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“新一代的区块链技术将会关注规模化和消费者认同。”
区块链自从问世以来就一直处于变革之中。它现在处于发展的一个重要阶段，也正要被主流社会采用。但是，要达成这个目标，这个行业还要继续努力，确保它的平台足够成熟。
区块链最初的用途只局限于一个目的——创造一个不变的账本用来安全地在交易方之间转账。这就开创了加密货币时代。
区块链技术的下一个阶段就是创造了智能合约——通过代码执行、建立在区块链不变、去信任化本质基础上的可编程商业合约。这个革命性的发展通过减少对受信任的中间人的需求，带来了一系列新的、创造性破坏的商业模式。这个模式中，区块链软件成为中间人，通过交易方之间的智能合约执行电子合约，加速商业发展。
这一代的区块链技术有更广泛的现实用途。比如说，承保基于区块链的票务系统，从而减少二类市场，也就能保证价格合理、消灭黄牛（中间人）。
下一代的区块链技术
去年，我们已经看到的所谓的“下一代”区块链平台的崛起，这些平台希望能够依靠现有的技术基础解决规模化和速度的问题。
浏览器通过让全球用户购物和电子交流更加方便最终改变了网络，同理，下一代的区块链也会关注规模化和用户接受度。
作为消费级的技术，区块链才刚刚起步，但是今年它已经到了一个很重要的阶段了，因为现在它要为自己作为主流技术被采用铺平道路。
下一代的技术要成功，一个重要的因素是解决效果问题，先前就是这个问题导致大规模的商业模式无法在链上进行——尤其是涉及到交易速度和交易成本的时候。解决了这些问题和其它问题就会让区块链走上“新的台阶”，也能让大众接受。
速度和规模化问题正在被解决。EOSIO等平台已经取得了企业登记的交易速度和可信赖度升级，它们还提供了可以创造网络未来的基础设施。
区块链要成为主流技术需要什么？
这个行业的另一个挑战是如何通过已有的技术让这个技术完全达到企业等级。这就需要更快的交易速度和可信赖度，大规模的组织性运用区块链，新一代的技术人才，和稳健的投资生态系统来推动新的区块链项目的产生。
EOSIO等下一代平台要沿用常见的开发模式，还要包含常见的一些工具，如账户、认证、数据库和异步通信。这会以用户友好的方式带来快速和简单的安装和维护区块链应用，这样就可以让全球的开发者社区更好地使用区块链技术，也就能够进一步鼓励更广泛的应用。
延伸阅读：CIO要面对99个问题，但是区块链的应用可（还）不是他们要考虑的问题
商业上大规模的应用还需要时间。区块链继续发展，我们会越来越知道它会怎样带来价值、减少成本、提高商业效率。和他们对待其它技术一样，CIO自然而然就会接受这个技术。
所以领先的区块链公司有义务为开发者生态系统提供就业机会、培训和支持，减少有志于学习新平台的开发者在应用技术上会遇到的障碍。区块链已经在全球应用，它也有潜力，让世界各地的开发者拥有主动性和意识对于整个生态系统是好的。
任何一个新技术会遇到的最大的一个问题就是吸引真正的人才，对于区块链也是如此，区块链发展语言才呱呱落地，要让他们成为主流语言，它必须吸引开发者的兴趣。
Block.one旨在通过EOS全球黑客马拉松等项目帮助开发者采用该技术。EOS全球黑客马拉松在全球范围内共举办五次赛事，这些比赛会鼓励开发者探索区块链在现实生活的使用方法，2018年年底的决赛中，获胜者将获得超过150万美元的奖金。
区块链生态系统也需要新的商业和想法来发展壮大，外界投资也是一个重要的渠道。风投、对冲基金和其它的投资集团越来越把资本投入到区块链技术上面，他们的目标都是让世界上的商业发展起来。为了支持这个事业，Block.one创立一个价值十亿美元的风投部门，EOS VC，该部门关注投资和EOSIO协议相关的项目和企业家。
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和所有新兴科技一样，区块链继续进化和变化，新的困难也层出不穷，作为一个社区，我们努力解决这些问题，我们也乐观地相信，当我们解决之后，我们就会成功地创造一个更加安全、联系更紧密的世界。
原文/Original：
“The next generation of blockchain will be focused on scalability and consumer adoption”
Since its introduction, blockchain has been in a constant state of transformation. It is now at a critical stage of development and on the cusp of mainstream adoption. For this to occur, however, the sector needs to continue to work hard to make sure its platforms mature appropriately.
The first uses of blockchain served a singular purpose – the creation of an immutable ledger used to securely transfer funds between parties. This started the cryptocurrency era.
The next iteration of blockchain technology enabled the creation of smart contracts – programmable business agreements executed in code and built on the immutable, trustless nature of blockchains. This revolutionary development birthed a wide array of new disruptive business models by removing the need for trusted middlemen. Instead, the blockchain software became the middleman, executing coded agreements in the form of smart contracts between parties and facilitating business operations.
This generation of the technology had more extensive real-world utility. For example, smart contracts can be used to underwrite a blockchain-based ticketing system and reduce the influence of secondary markets, keeping prices reasonable and eliminating scalpers (middlemen).
Next-Generation Blockchain Technology
In the past year, we have seen the rise of so-called ‘next generation’ blockchain platforms which seek to solve the issues of scalability and speed by building on the technology’s existing foundation.
In the same way that web browsers revolutionized the internet by making shopping and digital communications easily accessible to people across the globe, the next generation of blockchain will be focused on scalability and consumer adoption.
Blockchain as a consumer grade technology is still in its early phases, but it has reached a critical stage of development this year, paving the way for adoption as a mainstream technology.
See also: The Top 10 New Blockchain Technologies
A key component to the success of this next-generation technology is solving performance issues that previously made it impossible for large-scale businesses to build “on-chain” – particularly in respect to transaction speeds and operating costs. Solving these problems, and others, will enable blockchain to go the “next level” and be adopted by the masses.
The speed and scalability issues are already being addressed. Platforms such as EOSIO are already achieving enterprise-grade transaction speeds and reliability and providing the infrastructure that will create the future of the internet.
What is Needed for Blockchain to go Mainstream?
The next challenge for the industry will be to continue to build on the existing foundations to enable the technology to fully reach enterprise grade. This requires even faster transaction speeds and reliability, large-scale organizational implementation of blockchain, a new generation of engineering talent, and a robust investment ecosystem to drive creation of new blockchain projects.
Next-generation platforms such as EOSIO are constructed to follow more familiar development patterns and include commonly used tools like accounts, authentication, databases and asynchronous communication. This allows for quick and easy deployment and maintenance of blockchain applications in a user-friendly way, thus making blockchain more accessible to the global developer community, and further encouraging broader adoption.
Read this: CIOs have 99 Problems and Blockchain Adoption Ain’t (Yet) One
Large scale adoption by businesses will take time. As blockchain continues to develop, it will become more apparent how it can deliver value, reduce costs and create efficiencies for businesses. CIOs will then naturally adopt it, as with any technology.
It’s the responsibility of leading blockchain companies to provide job opportunities, training, and support to the developer ecosystem, removing obstacles to adoption for developers interested in learning new platforms. Blockchains have global reach and potential, and global developer initiatives and awareness-building can be beneficial to the ecosystem.
One of the greatest challenges for any new technology is attracting the right talent, and this is true of blockchain as well. Blockchain development languages are still in their infancy and must attract the interest of developers before they become mainstream.
At Block.one, we aim to help developers to adopt the technology through events such as the EOS Global Hackathon Series – a five-event global competition that encourages developers to explore real world use-cases for blockchain and will award more than US$1.5 million in prizes by the end of 2018.
The blockchain ecosystem also needs new businesses and ideas to grow and thrive, and outside investment is an important channel for this. VCs, hedge funds and other investment groups are increasingly deploying capital into blockchain technologies with the aim of helping businesses in the space to scale. A proponent of this, Block.one has created a US$1 billion VC unit, EOS VC, which focuses on investing in projects and entrepreneurs related to the EOSIO protocol.
Beyond the Horizon
As with any burgeoning technology, blockchain continues to evolve and change, with new obstacles emerging constantly. As a community, we are hard at work to solve these challenges, and are optimistic that when we do, we will have succeeded in creating a more secure and connected world.
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Block.one on Securing the Future of Blockchain Technology
