Fortune of founder of Ethereum

1. Vitalik buterin, the founder of Ethereum and the younger brother of the post-90s generation, is known as "V God" in the Jianghu
bitcoin is a digital currency designed by Nakamoto in 2009. The identity of its founder "Nakamoto" has always been a mystery. Rumors about "father of bitcoin" involve from the US National Security Agency to financial experts, and also give bitcoin a mysterious aura. Matcha exchange can find out more about Ethereum bitcoin

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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. First of all, what is Ethereum? Ethereum is a programming language and a platform. The Ethereum that investors / speculators pay attention to is actually Ethereum, which is a digital token derived from Ethereum - Ethereum

whether Ethereum has investment prospects or not, we just need to see its value, From tens of dollars to hundreds of dollars of the increase, and do not say the future bubble or not, just say that this stage of appreciation of the space, it is worth our attention!
Ethereum trading platform, at present, I recommend btctrade platform (bitcoin trading network), which is a relatively reliable trading platform in China! Ethereum was launched in 2016, and the rise of currency price is amazing!

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V God refers to V God in happy male voice

is elected by the majority of netizens, who hold the power to blackmail other judges

V God should not only have a high popularity, but also directly veto the judgment of one of the judges, directly affect the competition results, and be the VIP of the judges

{rrrrrrr}

extended materials:

the characters represented by V God:

I. in myth,

V God is a Xuanwu people in Beiping. It was born in the autumn of 1987. When he was young, he was gifted. He was often appointed a date by a university in Beijing. He was famous for his expeditions, which can be said to be noisy. Waiting for V God crown, because from the tribe is a graceful station, elegant manner, closed on shy flowers, sunken fish wild goose beauty you

Second, in the game DOTA,

V God has played an immeasurable role in the process of VP winning mym7. God V's gank power is unmatched. Even if God V starts badly. In recent games, he led the team through the suffocating gank to destroy opponents. God V can be competent for any hero, such as the moon arrow, the fearless bounty hunter, and even the witch doctor. There is no doubt that vigoss will continue to rule the DOTA community< Third, in the water king, vshen is a member of the 5th phase of the 3rd unit of arma3 armed assault of saga, a famous domestic game team. Now he has become a regular member and one of the soul figures of the unit

Third, in the economy, vitalik buterin is the founder of Ethereum. Vitalik buterin, inspired by bitcoin, put forward the idea of "next generation cryptocurrency and decentralized application platform", which began to develop through ICO crowdfunding in 2014

at the end of 2013, vitalik buterin, founder of Ethereum, released the first edition white paper of Ethereum and launched the project. From July 24, 2014, Ethereum has carried out a 42 day pre-sale of Ethereum coins

5. Skycoin is a complete ecosystem, and cryptocurrency is only a part of it
skycoin also includes the cancellation of mining incentives, the development of energy-saving customized hardware, the realization of transaction speed comparable to visa's similar projects, and the creation of a safer and more efficient Internet
the above achievements are realized thanks to the five robust component cores of skycoin ecosystem:
skycoin: a fast and secure currency supported by bandwidth
skywire: a truly decentralized mesh network
skyminer: hardware facilities to realize the real decentralized mesh network of skywire
fiber: an open decentralized blockchain network
skysuite: distributed application suite< The founder of skycoin is one of the earliest developers of bitcoin. Skycoin was founded eight years ago to create a new decentralized network. He is currently a consultant for several cryptocurrency projects. Synth has a background in mathematics, distributed systems and symbolic logic< br />✨ Houwu Chen, founder of
houwu is one of the developers of Ethereum and the author of the oblelisk white paper on the decentralized consensus protocol of skycoin distributed network and cryptocurrency. He studied for a doctorate in Tsinghua University.

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The bitcoin white paper was first published at the end of 2008, when the creators sent it to multiple recipients on an encrypted mailing list. Strangely, its creator pretended to be Satoshi Nakamoto, hiding behind the pseudonym

Another reason for Nakamoto's anonymity can be explained as that the creators of alternative currencies easily put themselves at risk

In 1998, Hawaiian resident Bernard von nohaus created a private currency called free dollar. It has been popular for some time, but its coinage was suddenly raided by the FBI and secret service in 2007. After a criminal lawsuit in 2009, the money was confiscated and Bernard von norhaus was convicted of "making private coins that compete with the official currency of the United States."

In addition, in 2007, a digital currency called e-gold was accused of being illegal because it did not collect enough customer information. Its owner was sentenced to house arrest and the company was shut down. The arrest of entrepreneurs in alternative currencies by government agencies may have been a factor in China's decision to remain anonymous

everyone can use bitcoin. This means it can be used to pay for legal and illegal services, as well as legal bids however, it has always been a popular payment method in the black net market. Ross Ulbricht, the notorious dark Internet market maker and operator, was jailed for facilitating the trading of drugs and other contraband

Ross Ulbricht appealed to the US Supreme Court in December 2017, but is still in prison. If Nakamoto reveals his true identity, it can be inferred that he may face a similar fate

who would he be

in 2016, Craig Wright, an Australian programmer, claimed to be Chinese. He provided some evidence, but later found that it was not conclusive because it could be obtained publicly from books. He was also accused of falsifying announcements and blog posts to show his real Chinese version. For example, vitalik buterin, founder of Ethereum, recently called Craig white a liar

The other is Hal Finney. He is a famous cryptopunk and Cryptologist. He was also the first person to receive bitcoin from Nakamoto in 2009. He was also the first to download a bitcoin client. Before his death in 2014, however, Hal fini refuted the claim that he was Chinese

Some people think that Nick Saab, a famous Cryptologist, may be Nakamoto. Before the launch of bitcoin, he designed the architecture of distributed digital currency, which he called bitcoin. Although the architecture has never been moved, it is similar to the design of bitcoin. This led to widespread speculation. But he repeatedly denied it

although the real identity of Nakamoto may never be disclosed, it is important that the operation of the technology will not be affected