Technology
What is Proof of Work 2.0
In Bitcoin, GPUs waste energy on meaningless hashing — billions of calculations that no one needs. In Gonka, it's different: every calculation is a real AI request from a real user. This is Proof of Work 2.0.
How regular Proof of Work operates
In the Bitcoin network, thousands of GPUs compete to find a random number (hash) the fastest. The found hash confirms the block, but is useless by itself. It is estimated that Bitcoin consumes more electricity than entire countries — and all this energy goes to a “digital lottery”.
Proof of Work 2.0: Useful Work
In Gonka, GPUs process real neural network requests. When a user sends a query via Gonka API, it is processed by one of the nodes — and this calculation is what confirms the block. Current model: Qwen3-235B. Sprint consensus distributes tasks among nodes in real-time. 100% of computing power goes to useful work.
Why it matters
PoW 2.0 solves three problems. Ecology: no senseless waste of energy. Efficiency: every watt creates real value — an answer to an AI request. Economy: the value of the GNK token is tied to the real market of AI computations, not to abstract hashing difficulty.
PoW 2.0 = mining that does useful work. GPUs don't waste energy — every calculation serves a real AI user.
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