NONSENSEBeautifully UnnecessaryNNN · Proof of Work · GHOSTDAG · FishHashPlusSome things deserve to exist just because someone wanted to make them.
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Nonsense is a currency for things people make without asking whether the world needs them: strange software, improbable art, midnight side projects, and ideas that escaped the notebook.
The idea is to use NNN to support those experiments and exchange what comes out of them. Its foundation is concrete: an independent proof-of-work network, a GHOSTDAG ledger, open-source software, and a defined emission schedule. What people choose to build around it can be wonderfully unreasonable.
GHOSTDAG + FishHashPlusNNN runs on its own network,
nonsense-mainnet. The code comes from Karlsen, which descends from Kaspa. Nonsense has its own genesis, network identifiers, address prefixes, PoW seed, and emission schedule.
Blocks can reference up to
10 direct parents, allowing blocks found in parallel to enter the same DAG. GHOSTDAG orders them and determines the work counted by consensus, with
K = 18. Transactions use the
UTXO model, spending existing outputs and creating new ones.
| Block target | 1 second |
| Maximum supply parameter | 2,000,000,000 NNN |
| Initial mining subsidy | 20 NNN per eligible block |
| Smallest unit | 1 sompi = 0.00000001 NNN |
| Coinbase maturity | 100 DAA-score units |
| Receiving addresses | nonsense:… |
| Genesis timestamp | August 30, 2026, 00:00:00 UTC |
One second is a target; actual block production and confirmation times depend on the network. Blocks have a mass limit of
500,000 units, which weights data and validation cost rather than setting a 500 KB size limit. The remaining
consensus parameters are documented alongside the code.
Follow blocks and transfers in the
explorer, or check
synchronization, difficulty, and node status.
How NNN is issuedMining starts with a base subsidy of
20 NNN. At DAA score
15,519,600, it falls to
17.76465535 NNN and begins decreasing each schedule month.
A schedule month spans
2,629,800 DAA-score units. Over 12 such months, the subsidy is divided by 1.4 - approximately
28.57% less. Nodes validate rewards against a precomputed integer table.
At the target block rate, the initial phase would last about 179.6 days. The transition follows DAA score, so there is no fixed calendar deadline.
The
genesis transaction has no spendable outputs. You can inspect the
reward calculation and subsidy table or read through the
emission schedule.
Mining NNNThe algorithm is
FishHashPlus with a Nonsense-specific seed and BLAKE3-based hashing. Its identifier is
nonsensehash-fishhashplus-1.0.0. A miner needs explicit support for Nonsense's seed and header format; generic Karlsen or FishHash support is insufficient.
The full dataset occupies approximately
4.50 GiB before other allocations. A validating node uses a light cache with about
72 MiB of raw data, plus runtime overhead.
The published
nonsenseminer implementation performs hashing on the CPU. GPU mining requires an implementation with explicit NNN support.
The
PoW documentation covers the implementation. Bring compatibility questions and mining results to
Discord.
WalletsNNN uses
Altbase Wallet for holding, receiving, and sending coins. It is a multicurrency wallet for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Keys stay on the user's device; no account is required.
Nonsense support was added in
version 0.1.8. Download it from
altbase.io/download. Both the
Altbase source and its
Nonsense module are public.
FAQ01 What would I use NNN for?The idea is to support independent work through NNN transfers: tip the author of an unusual game, pay for art, or contribute to an open-source side project. These are proposed uses; adoption comes from people choosing to use the currency.
02 Was there a premine?Premine - approximately
28,000 NNN.
03 Which wallet should I use?Altbase Wallet, starting with
version 0.1.8, which added Nonsense support. It lets you receive and send NNN and view your balance and transaction history. You can also use
nonsensewallet, the CLI wallet.
04 Why can't I spend a mining reward yet?Mining rewards become spendable after a maturity period of 100 DAA-score units.
05 Where do I report a problem?Open an
issue with your version and steps to reproduce it. For discussion, use this thread or
Discord.
