Delphi 研究员:Solana 是加密货币进入 ChatGPT 时刻的最佳选择

foresightnewsPubblicato 2024-02-04Pubblicato ultima volta 2024-02-05

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加密货币迫切需要进入「ChatGPT 时刻」,我们没有太多时间了。

加密货币迫切需要进入「ChatGPT 时刻」,我们没有太多时间了。

 

撰文:Teng Yan,Delphi Research 研究员

编译:Luffy,Foresight New

 

我一直在思考以太坊与 Solana 的争论,这是加密领域的热门话题。

 

这里我不打算深入探讨它们的技术差异,行业内已经有很多深入的分析,例如 Syncracy Capital 的 Solana 论文,我强烈推荐大家阅读。

 

相反,我想就我们行业的发展方向提供个人的观点。

 

我认为,Solana 可能会成为未来最有价值的人类发明之一,与以太坊和比特币齐名。

 

我们的时间不多了

 

 

加密货币已经存在 10 多年了。它吸引了来自投资者的数千亿的资金。它已成为吸引最聪明人才的磁石。我们可能是所有行业中人才最集中的行业之一(也许人工智能除外)。

 

然而,我们还没有发现那种难以捉摸的杀手级用例:人们不能失去它,如果它被剥夺,普通人会感到异常痛苦。如此一来,政府将不可能关闭加密货币。

 

我们迫切需要加密货币的「ChatGPT 时刻」。ChatGPT 是迄今为止在最短时间拥有 1 亿用户的应用程序,仅仅花了 2 个月。

 

随着时间的流逝,压力越来越大。虽然目前加密货币获得了一些政治和社会支持,但如果没有产生任何有影响力的结果,这些情绪将会随着时间的推移而减弱。我们正站在十字路口,未来几年将决定加密货币是否会成为一项关键的、改变世界的技术。

 

我们等不起了,时间必须是现在。

 

为了让我们获得杀手级应用程序,基础设施层必须为此做好准备。

 

两种哲学的故事

 

以太坊和 Solana 采用两种不同的理念,但要考虑到相同的最终状态。

 

Solana 的理念是首先打造一个有用的区块链,然后随着时间的推移实现去中心化和抗审查。它专为高性能而设计,并成为最好的执行层。

 

  • 低费用、低延迟、高吞吐量
  • Solana 针对原子可组合性进行了优化,认为这是区块链最有用的特征
  • UX 对 EVM 进行改进(例如不需要代币批准)
  • Solana 随着硬件的扩展而扩展,摩尔定律已经生效了几十年
  • 经过 3 年的实战测试,工具和合作伙伴关系都已到位。

 

Toly 在这里简洁地概述了他的愿景:

 

 

 

另一方面,以太坊的理念是首先构建一个去中心化且抗审查的区块链,然后随着时间的推移提高其可用性。

 

这给 ETH 带来了货币溢价。以太坊未来的发展计划(Surge、Verge、Purge、Splurge)重心在于提高其可扩展性。这是一个将在几年内逐步展开的旅程,而不是立即。如今,交易成本很高,吞吐量很低。

 

 

 

广为人知的区块链三难困境指出,在单个区块链中同时实现最佳的可扩展性、安全性和去中心化是极其困难的。该模型表明,专注于改善其中任何两个领域往往会损害第三个领域。

 

不存在完美的区块链,权衡是必要的。

 

Solana 和以太坊之间的大部分争论都围绕这些妥协的性质和程度展开。问题的关键在于如何平衡这些权衡:为了可扩展性可能会牺牲多少去中心化,或者安全性是否应该是最重要的,这可能会以牺牲性能和费用为代价。

 

关键问题

 

我们需要弄清楚:建设者、企业家和社会到底希望从区块链技术中得到什么?

 

去中心化不是一个二元对立的概念,而是一个范围。

 

一些用例需要更多的去中心化,而另一些则不需要。货币和金融:是的,需要保证我控制着我的资产,没有任何一个实体可以把它们从我身边夺走。否则,我就选择银行。但游戏?社交媒体?通过实现更大的用户所有权和调整激励措施,这些不需要完全去中心化即可对现有平台进行逐步改进。

 

考虑到这一点,这是我目前对区块链未来的心智模型:

 

  • 幂律定律:少数(<5)个通用链将占据大多数关注度;
  • 将存在多个链,其中许多链都有专门的用例,特定于应用程序的链将无处不在;
  • 没有一刀切的解决方案

 

以太坊和 Solana 将共存。它们都可能蓬勃发展并成为巨大的技术平台。但我发现自己倾向于 Solana 的理念,尽管它有缺陷:抗审查弱、对费用市场、轻客户端的迫切需求等。

 

因为如今 Solana 已准备好支持面向消费者的大型应用程序,例如,压缩 NFT 只能在 Solana 上使用。

 

我们需要找到加密货币的 ChatGPT 时刻。立刻,而不是再过 5-10 年。Solana 可能是我们实现这一目标的最佳选择。

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