Is it feasible to switch to blockchain
There is no doubt that blockchain has development prospects, and the necessary condition for development prospects is to enter the mainstream market
North America blockchain infrastructure the oan (former aion network) founder and CEO Matt spoke published an article entitled "in order to successfully enter the mainstream market, blockchain projects must" eat dog food "in Forbes on July 24, in which Matt mentioned his views on how blockchain should enter the mainstream market - & quot; Eat dog food
in the science and technology circle, there is a jargon called & quot; Eat dog food Dogfood (also known as eating your own dog food) refers to companies using their own procts and becoming users of their own procts. Many high growth companies (such as Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, apple, Netflix and Google) also test their procts by "eating dog food" or help build credibility“ "Eat dog food" is often used to find and fix bugs, but it has another value: to create reliable use cases for the company's procts
this is worth learning from blockchain projects, because blockchain projects often hold & quot; Once built, they (users) will come naturally, which habitually leaves the responsibility of creating new and interesting blockchain applications to a third party
this attitude is very common, even the well-known blockchain summit consensus 2019 also held a conference entitled & quot; Once built, they (users) will naturally come: to build a global blockchain Center & quot; To discuss how governments around the world can make efforts to attract blockchain projects while balancing regulatory, investment and innovation needs
to be fair, this strategy may be effective for blockchains that only focus on people in the currency circle. For the security token, especially for the exchange represented by the transaction, it makes more sense - "supply creates demand" is the usual idea here, especially considering that the realization of these transactions requires the construction of complex infrastructure
in contrast, "eat dog food" is more likely to be adopted by blockchain project developers who seek mainstream audiences (such as those in financial instry, manufacturing and supply chain, identity management, etc.). If blockchain technology wants to enter these mainstream fields, blockchain companies must first "eat dog food". This can not only clearly prove that blockchain technology is feasible outside the coin circle, but also highlight that blockchain can not only optimize existing use cases, but also create new use cases
and the oan team has been adhering to this concept, and relying on the oan and aion's technology stack built over the years, it has developed a financial technology platform moves for independent workers
Matt said that in the development and development of moves, the team hopes that the relevant functions of the OAN blockchain network can be brought into full play, so it will focus on the following three aspects:
1. How to use the OAN blockchain network to improve the credit efficiency of the proct there are two main considerations to improve credit efficiency: 1) can we use the mechanism of the defi market to rece the cost of capital; 2) Can the blockchain technology be used to increase the external trust in the credit process of moves. Here, moves will form a mechanism of "pooling wisdom", so that everyone can contribute to recing credit risk and increasing the credibility of credit process, and may even develop a micro guarantee mechanism in the future. Therefore, users will be able to participate in the market established by the platform as borrowers, lenders or guarantors
specifically, by connecting moves with the oan network, and with the help of digital asset aion, a relationship of interest consistency is formed between procts and users, so that users can personally experience the success of moves procts and directly participate in the oan, a blockchain network supporting moves
3. How to create the first open system of financial reputation data with moves
this open system may become a substitute for traditional credit scores or related mechanisms. Over the years, banks and financial institutions have been using Equifax, Fico or other similar institutions' scores as risk indicators, and the moves team believes that the procts they are building will be a good start - the beginning of a more perfect and modern financial reputation system. This is a long-term goal
moves supports North American mainstream carpooling, take out and other casual work economic platforms, and will be the flagship open application developed by the oan on its blockchain network. In June, moves expanded its operations from Ontario to Alberta and British Columbia into western Canada
all the initiatives of the oan team adhere to the spirit of "eating dog food" and strive to make blockchain technology enter the mainstream market as soon as possible. Blockchain is not for the minority, but for the mainstream. In addition to the oan team, many projects and institutions in the blockchain instry are also aiming at this goal. Can you say that such an excellent and targeted blockchain has no development prospects
However, where are the opportunities for these innocent employees? To put it bluntly, some blockchain entrepreneurs are bent on "empty handed White Wolf", and exploit layer upon layer through "deception". Using asymmetric instry information, blockchain, digital currency and other projects are over packaged, giving people a sense of "Hope". This part of the blockchain entrepreneurs' inherent "bad root", to a certain extent, has led to the instry's "sick" development trend
some blockchain entrepreneurs call for embracing the times, changes and the future, emphasizing the charm of decentralized "fairness". But in reality, it is for self-interest, which hurts the interests of job seekers and other related groups, which is a great injustice in itself
The asymmetry of information is not permanent. Blockchain, digital currency and so on are all areas worthy of attention, but they are not the capital that can be used by some entrepreneurs as unlimited squanders all the time. For the job seekers who want to join them, they should polish their eyes, otherwise they may be surprised if they are not carefulAt present, blockchain is not only applied in the financial instry, but also in the following instries, such as banking, payment and cash transaction, network security, academic records and academia, election, network and Internet of things, prediction, right and so on. There are still many areas that need blockchain technology. It can be imagined that the Internet + we mentioned before will become a blockchain + situation in the future
from the demand side, finance, health care, notarization, communication, supply chain, domain name, voting and other fields are beginning to realize the importance of blockchain and try to connect technology with the real society
from the perspective of the investment side, the supply of investment funds for blockchain is graally rising, the investment enthusiasm of venture capital is also rising, and the investment density is increasing. The supply of funds at the supply side is expected to promote the further development of technology
from the perspective of market application, blockchain can become a market tool to help the society rece the cost of the platform and make the intermediary institutions become the past; Blockchain will promote the shift of the focus of the company's existing business model, which is expected to accelerate the development of the company
from the perspective of underlying technology, blockchain is expected to promote the transformation of data recording, data dissemination and data storage management; Blockchain itself is more like an open source protocol at the bottom of the Internet, which will touch or even completely replace the underlying basic protocol of the existing Internet in the near future
from the perspective of social structure, blockchain technology is expected to integrate law and economy and completely subvert the original social supervision mode; Organizational form will change because of it, and blockchain may eventually lead people to a distributed and autonomous society
Where should we start to learn blockchain
first of all, we need to have a comprehensive understanding of the source and cognition of blockchain from a macro perspective. Why do we need to do this? Because if we don't understand, we will have no voice. We don't know how to judge that the next outlet is blockchain. Even if people follow suit, we also need our own learning solution as support. So, what do we need to know? I have listed the contents, For your reference only, if you already know something about it, you can skip this step:
1), basic theory of blockchain
2), basic programming (computer software and hardware foundation, character set and character encoding, HTML5 + CSS3 and other front-end technologies, ECMAScript + BOM + DOM, jQuery, node.js, Ajax and express framework)
3) Go programming language and database operation
4), blockchain 1.0 programming - bitcoin
5), blockchain 2.0 - Ethereum
6), Star Cloud chain and EOS development practice
7), blockchain 3.0 - fabric of super ledger
to you who are still struggling in the tuyere of blockchain: there is a market when there is demand, and the society never lacks excellent technical talents, After a good understanding (you can refer to Qianfeng's blockchain video tutorial), you must be firm and accurate
blockchain technology is only a technical means of recording information, and its main characteristics are decentralization and transparency, which can be applied in any instry. The traditional mode of recording information needs the credit of the recorder to endorse it, and people have to pay for the credit cost. Compared with the traditional way of information recording, blockchain has unique advantages: everyone can record, and everyone has all the recorded information, which also means recing the cost of reputation. The so-called blockchain instry itself is a pseudo proposition, and technical means can be applied to any instry.
blockchain is not easy to do since 18 years ago. The instry is deceptive, professional cut leek. I remember that the blockchain network reported that Li Xiaolai was cutting leeks. Li Xiaolai was going to build a blockchain network, so that their second round of financing had stopped. It was said that they had sold it to a technology company in Guangzhou
blockchain projects, blockchain media, or what? Another possibility is digital currency. In any case, you'd better make a clear understanding of the blockchain before you decide. There are also a lot of people who cheat by using blockchain gimmicks. You have to distinguish them
you can learn about blockchain in some places, such as cryptography, finance and so on.
as the backbone of emerging technologies, blockchain is not only used in the field of virtual currency, but also in other fields such as finance, medical care, intellectual property certification, etc. a large number of excellent enterprises have emerged at home and abroad to explore or enter the blockchain instry. Microsoft, IBM, Tencent, Ali, JP Morgan, Netease and Xiaomi have all laid out blockchain, and blockchain will blossom in many fields in the past two years
it can be seen that blockchain technology is developing rapidly in the world. Perhaps in the next few years, blockchain related technologies will be applied to the field of intelligence and notarization, including identity information authentication, notarization, arbitration, audit, e-mail, personal visa, ticketing information and so on. The application scope can cover the whole society, and blockchain technology is likely to become the lowest level protocol of Internet of things.