Why are so many blockchains emerging now
What is the prospect of blockchain technology? The following is just personal experience and opinions, for reference and learning only
I have been in touch with the blockchain instry for many years, and I have my own views and understanding from its ups and downs. I personally think blockchain technology is still very good. The reasons are as follows:
first, blockchain technology as a rookie after the Internet, the Internet is the transmission of information, and blockchain is the exchange of value. The development trend of blockchain is similar to that of Internet
2. After the blockchain has gone through great waves and been widely misunderstood, there are still many blockchain explorers and practitioners in the instry making continuous efforts
Third, with the attention of the country and other countries to the blockchain instry, governments all over the country have set up blockchain development funds to promote the development of the local blockchain instry, so as to occupy the highland of the blockchain instry Fourthly, the Internet of things is the development trend in the future. In the face of the growing demand of the Internet of things ecosystem, the computing power of the central server is severely challenged, and decentralization becomes the key to solve this problemthe above content is only a new point of view, or it needs specific analysis of specific issues. After all, practice is the only standard to test the truth
Blockchain is not deceiving, but deceiving people under the guise of blockchain. In fact, blockchain scam is to make use of people's ignorance of the technology, and then fraudsters rely on various and fancy means to set up scams. Many people only look at the surface when making investments, and finally fall into the trap of high profits
in the current society, more and more people are willing to take this risk to make investment in order to get rich returns, but not all of them can make profits. After all, where there are interests, there are many people waiting, and they will set traps for people to take the t
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blockchain is a technology. In short, this technology is a new way of data management based on cryptography. Blockchain technology has broad application prospects because it has the advantages of decentralization, non tampering, tracing and so on. And issuing currency is a kind of behavior derived from blockchain technology. At present, the vast majority of blockchain applications which mainly focus on currency issuance and speculation are suspected of illegal fund-raising
blockchain technology is still in early development, and it is difficult to apply it. If you only rely on a white paper to claim that there is an application, it is a deception in itself
Because the blockchain technology is not mature at this stage, and the infrastructure is not perfect, many applications are limited, and the overall application is still in a very early stage
First of all, the main function of blockchain is to store information. Any information that needs to be saved can be written to or read from the blockchain, so it is a database. Secondly, anyone can set up a server and join the blockchain network to become a node. In the world of blockchain, there is no central node (decentralization). Every node is equal and keeps the whole database. You can write / read data to any node, because all nodes will be synchronized in the end to ensure the consistency of the blockchainAbstract: developed countries and technology companies have been ahead in the research and application of blockchain technology. From the perspective of patent application, there may be a gap of about one and a half years between China and the United States in terms of blockchain technology. Based on the above situation, how can China achieve "asymmetric" catch-up? First of all, we should see the situation clearly, seize the opportunity and meet the challenge. Secondly, after understanding the necessity of building the bottom layer of the blockchain for the existing business and future development of the financial instry, a consensus of "China's financial blockchain alliance" was reached among financial enterprises. Finally, we should work together to meet the change
how to understand blockchain
bitcoin: a peer-to-peer e-cash system. In 2009, after the paper was published, bitcoin was born as a virtual currency in the digital world of the Internet. At present, bitcoin's total market value is about US $6.5 billion. Although its market value is constantly changing, it is still the largest virtual currency in the world
another important concept is blockchain. Blockchain is an underlying technology of bitcoin, and bitcoin is only an application of blockchain. As we all know, bitcoin can achieve point-to-point value transmission. In addition to bitcoin blockchain, there are many other blockchains, such as Ethereum blockchain. Therefore, we should distinguish the concepts of bitcoin, bitcoin blockchain, blockchain and blockchain technology
at present, there are several misunderstandings about blockchain. Blockchain can be described in English as "decentralized blockchain", in which decentralized is translated as "decentralized". However, I think that the blockchain has realized the value dissemination without intermediary, that is, the point-to-point value dissemination. This does not mean that after entering the era of blockchain, there is no need for the center, but it should develop from a single centralization to the parallel between centers. Then, the existing center is likely to become a sub center or weak center. At present, all banks have their own data centers. If the financial blockchain alliance is established in the future, they can become the nodes in the blockchain alliance, so the blockchain does not need a center<
blockchain does not need credit
we often see some articles that think that blockchain is to "de credit". In fact, blockchain is to build trust through consensus algorithm and ensure the correctness of transactions through consensus among nodes. Build trust with low cost through mathematics and algorithm, rather than "de credit". However, the digital asset transaction between people does not need two people to know each other, or trust each other, and does not need a third-party credit institution. It only needs everyone to trust the trusted network of blockchain
why is it credible? Because it is a distributed database, there is a set of consensus based mechanism: a set of encryption algorithm, making it tamperable. On the one hand, the public key makes the information transparent and traceable; On the other hand, private key can protect privacy
blockchain is not a mature technology, nor is it omnipotent. At present, blockchain technology is still in the early stage of development. At the beginning of this year, we sent a delegation to study in the blockchain Research Laboratory of Barclays in South Africa. At the seminar, experts on the African blockchain of Barclays believed that it would take at least five to ten years for the blockchain technology to become a truly mature technology. At present, blockchain has the disadvantages of relatively slow computing speed and small storage space, and not all data processing needs to use blockchain
the research and application of blockchain in foreign countries
we find that the old financial developed countries have been ahead in the research of blockchain technology. The British government believes that it is very important for the government to participate in the legislation of digital currency and blockchain network, and encourages in-depth research on blockchain technology. The UK government is actively evaluating the potential of blockchain technology and considering using it to rece financial fraud and cost. In addition, the UK government plans to develop applications that can be used between the government and public institutions
in February this year, the European Commission put crypto digital currency at the top of the fast development target area, which promoted the policy research of various institutions on digital currency. Technology companies are also ahead in the research of blockchain technology
IBM launched the "open ledger project" to develop enterprise level blockchain software structure, promote the commercial use of blockchain technology, and support the docking of external data through the bluemix and API infrastructure of IBM cloud computing platform. IBM still has a lot of practice in blockchain technology. Recently, it and a South Korean company have made creative experiments using blockchain technology and Internet of things, and achieved some results
Microsoft uses Azure Platform to provide users with "blockchain as a service", which enables R3 and its bank members to speed up the process of experiment and learning, and accelerate the development, testing and deployment of distributed accounts
Intel also released sawtoothlake, an efficient molar platform for building, deploying and running distributed ledger; At the same time, Intel also studies to create a trusted execution environment for hardware chips of blockchain applications, providing higher security and privacy< At the same time, Wall Street is taking positive actions. Although it was established relatively late, the core function of R3 is to formulate instry standards for the development of banking blockchain technology, explore practical uses, and establish banking blockchain alliance
from what we know, in addition to these two new companies catering to the arrival of digital finance era, large financial institutions are studying blockchain technology and building their own blockchain concept and technical team
at present, there are practical application cases of blockchain technology
in Canada, blockchain start-up blockchain Tech Ltd has been listed on the growth enterprise market of Toronto Stock Exchange; The Estonian government will launch the government's blockchain healthcare record
domestic attention and Research on blockchain technology
blockchain is an optional technology. Prior to that, the people's Bank of China also held a seminar on digital currency. In addition to the central bank, Zhejiang Province, Beijing and other relevant departments also expressed their support for blockchain application research last year
from the perspective of enterprises, Bubi blockchain has been applied to equity, supply chain, points and other fields, and is concting experiments and application tests with exchanges and banks. Bubi blockchain focuses on the innovation of blockchain technology and procts, has a number of core technologies, and has developed its own blockchain service platform. Moreover, many blockchain innovation and entrepreneurship enterprises continue to emerge
in addition, a number of instry alliances are being established. In terms of financial institutions, the cases of blockchain application by large banks and financial institutions in China still need to be solved
by the end of 2015, Bank of America had obtained 15 patents on blockchain. There may be a gap of about a year and a half between China and the United States in blockchain technology
the application of blockchain finance is entering a new stage in an all-round way, various applications will be more and more in-depth, and the relevant changes will be more and more attention, and a great new trend will be formed.