1kx:以太坊,一个超现实的线上世界

深潮Published on 2024-09-04Last updated on 2024-09-04

如今的以太坊就像是一场内容枯竭的游戏。

撰文:Peter 'pet3rpan'

编译:Luffy,Foresight News

每个人都在抱怨加密货币没有产生任何实际效用。但我要说的是,它构建了一个有趣的超现实在线世界。

区块链作为娱乐的新媒介

区块链在娱乐领域的巨大潜力还未开发出来。这是一种已经自然而然地展开的文化现象。

以太坊之所以受到人们的喜爱,并不是因为它的技术,而是因为围绕它而产生的社区,随之而来的文化,它赋予人们的目标感,人们在这个过程中结交的朋友,服务他人的机会和吸引受众的能力;更不用说它还充满了无尽的戏剧、八卦、混乱和乐趣。有些人想早日实现财务上丰收,有些人想要改变世界,还有许多人介于两者之间,但所有人都珍视代表这个世界所有权的货币:ETH。

以太坊为人们提供了一款身临其境、社交性强且意义重大的游戏。

虽然如今的以太坊已经高度进化,成为加密货币用例(例如支付、交易、收藏品)的通用基础设施,但它最大的成功并不是作为应用程序的后端,而是作为人们在其中生活、创造、归属和培育的完整世界。

以太坊的体验很难定义,它既奇怪又新颖。我们还没有为属于它的体验起一个严肃的名字。为了理解它,我们可能过度合理化了它,认为它是加密货币的暂时状态。这是一个混乱、怪异和探索的时期,是集体理解区块链作为一种新技术的尝试。然而,随着 2021 年大部分炒作周期势头的熄灭,加密货币的真正本质可能才刚刚开始显露出来:参与区块链的体验本身就是产品。

区块链就像一块空白画布,打破了我们对娱乐、金融和计算系统的所有先入为主的观念。加密货币模糊了所有传统的体验界限,提供了介于这三个领域之间的体验。

这也解释了为什么区块链的任何单一属性在被孤立时要么一直难以被采用,要么通常导致系统变得更糟。

游戏会因为使用区块链作为数据库而逐渐改善;金融系统没有原生的消费者保护;计算机使用起来成本高昂,而且难以构建。尽管每个领域都有各自的权衡,但区块链为构建前所未有的深度沉浸式在线体验提供了机会。

区块链天然是游戏

人们经常开玩笑说,参与加密货币就像参与一场游戏,这种说法并没有错。虽然以太坊最初并不是作为游戏设计的,但人们自然而然地将其视为玩具和实现各自目标的画布。

我们可以将游戏点数视为 ETH,每个人都直观地认识到这是以太坊的宝贵所有权。每个人玩游戏的方式都不同,类似于 MMORPG 的不同类别,乐趣在于以自己的方式做事并选择自己的命运。有些人关心为世界创造积极的外部性,有些人希望以创造性的方式做到这一点,有些人希望以企业家精神做到这一点。当然,有些人只通过胡乱点击按钮(空投农民)来玩游戏。虽然每个人都选择自己的参与方式,但他们都通过一个共享世界联系在一起。

以太坊的物理限制因素是 EVM,它需要 ETH 作为 Gas 才能写入共享区块空间。ETH 充当共享画布,任何人都可以无限制地写入、使用和读取。以太坊的经济模型旨在确保世界物理的安全性和持续运行:ETH 水龙头是换取经济安全的质押奖励,而水槽则是用于写入共享区块空间的 Gas。

所有玩家的目标都是在 EVM 的数字物理和其他系统属性约束下积累 ETH,以太坊的世界通过集体意义有机地实例化,从而产生了乐趣和戏剧性。

下一个即将出现的伟大世界

如今,以太坊就像是一场内容枯竭的游戏。我们也可以在 Solana 上看到类似的状况。虽然 Solana 成功地创造了一种差异化的文化,但这两个应用生态系统还是彼此的衍生品。

只要区块链的设计没有考虑到世界的基本物理原理以及我们如何参与其中的经济激励,这种模式就可能持续下去。

通过将区块链视为一种新的内容媒介和现有的游戏,两个空白领域已经具备了创新的条件:

  • 民主化参与

  • 创造沉浸感

民主化参与

我们不只是依赖 EVM 的核心约束作为参与者相互交互的核心状态机,还可以将他们的交互集中到一组更具主观性和参与性的物理集合上,其中包含技巧和运气的元素。

这些物理集合充当了 EVM 的人性化操作状态机的扩展,已被证明是用户生成内容的强大画布。

这些物理规则可以实现为类似于游戏的智能合约:玩家和资源的地理位置、资源经济、资源生成和消失、用户写入世界机制、战斗机制等。虽然这些传统上都是作为链上游戏和独立产品发布的,但这里,我们可以将它们视为更广泛的体验的物理法则,即整个区块链。这些「物理法则」也可以理解为存在于区块链上的与客户端无关的游戏机制,并且可以无限制地进行修改,这与 EVM 不同。

实现物理法则的另一种方法是修改区块链的底层架构。例如,改变区块链的绝对所有权模型,允许其他用户无需许可地从他人的钱包中窃取资产,或者将区块空间生产时间限制在周末。

区块链的经济模型并非为区块链提供经济保障,而是通过定义世界的物理法则来激励参与。而参与其中的玩家提供了更为关键的东西:社会认可和用户生成内容。

创造沉浸感

加密货币就像是「单独出售」的游戏。与其单独推销,不如将上述所有内容结合在一起,形成一个统一的体验,即世界本身。这样一来,我们可以毫无顾忌地讲述一个充满乐趣、怪异和混乱的全新奇幻世界的故事。

通过在世界构建一个叙事和魔法圈,我们可以暂停现实,让人们进行角色扮演并沉浸其中。与大规模采用等典型的叙事不同,我们释放了创作自由,我们能够以纯粹传说的方式传播这个世界的存在。

除了传说之外,我们还有机会重新设计参与者接触区块链的整个用户旅程,从钱包体验到交易和区块浏览器。

这样,你就可以制作不同的设备叙述来影响和发展每个界面与用户的关系。一个例子是将区块链的跨链体验本身视为一种体验:通往新世界的门户。

只有创造一个身临其境、差异化的世界,你才能创造一个让人们感到有必要去构建、去创造内容并去参与的世界。

我们可以赋予人们所要扮演的角色和要实现的目标。

未来充满乐趣

以太坊是关于世界创造的一项创新,而不仅仅是技术的创新。 我们已经耗尽了这个游戏的内容,需要寻找下一个伟大的沉浸式世界。 他们会很有趣、好玩、而且很奇怪。那是人们希望的世界,也许你会成为建造它的人。

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