Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 26th. Question: Ask the blockchain: Will it become a new outlet?
Xinhua News Agency reporter He Yuxin, Gao Wei, Anna
Every new technology is born with its own question mark, and the evolution of new technologies often does not come to a close.
The process of interrogating the blockchain is to understand the process of blockchain. In the era of unknown than known, face the future.
Question 1: Will blockchains become new outlets?
Blockchains are in the ascendant. They are gaining support from the government and the market, policies, and funds. They are also called new outlets by some people in the industry. However, many viewpoints tend to be consistent: At the current stage of its early development, it is necessary to 3. Openness, development of vision; on the one hand also need to guard against capital market speculation.
'Blockchain does indeed surpass previous information and communication technologies in some areas. In the past, the advantage of the Internet was the efficient transmission of information. Information can be copied and pasted and spread at a time. But just as money can only be transferred to one person at a time. The "value" of money is obviously only one-way, single-point transmission, so the traditional Internet is not good at transmission value.' said Yu Jianing, director of the Industrial Economic Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
“Blockchain solves the complete, real, and unique problems in the process of value transmission to a certain extent, reducing the risk of value transmission and improving the transmission efficiency, thus meeting the current 'information Internet' upgrade to the 'value Internet'. Kenning also said.
At present, the blockchain is in the early stages of its development. It also has a transmission value attribute, and it also attracts some investors who do not focus on the application of the technology itself, but are keen to stir up the so-called ICO (first-money issuance) and other fund-raising activities. It is not conducive to its long-term development. In September 2017, the 7 departments issued the “Announcement on Preventing the Risk of Issuance of Token Issuance Financing”, referring to brutal growth of token financing.
"Most of the application of blockchain is currently just a concept. In this period, we must especially guard against excessive speculation in the capital market.' said Zhang Wei, an associate researcher at Tsinghua University.
According to industry forecasts, blockchain development will likely be divided into three phases: Version 1.0 is for digital currency represented by Bitcoin; Version 2.0 is at the stage of industrial blockchain, combined with industry, commerce, transactions, etc.; Version 3.0 is with artificial intelligence, Networking and other combinations.
Question two: Is the blockchain disruptive?
The Internet is a great revolution. Since its inception, it has constantly refreshed its imagination and transformed the world. Some people have said that since the birth of the blockchain, an era of true trust has been established. Some people have said that an era of subversion has begun, and some people have even The Internet before the blockchain is called Classical Internet.
'More should be regarded as the Internet itself is improving the function, iterative upgrade.' Yu Jianing said, blockchain technology can solve the long-term existence of the Internet data disorderly dissemination, authenticity is difficult to distinguish, lack of trust and other issues, but the blockchain Still based on the Internet as the carrier, it is to solve the credit problem through technological changes. Through the 'chaining of transactions', we can realize the efficient transmission of value on the Internet.
'The so-called subversion is relative, decentralization is also relative, and the blockchain's own decentralization, demediating and other characteristics will give the existence of trust issues and information tamper risk of logistics, supply chain, finance, traceability and other areas. Change opportunities will affect some third-party trading, credit, verification and other platforms. However, even under the decentralized framework, practical credit media and carriers are still needed to build and enrich the application scenarios. The next step is to look at the blocks. The application and development of all aspects of the chain. ' Zhang Chao, executive director of China QR Code Registration and Certification Center.
'Whether from the perspective of the human society or the development history of the Internet, if a technology can reduce costs and improve efficiency, it will naturally achieve the survival of the fittest and bring about disruptive impact.' Zhang Wei said, but the current blockchain technology itself It is not mature enough, for example, the time for generating a block is still relatively long, and the storage scale is large. In the future, it depends on whether the calculation speed, encryption method, infrastructure construction, etc., have achieved a breakthrough.
At the beginning of the development of the blockchain, on the one hand, the market needs to be fully brewed, and on the other hand, the government needs to follow the trend. 'The blockchain may pose some challenges to the current laws and regulations, especially in the financial field, we do not have to predict its future. But we must do a good job in process supervision. ' Zhang Ye, director of the China Securities Regulatory Commission Information Center said.
Question 3: How does the blockchain relate to you and me?
The birth of new technologies for the Internet from generation to generation, and the popularity of new applications, falls on ordinary people. The experience may be more convenient, faster, and safer. Once the infrastructure is built up, it will not even feel the existence of technology. , such as e-shopping, mobile payments, etc., have become necessities in life.
According to the expected application of the blockchain, it may be that cross-border shopping is faster, transaction risks are greatly reduced, piracy is greatly reduced, and a series of cumbersome personal certificates are no longer required, but blockchain and industrial internet, Internet of things, Artificial intelligence and other fusion will be worth the wait.
The blockchain creates conditions for the realization of smart contracts. For example, according to the agreement, aircraft delay can be compensated, but it requires complicated procedures such as application and auditing. However, smart contracts under blockchain support can be automatically executed in case of delay. This increase in efficiency may completely change the status of contract implementation in many areas.
For another example, the blockchain may make the sharing economy truly usher in the spring. In combination with the Internet of Things, after solving the trust problem, each company’s plant, equipment, everyone’s car, and electric vehicle charging pile can be in the block. Under the chain application, take it out and share with confidence, reduce the operating cost of the whole society.
History is filled with stories of new technologies. Again, everything depends on future development. Either the blockchain or the evolution of other technologies is full of opportunities and challenges. There are also endless possibilities. For example, in terms of security, many experts When it comes to quantum technology, although it is still in the research stage, the changes brought about by encryption based on quantum entanglement are doomed to be huge and profound.