专访Gate.io创始人韩林:从铭文产品的竞争,看交易所大战的变迁

Odaily星球日报Publicado em 2024-02-05Última atualização em 2024-02-05

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新的流量入口之争。

专访Gate.io创始人韩林:从铭文产品的竞争,看交易所大战的变迁

2023 年,中心化交易所(CEX)赛道的竞争呈现出了新的态势。

伴随着铭文、BRC-20 等新叙事的崛起,以钱包为中心的资产管理服务成为了 CEX 之间新的必争之地。诸多入局的 CEX 之中,Gate.io 作为最早上线 BRC-20 代币交易服务,后续又直面市场痛点相继推出了铭文导航、铭文 Launchpad 等多款产品的“先行者”,在步调上隐隐领先于同类竞争者半步。

近期,Odaily 星球日报有幸与 Gate.io 创始人兼 CEO 韩林坐下来聊了聊,从 CEX 争相布局钱包服务的原因,到 Gate.io 自身的行业判断及业务规划,再到其个人对于市场周期的转换预测,韩林很细致、具象地就我们的每一个疑问作出了解答。

以下为本次访谈的全部内容,让我们一起开启头脑风暴吧。 

Part 1 :铭文服务的背后,是新的流量入口之争 

Odaily:Gate.io 近期正式上线了铭文平台。对于铭文,有些人认为这只是另一个短期的 FOMO 叙事,但也有人认为这代表了资产发行机制的新革命,且有望赋予比特币等生态新的价值,对此你持何态度?Gate.io 为何会选择在这个时间点入局铭文赛道?

韩林:Gate.io 其实并不是现在才关注铭文。差不多一年多以前吧,铭文刚刚出现时我们就开始留意了,只不过那时候铭文还不算太火,今年是由于 BRC-20 概念才真正火了起来。

Gate.io 是第一家上线 BRC-20 交易服务的主流交易所,去年五月时我们就上线了 ORDI 等 BRC-20 代币。

在那之前,BRC-20 的主要交易场所还是在链上,由于门槛及磨损相对很高,交易量很差,市场急需一种更简单、更便宜的交易渠道,但由于 BRC-20 概念相对较新,协议的解析难度高,迟迟没有完善的解决方案出现,最终 Gate.io 第一个攻克了这一难题,率先上线了对普通用户更加友好的交易服务。

至于铭文的价值,在我们看来,新概念的走热必然存在一定炒作的成分,但这其中存在着明显长线的价值。至少我们已在铭文的身上看到了与此前以太坊生态所不同的一些独特属性。

其一,比特币网络的安全性更高,信任机制不存在问题,这一点其他任何新生态在短期内都无法实现;再者,铭文在分发机制上创新独到,简单公平但不失亮点,铭刻的目标不是募资而是汇聚人气形成社区,铭文的参与没有任何条件限制,谁都可以上链铸造,这使得铭文更易积累社区共识,从而拥有更具可持续性的生命力。

Odaily:相较于同类型竞争对手,Gate.io 所提供的铭文平台有何优势?可解决市场之上的哪些痛点? 

韩林:Gate.io 的产品思路其实一直是需求驱动,敏锐的发现问题,再解决问题。

五月份我们上线 BRC-20 交易服务时,主要就是想解决的就是链上交易门槛太高、磨损太大的问题。我们上线了交易服务后,用户除了在充、提环节需要消耗一定的 gas 成本,交易环节上几乎没有任何损耗,滑点、手续费都很低,因此促使铭文市场交易量大涨。

之后 Gate.io 推出了铭文导航服务,这是因为我们看到现在市面上铭文相关的概念实在是太多了,各种协议、项目层出不穷,用户很难分清楚各个概念之间的区别。所以我们就做了个信息导航服务,旨在解析不同铭文项目的定位、特点、叙事、交易市场等等,帮助用户进行区分。

至于铭文 Launchpad 服务,是想解决铭文在发行层面上太过低效的问题。前边我们聊过铭文在发行机制上的独特性,但这种简单粗暴的机制既是优势,又是劣势。当前铭文的发现过程较为低效,许多新项目出现时用户并不知道去哪里参与;此外铭文虽然没有参与条件限制,但却存在一定的技术或经验门槛;再比如说,且在铸造过程中往往会导致 gas 价格飙升,一次铸造甚至需要花费几百美金价值的 gas 费,对普通用户很不友好。

基于上述痛点,Gate.io 推出了铭文 Launchpad 平台,用户可在该界面上实时查询待发行的铭文项目,并了解各个项目的具体叙事,提前知道发行时间,从而实现更加公平、透明的铭文发行。此外该平台还支持“延时铸造”功能,即用户在验证钱包后可以先占住名额,待 gas 价格较低时再进行铸造,从而节省不必要的费用开支。

Odaily:对于 CEX 而言,铭文平台及其背后的钱包服务也意味着交易服务之外的另一个全新流量入口。当下,越来越多的 CEX 正在积极布局钱包服务,这似乎是一场关于未来的新战局,身在竞争之中的 Gate.io 对此怎么看?你是否认同“钱包端的流量未来将会超过交易端”的观点?

韩林:无论是交易服务还是钱包服务,本质上就是流量入口的战争。什么叫流量入口呢?本质上用户高频使用的平台就是流量入口。在 CEX 占据主导的时代,交易所就是流量的最大入口;而随着 Web3 生态的日渐成熟,钱包自然就成为了新的流量入口。

在 Gate.io 看来,与其说这是关于钱包的竞争,更精准的形容其实是关于“资产管理端”的竞争,资产管理端意味着用户需要以此为入口来执行各种类型的资产管理操作,比如资产的存储、收发、兑换、协议的交互等等。 

在资产管理端的开发方面,Gate.io 存在明显的既有优势。我们在交易端合计已支持 300 多条公链、 3000 多个底层代币,这两项数据在主流 CEX 中都是第一。交易端的基础设施优势很容易迁移到资产管理端之上,现在 Gate.io 的 Web3 钱包已支持了近 50 个公链,未来将会迅速增加到数百个,覆盖用户几乎所有的资产种类需求。

在代币支持方面,Gate.io 也一直保持着较为快速的开发速度,比如前边聊到的我们最早支持了 BRC-20 。 对于 Gate.io 来说,我们的宗旨就是帮助用户打造一个使用方便、功能齐全、更新迅速的资产管理端。

Part 2 :以“降本增效”为宗旨,跨多领域战略布局

Odaily:除了交易服务及钱包服务之外,Gate.io 似乎还在其他多个领域(比如公链)有所布局,可否为我们简单梳理一下 Gate.io 当前的业务版图规划?

韩林:区块链行业能做的事情其实很多,但对我们来说还是需要有一定聚焦,当下 Gate.io 的主要业务还是在资产管理方面,包括中心化的管理以及去中心化的管理,主要宗旨就是帮助用户降本增效。 

除此之外,Gate.io 也在积极探索从其他多个方面改善用户服务。比如 Gate Card 允许用户直接在线下消费加密货币,旨在帮助用户打通生活服务;公链方面,GateChain 也计划着进一步提高性能、降低成本,从而更好地服务于链上用户;投资方面,Gate Ventures 也积极活跃于风投领域,近期我们投了一些基础设施以及新兴银行领域的新项目,总而言之所有对于区块链或加密货币的长远发展存在意义的项目,我们都乐意给予支持。

Odaily: 2023 年刚刚过去,数据层面上 Gate.io 在各个领域的成绩表现如何?

韩林: 2023 年的大部分时间其实还是处于熊市状态,全年来看可能比特币就是最大的亮点,无论是生态层面上铭文的爆发也好,还是 ETF 预期的炒作也好。

全年来看,Gate.io 的数据还是得到了很大提升:流量方面我们从 1 月到 12 月增长了 200% ;资产管理方面, 2022 年底和 2024 月初我们都曾发布过资产储备证明报告,报告数据显示我们的资产规模也实现了翻倍增长到 40 多亿美金;受益于更多产品上线,Gate.io 的理财业务年内更是增长了 10 倍,从年初的几千万美元增长到了近 7 亿美元。

Odaily:基于行业的发展趋势考虑,Gate.io 未来在多领域布局方面是否会有所侧重?将重点关注哪些业务板块的发展?

韩林:交易依然是我们最核心的业务,在这方面 Gate.io 还有更多事情可以继续优化,比如进一步提高用户资金利用效率的统一账户功能,这一功能已完成前两个版本的发布,Q1-Q2 会落地第三个版本,其他的中心化产品我们也会持续优化。

去中心化服务方面,由于 Gate.io 在这方面的布局相对交易服务更晚 —— 当然了这也不是只有 Gate.io 布局较晚,整个 CEX 行业聚焦这一赛道的时间整体都比较晚 —— 所以需要开发及优化的地方还有很多。比如各类型铭文协议的资产存储,当前许多新兴的铭文协议暂时只有一些比较偏僻的小生态钱包在支持,基本没有钱包能做到统一支持,我们也分析过这一状况,发现这项工作并没有那么简单,因为会涉及到大量复杂的协议解析工作。Gate.io 希望能够像率先支持 BRC-20 的交易那样,直面行业痛点,再次率先做到统一支持所有的铭文协议。

Part 3 :牛市的来临,必须要由创新来驱动

Odaily: 2024 年已经来临,在 ETF 等预期的加持下,似乎市场普遍认为牛熊之间的周期轮动已经开始,但 ETF 通过之后的行情走势似乎并不太理想。站在当前的时间节点,你对后市作何预判?

韩林:ETF 通过后的行情走势其实很合理,因为在利好未兑现时,大家的预期总是会更高,但随着利好出尽,炒作的空间也会缩减。不过长期来看,ETF 的影响还是很深远的,且会逐渐传统金融市场或互联网市场对于加密货币的态度。

我个人认为,ETF 通过的影响还不至于大到直接开启牛市的程度,牛市的启动必定是创新驱动的。回看历史, 2013 年的牛市由比特币的创新驱动;2016 - 2017 年的牛市由以太坊智能合约的创新(包括 IC0)驱动;2020-2021 年的牛市则由 DeFi、NFT 的链上生态的创新驱动。 

至于 ETF,打通传统资金的入场渠道固然是利好,但这并不涉及行业自身的技术创新,因此我个人不认为这会直接开启新一轮牛市。

Odaily:在你看来,哪些赛道的突破会驱动下一轮牛市的来临。在上币策略方面,Gate.io 是否会基于此有所侧重? 

韩林:铭文曾经来看会是一波尝试,但目前来看量级应该还不够。扩容方案的突破可能会是答案,虽然目前 Layer 2 基本跑赢了各种扩容概念,但还是没有彻底解决问题,如果未来区块链的性能和成本都能得大幅度的改善,将会为各种类型的应用提供扎实的土壤,从而推动下一轮牛市的来临。

至于 Gate.io 的上币策略,我们会积极关注各个领域的新项目,但主要看个体项目是否拥有真正的创新。

Odaily:你如何看待当下 CEX 赛道的竞争状况?产品创新、用户体验、合规程度、区域侧重……你认为什么才是主导 CEX 之间竞争结果的核心因素? 

韩林:早些年进入行业的用户或许还记得交易所“千团大战”的景象,那时之所以有如此多的交易所涌现,主要是因为当时交易所的入场门槛低 —— 那时候市场以现货交易为主,技术难度不高,且市面上有着许多白标方案可用。

现在你会发现,活跃的交易平台数量正越来越少,那些仅仅依靠白标方面、没有自身技术支持的交易所往往会最先倒下,这也证明了对于交易所而言产品技术才是第一位的。 

如今,交易所的入场门槛已经非常高了,基本每家交易所上都会同时跑着几十条产品线(现货、合约、理财、跟单、量化、钱包等等),这需要投入大量的人力成本;且每个产品线的底层效率以及性能容量也都有了巨大的提升,这些都是真金白银堆出来的。

因此,我认为现在很难有小型交易所从赛道内突围而出了,传统金融领域入场的巨头倒还有些可能。说实话,FTX 在 2019 年能够崛起都已经是奇迹了,他们在产品方面确实有可取之处,同时也精通营销策略,这才得到了上桌“厮杀”的机会。

Odaily:对于 Gate.io 自身而言,将采取什么样的策略实现身位上的前进?

韩林:市场宣传会带来短期的流量,会让更多人认识我们,这方面我们肯定也要做,酒香也怕巷子深,但技术和产品才是巩固并提高身位的根本。交易所本质上要做的事情就为用户提供一个安全、高效的资产管理平台,帮助用户降本增效,我们也会沿着该路线继续努力。

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