A small example to understand blockchain
blockchain is a kind of technology, which solves the core "trust" problem in the market economy and reces the trust cost between strangers to a very low level
there is one crucial thing in the market economy, which is "trust". Without trust, no deal can be established. When you go to LAICHANG to buy vegetables, if you don't believe that the pesticide content in vegetable is up to the standard, you won't trade with that dealer; If you buy a bottle of water in a small shop, the clerk will not sell you the water if he doesn't believe that the money you give is real
the traditional small-scale peasant economy is acquaintance economy, and the transaction scale is limited to people who are familiar with each other nearby. If an acquaintance deceives you, he will lose your social relationship and damage his reputation in the whole circle of acquaintances. We believe that acquaintances are less likely to cheat us than strangers
therefore, once we are beyond the scope of acquaintances, we need to use a high cost to identify whether a stranger will cheat me and how to avoid the risk of being cheated. This situation will hinder the transaction and restrict the transaction
in addition, different races, nationalities, cultures, religious beliefs and so on will naturally have this kind of trust problem
in the market economy, why can there be so many transactions between strangers? Because of the birth of a new mechanism to solve the problem of trust in strangers
so far, the most important mechanism to solve the trust problem is the "trust intermediary" organization and mode
as long as you and strangers trust a third-party organization, the trust problem between you can be solved through this third-party organization
this third-party organization, we call it trust intermediary. Both the government and the bank are trust intermediaries
you can sell the goods you have worked hard to proce to a stranger in exchange for a stack of RMB banknotes. It's because the credit of the note issuing bank and the guarantee of the authority of the government guarantee the currency value and effectiveness of the banknotes. Otherwise, sell things, in exchange for a few ordinary paper, who would like to
in the era of global village and Internet, the people who buy your things may be strangers who will not meet and thousands of miles away. Trust is lower, so Alipay assumes the role of trust intermediation. Buyers first pay the goods to Alipay's account. When they receive the goods, they confirm that they are OK, then they agree to sell the goods to the seller. Taobao and other e-commerce have been booming rapidly in just over ten years
trust intermediary is in a central position in the transaction system. All transactions should solve the trust problem through it
However, the cost of trust intermediary itself is often hugeas a trust intermediary, how much transaction tax does the government charge each year? What is the most profitable instry? Financial services. The annual profits of Alipay's ant suit are over ten billion. p> What does this mean? Both sides of the market actually pay a huge trust cost
if there is any way to cancel or greatly rece the trust cost, the transaction cost of the general public can be reced, and the profits can be greatly increased
so in the Internet era, blockchain technology is on the stage
it allows the trading party to get rid of the intermediary, solve the problem of trust among strangers, and greatly rece the cost of trust
the blockchain can be expanded on a large scale, the data is open and transparent, the data of each client is consistent, and even if some clients are destroyed, the data security will not be affected. These highly reliable technical features can solve the trust problem of strangers with low cost
this technology can be extended to all fields that can be digitized, such as digital currency, payment and clearing, digital bills, proof of rights and interests, credit reference, government services, medical records, etc
in the medium and long term, blockchain will be a revolutionary technology, which will bring about great social changes like the existing Internet, and has great investment value and money making opportunities
in the future, the companies that can combine blockchain with different scenarios to promote applications may be the next group of bat, the next Google, Microsoft and apple
as the first practical application of blockchain technology, bitcoin has been widely accepted and used all over the world. Millions of users and tens of thousands of merchants have accepted the payment of bitcoin as a digital currency, and the exchange value of bitcoin as a currency is growing. Even e to the consensus that the total amount is fixed and the long-term value is bullish, bitcoin has become a hedge asset similar to gold, and the price has skyrocketed
blockchain is a distributed shared ledger and database, which has the characteristics of decentralization, distributed storage, encryption algorithm, whole process trace, traceability, collective maintenance, openness and transparency take taking charge of Department funds as an example, the traditional way is to assign a person in the Department to keep accounts and manage the Department funds. This person can directly manipulate the remaining amount or the amount of each use, and make profits from it by taking advantage of his authority. This is the traditional centralized management and in the blockchain management mode, , everyone in the Department has a fund use book, which is added by relevant personnel, and synchronized to their own book after other personnel check. Each transaction will record the usage time, user, amount and content of funds, and generate corresponding serial number for marking. The serial number of each transaction will be stored together with the usage of the next transaction. Each bookkeeping will be encrypted, and so on. At the same time, the account book of each person in the Department is visible to everyone outside, and anyone can query the use of each fund through the account book in the management mode of blockchain, multi person synchronous bookkeeping is "decentralized management" everyone in the department checks and stores it, which is called "consensus mechanism" everyone records the use of each fund, which is called "distributed storage" the serial number generated by the detailed usage of each fund is called "hash value" store the serial number and the usage of the next fund, which is called "whole evidence chain" everyone's account book is visible to everyone outside, which is called "openness and transparency" to query the usage of each fund is called "traceability" if someone wants to tamper with a certain amount of funds, the serial number of the funds will be changed accordingly, and this person needs to tamper with all subsequent account records on the account book and the account book records of all people. However, this can be realized on the premise that it can crack the encryption processing of everyone's every bookkeeping. Moreover, once the system finds that there is an account book different from everyone's, the blockchain will automatically correct the "wrong" account book. This can fully guarantee the originality and non tamperability of blockchain electronic data
On September 18, 2018, Hangzhou Internet court was officially put on the chain and became the first court in the world to use blockchain for trial
it is understood that prosecutors can submit electronic evidence such as contract, rights protection process and service process details online through online appeal portal, and notarization office, forensic identification center, CA / RA organization, court and other chain nodes can witness and endorse together to provide one-stop service for prosecutors. Hangzhou Internet court of Zhejiang Province made a public judgment on a case of infringement on the right of network dissemination of works' information, and confirmed the legal effect of electronic data with blockchain technology for the first time
2. In the field of logistics
in early 2018, rookie and tmall global jointly announced that blockchain technology has been used to track, upload and verify the logistics full link information of cross-border imported goods
after all nodes of the logistics chain are connected to the blockchain, the goods can be traced from manufacturers to consumers, forming a complete chain; The more links the commodity is missing, the more likely it is to be a fake proct
3. Electronic invoice
on August 10, 2018, Shenzhen International Trade revolving restaurant issued the country's first blockchain electronic invoice. It is understood that this blockchain electronic invoice was led by Shenzhen Taxation Bureau and provided by Tencent with underlying technology and ability
different from traditional e-invoice and simple e-invoice on the chain, this blockchain e-invoice combines "capital flow and invoice flow", combines invoice issuing with online payment, and gets through the whole process of invoice application, invoice issuing, reimbursement and tax declaration
there are still many practical applications of blockchain. You can learn more about relevant information
blockchain is a decentralized distributed ledger database . The advantage of this distributed ledger is that buyers and sellers can trade directly without any intermediary. Everyone has a backup, even if you lose this, it will not be affected
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blockchain application field
1, financial field
blockchain has potential huge application value in international exchange, letter of credit, equity registration, stock exchange and other financial fields. The application of blockchain technology in the financial instry can save the third-party intermediary link and realize the point-to-point direct docking, so as to greatly rece the cost and quickly complete the transaction payment
2. The Internet of things and logistics
blockchain can also be naturally combined in the field of Internet of things and logistics. Through blockchain, we can rece logistics costs, trace the proction and delivery process of goods, and improve the efficiency of supply chain management. This field is considered as a promising application direction of blockchain
3. The data stored on the public welfare field
blockchain is highly reliable and tamperable, which is naturally suitable for social public welfare scenarios. The relevant information in the public welfare process, such as donation project, collection details, fund flow, recipient feedback, etc., can be stored on the blockchain, and can be made transparent and public, which is convenient for social supervision
4. In the field of insurance
in terms of insurance claims, insurance institutions are responsible for fund collection, investment and claims settlement, and often have higher management and operation costs. Through the application of smart contract, there is no need for the applicant to apply or the insurance company to approve. As long as the claim conditions are triggered, the automatic claim settlement of the policy can be realized
blockchain is a decentralized distributed ledger. Blockchain is not something. You can think of it as the Internet. No one will think that the Internet is an object. Blockchain is a new model. If we think of it as an account book, it means that all transaction information is in this book. Due to the characteristics of decentralization, it is not subject to the jurisdiction of a third party
blockchain is a decentralized database in essence. Once the contents in the database are recorded in the chain, they cannot be tampered with, and all the contents can be traced back to their source. The centralized procts may be tampered by the jurisdictional party. Therefore, blockchain traceability is also commonly used to trace the source of goods
there is still a lot of knowledge about blockchain, which is just a simple concept. In depth understanding, we need to take time to look at the news and learn about its landing applications. We can see more about password finance.