From the "roller coaster" trend of digital currencies at the end of 2017, to the encirclement and suppression by many parties again at the beginning of 2018, virtual currencies once again "dominated the screen" in the circle of friends.
At the same time, blockchain, as the decentralized ledger technology used at the bottom of Bitcoin, has also been making headlines and has been around for a long time.
In fact, this is not the first time that digital currency has made headlines. It is like an unbeatable "little strong" who comes out from time to time to "enliven" people's attention.
Recently, following the ICO, blockchain has become what everyone calls the “upstart”. Does it shine with its own “light”, or is it a cover-up that exerts “magic”?
Futures Daily reporters investigated this.
Crazy blockchain is just a blur. According to a reporter from Futures Daily, the concept of blockchain can be traced back to the end of 2008. At that time, a mysterious person with the pseudonym "Satoshi Nakamoto" published "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer" on the forum.
In the article "Electronic Cash System", the concept of blockchain was first proposed.
On January 3, 2009, the first block of the blockchain was born. This block is called the "genesis block".
It stands to reason that blockchain is not new, but it has only been widely spread in recent times, and people have only heard about it, not everyone is familiar with it.
If you ask one, two or three, I am afraid that not many people can explain the term "blockchain" clearly.
However, the current unfamiliar blockchain is timeless and new, and it is very popular.
According to netizens, on January 9, Xu Xiaoping, the head of ZhenFund, posted a message in the WeChat group of his investment portfolio saying “Don’t spread the word.” Xu Xiaoping wrote: “Dear CEOs, the blockchain revolution has arrived.
, this is a great technological revolution in which those who follow it will prosper and those who go against it will subvert tradition more rapidly and thoroughly than the Internet and mobile Internet. I hope everyone will take action immediately and build on their own business.
While making good use of the existing model, understand blockchain, understand ICO, and enter the blockchain era?" Traditional investors' optimism about blockchain is not groundless. In the past period of time, the concept of blockchain has become a global capital market
The "darlings" of different countries, whether it is the US stock market, Hong Kong stock market, or the A-share market, funds are pouring in one after another.
According to the reporter's understanding, Eastman Kodak's stock price has been falling all the way last year, falling by more than 70%. However, after it announced that it would release Kodak Coin, its stock price rose by 77%.
The issuance of Kodak Coin may bring the century-old Kodak Company back to glory.
In addition, according to the Wind Information Blockchain Index, the index rose rapidly after New Year's Day, and even had a single-day increase of more than 5% in three trading days.
In the A-share market, there are as many as 50 stocks with blockchain concepts, including dozens of listed companies involved in blockchain business such as Sifang Jingchuang, Gao Weida, Feitian Integrity, etc. The stocks have soared across the board.
GrandView Research, a market research and forecasting company headquartered in San Francisco, envisioned in the report: "Blockchain technology is one of the most promising technology trends in the field of information technology." The report predicts that the U.S. and Canadian markets will continue to grow.
At the same time, as the financial industry adopts blockchain technology, the compound growth rate in China and India will reach 37.6% in the next eight years.
I still don’t understand what blockchain is all about, but it’s just here, so fast.
This is how most people react to blockchain at the moment. They are greedy when they hear it, but they are confused when they come into contact with it.
Blockchain is an important concept of Bitcoin. The Internet Finance Laboratory of Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance explained in the "2014-2016 Global Bitcoin Development Research Report" that blockchain is an important concept of Bitcoin.
The underlying technology and infrastructure are essentially a decentralized database. As the underlying technology of Bitcoin, the blockchain is a series of data blocks generated using cryptographic methods. Each data block contains one bit.
The information of currency network transactions is used to verify the validity of its information (anti-counterfeiting) and generate the next block.
"In short, blockchain technology refers to a way for everyone to participate in accounting. There is a database behind all systems. You can think of the database as a big ledger. Currently, each one keeps its own account."
A friend told a reporter from Futures Daily.
After listening to the above concepts, do you understand blockchain?
Obviously it's not that easy.
But when it comes to digital currency, everyone must be familiar with it.
At the moment, the most well-known application of blockchain technology is none other than digital currency.
The reporter learned that almost with the birth of blockchain technology, Bitcoin became the first thing to play a role, and as Bitcoin gradually became popular around the world.
However, although Bitcoin is the most famous among the many current blockchain applications, its life is not easy.
The reporter learned that since Bitcoin hit a record high of $21,189 per coin on December 17, 2017, it started a wave of plummeting in just one month, and the decline continued into the new year, which can be described as bitter.
Extremely.
Not only Bitcoin, but also virtual currencies are having a hard time.