Polymarket的爆火对以太坊生态有何启发?

Odaily星球日报Published on 2024-11-08Last updated on 2024-11-08

Abstract

Gas费低、接轨现实世界需求很重要。

原文作者:Haotian(X:@tme l0 211 

看到很多人讨论 @Polymarket 是不是属于以太坊生态的问题?其实这根本不重要。很多人只是不爽,为什么川普大选过程中如此出圈的超级应用,却没能给以太坊带来刺激和催化作用。 我们太期待一款现象级应用能盘活整个以太坊生态了! 接下来,谈谈我的看法:

1) @VitalikButerin 对 Polymarket 有过多次赞扬,对 DeFi 过于金融化焦虑的他,看到 Polymarket 这种把链上资金投注和现实世界预测场景接轨起来的应用很难不喜欢。

虽然较真说,Polymarket 也是个「超级赌场」,但其承接的本质上是现实世界,体育、政治、娱乐、政策、科学等领域的预测需求,Polymarket 不提供这样的「赌博」场景,这些庞大需求也能在线下通过博彩、赌博、期货、竞猜游戏等娱乐方式切入。

Polymarket 将这些分散的预测需求整合起来,并连接到了 Crypto 资产,用区块链的技术公平、透明和可验证性为这些「需求」构造了一个全新的平台,不正符合区块链技术赋能现实世界的愿景吗?

这和 DeFi 一段时间来流行的「挖矿、发币、机枪池、套利、Staking、Restaking、治理」等收益模型有本质的区别。

虽说都存在「赌博」成份,Polymarket 提供的消费场景更广泛、用户群体更庞大、资源来源和持续性也更强。

Vitalik 多么希望,以太坊生态的 DeFi 都能像 Polymarket 一样,打破纯链上 PVP 怪圈,连接现实世界的资金和用户。

2)至于 Polymarket 属不属于以太坊生态,我不想下定论。从技术中立性角度来看,Polymarket 构建于 Polygon 链之上,消耗的 gas 是 Matic($POL),甚至也没有用被视为以太坊 layer 2 的 Polygon zkEVM,称其为以太坊生态的超级应用,多少有点不搭边。在以太坊生态整体应用比较拉胯的背景下,这样的撮合太过牵强和「谄媚」之嫌。

不过,话说回来,Polymarket 早在 2020 年就推出了,当时主流 Arbitrum、Optimism、Starknet 等 L2 解决方案尚在襁褓之中,且以太坊 DeFi、NFT 等相继爆火,以太坊 Gas 费一直出于拥堵状态,Polymarket 若真选择了以太坊可能跟 Augur 一样,会一直不温不火。事实证明,以太坊的基础 infra 在当时背景下,带不动 Polymarket 这样的超级应用。

3)在我看来,Polymarket 的爆火至少给以太坊生态一点启发:

1、Gas 费低很重要,以太坊 layer 2 战略的大方向没错,只缺类似 Polymarket 之类的应用诞生在 layer 2 上;

2、接轨现实世界需求很重要,Crypto 纯链上的 DeFi 模式已经走完了一个周期,事实证明很难成就一个破圈的超级应用,以太坊如何突破纯链上困境,接入链下更大更广阔的需求和场景是一个必克难题。成也 DeFi,但不能局限于 DeFi;

3、Tokenomics 能刺激币价也很重要,好像 Polymarket 的破圈也没给 Polygon 带来天大利好,看 $POL 的币价就很明显。虽然很残酷,但这确实是事实,如果超级应用的模式设计不在 Tokenomics 设计上下足功夫,即使以太坊 layer 2 上跑出这样的应用,恐怕跟以太坊币价也没直接关系。

4)很多人抱怨以太坊 infra > applicaiton 是一个问题,但事实上,以太坊的 infra 不是多的问题,而是没能从量变达到质变,啥时候出现一个可以兼容传统互联网业务场景更多应用的 infra,什么时候 TPS、并行、超大规模处理、低 Gas 等都成了 infra 普遍具备的能力,那个时候 infra 才真正趋于成熟,才能给潜在的「超级应用」诞生一片坦途。

「应用」也不是少的问题,只能说类似「x to Earn」的应用,也都是基于当前 infra 局限性构建出来的短期实验型应用,这样的应用出现注定生命周期会很短。事实上,这样的应用从来也都不缺,要吸引更大规模、更接轨现实的超级应用诞生,模块化、链抽象等 infra 恐怕还得继续构建,继续卷。 这可能有点反直觉,但事实正是如此。

好在,Polymarket 的成功给了 Crypto 生态市场一个成功样板,它在应用上的成功没体现在币价上也给 Crypto 世界好好上了一课。加之川普当选给了 Crypto 市场一个超大的增益 Buff,这种背景下,保持乐观,给市场更长的时间酝酿,耕耘,相信一切都会好的。

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