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在商业领域，对于区块链，或分布式账本，的热情和对它的怀疑一样普遍。
因为该技术及其应用对于大多数人来说还是一个谜，所以在设想中的区块链的许多用途成熟之前，它还有很长的路要走。
SecurityBrief和Block.one开发者关系负责人Serg Metelin对此展开了一次谈话，旨在探讨区块链技术如何能够获得大规模应用。
区块链是过去五年中最有革命意义的一项技术，但也是被误解最多的一个技术，这是为什么呢？
从某种意义上来说，这个世界还停留在努力掌握和理解物联网的阶段，更不用区块链了。
区块链是数字通信和商业交易的下一个阶段。
令人兴奋的是，它的潜力还没有完全被开发。
当这种兴奋和科技高度技术化，有时候甚至是复杂化，的本质结合在一起的时候，误会就产生了。
区块链是变革性的，因为它一开始构建就是为了从根本上解决数据传输的安全性和可信性，这和万维网刚好相反，当万维网刚刚成立的时候，它并没有把安全放在首位。
同时它还能够创造一个全新的全球数字基础设备，提高透明度，减少贸易和交流的风险。
在Block.one，我们相信让人们更好地理解区块链的一个关键因素就依赖于解决前几代区块链技术中的可扩展性和可利用性问题。
这会让很多不熟悉区块链技术的人使用去中心化的应用，但他们本人可能甚至没有意识到他们就在区块链上。
这有助于该技术的推广，而且最终也能促进对该技术的理解。
关于区块链技术有哪些常见的误区呢？
人们的一些常见误区是区块链很慢，也很难应用，出现错误还不能被纠正。
- 前几代的区块链确实很慢。比如，以太坊每秒只能处理整个网络共享的约15个交易。
- “难用”这个误区是因为新用户一般都要学习一些新技能，比如在区块链上运行加密和交易费用管理。
- 有一些人认为，区块链的不可逆性就意味着开发者一旦出现问题，这肯定不能被修复，他们认为，哪怕是在出现严重的错误的情况下，部署的智能合约也不能被更新。这个问题确实存在了一定时间，在社区内部也确实引起了争议。
但是随着区块链技术的成熟，开发者社区也快速扩展，很多区块链早期的低效问题已经在进行调整，以提高速度、用户体验和实用性。
比如说，EOSIO软件现在在公链上每秒可以处理3700笔交易。
EOSIO还改善了用户体验：他们利用抽象类技术、调整应用，使其相似于传统的网络应用。同时，它还提供了可以更新其智能合约的流程。
要让更多的首席信息官（CIO）采用区块链技术并将其视为可行的技术，您认为还需要什么呢？
35年前，很多人质疑花钱为每个员工买电脑的做法。
现在几乎没听过哪个公司的哪个职员是没有电脑的。
随着区块链技术日益成熟，它给企业带来的价值和效率也会日益凸显。
CIO自然就会采用它，正如他们采用其它任何技术一样。
其中一个例子是云计算，过去这个技术鲜有人知，但是现在这项技术几乎已经占领了商业计算了。
这个过程需要时间，但是我们已经看到了欣欣向荣的区块链行业的积极推动力和它带来的创造性破坏。
您觉得区块链在哪些地方已经取得了巨大的影响力？已经取得了哪些成功？
区块链和它的智能合约直接解决了现有公司现有业务和通信模式在成本、交易速度和透明度上的问题。
供应链和医疗服务可以利用区块链的智能合约跟踪记录和产品，同时减少风险和成本。
区块链也可以用于保证电子平台或者社交网络中的用户数据安全。
通过去掉中间人—即通过软件减少中间人–智能合约可以简化工作流，减少机构中成本。
这个技术可以在任何需要数字通信或者需要进行和验证交易的行业和领域得到应用。
构建一个超越先行开发者社区的强健的区块链生态系统需要做些什么？
需要让大众更加了解到区块链的应用和实际生活的影响。
这也可以通过创造一些使用工具来实现，对于一些对于其机制没有太深入的技术理解的用户他们可以借助这些小工具应用这项技术。
我们已经在电子钱包、越来越多的去中心化应用（DAPP）和DAPP开发生态中看到了这些。
开发者社区，作为先行者，是一个重要的群体，因为它正在开发的应用最终将会推动区块链的大规模应用。
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Enthusiasm for blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, in the business community is as widespread as the scepticism for it.
With the technology and its applications still an enigma to most, blockchain has a long way to go before it’s mature enough for many of the use cases envisioned for it.
SecurityBrief spoke to Block.one developer relations head Serg Metelin about what it will take for blockchain technology to achieve mass adoption.p
Blockchain has emerged as one of the most transformative technologies of the past five years, and yet one of the most misunderstood. Why is this?
To some degree, the world is still trying to get a full grasp and understanding of the Internet, let alone the blockchain.
Blockchain is the next step in the evolution of digital communications and business transactions.
Its full potential is still untapped, which creates a lot of excitement.
When this excitement is coupled with the highly technical and sometimes complex nature of the technology, misunderstandings can occur.
Blockchain is transformative because it was built for fundamentally secure and trusted data transfer from the beginning, as opposed to the World Wide Web, which did not prioritise security when it was created.
It is also capable of creating a brand new global digital infrastructure, while also increasing transparency and reducing risk for trade and communications.
At Block.one, we believe one key factor in getting people to better understand blockchain is by solving scalability and usability issues from previous generations of blockchain technology.
This will allow more people who are unfamiliar with blockchain technology to use decentralised applications without even knowing they are on blockchain.
This will help general adoption and, consequently, understanding of the tech in the long run.
What are some of the common myths surrounding blockchain technology?
Some of the common misconceptions that people have are that blockchains are slow, difficult to use, and that mistakes cannot be fixed:
- Previous generations of blockchains are generally slow. For instance, Ethereum can process only around 15 transactions per second shared across the whole network.
- The ‘hard to use,’ myth comes from the fact that new blockchain adopters have generally had to learn new skills, such as cryptography and transaction fee management to work on blockchains.
- There’s a notion that irreversibility of the blockchain implies that no developer mistakes can be fixed, and smart contracts that are deployed can never be updated, even in a scenario of a critical bug. This had been true for some time and caused a lot of controversy in the community.
But as blockchain technology matures and the developer community quickly expands, many of the inefficiencies found in the early days of blockchain are being fine-tuned for greater speed, user experience and accessibility.
For example, the EOSIO software can currently process more than 3,700 transactions per second on the public blockchain.
EOSIO also improves user experience by abstracting skills and allowing applications to work more like traditional web apps, while offering a process by which its smart contracts can be updated.
What needs to happen for more CIOs to begin adopting blockchain and viewing it as a viable technology?
Thirty-five years ago, many questioned spending money on PCs for individual company workers.
It’s now unheard of that an employee in a corporate environment would be without a computer.
As blockchain technology becomes more mature, it will become more apparent how it can deliver value and efficiencies to businesses.
CIOs will then naturally adopt it as with any technology.
One example of this is cloud computing, which was at one time not widely known, but now dominates business computing.
This process takes time, but we are already seeing positive momentum and disruption from the growing blockchain industry.
Where do you see blockchain making the greatest impact and where has it already seen success?
Blockchain and its smart contracts directly address core issues faced by existing business and communications models on cost, transaction speed and transparency.
Industries such as supply chain and medical services can use blockchain’s smart contracts to track records or products and to reduce risk and cost.
Blockchain can also be used to secure user data on digital platforms or social networks.
Smart contracts can streamline workflows and reduce costs in an organisation by cutting out middlemen – the software replaces the middleman.
This can be applied across any industry or business that requires digital communications or that includes transactions that need to be conducted and verified.
What needs to happen to build a robust blockchain ecosystem that extends beyond the first-mover developer community?
There is a need to present blockchain’s utility and real-world impact more clearly to the masses.
This can also be accomplished by creating tools that allow people to interact with the technology without having deep technical understanding of its mechanics.
We’ve already seen this with digital wallets, and the expanding decentralised application (DAPP) and DAPP development ecosystem.
The developer community, as a first mover, is a key participant group as it is developing the applications that will drive mass adoption.
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