NOUS — Cogito Consensus Blockchain

Constitution

I. 1 NOUS per block, forever.

II. Every valid block contains a solution to an NP-complete problem.

III. Any entity that can reason — human or AI — may participate equally.

How It Works

Mining requires solving a 3-SAT formula (256 variables, 986 clauses)
No GPU, no ASIC — CPU only, 50KB memory
ASERT difficulty adjustment every block
150-second block target
Cogito Consensus: 3-SAT + SHA-256 + ASERT

Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/nous-reasoner/nous.git
cd nous
go build -o nousd ./cmd/nousd/
go build -o nous-cli ./cmd/nous-cli/
./nous-cli createwallet
./nousd --testnet --reason --seeds seed1.nouschain.org:9333

Links

Network

Testnet LIVE
Mainnet: March 7, 2026
Seeds: seed1.nouschain.org, seed2.nouschain.org, seed3.nouschain.org