以太坊核心开发者反思:我们是否选错了行业?

Odaily星球日报Published on 2024-08-12Last updated on 2024-08-12

Abstract

加密领域所做的一切只是巨大的价值转移。

原文标题:《周日荐读 | 以太坊核心开发者反思:怀疑是否进入了错误的行业》

原文整理:吴说区块链

以太坊核心开发者 Péter Szilágyi 是以太坊基金会成员之一,也是目前最主流的以太坊执行层客户端 Geth 的开发负责人。8 月 5 日晚,在目睹了社群面对行情剧烈波动所表现出的剧烈情绪波动,以太坊核心开发者 Péter Szilágyi 发推感慨怀疑自己是否选错了行业,显露出了对加密行业的深切失望,引发广泛讨论。

以下为吴说对原文以及对应重点评论的编译整理:

「我经常怀疑自己是否进入了错误的行业。以 SpaceX 为例:如果他们成功把火箭送到火星了,这是人类的进步;如果他们没有成功火箭爆炸了,人类可以吸取教训并改进;所有的结果都推动了进步。相比之下,加密领域就像是个给笨蛋玩的赌场(向少数人道歉)。行情上涨的话,就嚷嚷着什么时候买跑车;行情下跌的话,便直接影响甚至摧毁生活;对人类有什么贡献?是的,建立一个新的货币系统需要时间。没错…… 但是我们能不能顺便做点有用的东西?

每个人都专注于成为下一个 V(可能代指 Vitalik),却没有人想做有用的东西,大家都在追求价值的榨取。我真的看不出这个系统为什么不该崩溃?从大的格局来看,我们会失去什么?加密领域所做的一切只是巨大的价值转移,但到目前为止,我没看到任何价值创造。请注意,通过运气发财然后将资金转移到一些非加密领域的专案中,这并不算是加密领域的成功故事。顶多是一个慈善的幸运人成功的故事,但更可能是这个人进行简单的多元化投资。

在我看来,是时候让这个行业创造一些真正有用的东西,让人们愿意使用,否则就该关门大吉。至少比特币试图(尽管失败了)成为避险资产。但其他的专案都像是在卖铲子的商人,他们并没有真正创造有价值的东西。就像在淘金热中,卖铲子的人并不关心是否有金矿可挖,他们只想从中获利。现实情况是,这些专案并没有提供任何真正的创新或实际价值,只是追求短期的利益和投机机会。」

8 月 6 日晚,Péter Szilágyi 再次发推表示:

「我对以太坊/ 加密货币的抱怨不是为了诋毁它们,而是为了保持对现实的期望。我们最重要的任务是不让那些把积蓄投入这个世界的人受到伤害。其他一切都是次要的。承诺一切却无法兑现,会导致街头血流成河。劝说人们进入他们不了解风险的事物中,也是一样的。要诚实,承认什么是有效的,什么是无效的,什么已经完成,什么还没有。强调每个部分的风险,包括未来可能永远不会实现的部分。

我将始终反对制造狂热,因为我不想看到普通人被一些毫不关心你存在的亿万富翁风险投资人搞垮。是的,我可能永远都是少数派。是的,这可能会让我失去加密货币的多数潜在收益。我认为公平比财务收益更重要。」

评论与回复

稳定币、Defi 需被肯定

去中心化加密货币交易平台 Shapeshift 的创办人兼前 CEO 评论道:

「稳定币,Defi 借贷(例如 Aave 或 Compound),去中心化交易所(DEX),隐私币,许多优秀的钱包应用,出色的金融智慧系统,如 Dune 或 Messari,高吞吐量的区块链,在加密领域确实有许多伟大的发明。你自己可能被赌场般的投机性所迷惑,但应该透过表象看到真正的价值。」

Péter Szilágyi 对此回复道:

「我绝不是说完全没有有价值的东西被创造出来。但我觉得投机性因素过于占据主导地位,而我们似乎喜欢这种现象,因为它能带来金钱。对于你列举的例子:

稳定币,我接受。借贷需要抵押品,所以要有链上的财富才能获得它,对我来说,这并不是真正的赋权。

去中心化交易所:好吧,这个在我看来直接属于赌场类。如果我们有许多强势货币,人们真正希望进行兑换,DEX 本来会是必不可少的工具。但目前来看,它更多是关于交易,对我来说现在没有什么实质性意义。

隐私币:它们并不是那么普遍,我们可能会看到针对它们的打压(比如 tornado 等)。我会很高兴看到它们的发展和被接受。

钱包:它只是其余部分的辅助工具,但本身不是一个用例。

Dune/Messari:好吧,你可以分析赌场的情况,但这并不会减少其赌场性质,不过我很乐意被证明我错了。

高 TPS:是的,我们已经达到了这个点,但我们用它来做什么?我是在用我的铲子比喻来表达这一点。希望能够将其用于某些实际用途,而不是释出 1000 个 meme 币。我相信有许多伟大的东西正在被构建。但我们不是让 MEME 币和兰博基尼跑车成为了我们的代言人吗?」

透明的金融体系

加密 KOL @iamDCinvestor 评论:「透明的链上清算实际上是人类的一大增值。」

Péter Szilágyi 回复:「这对世界上 99.999% 没有钱赌博的人有什么影响?」

@iamDCinvestor 回复:「 99.999% 的人不需要直接使用它来获益。一个更加透明的金融体系将使所有人受益,因为它会减少幕后的诡计和不透明,更低的成本,更多的信任。这些价值可能很难看到,如果你只关注 degens 被清算的话,但这是重要的,改变世界的能力,我真的相信。」

Péter Szilágyi:「当然,我完全接受这一点。但如果我们称它为「世界电脑」或其他类似的名称,我们是否应该建立一些更直接与普通人相关的东西呢?」

@iamDCinvestor:「我同意,我们需要其他应用程式,在其他领域的更大规模上,我认为我们会实现这一巨大的价值结算层,这是一个不错的开始,但还会发生更多的事情,我仍然认为智能合约钱包的身份,非货币数位资产以及其他货币形式在未来都将是非常重要的,但与此同时,繁荣和萧条不会消失。人类的贪婪仍然太强了,正在建立的系统对未来真的很重要,而你的工作也很重要。」

@0x emon 评论道:「你应该把更多的时间花在新兴市场,而不是西方。许多人依靠稳定币和 DeFi 基础设施来改善他们的经济状况。问题是大多数人不想公开谈论他们的财务决策,所以你只会听到兰博基尼的故事。」

如何教育、鼓励更多新兴市场投资者与使用者

Péter Szilágyi:「稳定币或许有所价值。但是,如果您出于经济原因需要依赖加密货币,那么您真的是所有这些 DeFi 协议的目标受众吗?」

@0x emon:「也许不是,这就是为什么我认为我们需要鼓励更多来自新兴市场的开发者和投资者。支援发达市场的企业家并不能真正帮助金字塔底层的目标使用者。我认识很多使用稳定币的人,因为他们生活在实行资本管制的国家,可以从储蓄稳定币中获得收益。他们还用它作为一种获取报酬的形式。任何改善经济福祉的东西对使用者来说都是一大好处。

不幸的是,赌场占据了很大的市场份额,我们经常忽视其他好处。然而,同时,进入赌场也意味着可以获得大量流动性,这是生活在新兴市场的人无法获得的。加密货币是新兴市场人群的跳级金融科技。我们只是没有做足够的工作来突出其独特的用例并支援当地的开发者。我们已经进入去中心化金融领域多年,但没有一家风险投资公司尝试投资无许可链上微型金融贷款。想像一下如果更多的风险投资公司位于发展中国家……」

@nicnode 评论道:「看看加密货币在拉丁美洲和其他新兴市场是如何使用的——实际上挽救了许多人的生命。玻利维亚目前正在经历一场巨大的危机,人们确保他们能够获得储蓄的唯一避难所就是加密货币。」

Péter Szilágyi:「但它们不会使用 DeFi 协议,也不会使用 Uniswap 或 NFT。」

@nicnode:「是的,他们未来会的 (有些人已经),但教育 (和简单的翻译) 还有很长的路要走。在拉丁美洲,大多数银行提供掠夺性的贷款利率,DeFi 解决了这个问题。」

@vladlykhonis 评论道:「资助方面。虽然很不幸,没有人资助任何「有用的」东西。」

Péter Szilágyi:「我想过这方面和股票市场的对比。我同意这部分对于「有效的资本配置」是必要的,但是股票市场的情况正好相反:你有公司建立效用,股票市场为它们提供资金。加密货币似乎是相反的:我们有一种超级有效的方式来分配资金,但没有实用程序来分配它。」

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