How to invent virtual currency
Every other time, the bitcoin system will generate a random code on the system node. All computers in the Internet can search for this code. Whoever finds this code will generate a block and get a bitcoin. This process is often called mining
at present, one bitcoin is divided into eight decimal places based on the current data structure, that is, 0.00000001btc. The smallest unit of bitcoin g by miners is 0.00000001btc
generally speaking, bitcoin is like a gold mountain with a total amount of 21 million gold coins. To get it, players need to use the computing power of the computer to calculate a group of numbers according to the existing algorithms
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unlike all currencies, bitcoin does not rely on specific currency institutions to issue. It is generated by a large number of calculations based on specific algorithms. Bitcoin economy uses the distributed database composed of many nodes in the whole P2P network to confirm and record all transactions, And the use of cryptography design to ensure the security of all aspects of money circulation
the decentralized feature and algorithm of P2P can ensure that it is impossible to artificially control the value of bitcoin by mass manufacturing. The design based on cryptography can make bitcoin only be transferred or paid by the real owner. This also ensures the anonymity of money ownership and circulation transactions. The biggest difference between bitcoin and other virtual currencies is that the total amount of bitcoin is very limited and it has a strong scarcity
when you see how complicated it is to make physical banknotes, it's easy to understand why most people don't try to print new forms of currency every day, but it's also very easy for people with only basic programming level to make new digital currency
programming is not the only step to create a new digital currency. Here are three cryptocurrency manufacturers giving you five steps to follow
1. Using the community to cultivate money
Chris Ellis, an entrepreneur from London and an activist in the feather money community, believes that when you consider making a new digital currency, it's easy to assume that the first step is to start currency programming, which is actually wrong
"the first step is to find a community and build a currency around the community, rather than expecting people to show up after building a currency," Ellis said. "It has to meet the needs of the community and be related to their cultural heritage and background."
Feather coin was created by Peter Bushnell in April 2013. Bushnell resigned as head of it at brechnos college, Oxford, because he wanted to create his own people-centered currency. He made the decision after seeing on bitcoin.org, a well-known cryptocurrency website, that the existing cryptocurrencies (such as bitcoin) lack community participation and inclusiveness
since March last year, Ellis has been actively promoting and teaching people the knowledge of cryptocurrency. Although he had not met Bushnell at that time, he was also aware of the alienation and isolation on the bitcoin forum
"these forums are very technology oriented and are not welcome for newcomers or minorities, and usually smaller teams can better serve these newcomers or minorities," Ellis said“ The forum did not make it easier for people to participate in currency development. A lot of people in these forums come to predict prices rather than actively participate in development. "
Ellis found the cryptocurrency community based on feather coin, and he said that technological development has benefited a lot from the community
"we are a group of feather coin encryption enthusiasts, but some of them may not be so easily integrated into other communities," Ellis said. He said everyone in feather money thought it was important to show that a group of loyal people could build a stable currency. Through cooperation, a dedicated community of encryption enthusiasts can better find and solve vulnerabilities and security threats. For example, the feather coin coding community has successfully resisted 51% of attacks
the establishment of such protective measures and the promotion of currency development can make the currency more legitimate and more easily trusted in the eyes of the public. But if the participants are all passive observers who are only for their own interests, it will be troublesome
2. Programming, for the long-term benefit
surprisingly, every currency developer I talked to said the same thing: "programming cryptocurrency is usually the least time-consuming part of the process. This is because all the cryptocurrencies on the market are based on the open source code of bitcoin or lightcoin provided on GitHub. "
Peter otbach, one of the founders of coino, said: "it doesn't take long to create. It could be only one day, "the company claims to be the fastest cryptocurrency on the market, with a maximum trading time of just 50 seconds“ To start programming, you just need to know C + + to create your own functions in it. "
according to Colin Evans, the developer of quark cryptocurrency, it may take longer than a day“ In terms of programming, the most complex steps may be related to the complexity of the parameters you plan to have in the blockchain, "Evans said“ For example, many currencies just use and the lettercoin code, but quark has a new hash algorithm - that is, it is separate from bitcoin and lettercoin - so if you want to change it, it will be the most difficult one. " In this case, it may take months to program cryptocurrency. However, Evans pointed out that if developers just reuse GitHub's code and change some simple parameters, any competent programmer can do it "in 30 minutes."
but just thinking that anyone with C + + skills can make their own cryptocurrency doesn't mean that one day there will be as many kinds of currencies as IOS applications. "Feather coin is actually a branch of Leyte coin," Ellis said“ It starts with a minimum number of parameter changes, because we think the most important feature of money is viability. "
however, the feather coin team noticed that some of the previous currencies did not last long, because they included a new function, which enables investors to make profits through short-term speculation. However, the team was often unable to manage the project as planned for a long time, resulting in the failure of the project. In other words, those failed currency developers may want to create cryptocurrencies and make profits in the short term, rather than in the long term, which is doomed from the beginning
Ellis said: "you have to be responsible for fixing defects, and you have to make a commitment when you launch the currency, and you have a responsibility to inform people of the risks and protect their property." if you can't, then no one will use your currency all the time
3. Let miners appear on the stage
once you develop currency, you need to spread the information so that people can start to excavate the currency, make people aware of its existence, and hopefully start to get some value in the eyes of miners and users. This is where cryptocurrency manufacturers can't think like programmers, but how humans put trust (and value) in things
Ellis of feather coin explains: "a good start is half done, so it's about building trust, expressing your vision and intentions to miners, who have the hardware they need, and giving them the opportunity to meet future opportunities“ You have to be honest and respect people's expectations and tolerance of risk, which many people value
"overheated money sales can be counterproctive, including new features designed just to try or stand out. Markets can test courage and determination. You need a group of loyal, loyal miners who will deal with the deal even when prices plummet, because they believe in the end result. It depends on good communication and team building
"many cryptocurrencies fail because they underestimate" software ". They think that technology can solve all problems. And then it's not what they think it is. You have to be good at being aware of what needs to be done and be ready to do what others don't want to do. "
4. Know your business
if you've done that. You've conceptualized a good cryptocurrency and brought the right team together to develop and nurture it in your own way. You have spread the news on the cryptocurrency forum, and a large number of miners are actively trying to dig your currency. The next step is to market your currency so that all miners can use it. This is not a small feat. After all, you need to convince indivials and businesses that these currencies created by themselves have value and can be traded like traditional trustworthy currencies
"it's a confidence building process," Ellis said“ It takes good management and time to work out what you really believe and advocate. People will be more willing to buy money based on your motives than your actions, so once you are confident, you have to start discussing your money with friends, businessmen, Internet forums and social media. "
Peter otbach agrees with this view that "to start marketing, you need to find the exact target group," he said, "at first you can start with the cryptocurrency market, because people there know the currency, and you will see their first reaction. It's going to be more difficult after that. You need to convince a lot of people who don't even know what cryptocurrency is, so you have to use money as a payment solution for online stores to attract their attention. "
"I want to add that it's not just about ecating them with facts," Ellis said. "It's about encouraging them to learn and discover their strengths. Money is a classified account. It is a tool that people use to achieve their goals and meet their needs. Knowing this will help you make great progress in marketing. "
Ellis believes that the key to getting merchants to accept money is to understand their different views“ Different stakeholders have the same rules. The difference is that miners are speculative and businessmen are more conservative. " He pointed out that businessmen have three main purposes: to make money, to save money and to raise their awareness“ If we can bring them customers and increase sales while recing the cost of payment, the rest of the job is to persevere and make it as easy as possible for them to start working. "
5. Conclusion
from a professional point of view or a traditional point of view, the last step in the journey of making cryptocurrency is to rule the world with money. But given that no currency has dominated the world for 5000 years, no matter what bitcoin enthusiasts in Silicon Valley say - any cryptocurrency
moreover, cryptocurrency domination "is not necessarily the goal," Ellis said“ Currency can be local. In fact, we think feather currency is a local currency that can serve the global market. "
there may be a real market for emerging cryptocurrencies: local currencies for certain communities, cities, events, venues and people. Build around like-minded consumer groups, so that they can trade quickly and freely, and provide security for the important goods and services in their lives. You don't have to rely on central banks and big markets to tell them that coins and paper money are valuable.
game currency is mainly circulated by game companies and professional gamers through online tasks and ground sales
network token: it is a kind of virtual currency equivalent to normal currency that can circulate on the network. Such as the common Q coin. This is mainly to facilitate users in a variety of consumer activities on the network. In the early stage, free quantitative distribution is used to guide consumers to a virtual consumption habit. In the later stage, special sales channels are set up.
The essence of money is the general equivalent. In the process of the continuous development and evolution of human history, it has gone through the stage of physical money, the stage of substitute money, and then entered the stage of credit money. In primitive society, people exchanged livestock, salt, shells and other hard to get goods as general equivalents
in the long history, the emergence of metal currency makes the economic life achieve unprecedented prosperity. However, e to the inconvenience of carrying metal money, paper money became the mainstream form of money. With the rapid development of modern information technology, e-money has come into our life
if the evolution process from physical money to value symbol paper money is the first qualitative leap in the history of money development, then the evolution process from paper money to electronic money is the second qualitative leap in the history of money development
from the perspective of money form, physical money itself is a commodity in addition to performing monetary functions; Paper money is a symbolic tool of value for commodity exchange and a credit currency; Electronic currency is the proct of highly developed Internet economy and continuous progress of bank payment and settlement technology. It not only has the function of traditional currency, but also can continuously improve digital currency
At the same time, the virtual money market based on electronic information is also booming. By the end of 2014, the number of Internet users in China had reached 632 million, including 517 million registered users in the online game market and 114.48 billion yuan of sales revenue, an actual increase of 37.7% over the previous yeara huge virtual space based on the Internet has been formally formed. As a kind of virtual currency with intrinsic value, convenient online trading behavior, low transaction cost, and service providers' issuance, it emerges as the times require
first of all, from the functional analysis. Virtual currency is a kind of transaction medium in the Internet virtual space, which has the function of value scale, but the value scale of virtual currency is different from that of legal currency
using virtual currency to purchase virtual procts and services can only be within the scope specified and allowed by the issuer of virtual currency (Internet operator), and the size of this scope depends on the number of virtual procts and services. If the virtual procts and services provided by the website are large enough, the scope of virtual currency will be large
the currency value of virtual currency depends on the pricing of virtual currency by issuers. When no currency can communicate between virtual cyberspace and reality, the pricing of procts and services is still based on real RMB. That is to say, when issuers of virtual currency price their own virtual currency, they should first convert the price of virtual currency based on RMB
Black and white between the good dwarf and the bad dwarf, are you a good dwarf or a bad dwarf? In order to dig a gold mine full of attraction, the good dwarves and the bad dwarves need to cooperate with each other in their respective teams: the goal of the good dwarves is to extend the mining road to the gold mine, while the goal of the bad dwarves is to destroy it; At the same time, for extra rewards, there is also the possibility of breaking the bridge within the team, and there is also the possibility of internal suspicion and struggle between good dwarves
in the fight between dwarves, all kinds of function cards should be used wisely. Some give way to continue, some play obstacles not to let the other party action, or remove obstacles card, and can peek at the destination map card. In the end, all the cards are touched and all the cards are played. If the good man's road is not connected to the destination with gold, the bad man wins