Three stages of Ethereum
blockchain 1.0 era usually refers to the development stage of blockchain application represented by bitcoin from 2009 to 2014. They are mainly committed to solving the problem of decentralization of currency and means of payment; After 2014, developers pay more and more attention to solve the technical and scalability problems of bitcoin. At the end of 2013, vitalik buterin released ethereum white paper "Ethereum: next generation smart contract and decentralized application platform", which introced smart contract into blockchain and opened the application of blockchain outside the currency field, thus opening the era of blockchain 2.0< The so-called smart contract is actually a kind of computer contract that can be automatically executed based on prescribed trigger rules. It can also be regarded as a digital version of traditional contract. It was proposed by interdisciplinary legal scholar and cryptography researcher Nick Szabo more than 20 years ago. This technology was once not used in the actual instry because of the lack of programmable digital system and related technologies, until the emergence of blockchain technology and Ethereum provided a trusted execution environment for it
compared with bitcoin, Ethereum is a complete scripting language of Turing, which supports developers to create and publish arbitrary decentralized applications on the platform. Since its birth, there have been more than 200 decentralized applications based on Ethereum in the world
the chief researcher of bitwindow blockchain said: in the era of blockchain 2.0 represented by Ethereum, blockchain technology has graally expanded from the field of currency and payment to the field of finance. With the development of technology and the wider application of blockchain, the era of blockchain 3.0 beyond the monetary and financial fields will be around the corner. This article is excerpted from bitwindow. China's professional blockchain and digital currency instry analyzes the media, and adheres to a neutral, objective and dialectical attitude to understand and interpret the latest trends of blockchain and digital currency
do you remember what the consensus mechanism of bitcoin is? The consensus mechanism of bitcoin is pow. To put it simply, the more work you do, the higher the amount of computation you pay, the more likely you will be the first to find the correct hash value, and the more likely you will be rewarded with bitcoin
however, there are some defects in the pow of bitcoin, that is, it is too slow to process transactions, and miners need to constantly collide hash values through calculation, which is costly and inefficient. Friends who are interested in blockchain knowledge should see such a saying:
in order to make up for the deficiency of bitcoin, Ethereum has proposed a new consensus mechanism, called POS (this is the abbreviation of English, which means "proof of equity", also translated into "proof of equity")
POS simply means the same as its literal meaning: equity, equity. The more currency you hold, the more equity you have, the higher your equity
Ethereum's POS means that the more money you hold, the longer you hold it, the less difficult it will be to calculate and the easier it will be to mine
in the initial setting of Ethereum, Ethereum hopes to build a relatively stable system by using POW in the early stage, then graally adopt POW + POS, and finally completely transition to POS. So, it's true that the consensus mechanism of Ethereum is POS, but POS is only a plan or goal at the beginning of Ethereum's release. At present, Ethereum has not yet transitioned to POS, and the consensus mechanism adopted by Ethereum is still pow, that is, the pow of bitcoin, but it is slightly different from the pow of bitcoin
the amount of information here is a bit large,
the first information point is that the consensus mechanism currently adopted by Ethereum is also pow, but it is slightly different from the pow of bitcoin. So, what's the difference between the pow of Ethereum and bitcoin: in short, the mining difficulty of Ethereum can be adjusted, but the mining difficulty of bitcoin can't be adjusted. Just like our college entrance examination, because the teaching situation and the number of students in different provinces are not the same, so the college entrance examination is divided into national papers and provincial independent proposition
Ethereum said that I am in favor of the topic by region. Bitcoin said: No, it must be the same volume in the whole country. The difficulty is the same for everyone
the popular explanation is that bitcoin uses computer computing power to do a lot of hash collisions, enumerate various possibilities to find a correct hash value. The Ethereum system has a special formula to calculate the difficulty of each block. If a block is verified faster than the previous block, Ethereum protocol will increase the difficulty of the block. By adjusting the block difficulty, the time needed to verify the block can be adjusted
according to the Ethereum protocol, the dynamic adjustment method of difficulty is to make the time interval of creating new blocks in the whole network 15 seconds, and the network uses 15 seconds to create blockchain. In this way, because the time is too fast, the synchronization of the system is greatly improved, and it is difficult for malicious participants to launch 51% (that is, more than half) of the computing power to modify historical data in such a short time
the second information point is: in the initial setting of Ethereum, we hope to achieve the transition from POW to
POS through phased upgrade
dating back to 2014, at the beginning of Ethereum's launch, the team announced that the launch of the project would be divided into four stages, namely, Froniter, homestead, metropolis and serenity. In the first three stages, the consensus mechanism adopts pow (workload proof mechanism), and in the fourth stage, it switches to POS (equity proof mechanism)
on July 30, 2015, the first phase "frontier" of Ethereum was officially released. This phase is only suitable for developers. Developers can write smart contracts and decentralized application DAPP on Ethereum network, and miners begin to enter Ethereum network to maintain network security and get Ethereum coins. The leading-edge version is similar to the beta version, proving whether the Ethereum network is reliable or not
on March 14, 2016, Ethereum entered the second stage of "homeland". In this stage, Ethereum provides the wallet function, so that ordinary users can easily experience and use Ethereum. There is no obvious technology improvement in other aspects, but it shows that Ethereum network can run smoothly
in September 2017, Ethereum has reached the third stage of "metropolis"“ "Metropolis" is composed of Byzantine and Constantinople. The goal of this stage is to introce the hybrid chain mode of POW and POS, so as to prepare for the smooth transition from POW to POS. This is the latest popular "Ethereum Constantinople upgrade". In the Constantinople upgrade, Ethereum will make some changes to the underlying protocols and algorithms to lay a good foundation for the implementation of POW and
POS
how much reward will Ethereum get for mining? Miners who win the block creation competition will get the following income:
1. Static reward, 5 ethereums
2. The fuel cost in the block, i.e. gas, we talked about in the last issue
3. As a part of the block, it includes the extra reward of "Uncle block". Uncle is uncle of uncle, and each uncle block can get 1 / 32 of the mining reward as a reward, that is, 5 times 1 / 32, which is equal to 0.15625 ethereums. Here, let's briefly explain the concept of "TERT block". The concept of "TERT block" was proposed by Ethereum. Why should we introce the concept of TERT block? This also starts with bitcoin. In the bitcoin protocol, the longest chain is considered absolutely correct. If a block is not part of the longest chain, it is called a "orphan block". An isolated block is a block, which is also legal, but it may be found later, or the network transmission is slower, and it does not become part of the longest chain. In bitcoin, the solitude is meaningless and will be discarded later, and the miners who find the solitude will not receive mining related rewards
however, Ethereum does not think that isolated blocks are worthless, and Ethereum system will give rewards to miners who find isolated blocks. In Ethereum, isolated blocks are called "Uncle blocks", which can contribute to the security of the main chain. Ethereum's ten second block interval is too fast, which will rece the security. By encouraging the use of tertiary blocks, the main chain can obtain more security guarantees (because the isolated block itself is legal). Moreover, paying the tertiary block can also stimulate the miners to actively mine and actively use tertiary blocks. Therefore, Ethereum thinks that it is valuable.
2017 is the first year of blockchain outbreak, and 2018 will be the first year of blockchain landing
what changes has blockchain brought to the world from 1.0 to 3.0
the development of blockchain can be divided into three stages: point-to-point transaction, smart contract and pan blockchain application Ecology (token economy)
blockchain 1.0 era: the era of digital currency return rate is the king, Digital currency trading is the most important form for people to participate in the blockchain. At this stage, few people really pay attention to the application value of digital currency, let alone the practical value of blockchain technology behind it. People's focus is on the rate of return of digital currency, which is equivalent to buying stocks on another disk. However, this "stock" is more active, and the rate of return is amazing. Of course, it is also full of sorrow
blockchain 2.0 era: smart contract provides infrastructure support for upper layer application development
"smart contract" era, which is the real programmable blockchain, usually represented by "Ethereum", supports Turing's complete scripting language at this stage, It provides the necessary infrastructure for developers to develop any application on the basis of their set "operating system", and realizes the application landing of virtual world. The biggest contribution of blockchain 2.0 is to completely subvert the traditional concepts of currency and payment through smart contracts. In the era of blockchain 2.0, blockchain has formed a trust foundation based on the characteristics of traceability and non tampering, which provides a trusted execution environment for smart contracts and makes it possible for contracts to be automated and intelligent. The biggest difference between the smart contract and the traditional contract is that it is not restricted by the law of the real society. For the contract subject to automatically execute the agreement after triggering the contract terms, However, the arbitration platform no longer judges the execution result in the smart contract, but undertakes the responsibility of execution
blockchain 3.0: the subversion of business lies in the transformation of proction relations
we are now at the junction of 2.0 era and 3.0 era, which can be regarded as an ideal vision for the future virtual digital currency economy, In blockchain 3.0, people can really realize the asset on the chain, build a variety of applications in a large underlying framework, build a platform with no trust cost, super trading ability and extremely low risk, which can be used to realize the increasingly automated distribution of physical resources and human assets around the world, and promote large-scale cooperation in science, health, ecation and other fields
blockchain 2.0 constructs digital identity, smart contract and other infrastructure. On this basis, it hides the complexity of underlying technology, and application developers can focus more on application logic and business logic. That is to say, we have entered the era of blockchain 3.0, which is marked by the emergence of token. Token is the value transmission carrier on the blockchain network, which can also be understood as token or token
the greatest effect of token on human society lies in its transformation of proction relations. Joint stock companies will be replaced, and every actual participant will become the owner of proction capital. This new type of proction relations inspires every participant to contribute his proctivity continuously, which is a great liberation of proctivity. If this kind of business activity is mapped into the inflation of real society, as long as the former outperforms the latter, every token holder will gain over time
it's too early to talk about blockchain 3.0. Although blockchain has gone out of the conceptual stage, the current situation of blockchain technology development is that the underlying technology is not mature enough and the application scenarios are limited. On the one hand, consensus algorithm and other core technologies of blockchain still have room for optimization and improvement; On the other hand, the processing efficiency of blockchain is difficult to meet the requirements of some high-frequency application environments in reality. Moreover, the current mainstream blockchain technology platforms are all originated from abroad. Domestic blockchain technology service providers should patiently start from the bottom development, achieve independent and controllable technology, and strive to lead the development of global blockchain technology, which still needs a certain period of time
the final goal of the competition is to really concentrate on the research of technology and the development of practical application enterprises! According to my observation, among the various applications based on Ethereum, SEC social e-commerce chain has a great chance of landing, which is likely to become a killer application. In the official account of SECblock, weekly weekly reports show that the team is working hard. p>
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Berlin hard fork will mark the end of the metropolitan era. This is a key stage in Ethereum's history, which is divided into two stages (Byzantine and Constantinople), including several branches, including Atlantis, Istanbul, and finally reached its peak in Berlin
blockchain has the characteristics of decentralization, point-to-point transmission, transparency, traceability, non tampering, data security, etc., which can be used to solve some pain points of existing business and realize the innovation of business model. In essence, blockchain is a robust and secure distributed state machine. The typical technical components include consensus algorithm, P2P communication, cryptography, database technology and virtual machine. Its five essential core capabilities are data storage, shared data, distributed, tamper proof and privacy protection, and digital contract
the number of blockchain projects established in China has increased year by year since 2013, and decreased in 2017 e to policy supervision and other reasons, but the number of investment and average integration amount have graally increased.