Academic issues of blockchain
At the beginning of self-learning blockchain related knowledge, we can adopt the "bottom-up" method, that is, through reading books, reading white papers , we can check the information , and then summarize and connect these knowledge , and integrate them into a relatively complete knowledge system so I went to the bookstore and bought a of the Analects of Confucius. I read it from the beginning to the end and found that there were too many details and insights in it, which could not be transmitted through any interpretation. Actually, I spent a lot of time and read a lot of interpretation before. I really want to abandon the essence and pursue the end. I have to work hard it's the same in every field. When you don't understand it, you will have a kind of inexplicable fear of it, thinking that it is high and unattainable. In order to step into these fields quickly, you will look for a lot of so-called "interpretation" and "news" around it 2. technical perspective Basic Stage: 1. Blockchain Development Guide - author Shentu Qingchun: the author's research on the bottom layer of rendant bitcoin is very in-depth, and the explanation is very easy to understand 2. Blockchain technology guide - author Zou Jun: as the first domestic book to explain blockchain from a technical perspective, it is worth reading. Since its publication in 2016, it has been consistently evaluated well 3. Principles, design and application of blockchain by Yang Baohua and Chen Chang: as the CTO of Zhigui, Chen Chang remembers that the previous ink chain was based on hyperledger fabric, so this book has a thorough explanation of hyperledger related open source procts 3. Blockchain world is divided into two parts. The first part comprehensively reviews the birth, growth and graal development of blockchain in 2008 through full and accurate information, introces in detail the originality of blockchain technology, the scientific mechanism and the artistic logic, and introces the application characteristics of blockchain through more than ten instry scenarios such as finance, anti-counterfeiting and medical treatment. In the second part, combined with the spirit of G20 summit and the 13th five year plan, the author explores the combination of blockchain and digital economy, as well as the author's views and suggestions on the development trend of the instry
digital economy and blockchain Technology: he is one of the earliest scholars engaged in blockchain technology in China. He has proposed and developed such theoretical methods as smart contract engineering (SCE), legal code technology, verification as a service (VAAs), etc. in the fields of combination of digital economy and blockchain, planning and consulting of digital economic Park, digital governance of blockchain, and so on Blockchain scalability, Multi Chain interconnection and blockchain formal verification technology have in-depth research and patent achievements. He presided over the research and development of Beihang blockchain series procts, including various forms of blockchain systems with independent intellectual property rights, browsers, monitors, deployment tools and blockchain big data management system (opendata)
distributed parallel computing and network: he has been engaged in cluster computing system, high-performance computing, aerospace electronic bus, and integrated network information technology research in complex computing environment for a long time. He proposed and studied the theory of reconfigurable multi cluster computing based on wolf pack and applied it to practice, and developed several application software systems
formal design and verification methods: in close cooperation with irit and INRIA, we have established a Sino French joint research laboratory for formal methods, studied model driven formal design and verification methods, proposed a number of innovative extension technologies based on AADL and synchronous language signal, and developed a number of model transformation, model validation and verification methods Verification and automatic code generation tools
in recent years, he has published more than 60 papers on SCI / EI retrieval in important academic journals at home and abroad, edited new technologies of network computing (416 pages, published by Science Press in 2001), and cooperatively completed the national authoritative textbook introction to distributed computing system (490 pages, published by Tsinghua University Press in 2014), which won the first prize of 2016 textbook, It has been adopted by more than ten key universities. He has successively presided over and participated in a number of National Natural Science Fund, national key R & D projects, 863 major projects, Junkou 863 project, National Nuclear high-tech foundation project, aerospace fund, and a number of important engineering projects in aerospace field. He won more than 30 national invention patents and soft works, won the five-year achievement award of aviation fund in 2015, and won the second-class innovation achievement award of Instry University Research Institute in 2018.
1 - blockchain is too large
2 - blockchain data confirmation time
3 - deal with the issue of transaction frequency
4 - the development of blockchain technology is restricted by the current system
5 - the integration cost of blockchain technology and existing systems is relatively high
blockchain based systems have broad prospects in the future, but we need to be very clear about what blockchain can do. Imagine the blockchain technology in the next 20 years, its impact may be as big as the Internet
however, it is shocking that we mainly see today that the project seems to be based on decentralized design, but in fact there are some misconceptions about blockchain
if we want technology to continue to move in the right direction, we need to turn this craze into proctive and realistic expectations, so as to rece the possibility of the supply chain falling to the bottom. Once it falls to the bottom, it may be abandoned in the corner with meaningless proof of concept
let's take a look at the seven misconceptions of unrealistic expectations for blockchain:
misconception 1: highly scalable
compared with traditional (server based) trading methods, blockchain deployment does not have real scalability, and the current trading time depends on the slow party. They are only scalable for certain types of transactions, such as transactions with small payloads and transactions close to certain limits. You can't just pile up information on the blockchain
Myth 2: it is absolutely secure
although the blockchain is based on encryption standards, the method to ensure privacy is completely outside any blockchain standards and implementation. Only encryption experts can really understand and verify blockchain integration. However, each implementer has the responsibility to ensure security, so this approach is largely the same as the management of financial transactions in the old era
mistake 3: trustworthy
the blockchain ensures the integrity of transactions and information, otherwise anything stored in the blockchain cannot be trusted. You need to make sure that the parties that store the facts in the blockchain are trustworthy and that the facts are true to determine that they are truly trustworthy. This governance model allows multiple parties to be jointly and severally liable for the infrastructure, and requires secure access to store facts in the blockchain
myth 4: you can put anything in the blockchain
blockchain is a protocol represented by code, which is not defined according to any standard. There is no standard body to provide rules or guidance for the implementation of sanctions
generally, you can only handle small payloads, and you still need to reach an agreed standard among all participants so that anyone can understand what is stored
myth 5: you can express anything in a smart contract
although this is technically feasible, in practice, blockchain is limited to simple and easy to understand use cases. Smart contracts are very complex in nature. By design, once released, you cannot modify or repair them. They contain very complex interactions and irreversible results
myth 6: if you don't like public chain, please choose private chain
private chain is not a channel to obtain privacy or access restricted information. In fact, you can even think that private chain should not be an open option. Nevertheless, enterprise blockchains may not be able to realize any inherent advantages of blockchain technology, and privately developed blockchains may lack the community and academic review necessary to ensure their attributes
myth 7: the size of the community doesn't matter
the blockchain procts promoted by the community are being forked by private players in all aspects, and they strengthen their role in various ways. However, a large community composed of users, users, scholars and implementers is the only force to ensure the validity of password attributes. Only the open source blockchain with the largest community and installation base will last. The rest can be regarded as experiments in the laboratory, of which 99.9% will die
a smart technician will move forward based on use cases and a set of first principles in his mind. First, there may never be a blockchain to manage all of them. Two different use cases require different blockchains. Some participants are many, some are few, some need strong privacy around facts, and some are fully transparent
considering all the above, what we can do together now is to innovate, tackle real business problems, and initiate and promote proof of concept to better understand the power of blockchain.