What is Zorp, and what is the NockStrategy?
The NockStrategy is Zorp’s three‑phase plan:
- Research & Prototyping (2022‑2024). Raise pre‑seed ($2.5M SAFEs) and seed ($5M equity + Token Forward) to build a zero‑knowledge virtual machine (ZKVM) and launch a fair‑mine Proof‑of‑Work (PoW) blockchain called Nockchain.
- Mainnet Launch (2025). On 21 May 2025 Nockchain went live without a pre‑mine. Its native asset, $NOCK, has a hard‑capped supply and an immutable PoW issuance curve. Early mining was intentionally open‑source and geographically distributed to accelerate decentralization.
- Treasury Strategy and Revenue Growth (2025‑onwards). Zorp accumulates $NOCK through corporate mining, and maintains a sustainable premium on NAV through revenue‑generating products—first a native decentralised exchange, with additional ecosystem tools to follow.
The History of Zorp:
Zorp Corp incorporates in Delaware in 2022, beginning as a research lab for Nock Zero-Knowledge Proofs.
In our early research, we discover that Nock has unique advantages for zero-knowledge proving. We see the potential for a category-defining ZKVM. Zorp raises a pre-seed round of funding. The pre-seed round closes in 2022 for ~$2.5M. Pre-seed investors buy Zorp equity using standard SAFEs.
We see a way to combine all the strengths of Bitcoin with many post-Bitcoin lessons learned about scalability, programmability, and data-availability. We decide we will build a Zero-Knowledge Proof of Work blockchain. Zorp raises a seed round of funding. Zorp’s seed round closes in 2024 for $5M. Seed investors buy Zorp equity in a priced round alongside a Token Forward instrument.
On May 21, 2025, Nockchain is fair-launched as an L1 Zero-Knowledge Proof of Work chain. It combines Bitcoin’s sound money incentives with modern research into Zero Knowledge Proofs, data availability, and app-rollups. $NOCK enters the world as scalable, programmable, digital gold. $NOCK has a hard-capped supply, an immutable issuance curve, and no pre-mine. The early mining competition decentralizes faster than Bitcoin did over the same time period.
The Token Forward instrument provides Seed investors 35% of the total $NOCK that Zorp acquires from mining and mining software licensing. The Token Forward makes no guarantees over total token exposure. Seed investors receive unlocked tokens on a quarterly disbursement schedule.
The Zorp team receives Zorp equity and 20% of Zorp’s early $NOCK mining capture. The Zorp team has standard equity vesting; for $NOCK, the team has a one-year lock, with two subsequent years of monthly linear unlocks. Members of the Zorp team do not mine individually nor do they receive upside through any other entity.
Zorp Corp is a new kind of treasury company centered around $NOCK. We believe that $NOCK is a neutral store-of-value asset, so a core part of our business strategy is to accumulate and hold as much $NOCK as we can. We aim to do so while building profitable products that create real-world value, unlike contemporary treasury companies, which are often solely financial vehicles.
Zorp initially generates its treasury through mining. Over time, Zorp focuses on building revenue streams through product development. Zorp’s first product is a decentralized exchange.
This article is not investment advice. Zorp does not issue $NOCK, does not create a market in $NOCK or guarantee that any such market will be made.