Where is blockchain applied now
according to the "2019-2020 global blockchain technology layout and business investment trend research report" released by AI media consulting, with the further liberalization of policies in the future, China's blockchain instry will usher in a stage of rapid development, and is expected to enter the first echelon of global blockchain instry in an all-round way< The importance of blockchain technology to a new round of instrial reform has been paid more and more attention. Major countries around the world have accelerated the research and development of blockchain technology. However, because the instry has not yet formed a unified technical standard system, the application and promotion of blockchain are still subject to many restrictions< Second, the barbaric growth has ended and the instry has entered a new stage
after the capital winter of 2018, a large number of blockchain enterprises have been eliminated, the overall popularity of the instry has declined, and the capital has returned to rationality, and the barbaric growth stage of the blockchain instry is coming to an end. In 2019, policy factors will pull the blockchain back to the development wind, and capital and talents will flow into the blockchain instry again. With the continuous advancement of application, supervision and standardization, truly competitive blockchain enterprises will graally emerge, and the instry will usher in a new round of rapid growth.
From the perspective of technology and architecture, I will tell you my understanding of blockchain in common language
what is blockchain? In a word, blockchain is a storage system. To be more specific, blockchain is a distributed storage system without an administrator and each node has all the data
What are the common storage systems like
as shown in the figure above, the bottom is data, and the top can write data. A space to store data, a software to manage data, provide an interface to write data, this is the storage system. For example, MySQL is the most common storage system
What are the problems of ordinary storage system? There are at least two common problems
the first is the problem of non high availability. There is a dangerous place for data. In technical terms, data is not highly available
The second problem is that there is only one write point. In technical terms, it is a single point of control
How do ordinary storage systems usually solve these two problems
in fact, MySQL can do a master-slave synchronization of al master, master-slave synchronization of al master, two nodes can be written at the same time. If you want to do a multi room multi live data center, in fact, multi room multi live data synchronization. What we should emphasize here is that multi-point writing often leads to the consistency problem of writing conflicts. Take MySQL as an example, suppose that the attribute of a table is self incrementing ID, then the data in the database is 1234 now. If one of the nodes writes and inserts a piece of data, it may become 5, and then these 5 pieces of data are synchronized to another master node, Before synchronization, if another write node inserts a piece of data, a piece of data with self incrementing ID of 5 will be generated. Then, after the generation, synchronize to another node, and the synchronized data will conflict with the two local 5's after it arrives, which will lead to synchronization failure and write consistency conflict. This problem will occur in the case of multi-point writing
how to ensure consistency in multi-point writing
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the people's Bank of China launched the trade finance blockchain platform: widely connecting the information of tax, customs, foreign exchange and other departments, effectively helping SMEs to increase their financing credit
State Grid supply chain financial data sharing platform based on data side chain: provide conditional and reliable sharing service of supply chain financial data under privacy protection, help small and medium-sized suppliers to revitalize accounts receivable, rece financing cost and increase financial income of financial institutions
there are also Guangzhou public law chain, blockchain e-invoice Express Edition, trade finance blockchain platform, blockchain deposit, blockchain traceability and so on. Cipher finance mimacaijing focuses on blockchain information.
financial field
blockchain has great potential application value in international exchange, letter of credit, equity registration, stock exchange and other financial fields. The application of blockchain technology in the financial instry can save the third-party intermediary link and realize the point-to-point direct docking, so as to greatly rece the cost and quickly complete the transaction payment
in the field of Internet of things and logistics, blockchain can also be naturally combined in the field of Internet of things and logistics. Through blockchain, we can rece logistics costs, trace the proction and delivery process of goods, and improve the efficiency of supply chain management. This field is considered as a promising application direction of blockchain
in the field of public service
blockchain is closely related to people's proction and life in the fields of public management, energy, transportation, etc., but the centralization of these fields also brings some problems, which can be transformed by blockchain. The decentralized and fully distributed DNS service provided by the blockchain can realize domain name query and resolution through the point-to-point data transmission service between nodes in the network. It can be used to ensure that the operating system and firmware of an important infrastructure have not been tampered with. It can monitor the status and integrity of the software and detect bad tampering, And ensure that the data transmitted by the system using the Internet of things technology has not been tampered with
in the field of digital right
through blockchain technology, works can be authenticated to prove the existence of text, video, audio and other works and ensure the authenticity and uniqueness of ownership. After the works are confirmed on the blockchain, the subsequent transactions will be recorded in real time to realize the full life cycle management of digital rights, and can also be used as a technical guarantee in judicial evidence collection
in the field of insurance
in terms of insurance claims, insurance institutions are responsible for fund collection, investment and claims settlement, and often have higher management and operation costs. Through the application of smart contract, there is no need for the applicant to apply or the insurance company to approve. As long as the claim conditions are triggered, the automatic claim settlement of the policy can be realized
public welfare
the data stored on the blockchain is highly reliable and tamperable, which is naturally suitable for social public welfare scenarios. The relevant information in the public welfare process, such as donation project, collection details, fund flow, recipient feedback, etc., can be stored on the blockchain, and can be made transparent and public, which is convenient for social supervision
The most important reason why blockchain is questioned is that there is no practical application scenario, and ordinary people can't see the possible value. In the eyes of these experts, where are the most likely application scenarios of blockchain
Shuai Chu, the founder of quantum chain, said: at present, the evolution of the whole blockchain technology is still at an early stage, just like the Internet era 20 years ago. At that time, we could not imagine that there would be applications like Uber on the Internet. The development of technology would give you more diversity. The possibility is the future According to the technical characteristics of blockchain, Zeng Ming, Dean of Hupan University, gave several possible answers:1. The most important advantage of blockchain is transparent, unchangeable and distributed ledger. Some areas have never been covered by the Internet, such as acceptance bills
2. Another big advantage of blockchain is that from the perspective of smart contract, it is possible to form more efficient network collaboration at the point-to-point level. Like crowdfunding
3. In the field of innovation, blockchain will definitely be closely combined with the development of Internet of things, artificial intelligence and other fields, including cloud computing, edge computing and so on