Copying the Internet is not the right way for the blockchain

Text/Meng Yonghui

When the frenzy and restlessness began to ebb, the development of the blockchain began to return to objectivity and rationality. This has almost become the consensus of the development of the industry. This is true whether it is for the top players or for the new players. I don’t know if you have noticed that those large Internet giants have already begun to regard the blockchain as their “standard configuration”. In the landing and application of blockchain. For the blockchain, this cannot be regarded as a good phenomenon.

In fact, blockchain is supposed to be like this. It's just that the way people looked at blockchain in the past was only from the perspective of the Internet, not from the perspective of blockchain. When people look at the blockchain from the perspective of the Internet, they will take it for granted to use the way of developing the Internet to implement and practice the blockchain. When people look at the blockchain from the perspective of the blockchain, they will The blockchain will be regarded as a tool to continue the life cycle of the Internet. This is the fundamental reason why we have seen so many traces of the Internet in the blockchain.

What is certain is that if the development of the blockchain is only copied in the form of the Internet, then the development of the blockchain will not be able to embark on the correct development path anyway. In order to make the blockchain truly go far and truly jump out of the vicious circle of Internet development, it is necessary to find a development path suitable for the blockchain. Starting from this, the development of the blockchain can really get on the right track.

Capital and flow are not dominated by the blockchain

Reviewing the development history of the Internet, we can clearly see that capital and traffic play a very important function and role in it. But all those Internet players who have developed well are almost all players who have grasped the development dividends of capital and traffic, but all those Internet players who can really stand out are almost all players who have capital and traffic advantages. Therefore, when the blockchain began to appear, especially when the blockchain appeared in the Internet jungle, people took it for granted that capital and traffic should be regarded as its dominant.

In fact, not so. One of the most important reasons why capital and traffic will become the dominance of the Internet is that its development has entered the stage of landing and application. At such a stage, the real competition is who has more application scenarios and who has a larger user volume. In order to continuously expand its own scale and obtain more traffic, we have seen a lot of Internet Players regard capital and flow as the leader of development.

Not so with blockchain. First of all, from the essence of the blockchain, it is a bottom-up existence that changes people's production and life, and every step of its development matches the value of its output. In other words, every step of its development can be completed by self-sufficiency and does not require much capital assistance. The Internet is different. The Internet is a top-down existence. If it wants to maximize its own functions and effects, it must be realized under the joint blessing of capital and traffic.

In fact, from the perspective of the development stage of the blockchain, its development has not really reached a mature and complete development stage. Even in the present situation, its development is still immature and primitive. Looking back at the Internet, when capital and traffic began to play a leading role in its development process, it was actually a fairly mature and complete development stage for its technology. At such a mature stage, it may be most appropriate for us to use the help of capital and flow to realize our own development.

Platforms and centralization, not the performance of the blockchain

In addition to capital and traffic, platforms and centralization also play a very important role in the development of the blockchain. When the blockchain was first recognized by people, players usually took it for granted to implement and practice the blockchain by copying such a business model of the Internet. Although such a method can develop the blockchain to a certain extent, we can clearly see that it is not suitable for the development of the blockchain.

Landing and practicing the development of the blockchain in a platform and centralized way has finally brought the development of the blockchain into a dead end of development. The development model dominated by currency issuance or ICO that we have seen is exactly the necessity of the platform and centralized development model. Whether it is the aggregation and harvesting of traffic, or the dependence on capital, it is a direct manifestation of the platform and centralized development model. When the platform and center become the dominance of the blockchain, then its development has long deviated from the blockchain, which has already left the scope of the blockchain and has become a type of the Internet.

It can be said that such a blockchain is not a blockchain in the strict sense. Only by realizing de-platformization and decentralization in the true sense can the blockchain become a ubiquitous and all-encompassing existence, and only by truly making the blockchain a tool and Means, only if the blockchain is truly freed from its dependence on traffic, its development can be regarded as truly entering its own new development cycle.

Jumping out of the fantasy of platforms and centralization, getting rid of the dependence of platforms and centers, and truly using the unique decentralized and de-platformed methods of the blockchain to find the expression of the business form of the blockchain can truly integrate the blockchain into a new stage of development. Otherwise, the development of the blockchain will not be able to walk independently, and it is still only a tool and means to maintain the development model of the Internet.

Single and closed, not the end of blockchain

Even under the current background, the blockchain we see is still single, closed, and still not scaled. What is certain is that such a blockchain is not a blockchain in the true sense, and such a blockchain cannot represent a blockchain in the true sense. Only by truly defining the blockchain with a new thinking and perspective, and finding the correct development path of the blockchain, can the development of the blockchain be truly brought into a new stage of development.

In fact, the blockchain is not single, let alone closed, but a diverse and open existence. As far as blockchain is concerned, its implementation and application are not limited to the scenario of digital currency, nor is it an existence exclusive to the financial system; its ecosystem is not just a closed system, It is an open system. In such an open system, the blockchain technology can not only be connected with other technologies, but also the applications of the blockchain can also be connected.

Then, some people may ask, why the current blockchain technology and the application of blockchain have not achieved real connectivity? In fact, one of the most important reasons why the blockchain has not broken the single and closed state of development is that its development is still immature and not perfect. Only when the technology and application of the blockchain are truly mature and perfect, it will inevitably move towards a diversified and open development state.

Therefore, if we only develop the blockchain in a single and closed way, and only regard the blockchain as an independent kingdom, then the development of the blockchain will inevitably enter a dead end. In the future, players who can truly build a diverse and open blockchain development system will be the real winners. Because this is the essence of blockchain.

epilogue

After reshuffle and adjustment, the development of the blockchain began to bid farewell to the impetuousness and fanaticism we saw in the past, and returned to an objective and rational development state. Through the new attempts of the players, we have a very intuitive feeling that simply relying on simply copying the Internet will not allow the blockchain to achieve long-term development. Jumping out of the shackles of the Internet and truly finding the correct development path suitable for the blockchain, perhaps, is the key to truly bringing the development of the blockchain into a new stage of development.

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Author: Meng Yonghui, senior writer, columnist, strategic consultant. Long-term focus on industry research, providing in-depth thinking and industry observation information. Support to keep the sharing of the author's source, please keep the author's copyright information for reprinting, and offenders will be held accountable.