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Recently, the news of Ant Group has been continuous. Just after the official announcement on July 20 that it would IPO within the year and was jokingly called “batch making multi-millionaires”, Ant did another big thing on July 23-to upgrade its blockchain business as a whole. And named “Ant Chain”.
Generally speaking, a company is most cautious about its behavior before and after going public, and any small move may have important significance. The launch of AntChain is obviously not a trivial matter. Not only is the name named by Jack Ma himself, but also a special day was chosen for its official release day-this morning, China launched the Mars rover “Tianwen” One” officially opened the journey of exploring Mars.
What is the purpose of ants launching the ant chain so solemnly? AntChain is the “Tianwen No. 1” sent by Ant and Alibaba to? How will its launch affect the entire blockchain industry and the broader industrial structure? Since it is a blockchain, let’s start with the blockchain.
Why is the blockchain “big thunder and little rain”
As for the most popular technology terms in recent years, blockchain can be regarded as one of the most important. Under the frantic bombardment of large and small media, the “decentralization”, “traceability”, and “non-tamperable” properties of the blockchain are known to the public. It stands to reason that since the blockchain has so many excellent properties, it should have been widely used in various fields long ago and has produced huge benefits, right? Unfortunately, this is not the case.
Not long ago, in order to compile a book about blockchain, I collected a lot of information about blockchain, and found that when it comes to the application of blockchain, most of the information talks about