The four best blockchain projects in the world are all here.

Author: Liu Peng

foreword

Some people say that the blockchain industry is hot at present, and various projects emerge in an endless stream, but there are only a few that actually land. There are even extreme remarks that 99% of blockchain projects will eventually die. Is this really the case? This issue of blockchain chief (id: cmcmbc) will sort out the four best projects in the global blockchain industry at present, and take you to know more about the blockchain industry through sorting out and summarizing these projects.

Why are these four the best blockchain projects at present?

At present, there are many blockchain projects. According to the blockchain industry chain, the chief classifies the main projects into five categories, namely digital assets, global payment, finance, platform applications and underlying technologies.

The chief thinks that whether a blockchain project is good or not is determined by many factors and indicators. However, if several major factors such as financing scale, market value and user scale are integrated, the level of the project can be reflected to a great extent. Based on this, the blockchain chief selects the best project from the first four categories of five major projects (because the chief has not accumulated enough technical knowledge about the underlying blockchain, he will not analyze such companies for the time being). If you have any questions about whether these projects are the best, please contact our chief for discussion.

Ethereum- digital currency, whose market value is second only to Bitcoin.

Bitcoin is the most well-known digital currency. In addition, there are other popular currencies, such as Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple Coin, etc. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 1,300 kinds of digital currency in the market at present, and these digital currency are mainly used to represent value storage, exchange media or account units.

In digital currency, Ethereum, a token issued by Ethereum, is second only to Bitcoin in terms of user scale and market value.

The Ethereum project was initiated at the end of 2013, marked by the release of the first edition of the Ethereum white paper by the founder Vitalik Buterin. Ethereum is the first competitive currency in the world. Compared with Bitcoin, Ethereum has outstanding advantages in transaction speed and technological innovation. It is the first project in the world to introduce virtual machines and smart contracts into blockchain and create a new era of blockchain. On the whole, the brief history of Ethereum can be roughly divided into three stages: birth, rapid rise and renewal iteration, and it is still in the third stage.

be born

The Ethereum project started at the end of 2013. It is a new blockchain platform and also an open source project. Compared with Bitcoin, Ethereum is more open and flexible. It allows anyone to build and use decentralized applications running through blockchain technology in the platform, not limited to digital currency transactions.

By April 2014, the community, code quantity, wiki content, commercial infrastructure and legal strategy of Ethereum were basically perfect. It was announced in its Yellow Book of Technical Description of Ethereum Virtual Machine that Ethereum clients supported seven programming languages, including C++, Go, Python, Java, JavaScript, Haskell, Rust and so on.

On July 24, 2014, Ethereum opened a 42-day pre-sale of Ethereum coins, and finally sold 60,102,216 Ethereum coins, raising a total of 31,531 Bitcoin, which was equivalent to 18.43 million US dollars according to the currency price at that time, making it the second largest crowdfunding project at that time.

Rise rapidly

In July 2015, Ethereum released the official Ethereum network, which marked the official launch of the Ethereum blockchain. At the end of the month, Ethereum began to trade in several exchanges. At present, the price of a single Ethereum has reached as high as 400 US dollars.

Update iteration

Up to now, the Ethereum project has occupied half of the bottom application of blockchain, which is not only superior to Bitcoin, but also has the positive effect brought by the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance (EEA) composed of large enterprises including JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft and Intel.

With the rapid development of Ethereum, some problems are gradually exposed. For example, with the recent network congestion caused by the launch of the virtual cat CryptoKitties, whether Ethereum can improve the transaction speed and capacity of the system through updating iteration will directly determine how far Ethereum can go in the future.

Interlocker-a practitioner of global cross-border payment based on blockchain

InterLedger is a cross-ledger agreement launched by Ripple, which helps banks to settle accounts quickly. Ripple, founded in the United States, is a financial technology company that uses blockchain technology to develop cross-border settlement. It constructs a distributed payment network without a central node, with a view to providing a cross-border payment platform that can replace the SWIFT network and create a global unified network financial transmission protocol. Ripple’s cross-ledger agreement allows participants to see the same ledger. Through the company’s network, bank customers can realize real-time point-to-point transnational transfer without central organization and management, and support different currencies in different countries.

InterLedger project background

At present, there are many kinds of digital currency based on blockchain. If the value is transferred and exchanged directly through digital currency in different blockchain, there will be some problems. For example, user A wants to buy a computer from user B with bitcoin in his hand, but user B’s computer is priced in etheric currency and does not accept bitcoin. At this time, user A must exchange bitcoin in his hand for etheric currency. In order to solve the problem of unstable digital currency value, loss of value and complicated transaction process, Ripple proposed a technical protocol for cross-chain value transmission, InterLedger.

InterLedger

In InterLedger system, two different ledger systems can exchange currencies with each other through a third party. The ledger system does not need to trust the third party, because the protocol uses cryptographic algorithm to create fund custody for the two ledger systems and the third party. When all participants reach a consensus on the funds, they can trade with each other. The third party provided by the "account book" will assure the sender that their funds will be transferred to the connector only when the "account book" receives the certificate and the receiver has received the payment; The third party also guarantees that the linkers will receive the money from the sender once they have completed the final part of the agreement. This means that this kind of transaction does not need the protection of legal contracts and too much review, which greatly lowers the threshold.

Market performance

At present, banks from 17 countries have joined the Interledger project, and giant companies including Apple and Microsoft have also joined. On January 26th this year, Brad Garringhouse, CEO of Ripple, said at the first China-US blockchain summit that Ripple would consider entering China in the future to cooperate with the People’s Bank of China and other institutions.

Coinbase- the first bitcoin exchange in the United States

found

Coinbase was established in June 2012, and it is committed to making it easier for consumers to use Bitcoin.

main business

1. Bitcoin wallet: Bitcoin wallet service was initially provided to help customers store digital assets.

2. Bitcoin exchange: On the morning of January 27th, 2015, Coinbase officially opened the first licensed Bitcoin exchange in the United States, providing traders with the service of exchanging or selling cryptocurrencies.

Official certification

On January 17, 2017, the head of new york Financial Services Department (NYDFS) announced that it had applied for the license of Coinbase, a bitcoin trading platform, which meant that Coinbase’s operation in New York State of the United States was finally officially certified. Coinbase has been licensed by 20 States in the United States for three years.

Coinbase has become a unicorn company in the field of bitcoin.

In June 2017, Coinbase said that the company’s latest valuation exceeded $2 billion. By June 2017, Coinbase had accumulated 27.8 million wallets and 8.4 million users, with a transaction scale of 20 billion US dollars, covering 32 countries. We have provided development tools and services to more than 10,000 developers and expanded 46,000 corporate customers such as Expedia (the largest online travel platform in the United States), Dell and Overstock (a well-known American retailer).

core product

1. Coinbase- Bitcoin Exchange

2. Coinbase- Bitcoin wallet

3. Coinbase digital API platform.

Steem- the originator of content incentive based on blockchain

Project background

Users bring a lot of traffic and income to social media, but rarely enjoy the dividends brought by the development of the platform. In the traditional content distribution and copyright trading process, it is difficult for most of them to get any income, regardless of content producers or ordinary users. Steem project uses cryptocurrency to reward users to solve the unreasonable distribution of benefits in the existing social platforms.

Steem is a digital currency published by Steemit, a social media website. After users publish content (articles, pictures, comments) on the platform, they can get a system reward token Steem according to the rules of users’ voting and comments. Simply put, Steem is a blockchain database that supports community building and social interaction through cryptocurrency rewards.

Market performance

As of March 2018, Steem had more than 330,000 registered users. At its peak, Steem showed on coinmarketcap.com that its market value was as high as $1.27 billion, but now it has dropped sharply, and it is currently around $450 million. At present, the price of Steem is around $1.9.

summary

Through combing several blockchain projects in this issue, we find that blockchain technology has been gradually applied to all walks of life, whether it is cross-border payment, financial transactions or media distribution. In different segmentation scenarios, some companies have obtained a large number of users and financing. The chief believes that the technologies and models of these companies are of positive significance to the latecomers in the blockchain industry. For example, Steem is a model that many Internet companies can learn from and solve the pain points of traditional media distribution through blockchain technology. In addition, on the whole, the blockchain industry is currently the most widely used and widely used in the financial sector, including payment, trading, loans, insurance and other sub-sectors in various financial fields are actively embracing the blockchain. In the future, with the blockchain technology gradually adapting to the requirements of regulatory policies, it will become a powerful tool for regulatory technology.

This article is reproduced from the blockchain chief (ID:cmcmbc), the most attitude blockchain market research and analysis of new media, and the blockchain is deeply interpreted with data.

Zhu Shimao’s wedding "Stealth": the whole record of the old artist’s social fear popularity

First, the red carpet didn’t make it, and it turned over the wall into a top flow.

On the day of Wang Xiaofei’s remarriage, the sea breeze in Sanya is estimated to be full of gossip. When the whole network was aimed at the bride and groom, no one expected that the biggest "wild hot search" was actually contributed by 59-year-old Zhu Shimao. This brother was dressed in a white suit and sunglasses, just like shooting a spy film. The cat was around his waist and tried for a long time outside the wedding fence. He was shouted "Busy" by the reporter and went straight for a kite! That action is quick, just like when he played herdsman, but his posture is not so handsome, just like an old urchin sneaking into an orchard.

As soon as the live video came out, netizens directly laughed and split: "Is Brother Mao attending the wedding or the Extreme Challenge?" "Others walk the red carpet, he walks the fence to sew, and the old artist’s way of admission is so unique!" What’s even more unique is that someone took a screenshot to make an expression pack, with the text "I was found copying homework by the class teacher", and instantly chatted in major groups. You should know that Zhu Shimao has been semi-retired in recent years, and suddenly returned as a "man over the wall". This wave of popularity is fiercer than his ten plays, but his painting style is a little off-center-others attended the wedding to receive blessings, and he received a screen of "hahaha" and "This operation is too confusing".

Second, social fear or social cattle? The old artist’s thousand-layer routine

Seeing that the public opinion has deviated in the direction of "the old artist’s late festival is not guaranteed", Zhu Shimao’s flower basket has become a lifeline. Sharp-eyed netizens found that the flower basket he sent floated with a couplet: "Xiaofei finds love and eventually has a partner, and Xiaomei blooms every time." This antithesis is so neat that the Chinese teacher wants to give full marks after reading it! "Xiaofei" is embedded in the upper couplet, "Xiaomei" is embedded in the lower couplet, and "companion" rhymes with "lai" at the end. At first glance, it is pondered after staying up late. Some cultural people analyzed: "What is the heat? "It’s obvious that the blessing is written into a poem, and the cultural heritage of Lao Mao can’t be hidden!"

But the netizen’s brain hole is always online: "Maybe Brother Mao chose to keep a low profile because he was afraid of stealing the limelight from newcomers?" "Do you think, wearing a white suit and sunglasses, are you afraid of being recognized or not?" Some netizens possessed by Sherlock Holmes pulled out Zhu Shimao’s early interview: "He said that he was a little afraid of socializing and was easily nervous in front of the camera. Maybe I wanted to send my blessing quietly this time, but the reporter caught me red-handed. When I was nervous, I reflexed over the fence! " As soon as this explanation came out, the wind direction in the comment area suddenly changed: "I suddenly understand that social terrorists will really start the’ escape mode’ when they encounter flash lights!"

Third, from top flow to "top flow": Brother Mao’s magic life puzzle

Speaking of Zhu Shimao, he may look puzzled after 00, but he is the "dream lover" of his parents. In 1982, Xu Lingjun in "herdsman" was so handsome in patched clothes that the phrase "Lao Xu, do you want a wife?" became the most popular phrase of the year, much more brainwashed than the current "digging and digging". Later, Peisi Chen acted as a partner in a sketch. In Eating Noodles, noodles were eaten out of the ritual sense of symphony, and in The Leading Role and Supporting Role, the classic picture of military uniform was grabbed, and several generations of Spring Festival Evening jokes were contracted.

But this former top stream has lived like a "missing person" in recent years. When someone else retires for a variety show, he insists on hiding behind the scenes as a director and making some literary films for himself. Occasional appearance is also to attend a painting and calligraphy exhibition, and have tea with Feng Gong and other old friends, and live a more Buddhist life than a retired uncle. Who would have thought that the first explosion point in 2023 was actually achieved by "climbing over the wall to attend the wedding". Some netizens turned up an interview with him when he was young: "Brother Mao said that he was most afraid of bothering others. It is estimated that he wanted to retreat after sending his blessings quietly, but he was surrounded by cameras and staged a realistic version of’ Social Fear Escape’."

Fourth, when old artists meet the Internet: the generation gap is higher than the fence.

The most magical thing about this "over-the-wall incident" is that Zhu Shimao probably didn’t understand why he was angry until now. Imagine: the old man wears reading glasses to brush his mobile phone, and when he sees his name hanging on the hot search, he clicks in all the entries of "Zhu Shimao climbing over the wall" and "Zhu Shimao social fear". It is estimated that he has to hold the reading glasses and say, "I just attended a wedding, how can I become a net red?"

This generation gap is vividly reflected in the comment area: young people play with stalks and fly, "Brother Mao’s operation is more exciting than Wang Xiaofei’s hot search"; The middle-aged man looked serious: "How can an old artist do such a thing? What a disgrace! " But more people found Huadian: "Didn’t you find it? Brother Mao is almost 60 years old, and his climbing over the wall is faster than mine. This physical fitness is excellent! " "Giving baskets to write couplets is more exquisite than giving red envelopes to young people now. This is the sense of ceremony of old artists!"

V. Brother Mao’s "grievance": I just want to send my blessing!

As the incident fermented, an insider revealed: Zhu Shimao and Ma Xiaomei have been friends for many years, and this wedding specially flew from Beijing to Sanya. Originally, they wanted to make a low-key appearance, but they were recognized by reporters as soon as they arrived at the door. "He didn’t hide, but he really didn’t know how to face the camera. He was nervous when making movies, not to mention being caught by so many cameras now." Some people even showed a picture of the wedding scene: Zhu Shimao was sitting in the corner, clapping seriously all the time, and laughing more happily than the groom when taking a photo with the couple, without any "rubbing heat" at all.

The most unique thing is the details of the flower basket: in addition to the neat couplets, there are calla lilies and eustoma grandiflorum in the flower basket, and the flower language is "loyalty" and "eternal love". Some florists analyzed: "This collocation is carefully designed at first glance, which is much more thoughtful than ordinary red roses. Lao Mao hid his blessing in the details." The netizen suddenly realized: "It turns out that we all misunderstood. Brother Mao is not climbing over the wall, but performing’ low-key romance’!"

6. From "Old Artist" to "Old urchin": The Apocalypse of Mao Ge’s Broken Circle

The most interesting thing about this incident is that it unexpectedly broke the stereotype of old artists. In the eyes of many people, they should be serious and unsmiling, but Zhu Shimao told everyone with a "climbing over the wall" action: old artists can also have a grounded side, even a little cute.

Some media commented: "Zhu Shimao’s’ social fear attending the wedding’ just reflects that the older generation of artists cherish their private lives. They are used to talking with their works and are not good at performing’ lively’ in the era of traffic. " The young people interpret it from another angle: "Brother Mao shows us that even at the age of 60, we can keep childlike innocence and occasionally make cute little confusions. This sense of reality is much more valuable than deliberately setting people up."

Brother Mao, can we go to the main entrance next time?

A few days after the incident fermented, Zhu Shimao finally bubbled up on social media and sent a photo of himself in the studio with the caption: "Recently, everyone said that I was’ extraordinary’. In fact, I practiced some basic skills when I was young, which made everyone laugh. Bless the couple and thank you for your attention. " In just a few words, I not only responded to the controversy, but also maintained my demeanor. By the way, I showed my calligraphy and painting skills, and the emotional intelligence of the old artist was really online.

The comment area instantly turned into a large-scale exhortation scene: "Brother Mao, let’s go to the main entrance next time we attend the wedding, don’t let us worry!" "If you want to keep a low profile, we can wear a mask. It’s too dangerous to climb over the wall!" "Remember us when sending blessings in the future, and let’s learn how to write blessings into poems!" This national carnival triggered by "climbing over the wall" ended in a happy and peaceful atmosphere, but Zhu Shimao’s "magic wedding trip" is destined to become one of the most peculiar memory points in the entertainment circle in 2023.

Eight, when Brother Mao meets 00: a happy dialogue across the generation gap.

It is worth pondering that the reaction of netizens after 00 in this incident is particularly interesting. Instead of obsessing about "whether the old artist is decent", they started the fancy stalk-playing mode: "I suggest that Brother Mao switch to be an agent, which has excellent anti-reconnaissance ability." "On how to save the crisis of climbing the wall with a couplet", I will give Brother Mao 99 points for this operation, and 1 point less for fear that he will be proud. ""Remember to broadcast live at the next wedding, and we will help you stop the reporter! "

This relaxed attitude has unexpectedly narrowed the distance between old artists and young people. Some college students said in an interview: "I used to think that Zhu Shimao was the idol of his grandparents, which was a little far away, but this time I found him like a naughty grandfather and suddenly felt very kind." This kind of intimacy is perhaps the biggest surprise brought by Zhu Shimao’s "over-the-wall incident"-when the old artists put down their bodies and broke into the world of young people in an unexpected way, the collision was not embarrassing, but full of interesting sparks.

Nine, Mao Ge’s "red" password: truth is always the most powerful.

Looking back on Zhu Shimao’s unexpected popularity, the core reason may lie in the word "truth". In the entertainment circle where everyone wants to be established, his slightly clumsy "climbing over the wall" action is particularly real. Without deliberate performance and careful design, it is an instinctive reaction of an old artist who is a little afraid of society in the face of unexpected situations.

This sense of reality is precisely the most scarce thing in the current entertainment industry. Netizen commented: "I am used to watching the exquisite performances of the stars on the red carpet, but suddenly I found it very interesting to see the grounding operation of Brother Mao. This is what ordinary people look like when they attend a wedding, but Brother Mao’s’ ordinary people’ operation is a bit too hard-core! "

Brother Mao, please continue your "magic life"

Nowadays, "Zhu Shimao climbed over the wall to attend the wedding" has become a hot topic on the Internet, but Zhu Shimao, the protagonist of the story, has probably returned to his studio in Beijing to continue his painting and calligraphy creation. For him, this unexpected storm may be just an episode in life, but for netizens, it is like a stone thrown into a calm lake, which has aroused countless happy ripples.

We don’t know how Brother Mao will "appear unexpectedly" next time, but what is certain is that no matter what he does, he will make people laugh. After all, such an old artist who can not only perform such a classic as herdsman, but also contribute to the "famous scene over the wall" is rare in the entertainment circle. Brother Mao, if you attend the wedding again next time, remember to say hello to us in advance. We’ll help you find a side door without reporters. It’s low-key and safe. How about that?