How many people are doing blockchain in China
Blockchain is a new application mode of distributed data storage, point-to-point transmission, consensus mechanism, encryption algorithm and other computer technologies. Blockchain is an important concept of bitcoin. It is essentially a decentralized database. At the same time, as the underlying technology of bitcoin, it is a series of data blocks generated by using cryptographic methods. Each data block contains a batch of information about bitcoin network transactions, Used to verify the validity of its information (anti-counterfeiting) and generate the next block
if such technology wants to be put into application, the biggest problem is the "Impossible Triangle problem"
that is, scalability, decentralization and security cannot be achieved at the same time, and only two of them can be achieved
most of the existing public chain projects in the market are difficult to put into use on a large scale
for this purpose, the following search terms are used to collect the website data of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): blockchain, blockchain, bitcoin, virtual currency, virtual currency, digital currency, digital token and smart contract
the analysis found that although the price of bitcoin plummeted, 2018 was the year with the most patents approved, and records showed that at least 1060 patents were published ring this period
971 items were approved in 2017. In that year, bitcoin began trading at $998, reaching an all-time high of $19666 in December
according to the data, patent approval started to take off in 2012, and it remained at the same level until 2015. So far this year, the World Intellectual Property Organization has granted 242 patents related to cryptocurrency or blockchain
China ranks first with 790 patents
followed by the United States, which approved 762 patent applications. South Korea and Australia followed, 161 and 132 respectively. The UK is the only European country in the top 10 with 36 approvals
the companies on the list are mainly technology giants and financial service companies, such as IBM (119 items), MasterCard MasterCard (111 items), coinplug (84 items) and Alibaba (60 items)< Among them, Yao Qian, director of the digital currency Research Institute of the people's Bank of China, has obtained 92 patents.