, multiple working products (free to test in browser), and multiple signed clients. They have given talks at Tsinghua University NKN Technical Seminar in Tsinghua University (the top ranked University in China), Global Digital Economy Summit in China, and also at Blockchain Connect Conference in San Francisco, to name a few. If there's anything unclear, or if you believe the Wiki article needs to be brought down to a simpler reading level to be valid, I'd be more than happy to contribute and make it so. If there's anything in particular you'd like to see in response here, to show how far NKN is from "yet another non-notable cryptocurrency software", I'd love to help there too. OMTom (talk) 21:01, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
 * , Please do not vote multiple times. Sulfurboy (talk) 22:12, 18 May 2020 (UTC)


 * delete does not meet notability requirements in terms of reliable secondary sources independent of subject. -- Deep fried okra  User talk:Deepfriedokra 03:13, 19 May 2020 (UTC)


 * comment only keep votes are from a) a newly created account whose sole purpose has been to make a non-policy based keep vote on this afd and b) an spa account whose only edits outside of the afd have been to the article in question (this is not neccesarily a bad thing). I wouldn't at all be suprised if the former account is a sockpuppet. Tknifton (talk) 11:53, 19 May 2020 (UTC)


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