Yes, but this is quite old usage. A cryptographic nonce is a "number used once". A nonce is essential in proof-of-work. See, e.g., https://csrc.nist.gov/glos

Yes, but this is quite old usage. A cryptographic nonce is a "number used once". A nonce is essential in proof-of-work. See, e.g., https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/nonce https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/nonce