At the first International Blockchain Industry Expo held a few days ago, Xu Heyuan, deputy chief engineer of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, released "Ten Trends in the Blockchain Industry (2020)", which is important for the development of my country's blockchain industry in 2020. An in-depth interpretation of the trend.
Heyuan Xu said that the development of the blockchain industry in 2020 will highlight ten major trends: 1. The blockchain industry has been improving for a long time, and its core values are generally recognized; 2. The development of technology is more pragmatic, and engineering and ecological construction have become the focus; 3. The coordinated development of blockchain and privacy computing; 4. Blockchain interconnection has become the focus, and the prospect of value interconnection is expected; 5. The voice of blockchain infrastructure is gradually rising, and the construction mode still needs in-depth exploration; 6. Blockchain cannot To protect the world, it is necessary to cooperate with a variety of technologies to complete digital transformation; 7. The application of certificate deposits first, and gradually move towards multi-party collaboration and value transfer ; 8. The importance of the blockchain alliance business model is further highlighted; 9. Government support is still in the future An important driving force for the development of the industry; 10. The scale of blockchain practitioners increases, and the relative shortage of talents will continue to exist.
At present, the important value of blockchain in the process of promoting the transformation of the Internet of Information to the Internet of Value has been generally recognized, and industry practitioners have generally recognized the bright prospects of the blockchain industry . At the same time, industry participants have clearly realized that the development of blockchain cannot be achieved overnight. In the early stage of industry development, it is necessary to work hard to solve practical problems in the application process, pragmatically promote industrial development, and lay a solid foundation for the long-term healthy development of the industry.
The 2020 blockchain technology maturity curve released by Gartner shows that the overall perception of the blockchain industry tends to be rational, and its core technology framework has basically taken shape. At the current stage , the industry is mainly focusing on the application of technology engineering and gradual optimization according to specific needs. For some time to come, the technological development of the blockchain industry will mainly focus on ecological construction, and the hot spot of industrial competition will shift to ecological competition.
With the continuous improvement of the whole society's awareness of blockchain, industry enterprises have begun to gradually recognize the value of blockchain. However, companies have concerns about data privacy issues after being on the chain , which has also become one of the obstacles to the current adoption of blockchain by companies. Blockchain needs to be integrated and applied with privacy computing. On the basis of ensuring the credibility of data, data can be made available and invisible, which can better eliminate enterprises' concerns about privacy issues after data is on the chain, which is conducive to the in-depth development of industry applications.
Blockchains independently constructed by different institutions and different industries are likely to form new "data islands", and interoperability technologies can open up fragmented blockchain systems, form a wider range of value interconnections , and allow blockchains to play a greater role . According to the observations of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, more than half of the blockchain companies currently have a layout in the field of interoperability, and interoperability technology is gradually becoming the focus of corporate research, exploring the realization of the interconnection of off-chain data, inter-chain, and upper-level applications .
Value block chain has gained recognition in many ways, we are exploring various industrial applications attempt, thus forming based on different underlying architecture, for a variety of different sectors of the block chain applications , "island chain" problem gradually revealed, for the area The call for blockchain infrastructure has emerged. The construction of blockchain infrastructure can help blockchain realize co-construction, sharing and sharing. At present, model exploration based on technology, industry, and region has also emerged, but specific construction models need to continue to be explored to adapt to the long-term development of the industry.
Blockchain plays an irreplaceable role in the innovation and development of next-generation information technology. As a tool for industry empowerment, applications built using blockchain technology alone cannot play its value . This requires the combination of blockchain and other technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, big data, and the use of synergies to form an integrated solution to jointly facilitate digital transformation.
In terms of application, the blockchain is still dominated by deposit certificate applications. For example, the application of blockchain in supply chain finance, product traceability, trade finance and other fields has achieved certain results , but its application mode is still based on documents and contracts. , The deposit of bills is mainly. As the industry application of blockchain continues to deepen, in order to further play the role of blockchain in promoting the development of the real economy, the future will focus on the development of multi-party collaboration and value transfer applications.
Blockchain is not only a technology, but also a concept and a mode of cooperation. Blockchain will connect the upstream and downstream parties in the industry, and it is necessary to rely on the common interests of the alliance to match all participants . At present, there are two main organizational models of blockchain alliances, namely core organization-led and participating organizations co-governance. The two blockchain alliance business models have their own advantages and disadvantages. For the long-term stable development of the alliance, how to build and which model to build still requires continuous exploration by the industry.
Recently, the development of the blockchain industry mainly relies on government policies and project support. In particular, more and more government blockchain projects have landed and become an excellent example of the application of blockchain technology . However, the long-term development of the industry still needs to be driven by a good business model. With the gradual clarification of business models in some areas, the development of the industry will be switched from government-driven to commercial-driven. In this process, attention needs to be paid to the smooth connection between government support and commercial drive.
In terms of talent supply and demand, blockchain must be combined with industry needs in order to exert its efficacy and value. Therefore, the blockchain industry not only needs a large number of professional and technical talents , but also a large number of technical application talents who are deeply involved in the industry. The relative shortage of blockchain talents will continue in the next few years. To improve this situation, the joint efforts of industry enterprises, universities, and training institutions are required.