Ethereum in kind

1.

It is illegal to issue virtual currency privately

According to Article 29 of the regulations of the people's Republic of China on the administration of RMB, no unit or indivial is allowed to print or sell token tickets to replace RMB in circulation on the market

In addition, the "emergency notice of the State Council Office for rectifying unhealthy tendencies in the instry, the State Economic and Trade Commission and the people's Bank of China on prohibiting the issuance and use of various token certificates (cards)" also strictly prohibited similar issues

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virtual currency refers to non real currency. Well known virtual currencies, such as online currency of Internet company, q-coin of Tencent company, q-point and voucher of Shanda company, micro currency launched by Sina (used for micro games, Sina reading, etc.), chivalrous Yuanbao (used for chivalrous road game), silver grain (used for bixue Qingtian game), and popular digital currencies in 2013 include bitcoin, Laite coin, infinite coin, quark coin, zeta coin, etc Barbecue coins, pennies (Internet), invisible gold bars, red coins, prime coins. At present, hundreds of digital currencies are issued all over the world. Popular in the circle & quot; The legend of "bitcoin, Wright silver, infinite copper, pennies aluminum"

market formation

the Internet has led to the emergence of a new market, which is a virtual market based on cyberspace. The Internet provides a lot of communication places for consumers, and also provides business market for enterprises. Enterprises must change from proct centered to service centered to customer centered. With the development of computer artificial intelligence technology and database technology, enterprises can conveniently collect customers' information, understand customers' needs in time, change business strategies and grasp economic arteries in real time

With the rapid development of computer and network communication technology, the application of Internet technology has graally penetrated into various fields of human activities, and the unlimited business opportunities that it contains make businesses turn their eyes to e-commerce. E-commerce is penetrating into all aspects of social and economic life at a speed that people can hardly imagine

the traditional finance is also closely watching this irresistible trend of global economic integration and networking. As a result, value-added services take art as the selling point and can be regarded as commodities; The sword in the game is not a brand-new financial services business philosophy - e-finance came into being

from the historical development process, to understand e-finance, we must start from the electronic finance and e-commerce. The so-called e-financialization means that financial enterprises adopt modern communication, computer, network and other information technology means in addition to Internet technology to improve the work efficiency of traditional financial service business, rece operating costs, realize the automation of financial business processing, informatization of financial enterprise management and scientific decision-making, and provide customers with faster and more convenient services, And then enhance the financial enterprise is the behavior of market competitive advantage

e-finance is a transcendence of financial electronization. Different from the electronic finance, the main technical basis of e-finance operation is the increasingly perfect Internet technology. Due to the characteristics of global connectivity, openness, quickness and low marginal cost of Internet technology, e-finance strengthens the restructuring and innovation of financial services business based on Internet technology, so that customers are free from the restrictions of business hours and places, and enjoy all kinds of high-quality and low-cost services provided by financial enterprises anytime and anywhere

with the development of Internet, the form of money is becoming more virtual, and there is an electronic money that only exists in the form of electronic signal

reference source: Network: virtual currency

2.

There is an essential difference between Ethereum and bitcoin. What is the difference? Bitcoin defines a set of currency system, while Ethereum focuses on building a main chain (which can be understood as a road) to allow a large number of blockchain applications to run on this road

from this point of view, Ethereum's application scenarios are more extensive, which is why we say that Ethereum marks a simple monetary system in the era of blockchain

1.0, and a transformation to other instries and application scenarios in the era of blockchain 2.0

however, there is no perfect thing in the world. Although Ethereum has expanded the application scope of blockchain in all walks of life and improved the speed of transaction processing, it also has some disputes and doubts

first, the solution to the lack of scalability of Ethereum: slicing technology and lightning network

the bottom design of Ethereum, the biggest problem is that Ethereum has only one chain and no side chain, which means that all programs have to run on this chain equally, consuming resources and causing system congestion. Just like last year's very popular Ethereum game "encryption cat", when this game was very popular, it once caused Ethereum network paralysis

to improve the processing capacity, Ethereum proposes two ways: shard and lightning network. Let's introce these two technologies respectively

(1) fragmentation technology

vitalik buterin, founder of Ethereum, believes that the reason why mainstream blockchain networks such as bitcoin process transactions very slowly is that every miner has to process every transaction in the whole network, which is actually very inefficient. The idea of fragmentation technology is: a transaction does not need to be processed by all nodes in the whole network, as long as some nodes (miners) in the network are allowed to process it. Therefore, Ethereum network is divided into many pieces. At the same time, each piece can handle different transactions. In this way, the network performance will be greatly improved

however, the slicing technology is also controversial. As we all know, the important idea of blockchain technology is decentralization. Only when the whole network witnesses (processes) the same transaction can it have the highest authority. The Ethereum slicing technology is similar to the group witness, not all nodes witness together. In this way, it will lose the absolute "decentralization" attribute, and can only achieve the purpose of high performance by sacrificing certain characteristics of decentralization

(2) lightning network

lightning network uses the way of transaction under the chain. What does that mean? It means: when the participants of lightning network transfer money to each other, they do not need to confirm the transaction through the main chain of Ethereum, but create a payment channel between the participants and complete it under the chain

however, lightning network is not separated from the main chain. Before establishing a payment channel, you need to use the assets on the main chain as collateral to generate a balance proof, which indicates that you can transfer the corresponding balance. In the case that both parties of the transaction hold the balance certificate, both parties can make unlimited number of transfers under the chain through the payment channel

only when the off chain transaction is completed and the assets need to be transferred back to the chain, the balance change information of the main chain account will be registered on the Ethereum main chain, and no matter how many transactions occur ring this period, there will be no record on the main chain

another real benefit of lightning network is that it can save the cost of miners for you. At present, when we trade on the main chain of Ethereum, we need to consume gas and pay for miners. Once we move the transaction to the lower chain, we can save this part of the cost

Of course, lightning network is not perfect. When using the lightning network, the assets on the main chain should be used as collateral; And this part of assets as collateral can not be used before the user completes the transaction under the chain. This also determines that lightning trading is only suitable for small transactions

the above is the problem of insufficient scalability of Ethereum, as well as the two main solutions: fragmentation technology and lightning network

Second, there are loopholes in Ethereum's smart contract and the infamous Dao event

Ethereum's smart contract is very powerful, but there are loopholes in any code. The biggest controversy of Ethereum's smart contract lies in the so-called loopholes, that is, security issues. According to relevant research, 34200 (about 3%) of the nearly 1 million smart contracts based on Ethereum contain security vulnerabilities, which will allow hackers to steal eth, freeze assets or delete contracts, such as the infamous Dao incident

(1) what does Dao mean

before introcing the Dao event, let's first introce what Dao is. Dao is the abbreviation of decentralized

autonomous organization, which can be understood as decentralized autonomous organization. From the perspective of Ethereum, Dao is a kind of contract or a combination of contracts on the blockchain, which is used to replace the government's review and complex intermediate proceres, so as to achieve an efficient and decentralized trust system. Therefore, Dao is not a specific organization, that is to say, there can be many Dao, all kinds of Dao

(2) the infamous Dao event

however, when we talk about Dao now, we basically refer to the Dao event, that is, the infamous hacker attack event we just mentioned. As we know, the English word "the" refers to "the Dao event". The Dao event

refers to "the Dao event", because we just said that Dao is not a specific organization, there can be many Dao, all kinds of Dao

in 2016, slock.it, a German company focusing on "smart locks", launched the Dao project on Ethereum in order to realize decentralized physical exchange (such as apartments and ships). Since April 30, 2016, the financing window has been open for 28 days

unexpectedly, this Dao project is very popular. It raised more than US $100 million in just half a month. By the end of the whole financing period, it raised a total of US $150 million. Therefore, it has become the largest crowdfunding project in history. However, it didn't last long. In June, hackers took advantage of the loopholes in the smart contract to successfully transfer more than 3.6 million Ethernet coins and put them into a Dao sub organization, which has the same structure as the Dao. At that time, the price of Ethernet currency fell directly from more than $20 to less than $13

this event shows that there are loopholes in smart contracts, and once the loopholes are exploited by hackers, the consequences will be very serious. This is why many people criticize Ethereum and say that its smart contract is not smart

to solve this problem, many foreign companies begin to provide code audit services in order to solve the vulnerability problem of smart contract. From a technical point of view, some teams are currently testing smart contracts. Most of these teams are led by professors from Harvard, Stanford and Yale, and some of them have obtained investment from leading institutions

in addition to the problems of insufficient expansibility and loopholes in smart contracts, the controversy over Ethereum lies in the POS consensus mechanism it pursues, that is, the proof of equity mechanism. Under the proof of equity mechanism, if anyone holds more money and holds it for a longer time, he will get more "rights" (interests) and have the opportunity to get bookkeeping power, Bookkeeping can also be rewarded. In this way, it is easy to create the oligarchic advantage of "the stronger the stronger"

Another problem is the chaos of ICO. ICO is a common way to raise funds for blockchain projects, which we can understand as pre-sale. The outbreak of ICO projects on Ethereum has caused illegal activities such as fund allocation and money fraud under the banner of ICO, which has caused security risks to social and financial stability

3. That is, MLM (without any physical goods and investment procts in essence)
direct selling, secondary, tertiary or provincial or municipal level, through temptation, to attract people to join MLM refers to: popular point refers to the behavior of selling or promoting goods as the name, county-level and other regional agents, and collecting membership fees as the main way of profit: the sales system built by groups or enterprises, Indivial or team development at the national level

4. Pyramid selling refers to: in the name of selling or promoting goods, the popular point is to attract people to join the association through temptation and collect membership fees as the main way of making profits, that is, pyramid selling (without any physical goods and investment procts in essence)
Direct Selling: a sales system built by a group or enterprise, which develops the first, second, third, provincial, municipal, and local level businesses with indivials or teams County level and other regional agents, physical settlement, according to their agency level to obtain unequal proportion of commission,

5.

The digital currency wallet is the hardware wallet, which means that the private key of digital assets is stored in a single chip, isolated from the Internet, plug and play. Hardware wallet can't guarantee 100% security. For example, if a geek gets your hardware wallet and doesn't know your private key, it may be cracked by violence. It's just one of the safest storage methods compared to other storage methods

many block chain entrepreneurs at home and abroad are optimistic about the development of this field, so they begin to build more hardware wallets. In the case of the exchange being stolen a lot of money and the software wallet being stolen from time to time, many investors regard the hardware wallet as the last moat

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whether the hardware wallet is safe

the hardware wallet can not guarantee 100% security. For example, if a geek obtains your hardware wallet, it may be cracked violently even if it doesn't know your hardware wallet immediately. It's just one of the safest storage methods compared to other storage methods

of course, there are exceptions, such as you have unlimited brain power and never forget. It's better to save it anywhere than in your own mind

6.

Let me tell you the answer first: No

or don't invest all of bitcoin. Let me give you a brief analysis

first of all, let's talk about 100000 yuan. If the 100000 yuan is a windfall, we suggest that you allin invest in bitcoin, which may be several times more when you take it out at the end of this year. There will be another windfall

if the 100000 yuan is a year-end bonus, you can consider investing half of it in blockchain and bitcoin

if the 100000 yuan deposit is your hard-earned money, you must be cautious in your investment, so first of all, you are not recommended to invest in blockchain

in fact, your question tells me two basic facts: 1. You are Xiao of blockchain / currency circle; 2. You have a little deposit and want to manage money, or you need to make some money

so from my point of view, I don't recommend you to buy bitcoin or make any other blockchain investment, because there is a saying that a person can't make money beyond his cognition, and the blockchain world is beyond your cognition for you, and the coin circle is basically an extension or part of the financial system. And the financial system is the most cruel and ruthless world. When you want to make money, you should also think that there are hundreds of thousands of people, millions of people who have the same ideas as you, so as to drive them into this bloody and merciless market. So you ask yourself, can you make sure you make money

first pour a basin of cold water on you, and then answer your questions seriously. Let's take a look at the historical trend of bitcoin

I feel optimistic that the recovery may come slowly, the Federal Reserve's move may be the beginning of financial release, and the capital market may recover slowly. As a small part of the financial market, the blockchain world may also recover

from the perspective of investment, bitcoin in the blockchain world is not only the genesis currency, but also the mainstream currency that accounts for the vast majority of the total market value at present. Therefore, if you really want to invest in the blockchain world, bitcoin is the best choice

however, please note that from the perspective of professional investment advice, risks should always be shared. Exclusive bitcoin will be taken off by a currency, and it will also fall miserably. So please consider holding other mainstream currencies, such as BoChang coin, which is known as "the last good heart of the blockchain", which is also the most powerful counter trend growth currency in the bear market of the currency circle. For a long time, when the mother of other currencies, including bitcoin, didn't know each other, BoChang was the only currency that was growing slightly, which was a miracle

another example is Ethereum. Although Ethereum's hard fork has been delayed for a long time, the arrival of Constantinople's hard fork upgrade will make Ethereum the most eye-catching star in a short time. At this time, the investment can be regarded as low-level market entry, and you can make a profit by waiting for high-level investment

finally, back to my answer, if you don't even know wave field, bitcoin, Constantinople hard fork and other words, how can you determine whether you can make a sum of money in the world of currency. So this in itself is a very high risk thing

a strange capital market will swallow up all your savings. Although some people get rich overnight, they are a few people after all. If you are sure to invest in the blockchain world, bitcoin can be invested. However, from the perspective of risk sharing, please buy some other mainstream currencies to minimize the risk. Finally, I wish you a happy investment and a big fortune in the year of the pig. Please be cautious in your investment

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7. At present, there are many digital currency wallets, some of which have good personal experience

light wallets are good for imtoken, geekwallet, kcash, Cobo, etc.

Hardware wallets are good for ledger, trezor, etc., which involve large amount of digital currency or hold for a long time. Generally, hardware wallets are recommended

big body introces these personal good light wallets

1. Imtoken:

is a mobile light wallet app, which supports Eth and Ethereum erc2.0 standard tokens (such as EOS, DGD, SNT, qtum)

advantages: as Ethereum series light wallet, mtoken supports all the tokens of Ethereum erc2.0 standard, can control the miner's fee of each coin, can set the collection amount, and has convenient transaction record query, refreshing interface and easy operation, so it is suitable for ICO investors who need to receive a variety of erc2.0 standard tokens and trade infrequently

disadvantages: 1. The "discovery" mole of the wallet is not intuitive enough. 2. The tokens that can only be stored on the Ethereum platform, such as BTC and Neo, can't be stored. At the same time, the bifurcations of bitcoin can't be stored

2. Geek wallet

geek wallet is a simple and convenient light wallet, which supports the storage and management of mainstream digital currency assets such as bitcoin (BTC), lightcoin (LTC), Ethereum (ETH), EOS, usdt, etc. Using bip44 mnemonics, local private key, off-line signature and other security mechanisms, as well as mobile phone and computer al backup strategy, completely solve the loss of digital currency assets caused by hacker attacks, virus infection, mobile phone loss, forgetting mnemonics and other ways, and provide users with online Multi Chain digital assets one-stop management service. The platform also has tiaoshao market, which can carry out token trading of physical assets on the chain

advantages: it has high security factor, adopts local private key security mechanism, as well as mobile phone and computer al backup strategy, supports the current mainstream currency, and has a jump market on the platform, which can carry out token trading of physical assets on the chain

disadvantages: usdt transaction must use 0.0001 BTC as transaction handling fee, does not support some small currencies, page optimization is good, but the function is relatively few

3. Kcash

kcash is also a light wallet. At present, it supports BTC, ETH, LTC, etc, act and digital currency based on Ethereum and achain smart contract platform. Kcash has cross chain and cross contract technology, and the supported currencies are still increasing

advantages: as a Multi Chain Wallet, kcash supports multiple types of digital currencies and is very friendly to users who invest in multiple series of digital currencies. In addition, kcash also has the function of sending red packets, and in the future, it will launch currency transaction, bank card connection and other functions

deficiency: too many features lead to poor usability. In addition, there are some compatibility problems with Android versions. Some Android models will flash back when opening apps< Cobo

4. Cobo

Cobo is a professional digital asset management wallet, which can help you store your assets safely. The unique POS gain can help you increase the value of your assets. It supports more than 20 kinds of digital assets including eth, EOS and TRX, as well as more than 500 kinds of tokens

advantages: Cobo security is in the lead in the same level, using multiple security verification, hot and cold separation storage, HSM multi signature, Cobo provides you with stable income through intelligent voting, dpos vote pool, POS mining digital asset gain matrix

disadvantages: poor page optimization, complex functions, a little difficult to get started, and there is also a flash back problem of Android version

5. Ledger

Hardware wallet, which supports eth, BTC, zcash and other mainstream currencies, uses encryption chip technology to build security solutions for users, and is used to protect users' digital assets and block chain application security. This is a hardware bitcoin wallet specially designed for consumers. It provides enterprise level security hardware moles and hardware procts supporting the Internet of things

6, ledger

Hardware wallet, support eth, BTC, zcash and other mainstream currencies; Using encryption chip technology to build security solutions for users to protect users' digital assets and block chain application security. This is a hardware bitcoin wallet specially designed for consumers. It provides enterprise level security hardware moles and hardware procts supporting the Internet of things.

8. It's estimated that it won't pick up again. This is a scam. At first, people were more interested in wood's design concept. However, there is no lack of fresh objects in the world. Once the leeks are cut, people will slowly think about this thing. It has existed for so many years, and it should be graally returned to zero

9. Don't buy it. It's all a scam