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Source: Twitter@A16zcrypto; Compilation: Songxue, Bitchain Vision Realm
A16Z shared some cryptocurrency themes worthy of attention …
1. Enter a new era of decentralization
As we have seen it repeatedly, when the control of the powerful system or platform is in the hands of a few people (not to mention a leader), it is too easy to violate the freedom of users.that’s whyDecentralization is importantThe reason:It is a tool that enables us to democrate systems by achieving credible neutrality and combined Internet infrastructure; promote competition and ecological diversity; and allow users to choose more choices and more ownership.
However, it is difficult to achieve decentralization in practice -especially when the efficiency and stability of the centralized system are relatively resistant.At the same time, most of the web3 governance models involve the use of DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations) with simplified but tedious governance models, which are based on direct democracy or corporate governance … and these models are not suitable for decentralized governance.Social and political reality.
However, due to the various experiments of Web3 in the past few years, better decentralized practice has begun.These practices include decentralized models that can adapt to applications with richer functions; they also include DAO’s more effective decentralized governance to make the leadership responsible.With the evolution of these models, we should soon see unprecedented decentralized coordination, operating function and innovation level.@milesjennings, general legal consultant and supervisor under power
2. Reset the future user experience
Although people have complained about the basic problems of cryptocurrency user experience, in fact, since 2016, the basic situation in this area has not changed much.There are still too many complexity: self -saving key; connecting wallets with decentralized applications (DAPPS); sending signature transactions to more and more network endpoints.This is beyond the content we can expect users to learn in the a few minutes before their encryption applications.
But now, developers are actively testing and deploying new tools, which may redefine the encrypted front -end user experience (UX) in the next year.One of them includes simplifying users to log in to applications and websites on its device; unlike the password that is more vulnerable to attack and requires users to manually operate, the password is automatically generated by encryption.Other innovations include:
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Smart accounts make the account itself programmable, so it is easier to manage;
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Embedded wallet, built -in applications, so the guidance process can be smoother;
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Multi -party computing (MPC) makes it easier for third parties to support the signature without holding the user key;
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Senior long -range process call (RPC) endpoint can identify the needs of users and fill the gap, and so on.
All these not only help to promote Web3 more popular, but also make user experience better and safer than Web2.@eddylazzarin, chief technology officer (CTO)
Third, the rise of modular technology stack
In the network world, there is a force that is always inevitably dominated by other forces: network effects.The network effect is usually very powerful, so that it is actuallyThere are only two modular methods -one is the modularization of extension and enhanced network effects; the other is modularization of disintegration and weakening the network effect.In addition to extremely rare cases, onlyThe former is meaningfulEspecially when involving open source technology.At the same time, the advantage of the overall architecture is that it allows in -depth integration and optimization at places where the modular boundary should be used to achieve higher performance … At least the first way.
However, the biggest advantage of open source and modular technology stack is that it releases innovative innovations without permission; allowing participants to professionalize; and inspire more competition.In this world, we need more such things.@alive_eth, ordinary partners (General Partner)
Fourth, the fusion of artificial intelligence+blockchain
The decentralized blockchain is a balance of centralized artificial intelligence.At present, artificial intelligence models (such as ChatGPT) can only be trained and operated by a few technology giants, because the required computing resources and training data are unbearable for smaller participants.However, through encrypted technology, many markets participating in, global, and no licenses can be created. Anyone can contribute to the Internet and get paid to provide computing resources or new data sets for people who need these resources.The long tail of these resources will enable these markets to reduce the cost of artificial intelligence and make it easier to obtain.
But with the way artificial intelligence changes the way we generate information -change society, culture, politics, and economy -it also creates a world of rich artificial intelligence generating content, including in -depth forgery.Crypto technology can also play a role here to open the black box; track the origin of what we see on the Internet and so on.
We also need to find a method of decentralized generation artificial intelligence and governance in democratic ways to ensure that no participants eventually have the power to decide for all others; web3 is a laboratory to solve this problem.The decentralized and open -source encryption network will make artificial intelligence innovation more democratic (rather than centralized), and ultimately make it safer to consumers.@ahall_research, Professor of Stanford University;@Darenmatsuoka, data scientist;@alive_eth, ordinary partners (General Partner)
5. “Play and earn” has become “playing and earning”.
In the “Play and Earn” (P2E) game, players can often earn the real world (not just virtual) money based on the time and efforts they spend in the game.This trend is related to the widespread change in changing games and other fields -from the rise of the creator economy to the changes in the relationship between people and platforms.Web3 enables us to break the current normal, of which all the income in the game is owned by the game company.Users have spent a lot of time on these platforms and created a lot of value for them, so they should also get paid.
But the game is not designed to become a workplace (at least for most players).What we really need is a game that is both interesting and allowing players to capture more values they create.Therefore, the P2E has become more and more evolved into “playing and earning”, and an important difference between games and workplaces has been established.As the P2E surpasses its initial growth stage, the management dynamics of the related game economy will continue to change.
However, in the end, this will not be an independent trend, but will become part of the game.@Ariannasimpson, general partner
6. When artificial intelligence becomes a game maker, the cryptocurrency provides guarantees
As a person who thinks about the future of Web3 games and games for a long time, it is obvious for me. The artificial intelligence agent in the game must be guaranteed: they are based on certain models, and these models are not damaged during execution.Otherwise, the game will lose integrity.
When the legend, terrain, narrative and logic are generated by programs -in other words, when artificial intelligence becomes a game maker -we will want to know that game producers are credible cubes.We will hope that this world is based on guarantee.The most important thing provided by encrypted technology is these guarantees -including the ability to understand, diagnose, and punish punishment when there are problems with artificial intelligence.
In this sense, “AI alignment” is actually an incentive design problem, just like dealing with any human agent is an incentive design problem … and this is what the encryption technology is concerned.@carrawu, investment partner
Seven, formal verification becomes less formal
Although formalized methods are very popular in verifying the hardware system, they are used less in software development.For most developers who do not involve hardware or security systems, these methods are too complicated and may increase significant costs and delays.However, smart contract developers have different needs: the systems they develop are dealt with billions of dollars; errors will have catastrophic consequences and usually cannot be repaired.Therefore, in software development, especially in the development of smart contracts, it is necessary to be easier to access formalized verification methods.
In 2023, we saw a wave of new tools (including our tools), and its developers experienced much better than traditional form systems.These tools use the simpler facts of intelligent contracts than conventional software in architecture -have atomic and deterministic execution; non -compliance or abnormal; small memory occupation and few cycles.The performance of these tools is also rapidly improved, and the latest breakthrough of the performance of the SMT solution (the SMT solution device uses complex algorithms to identify or confirm the lack of defects in software and hardware logic).
With the increasingly popular tools inspired by formalized methods in developers and security experts, we can expect the next wave of smart contract agreements to be more robust, and it is not easy to be affected by expensive hackers.@0xkarmacoma, research engineering partner
8. NFT has become an ubiquitous brand asset
More and more well -known brands have begun to launch digital assets to mainstream consumers through NFT.For example, Starbucks launched a gaming loyalty program that collects digital assets when exploring the company’s coffee products.At the same time, Nike and Reddit have also developed a collection of nFTs, which clearly promotes the extensive audience.
But brands can do more: they can use NFT to represent the identity and community relations of customers; connecting physical products and their numbers; they can even create new products and experiences with the most loyal enthusiasts.In 2022 and 2023, we saw a trend, that is, the management of consumer goods in the form of low -priced NFT as a large -scale collectible -usually through the “second layer of the hosted wallet and/or the corresponding low transaction cost”Blockchain.
This year, many conditions are already available, making NFT the popularization of digital brand assets of various companies and communities -as @skominers and I explained in a book that I am about to publish.@skominers, research partners
Nine, SNARK becomes the mainstream
Historically, technical experts have always adopted the following strategies to verify and calculate the workload: 1) re -execution of calculations on credible machines; 2) perform calculations on machines specializing in tasks, that is, (TEE trusted execution environment); 3) Perform calculations on credible neutral infrastructure, such as blockchain.Each strategy has restrictions on cost or network scalability, but now, Snarks (SUCCCINCT NON-Interactive Arguments of Knowledge) has become easier to use.SNARKS allows the “encrypted receipt” to calculate a workload by calculating a computing workload through an unpredictable “proof”: in the past, the cost of calculating such a receipt was 10^9 times the original calculation; the recent progress made this numberIt’s closer to 10^6.
Therefore, SNARKS can withstand 10^6 times to sell at the initial computing provider, and customers cannot re -execute or store initial data.There are many use cases: edge devices in the Internet of Things can be verified and upgraded.Media editing software can embed the authenticity and conversion data of the content; the re -production cause can pay tribute to the initial source.LLM inference can contain authenticity information.We can have self -verified IRS forms, unpredictable bank audits, and many more beneficial to consumers.@samrags_, investment engineering
