Gem blockchain
Contracts, transactions and their records are an important part of our social, economic, legal and political systems. They protect our assets and define the boundaries of the organization. They formed and verified our personal identity and various historical events. They manage a series of activities between the state, organizations, communities and indivials. They direct all management and social activities. But these key tools and the bureaucracy that manages them have not kept pace with the digital transformation of the economy. It's like F1 racing in a big jam. In a digital world, our way of supervision and administrative control must be changed
blockchain has the potential to solve this problem. As the core supporting technology of bitcoin and other virtual currencies, blockchain is an open, distributed ledger, which can effectively record the transaction records between the two parties, and can be verified and permanently saved. The ledger itself can be programmed to automatically trigger transaction completion
five basic principles of blockchain technology
1. Distributed database
each party on the blockchain can obtain all data and complete historical records. No one can control data or information. Each party can directly verify the records of all parties to the transaction without mediation
2. Point to point communication
each independent point can communicate directly without a central node. Each node can store information and transfer all information to all other nodes
3. Limited transparency
users who have access to the system can see every transaction and its value. Each node or user on the blockchain has a unique address composed of letters and numbers, which can be used as the identity of the user. Users can choose to remain anonymous or disclose their identity to others. Transactions occur between addresses on the blockchain
4. Records cannot be changed
once the transaction results enter the database, the account information will be updated accordingly, and the records cannot be changed, because these information are related to all previous transaction records (this is the source of the term "chain"). Various calculation algorithms and methods are used to ensure that the records in the database are permanent, sorted in chronological order, and can be seen by all other people in the network
5. Computational logic
the digital nature of the ledger means that blockchain transactions can be connected with computational logic, and can actually be realized by programming. All users can set algorithms and rules, so that transactions can be automatically triggered between nodes
with blockchain technology, we can imagine that in a new world, contracts are stored in a transparent shared database in the form of digital programming, and will not be deleted, tampered with or revised. In such a world, every protocol, every process, every task and every payment will have a digital record and a digital signature that can be identified, verified, stored and shared. Intermediaries such as lawyers, brokers and bankers are no longer necessary. Indivials, organizations, machines and algorithms can freely interact and trade with each other without friction. This is the infinite potential of blockchain
in fact, almost everyone has heard that blockchain will bring revolutionary impact on enterprises and redefine enterprises and economy. Although we are enthusiastic about the potential of blockchain, we are also worried about exaggeration. It's not just security issues (such as the collapse of a bitcoin exchange in 2014 and the recent hacker attacks) that worry us. The experience of research on technological innovation tells us that if there is a blockchain revolution in the future, there will be many obstacles - technological, governance, organizational and social obstacles. It is likely to lead to a big mistake to rashly apply blockchain technology innovation before we really understand blockchain thoroughly
we believe that it will take many years for blockchain to bring real changes to enterprises and governments. Because blockchain is not a "disruptive" technology, disruptive technology can impact the traditional business model with low-cost solutions, and can quickly replace traditional enterprises. We believe that blockchain is a basic technology: it has the potential to create a new foundation for our economic and social system. But its impact is very extensive, and it will take decades for blockchain to penetrate into economic and social infrastructure. The process of blockchain popularization will be graal, and this process and its strategic significance will be the focus of this paper
technology adoption mode
before discussing blockchain strategy and investment, let's recall the technology adoption process we know below, especially the adoption process of other basic technologies. One of the most relevant examples is the distributed computer network technology, that is, the adoption of TCP / IP protocol, which has laid the foundation for the development of the Internet
TCP / IP first appeared in 1972 and has been widely concerned in an independent application scenario: it is the basis for sending e-mail between researchers on ARPANET, which is the predecessor of the commercial Internet developed by the U.S. Department of defense. Before TCP / IP, the communication system architecture was built on the basis of "circuit switching". The connection between two parties or two machines must be preset and maintained through the switch. In order to ensure that any two nodes can communicate, telecom service providers and equipment manufacturers have invested billions of dollars in dedicated lines
TCP / IP has completely changed the above mode. The new protocol digitizes the information and decomposes it into many small packets, each packet contains address information. Once these packets are released into the network, they can reach the receiver by any route. The data sending point and receiving point in the network can decompose the data packets, combine the data packets again, and interpret the data. There is no need for dedicated lines or large-scale infrastructure. TCP / IP creates an open and shared public network, which has no central organization or main body responsible for maintenance and update
traditional telecom enterprises and related enterprises are suspicious of TCP / IP. Rarely imagine that data, information, audio and video can be established under the new system, and rarely imagine that the related system will be very safe and develop rapidly. However, from the late 1980s to the 1990s, more and more enterprises, such as sun, next, HP and silicon graphics, used TCP / IP to develop their internal LAN. By doing so, they have developed technologies that go beyond e-mail and graally replace traditional LAN technologies and standards. With the adoption of these newly developed technologies and tools, the proction efficiency of enterprises has been greatly improved< In the mid-1990s, the emergence of the world wide web made TCP / IP widely used. The newly founded high-tech enterprises began to provide relevant "tools" - hardware, software and related services, which are necessary for connecting with the current open network and exchanging information. Netscape has commercialized browsers, web servers and other tools and components. Sun company promotes the development of Java. With the exponential growth of information on the Internet, Infoseek, excite, Altavista, and Yahoo are leading users to use TCP / IP technology
once this basic infrastructure is widely accepted, the new generation of enterprises can seize the opportunity brought by low-cost Internet access to create more Internet services, which in turn helps to replace the original business model. CNET has moved news online. Amazon sells more books than any physical bookstore. Priceline and Expedia make it easier to buy tickets, and the whole purchase process is more transparent. These new enterprises expand their business at a very low cost, making traditional enterprises such as newspapers and physical retail stores feel unprecedented pressure
relying on the widespread Internet, enterprises can create novel and revolutionary applications, which are enough to fundamentally change the traditional business model and create value. These enterprises are built on the new P2P architecture, and generate value by coordinating the users of the distributed network. Imagine how eBay has changed the online retail business through auction mode, Napster has changed the music instry, Skype has changed the telecommunications instry, and Google has changed the Internet search by using the links formed by users to provide more accurate search results
many enterprises have used blockchain to track goods in the supply chain. Finally, it took more than 30 years for TCP / IP to become widely accepted - used alone, locally applied, replaced and transformed - and reshape our economy. Today, more than half of the world's most valuable listed companies are Internet driven, platform based business models. The foundation of our economy has fundamentally changed. Physical assets and proprietary intellectual property rights are no longer the guarantee of competitive advantage; Enterprises that lead economic development can play a key role, especially in organizing, influencing and coordinating a wide range of community networks, users and organizations
new system
blockchain, the P2P network at the top of the Internet, came into people's view as the core foundation of bitcoin in October 2008. Bitcoin is a virtual monetary system, which does not issue currency through the central authority, transfers ownership and confirms transactions. Bitcoin is the first practical application of blockchain technology
the similarities between blockchain and TCP / IP are obvious. Just as email allows people to exchange information, bitcoin allows people to trade with each other. The development and maintenance of blockchain is open, distributed and shared - just like TCP / IP. There's a group of volunteers around the world maintaining their core software. Like email, bitcoin has received enthusiastic support from people at the beginning, but only a relatively small number of people
TCP / IP greatly reces the cost of interconnection, thus creating new value for economic development. Similarly, blockchain can significantly rece transaction costs. Blockchain has the potential to become all transaction recording systems. If this becomes a reality, new enterprises based on blockchain technology will influence and control emerging instries, and the economy will experience fundamental changes again
let's first look at how enterprises operate. Recording transactions is the core work that every enterprise must do. These records track past activities and achievements and provide guidance for the future. They can not only let people understand how the enterprise operates internally, but also let people know how to keep in touch with the outside world. Every enterprise or organization has its own records, and these records are private and confidential. Many enterprises do not have a general ledger record of all activities of the enterprise; On the contrary, all records are scattered in various branches or departments within the enterprise. The problem is that it takes a long time to coordinate transactions between indivials and private ledgers
according to the classification of cryptogames, hot potato, Collectible transaction, spinach and Ponzi are the main game playing methods among the online blockchain games. The most popular games are hot potato games, including two popular games recently - cryptocelebrities and cryptocountries. There are 35 collections and transactions, ranking second, mainly represented by cryptokitties. Spinach and Ponzi are 17, ranking third, with etherroll and etheremon as the star procts
blockchain games also use a variety of themes, from cats, dogs, dragons, pigs and other animals to people, cars, countries, teams and so on
blockchain game 1.0 era
time: November to December 2017
main playing method: Collection + transaction
representative works: cryptokitties, cryptopunks
blockchain technology gives uniqueness to players' digital assets. This graally leads to the concept of NFT (non fungible tokens). The uniqueness and scarcity of people's assets in blockchain games will not change with the game itself. The concept was first applied by cryptopunks, which was launched by larva labs in June of 17. The system randomly generates 10000 punk avatars, which are put on Ethereum through smart contracts and distributed to players for free for trading
when axiom Zen studio added attributes, reproction and auction functions to NFT, cryptokitties was born. People can buy kittens with different attributes, breed with other cats, or sell their own cats through Dutch auction. Kittens with rare and unique genes are wildly sought after by people, and they get a high premium
people continue to develop on the basis of cryptokitties, adding accessories and combat functions, as well as gold digging, feeding, and looting
blockchain game 2.0 era
time: December 2017 to January 2018
main play method: Ponzi like
masterpiece: etheremon
at the beginning, etheremon's play method was very simple and crude. After a player bought a pet, as long as someone bought the same pet, the player could get a small part of eth reward. The game team quickly made a profit of about 2000 eth in a week. Then completely change the way of play, successfully transformed into a collection + combat game. This kind of Ponzi like game was quickly imitated by other manufacturers, and many imitators such as ethertanks and ethertanks appeared<
blockchain game 3.0 era
time: January 2018
main play method: fixed price, forced price hot potato mode
representative works: cryptocelebrities, cryptocountries
players buy encryption celebrities (Nakamoto, musk, etc.) and encryption countries (Japan, the United States, etc.), e to the uniqueness of assets, Subsequent players can only buy from asset owners at a higher price. The price is forced to rise, and the platform earns part of the price difference. At present, the country with the highest price is Japan, about 700 eth, and the most expensive celebrity is Elon Musk, who is worth about 200 eth
blockchain game 4.0 era
time: February 2018
main playing methods: combination of multiple mechanisms
representative works: world.mycollect, cryptocities
in the game, multi-level sales and sharing, player exploration (randomness), lottery, resource uniqueness and other playing methods are adopted. In cryptocities, for example, players can buy countries, continents and the world to "conquer.". The player who conquers the world can get 1% of the transaction volume of the continent and the country, and the player who conquers the continent can get 1% of the transaction volume of the country. In the future, players who conquer the country can get 1% of the transaction value of their subordinate cities. When exploring a new city, players have a chance to explore gems and get eth rewards
at the same time, spinach games also emerged. The high transparency of blockchains makes it easier for them to gain the trust of investors. The more famous ones are etheroll and vdice. They play simply and rudely. Players spend a certain amount of eth to bet on a certain number. When the number randomly generated by the system is less than that number, they can get profits
in addition, there are RPG (ethercraft), battle games (etherbots) and binary (ethermeng king), etc
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advantages and disadvantages of blockchain games
throughout these successful cases, we find that blockchain games do have unique advantages:
high degree of trust: trust is quickly established through open source contracts, the use process is completely transparent, and the information is completely symmetrical. Fairness: data can not be tampered with and rules will never change. Assets belong to indivial players: Players' assets will not be lost with the decline of the game. Strong community attribute: blockchain itself has strong transaction and community attributes
of course, the current blockchain game is also in its infancy, with obvious disadvantages:
unable to interact in time: there are uncertain waiting time and congestion in blockchain transactions, so it is difficult to form timely interaction between players. The cost of sending instructions is high: every time the instructions are sent, gas will be consumed, while the price of eth still makes the cost of gas relatively high. Immature development environment: at present, Ethereum's virtual machine and programming language solidness are the most mature development environment in many public chains. But compared with other popular languages, it is still very immature
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Gamification will boost the implementation of blockchain
in traditional desktop online games, manufacturers constantly encourage new players, leading to inflation, and the real value of all assets of a game account is often far lower than the players' investment. After the emergence of mobile games, the mode of props binding account and account binding ID card soon became popular. This also makes once the player decides to leave a game, he must give up all the virtual assets in the game. The emergence and continuous maturity of blockchain technology will make the decentralized formulation of game rules and decentralized storage of virtual assets technically feasible. The convenience of virtual assets on the chain also makes the blockchain easier to land in the game scene
cryptogames believes that the development direction of blockchain games, or the development direction of classic games (like basketball, football and chess, once the rules are determined, they will last forever), It must be "decentralized":
the rules are determined by the players through negotiation, and the players supervise each other to ensure that the game is carried out according to the rules. All the props used in the game are owned by the players themselves. If someone breaks the rules or is not happy with the game, they can go away directly. There is no centralized organizer in the game itself.
the popularity of cryptokitties has greatly promoted private wallet, Blockchain game, as an early application of blockchain, has rapidly promoted the popularity of blockchain. Similarly, the use of game development experience and game design concept to develop a game
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Often when we talk about value, we will naturally relate to price. Indeed, price is an important data to measure value. As a blockchain technology, bitcoin's price reached 140000 RMB when it was high, and now it has dropped by about 50%, but it is still as high as 80000 RMB
At this point, you may have understood: if people do not have a common understanding of a thing, and do not give value to a thing, many things will not become "valuable". Just like our understanding of air and food, it is necessary for us to live and survive! This is the "consensus". We all believe that if we want to live, these two are indispensable! Therefore, we can conclude that the essence of value is consensus. What is the value consensus of virtual currency? Most people think that the essence of currency is not consensus, but the credibility and authority of the ruling government. This is not unreasonable. The government can only be one of the sources of value consensus, so most people think it is not comprehensive. In today's society, our consensus on the value of things comes from many ways, such as: Endorsement of authoritative institutions, corporate credit, religious belief, support of scientific theorySpecifically, users can share the idle storage space and bandwidth resources of cat disk, and these resources will be output to companies such as content, video, game, blockchain, etc. cat disk company will convert the legal currency and various digital currencies paid by the latter into bitcoin, and users will get the corresponding bitcoin income. This is also the unique mining mode of cat disk
why reward bitcoin
because similar procts on the market reward users with points, diamonds and other rights and interests issued by relevant companies, and most of these rights and interests are of low or no value. In addition, those projects that once seemed to be hot are now almost withered, and the early players may benefit, while the late players will lose all their money
as we know, bitcoin is the anchor currency in the digital currency world. Cat disk directly uses bitcoin to motivate users, and users can pick up the coin to their wallet at any time, and their income can be guaranteed. Moreover, the risk of bitcoin breaking is almost zero, and the user's income will be more lasting and stable
how is the mining income distributed
when it comes to distribution, we should first introce the concept of "storage power", which is directly linked to the income of cat disk users. Storage power is an index based on users' shared storage space, bandwidth and online time. The larger the storage space, the faster the bandwidth speed and the longer the online time, the larger the storage power, and vice versa
the cat disk gains revenue by sharing storage bandwidth resources, and users can check the revenue through app every day, that is, how much bitcoin they earn. The profit distribution of maopan mining is not random, but through a series of calculations. In short, users' daily income depends on their personal storage capacity, all users' storage capacity and the amount of money issued each day. The calculation formula is as follows:
single user's daily income = single user's daily storage capacity / all users' daily storage capacity * Daily currency amount
it can be seen that users' daily income is positively correlated with the daily storage capacity index and the daily currency amount, and negatively correlated with all users' daily storage capacity index
what is the amount of money issued every day
the cat disk integrates the storage and bandwidth resources shared by users, provides storage and bandwidth services to the demander, and converts various digital currencies paid by the other party into bitcoin for distribution to users. How much bitcoin is issued every day depends on the actual business situation, so there is no way to give specific figures for the time being. What we can make clear is that, unlike other mining procts, cat disk does not issue its own currency or restrict the mining of a specific kind or several kinds of currency. Instead, it earns various digital currencies paid by others. These currencies are all market currency. Cat disk converts these currencies into bitcoin and distributes them to users
note that all the currencies are negotiable, and the more storage nodes, the more business, the higher the overall mining revenue; For other mining procts, the amount of money that can be mined is limited or issued by the owner. With the passage of time, there will be more and more mining machines, and the mining income will be less and less
Blockchain:
blockchain is a new application mode of distributed data storage, point-to-point transmission, consensus mechanism, encryption algorithm and other computer technologies. The so-called
consensus mechanism is a mathematical algorithm to establish trust and obtain rights and interests between different nodes in the blockchain system.
blockchain has the characteristics of decentralization, distrust, scalability, anonymity, security and reliability:
the concept of blockchain was first put forward in the paper of Nakamoto Tsung in 2008. Blockchain can be understood as a public accounting mechanism (technical solution), which is not a specific proct. Its basic idea is: through the establishment of a group of public accounts on the Internet, all users in the network jointly keep accounts and check accounts on the account book, to ensure the authenticity and non tampering of information. And the reason why it's called & 8218; Block No. 8219; Chain, as the name suggests, is because the structure of data stored in the blockchain is composed of one by one on the network; Storage block; Each block contains all the information exchange data in the network within a certain period of time. Over time, the chain will grow
characteristics of blockchain
blockchain has the characteristics of decentralization, distrust, scalability, anonymity, security and reliability:
Decentralization: because the blockchain relies on each node to achieve the maintenance of the system and ensure the authenticity of information transmission, it is based on distributed storage data without centralized management by a certain center, Therefore, the attack and tampering of a node will not affect the healthy operation of the whole network
de trusting: the establishment of a connection between any two nodes does not need to trust each other's identity, and the data exchange between the two sides does not need the basis of mutual trust. Because all nodes in the network can play the role of ﹥ 8218; The supervisor; So don't worry about fraud
Extensibility: blockchain is a kind of underlying open source technology, on which various kinds of expansion, decentralized and distrusted applications can be realized
anonymization: both sides of data exchange can be anonymous, and nodes in the network can exchange data without knowing each other's identity and personal information
safe and reliable: because the activities between any nodes are supervised by the whole network, and the database uses distributed storage, for hackers, first, they can't disguise and cheat, second, they can't control the network by attacking a node
supply chain management
refers to the process of optimizing the operation of the supply chain from purchasing to meeting the final customers with the least cost. MBA, EMBA and other management ecation include the enterprise supply chain management
supply chain management is to coordinate the internal and external resources of enterprises to meet the needs of consumers. When we regard the enterprises in each link of the supply chain as a virtual enterprise alliance, and any enterprise as a department of the virtual enterprise alliance, the internal management of the alliance is supply chain management. However, the composition of the alliance is dynamic and changes at any time according to the needs of the market
effective supply chain management can help to achieve four goals: shorten cash flow time; Rece the risk faced by enterprises; Achieve profit growth
long; Provide predictable revenue
seven principles of Supply Chain Management: dividing customer groups according to the service characteristics required by customers; According to the customer demand and the profit situation of the enterprise, the logistics network of the enterprise is designed; Listen to market demand information and design procts closer to customers; Time delay; Strategic determination of
source of goods and procurement and establishment of win-win cooperation strategy with suppliers; Establish information system in the whole supply chain; Establish the performance evaluation criteria of the whole supply chain
although most people ignore the existence of agriculture, it does provide basic needs for our society. For young people, exploring the agricultural world is not attractive, mainly because of the lack of technical content in agricultural operation process. In addition, agriculture is a relatively complex business field, which needs more transparency and more perfect instry standards
and blockchain technology can change the status quo. Consumers all over the world prefer "clean" food, but procers have no way to verify the reliability of procts. Replacing the current supply chain management system with distributed accounting books can bring higher transparency and encourage consumers to buy food and procts after careful consideration
from a technical point of view, the use of blockchain in agriculture can realize intelligent supply chain management. But the whole agricultural management process needs a technical inspection. At present, agricultural technology solutions are either implemented by specific software or by service providers, but these two solutions are expensive and sometimes can not achieve the desired effect
recently, Emma, CEO of agridigital ( agriculture based on blockchain and smart contract supply chain management platform ); Emma Weston explained in detail how blockchain technology can solve the defects in the field of agriculture. The immutability of transactions and information in distributed account books is the key to solve all problems. Recording proct information on the blockchain is the most correct choice, and farmers, retailers and consumers can benefit from it
consumers are increasingly concerned about whether food is "clean" and organic, but procers and processors are usually unable to track and verify a series of accurate data related to procts from farm to table. Blockchain can help a lot. At present, there is no simple, accurate and effective way to track slave workers, raw material pollution and the origin of goods. At the same time, consumers are more willing to pay for the organic food with the above details. So far, we know that the root of the problem lies in certification and regulation, which are expensive, difficult to implement and confusing to consumers
the biggest problems faced by the agricultural sector are random pricing and high transaction fees. Once the supplier can not give a reasonable price, consumers are not willing to accept the final result. The cost of supply chain management greatly reces the interests of farmers, but also adds a lot of confusion to agricultural development
the development trend of block chain technology in the future agricultural field is still a mystery. However, there are many specific use cases, including land registration, big data monitoring, and even the application of smart contract. In the next ten years, there will be numerous use cases of blockchain in the field of agriculture, and the development prospect is very good