At the end of last month, Huawei's participation in the clean energy sharing platform was the first community charity project using blockchain technology in the world. After the project is completed, it will be trial run in some communities in Shekou. Users can participate in clean power virtual trading on designated platforms.
Participants in this project include China Merchants Charitable Foundation, Technical Advisory Service TUV Nord, New Energy Exchange, Panda Green Energy Group, and Huawei. In the role assignment, Panda Green Energy will deploy the distributed power station at Shekou South Sea Yiku. The clean power emitted was put into the energy internet platform, and Huawei's role in this was to provide technical support for data access to the power plant.
Earlier, Huawei's chief blockchain expert Huang Lianjin expressed his judgment on the blockchain market when interviewed by the media. Huang Lianjin said: 'Most companies in the future will use blockchain technology, and finally it is definitely necessary to run on the cloud. Yes, it is not possible for each company to develop a blockchain environment itself. The cloud can use Alibaba Cloud, Huawei Cloud, or AWS. This is actually a big blue ocean market. Even if the current public cloud market is used for 5% of the blockchain That's a $8.5 billion market.
This means that Huawei will intervene in the blockchain from the cloud and blockchain technology development platform. This is actually BAT all in the field of layout.
In addition to the underlying technology platform, BAT also started to run blockchain technology in practical applications. For example, Ali explores blockchain solutions in areas such as public welfare, food safety traceability, mutual insurance, real estate leasing, and anti-counterfeiting of Maotai liquor. Tencent started from the perspectives of supply chain finance, Tencent Microgold, logistics information, legal deposit, and public welfare. Baidu began to develop applications in various scenarios such as financial ABS, unmanned vehicle data computing and trading platforms, and block chain virtual pet dogs. .
According to the data retrieved from public patent searches by AI Finance, among the top 20 blockchain patent holders, Alibaba ranks first, Tencent ranks 14th, and there are academics like UESTC. Institutions and national grids and other large enterprises.
However, AI Financial Club also heard from the industry insiders about another blockchain patent sound. Blockchain entrepreneur Li Ning does not think that decentralized technology is necessary to apply for a patent. Li Ning told AI Finance Society, 'A decentralized public chain has no corporate body. Applying for a patent also does not prevent others from using it in the same way on the public chain. The patent holder cannot even find the object of patent infringement.' It is the voice of the chain believer.
At present, the blockchain is divided into three forms: public chain, private chain, and alliance chain. The public chain has no official organization and management organization, and there is no central server. Participants are free to access the network according to the system rules and work. The private chain is established in a certain Within an enterprise, the operating rules are set by the enterprise, and the authenticity and partial decentralization of the blockchain are still preserved. The alliance chain is initiated by a number of organizations, between the public chain and the private chain, with the characteristics of partial decentralization. Giants cut into the blockchain in the form of alliance chain. Perhaps this kind of alliance chain's entry method is also the reason why giants pay attention to patents.
In addition to patent planning, the competition for blockchain talent is not to be underestimated. At present, there are not many suitable people, and the wages have risen. The blockchain company recruits R&D leaders with an annual salary of 10 million yuan. Blockchain startups, including media editors, also have higher salaries than other industries.
For the giants, the battle for blockchains has just begun.