The influence of virtual currency on future life
bitcoin price has been cut by the waist
how to implement blockchain application is still the main problem. In addition to bitcoin, the large-scale application of blockchain in other scenarios has not yet reached the commercial stage. Looking back to the second half of 2017, the price of bitcoin almost reached a new high every day, and finally reached the peak in the South Korean exchange with the highest premium in the world - about 140000 yuan per piece. On June 3, 2018, as of press time, coinbase bitcoin trading platform quoted 49688 yuan, and the price of bitcoin has been cut. Since the beginning of this year, the price of bitcoin has rarely seen eye popping ups and downs, and the overall trend of monthly decline
bitcoin development status
according to the data of the in-depth analysis report on business model innovation and investment opportunities of the blockchain instry released by the foresight Instry Research Institute, bitcoin prices showed a downward trend in May, with the overall market value falling from US $157.3 billion at the beginning of the month to US $127.4 billion at the end of the month, a decrease of 19%; In addition, there are 444000 active addresses and 197000 transfers per day. From the trend point of view, the number of active addresses and daily transfers are positively correlated with the transaction price. In May, the overall trend is volatile, and the downward trend is very obvious
reasons for the steady decline of bitcoin in the past half year
how to understand the "steady decline" of bitcoin in the past half year? There are two main reasons: firstly, the most important reason is that institutional investors and speculators who have accumulated a large number of "profit" are cashing in their profits and leaving the market; Secondly, before the blockchain instry has no real application and profit model, the rise of bitcoin price can only be regarded as speculative speculation. In addition, it is an undeniable fact that the Central Bank of China has made a decisive move to close the bitcoin trading platform, which has achieved remarkable results in preventing bitcoin speculation
at present, the domestic bitcoin exchanges have basically moved to foreign countries, which has nothing to do with China. Investors operate on those platforms at their own risk
the current market is not very good. Only when the market is good, can investors find ways to participate in bitcoin investment. As the total market value of the coin circle is still small, with more blockchain applications, there is still potential in the future
over consumed blockchain
e to the "tepid" price of bitcoin, blockchain, as its underlying technology, has reached the level of "known to all women and children", and even surpassed bitcoin in recent years
recently, a series of related reports are suspected of making up for the number and full of hype, and blockchain has obviously been over consumed. In addition to bitcoin, the large-scale application of blockchain in other scenarios has not yet reached the commercial stage
with the graal deepening of the understanding of blockchain technology, domestic enterprises have laid out blockchain technology, platforms and applications, including Internet enterprises such as network, Tencent, Ali, Jingdong, Netease, major banks, financial enterprises such as Ping An of China and Huawei. In terms of application, China actively explores and promotes blockchain + applications in the form of alliance chain and private chain to help solve the pain points of related instries, improve efficiency and rece costs.
The hot sale of applepay payment has caused quite a stir. Convenient digital payment makes "digital currency" a hot topic again as early as January this year, the central bank said that it would actively absorb the important achievements and practical experience of digital currency research at home and abroad, and strive for the early launch of the digital currency issued by the central bank. Recently, central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan mentioned "digital currency" again in an interview with the media. Obviously, digital currency may not be far away from us
why issue digital currency
" In a few years, cash may not exist; This new trend has overturned many people's usual ideas. However, in order to explore the essence of money, its contractual nature determines that it can have different forms of expression. It is not surprising that money has changed its appearance in different historical periods“ From the perspective of historical development trend, money always evolves with the development of technology and economic activities. From the early physical currency, commodity currency to the later credit currency, it is a natural choice to adapt to the development of human commercial society. " Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the people's Bank of China, said
the first category is familiar game currency
since the Internet has established a portal and community to realize the game networking, there has been a "financial market" for virtual currency, where players can trade game currency
the second type is the special currency issued by the portal website or instant messaging service provider, which is used to purchase the services in the website. The most widely used is Tencent's q-coin, which can be used to purchase membership, QQ show and other value-added services
the third kind of virtual currency on the Internet, such as bitcoin (BTC), Wright currency (LTC), etc. It is mainly used for Internet financial investment, and can also be directly used in daily life as a new currency
from the above classification, we can see that the impact of different types of virtual currency on our economic life is divided into fields and groups. Mainly in the field of Internet game crowd and network service users are most affected
the functions derived from bitcoin and directly used in daily life have been declared illegal by the state financial regulatory authorities. The impact on people's lives is invisible.
The central bank's digital RMB has legal compensation, Digital RMB does not pay interest, and can be used in small, retail and high-frequency business scenarios. It is no different from paper money, and it is very convenient to use. according to relevant instry insiders, the use of digital currency does not need the Internet, and it can be said to be simple and convenient with a mobile phone, The cost is low
is there any security guarantee? In fact, the central bank's digital RMB has the nature of legal compensation. Digital RMB does not calculate and pay interest, and can be used in small, retail and high-frequency business scenarios. It is no different from paper money. Moreover, because of the nature of legal compensation, we can't refuse to accept the central bank's digital RMB. Moreover, the digital currency Research Institute of the people's Bank of China says that it can realize the circulation of digital currency between different clients in the transaction process by means of technical solutions, generating new digital currency and canceling old digital currency. After being excited for so long, it turned out that it was just an oolong. However, some people said that this warm-up is likely that the digital currency will be released soon
recently, the four ministries and commissions jointly issued a notice, requiring local authorities to supervise online game service providers to carry out business activities in accordance with the law, to prevent providing convenient conditions for online gambling activities, and online game service providers shall not charge or use "virtual currency" and other means to collect commissions related to game winning or losing in disguised form; In order to set up games such as using game points to win or lose, guessing and so on, it is necessary to set the number of game points winning or losing per game and per day for users. It is not allowed to provide game points trading, exchange or "virtual currency" or other services to exchange cash or property in disguised form. It is not allowed to provide game points transfer services such as giving or transferring between users
it is reported that Tencent no longer provides the service of game currency or game points in disguised form to exchange cash and property. If netizens want game currency, they can give it as a gift when they buy props. For some paid games, they charge a fixed "game matching fee" to avoid virtual currency gambling in disguised form