When the development of blockchain industry enters the deep water zone, its underlying driving force is also undergoing a profound change. In the past, when it comes to blockchain, the first thing we think about is how to attract the attention of the capital market with innovative business models, and then develop with the power of capital. Now, when it comes to blockchain, the first thing we think about is how to achieve self-hematopoiesis through the implementation and application of blockchain, so as to achieve more long-term development. Behind this change, it reflects the gradual maturity and improvement of the blockchain industry. Similarly, behind this revolution, we are told that blockchain is no longer the same blockchain as before.
In fact, after so many trials, blockchain has already broken away from the initial capital-led development model and started a development path with its own distinctive characteristics. More and more blockchain players begin to focus on landing and application. More and more blockchain players begin to focus on building blockchain-based ecosystems. More and more blockchain players begin to abandon the fantasy of making quick money and devote themselves to a more long-term development mode.
The barbaric development mode represented by impetuous and fanatical is gradually going away, and the refined development mode represented by objective and rational is coming to us. This is a sign of the maturity of blockchain development, and also an important manifestation of its beginning to move from an isolated and closed existence to an open and inclusive existence. The emergence of new concepts represented by meta-universe and Web3.0 is the direct embodiment of such a phenomenon.
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As we all know, early people's understanding of blockchain is usually closely linked with digital currency. When it comes to blockchain, it is inevitable to talk about digital currency, which has become a normal state. However, facts tell us that blindly binding digital currency and blockchain deeply cannot bring long-term development. Only by truly treating blockchain and digital currency differently can we open a new perspective.
Therefore, what we see is the arrival of a new development wave dominated by the landing and application of blockchain. Under this wave, what we see are various types of blockchain applications, various types of blockchain models, and various types of blockchain players. However, we should also see that the application of blockchain at this stage is still fragmented and fragmented. Because of this, despite the baptism of fire, blockchains have never really been able to gain scale, let alone grow very fast.
Obviously, such a tepid development mode is not the original features of blockchain, nor is it the essential attributes of blockchain. In the real sense, blockchain should realize the mode of rapid iteration and large-scale development. Only by truly stacking all kinds of blockchain applications together, and realizing the deep composite of these blockchain applications, can the development of the blockchain industry be brought to a new stage of development. It is in such a situation that we see the emergence of a series of concepts represented by the meta-universe and Web3.0.
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Instead of the outside world simply seeing them as new concepts, I prefer to see them as the inevitable outcome of a certain stage of blockchain development. Superficially, meta-universe and Web3.0 are new species and new existence, but if we look at them in essence, we will obviously feel that they are inextricably linked with blockchain. It can be said that it is the development of blockchain that has entered a new stage that leads to the emergence of the new concepts represented by the meta-universe and Web3.0, rather than the encouragement of the capital market.
Therefore, I am not willing to regard the meta-universe and Web3.0 as the products of the Development of the Internet at a certain stage, much less as the new concepts advocated by capital, but rather as the products of the development of blockchain technology at a certain stage. Through the meta-universe and Web3.0, we can clearly feel that the development of blockchain has undergone profound and thorough changes.
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First, the dominant role of blockchain is gradually emerging. In the past, when we talk about blockchain, we also associate it with many other new technologies, including big data, cloud computing, AI and Internet of things, etc. Some people even regard metasexes and Web3.0 as a composite product of these new technologies. Undeniably, the new species represented by the meta-universe and Web3.0 do have a great relationship with these new technologies, and it can even be said that these new technologies create the meta-universe and Web3.0. However, if it is only a simple listing and addition of these new technologies, without the deep integration of these new technologies, then, Metaverse, Web3.0 is not going to happen anyway.
So how do you achieve the perfect blend of these new technologies? Can it be done just by means of the Internet? Obviously not. We need a much lower level, much deeper, much more fundamental technology to make it happen. When we look at the array of new technologies, it's clear that only blockchain has such magic. It can be said that it is the leading role of blockchain that makes these independent technologies deeply integrated and produces the effect of 1+1 > 2.
Therefore, through the emergence of the meta-universe and Web3.0, the author feels more that the leading role of blockchain is becoming more and more obvious, the foundation of blockchain is becoming more and more obvious, and the agglomeration effect of blockchain is becoming more and more obvious. Along with these "obvious" situations, what we see is that blockchain gradually becomes dominant and starts to spawn new business models, such as meta-universe and Web3.0, in such a situation. If you are not clear enough, you can connect the metasomes and Web3.0 with the "Internet +" species, such as e-commerce and online education. The "Internet +" model represented by e-commerce and online education is dominated by the Internet, while the new species represented by metasomes and Web3.0 is dominated by the blockchain.
Second, blockchain is going invisible. Let's turn the clock back to the early days of blockchain, when it was clearly explicit. It is under such a conceptual explicit development mode that we see a lot of blockchain players just do blockchain with blockchain. This is the fundamental reason why we see so many blockchain projects led by coin issuance and ICO.
Facts have proved that such a development model does not work. In order to develop blockchain, it is necessary to jump out of the blockchain and put the blockchain under a larger perspective of the industry, so as to obtain new development possibilities. Thus, we see the advent of a new era dominated by "blockchain +". Blockchain is appearing in more and more industries, and more and more pain points and problems are being solved and realized with the help of blockchain solutions. However, it is also very obvious that blockchain is no longer as explicit as before, but is gradually disappearing from itself and returning to its essence.
What is the nature of blockchain? At the end of the day, blockchain is essentially a technology. It can be said that the return of blockchain to its essence opens a new development process of blockchain. With this as the beginning, we will see the emergence of a new development context of blockchain, which is represented by the return of invisibility.
Today, we see more and more new species appear, however, if we dig deeper, we will find that behind these new species all reveal the technology of blockchain, the idea of blockchain. However, these new species are no longer connected to blockchain, but have their own names. Meta universe, Web3.0, is undoubtedly the direct embodiment of such a phenomenon.
Third, blockchain is opening up. The author always believes that if the blockchain is just an independent kingdom without the connection with the outside world, then the development of the blockchain will always be incomplete and immature. In the true sense, blockchain should be an open, inclusive and diversified ecosystem. Only in this way can the function and role of blockchain be brought into full play.
Unlike the previous blockchains, which we saw as a closed and isolated product, the current blockchain has begun to open up step by step. Different blockchain applications, different blockchain systems, and different blockchain players have begun to realize connectivity in one way or another. The "spark" of blockchain applications has gradually formed a prairie fire. In the case of blockchain, this cannot be achieved in any way without openness.
Similarly, we can also see the emergence of such a clue from the meta-universe and Web3.0. Whether it is the connection between the virtual and the reality of the meta-universe, or the docking between the physical world and the real world through Web3.0, we can clearly feel the realization of such a state of self-opening blockchain. It can be said that it is the opening of blockchain that makes it possible for species that seemed to live in the virtual world to bridge the real world. It is the opening of blockchain that makes further integration possible for previously separate and isolated technologies.
conclusion
There are more and more signs that the development of the blockchain industry has entered a new phase. At this stage, the blockchain starts to become composed and calm, it starts to become fundamental and invisible. For blockchain, this is an inevitable development process, which shows that it starts to become a rational and stable youth from the reckless youth, which shows that it starts to abandon all impetuosity, and starts to understand and develop itself anew. This is a kind of awakening, but also a brand new start.
In the future, there may be more new species and more possibilities waiting for us to discover when metasexes and Web3.0 blow the new horn of blockchain.