Nockchain NOCK
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CM Profile: Nockchain
Cryptominium Profile. What we have established, measured and written about NOCK, and what we have not.
- Measured
- Selling $100,000 of NOCK on Base returned 10.1% less than the quoted price, on 20 October 2026.
- Its price, recorded by us every day since 20 August 2026.
- Written, with sources
- Not established
Read from our own records when this page was made. It describes what we know, and is not a view on whether to hold NOCK. How each part is worked out
What changed
Week to 21 OctoberNothing we measure moved much this week: the cost of selling on Base, trading volume, reported supply and price are all within their usual range.
From our own measurements only, each against the month before. We do not say why a price moves. How this is worked out · Every coin this week
What it actually costs to sell NOCK
Selling $100,000 of NOCK returned 10.1% less than the quoted price — Costly. Measured 2026-10-20 on Base.
What Nockchain is
Nockchain is described by its creators as the first layer-1 blockchain powered by Zero-Knowledge Proof of Work, a consensus method in which nodes secure the chain and produce blocks by mining zero-knowledge proofs. $NOCK is the network's native asset, positioned as scarce hard money secured by these proofs. It was fair-launched with no pre-mine in May 2025.
The mechanism combines two elements: a proof-of-work mining competition, familiar from older chains, and zero-knowledge proofs as the object being mined rather than simple hash puzzles. The source states that transaction throughput scales as network difficulty grows, intended to keep money moving without the network bottlenecking as it expands. No further detail on proof construction, validator set, or difficulty adjustment is given in the source material.
Classification listings tag Nockchain under several categories at once — infrastructure, smart contract platform, privacy coin, zero-knowledge, proof-of-work, and Base ecosystem — a breadth that suggests a project still finding its niche rather than one with a single settled use case. It is deployed on Base as a single chain, meaning it does not natively exist elsewhere. The claim of being "the first" ZK-PoW L1 is the source's own framing, not an independently verified fact, and no information here confirms audit status, decentralization of mining, or actual transaction throughput under load. Nothing in the source or the measured facts indicates revenue, staking yield, or governance rights attached to holding $NOCK.
Where NOCK lives
On Ethereum, Base and BNB Chain, GoPlus's analysis of each contract is read weekly: whether it has a function to block addresses or pause transfers, and whether an owner holds it. That is GoPlus's reading, not ours. Where a token exists on several chains, one copy's settings say nothing about the original coin.
Always verify a contract address against the project's own site before sending anything. Addresses are shown as published by CoinGecko, not as an endorsement — and identical-looking tokens on other chains are the most common way people lose money here.
Price change
Nockchain data synced 20s ago from CoinGecko. Figures shown in USD. This page is market information, not financial advice — and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell NOCK.