Experts discuss
The author wrote this book based on his three years of personal practice in the field of blockchain innovative technology applications, which is expected to help readers broaden their horizons when they understand this new technology of blockchain.
He Jifeng Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, computer software expert
Mao Zhihong and I met at the beginning of the birth of the Internet in China. We are both technology enthusiasts and entrepreneurs, and we firmly believe that the Internet can make the world a better place. Technological progress never stops, and the development of blockchain technology is still in its early stages. I am very happy to see him once again standing at the forefront, forging ahead, and creating a cloud computing platform for developers to develop and deploy blockchain applications. I agree with Mao Zhihong’s bold deconstruction and analysis of the essence of the blockchain in the book. I think that there is actually not much difference in technology between the blockchain and the database. The core of the blockchain is a more decentralized distributed ledger system, while the database is a more centralized ledger. The two technologies are integrated. With the vision and experience of a computer expert and Internet entrepreneur, Mao Zhihong systematically shared his blockchain cognition and practical cases. This book is worth reading.
Ding LeiFounder and CEO of NetEase
As Mao Zhihong’s colleague at Microsoft for many years, I applaud him for his persistence in exploring and innovating at the forefront of software, Internet, and blockchain technology for many years. This book shows his industry history in the process of building the world’s first blockchain 3.0 development platform, as well as the broad vision and rich experience he has developed, bringing readers the latest innovative ideas and practical technologies.
Zhou Ming Vice President of Microsoft Research Asia
This book reveals the cutting-edge architecture model of the blockchain, and gives a comprehensive explanation of the application status of the public chain and alliance chain. The book analyzes and sorts out the misunderstandings in the blockchain field, and points out the development direction of blockchain applications in the future, which will help policy makers, business and IT professionals to establish suitable blockchain economic development strategies or technical routes.
Joe Jin Vice President of Inspur Group, CEO of Inspur America
My understanding of Mao Zhihong can be traced back to the first wave of decentralization in Web 2.0. We are all innovators and entrepreneurs who empower users such as social networks, blogs, and social media, and bring the Internet back to “decentralization”. Three years ago, Mao Zhihong entered the blockchain field. I am not surprised, because this is the inevitable choice of a geek who always pursues the original intention of Internet decentralization. I am happy to see that when he introduces the history and trends of blockchain technology and shares the case experience of the application of his technology in the book, he insists on his own views and judgments.
Wang Jianshuo Founder of People’s Network
Mao Zhihong is my student. We have been in close contact for more than 20 years, and I have witnessed him persist in researching software, Internet and blockchain technology, and accumulate rich entrepreneurial experience in culturally different environments such as China, Europe and the United States. Today, Mao Zhihong devotes himself to the blockchain and is determined to innovate. This book is a phased summary and sharing of his front-line practice in the industry. It is believed that readers can gain new cognitions and profound insights that are not found in other blockchain books.
Dong YishengProfessor, Department of Computer Science, Southeast University
Mao Zhihong is a serial entrepreneur spanning the era of software, Internet and blockchain. The reason why ArcBlock, which he founded three years ago, became the first blockchain project of IFC Investment is because I very much agree with ArcBlock’s vision: to liberate the productivity of developers by greatly reducing the threshold for blockchain development, thereby popularizing the application of blockchain technology, and laying the foundation for the transformation and upgrading of the Internet of Information to the Internet of Value. In the past three years, Mao Zhihong has led the team to build ArcBlock into an internationally leading blockchain development platform from scratch, and put his and his team’s latest knowledge and first-line practice on blockchain technology into writing, forming a forward-looking and practical blockchain popularization book. It is commendable and I solemnly recommend it.
Lin Jiaxi, Founder of Guojin Investment, Chairman of Shenzhen Alumni Association of Southeast University
From the essence and development trend of blockchain technology to breaking misunderstandings and myths about blockchain, to the multi-layer decision-making framework of enterprise application blockchain, and then to examples of blockchain application progress, this book is in-depth, from basic concepts to in-depth understanding, from decision-making framework to actual combat cases, from shallow to deep, from virtual to real, from surface to point. Whether it is an ordinary reader who is interested in the blockchain, or an institutional decision-maker considering the application of the blockchain, after reading this book, he can form a complete understanding and benefit a lot.
Cui Huishen, Founding Partner of Rongming Investment
As a long-time friend of Mao Zhihong, I have witnessed that he has been at the forefront of global software, Internet, and blockchain technology for more than 20 years, insisting on exploration and innovation. He is in the innovation and entrepreneurship environments of China, Europe, and the United States, and has rich experience and personal experience. Especially in the field of blockchain technology, he is not a researcher on the sidelines, but an innovator in front-line practice. He founded ArcBlock three years ago and created the world’s first cloud computing platform designed for the development and deployment of blockchain applications. Therefore, unlike many blockchain books compiled based on second-hand materials, this book is based on the author’s own vision in the industry. When readers read this book, it is like being directly in the cockpit of an airplane in flight, and they can gain completely different new cognitions and gains.
Su LiangVice President of Cheetah Mobile Investment
There are a lot of books on the blockchain on the market, most of which focus on the details of technical principles and the introduction of applications in the monetary and financial fields, and are full of new terms and concepts. This book breaks out of the mold and introduces the development history, technological trends and applications of blockchain for readers who do not have background knowledge in computers and financial technology. It helps them gain a panoramic understanding from a higher perspective and form their own cognitive judgments on how to apply blockchain technology.
Wang LingHuatai Securities Co-Head of Information Technology Department
Different from many books that put the blockchain on the altar and advocate that it is a “panacea” that can cure all diseases, this book firmly grasps the essential positioning of “blockchain is computer technology”. The identity technology has found a way for today’s Internet to overcome the limitations of increasingly centralized monopoly and transform and upgrade to the value Internet. From this point of view, this book is worth reading. As a strategic partner of ArcBlock, we believe that through the powerful platform of ArcBlock, we can create a global chain sandbox world.
Jingtao Founder and CEO of Gravitational Wave Interactive
The infrastructure of blockchain technology is still in the early stage of rapid change. Zhihong Mao and ArcBlock have provided a number of important new ideas and new modules. Among them, the one that impressed me the most is undoubtedly “weaving chains into a network”. The future blockchain world will be a super large network composed of many blockchain networks. We look forward to the ideas put forward in this book to help the future.
Fang Jun, Advisory Partner of Huobi University, Author of “Blockchain Super Introduction”
Mao Zhihong is a serial entrepreneur. He has experienced the rise of the classical Internet, promoted the popularization of the mobile Internet, and then devoted himself to the blockchain world. We have had many face-to-face exchanges in Beijing, Shanghai, Seattle, Silicon Valley and other places, and have interacted in different online virtual communities for a long time. I thank him for his selfless sharing of his experience and observations on databases, software development, and open platform network effects. Now, he has summarized his thoughts on blockchain technology and the development trend of the industry into a book, which is worth reading and shared with everyone. This will allow more people to discuss and explore this emerging field full of unknown areas.
Feng Liu Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Lianwen
The application of blockchain technology is moving from the virtual cyber world to all walks of life offline, entering a new stage of “blockchain industrialization”. The story of the rise of unicorns and the realization of new value will repeat itself again. For those committed to seizing this new opportunity, this book is a window into the frontier.
Editor-in-chief Cheng Manqi Jiazi Guangnian
Undoubtedly, the blockchain has been a prominent study in the past two years, and related articles and books have emerged one after another, introducing the basic concepts, technical principles and application prospects of the blockchain in considerable detail, but most of them are vague about how the blockchain technology should be applied, what are the specific application scenarios, and what are the values. The highlight of this book is not only to allow readers to gain a comprehensive understanding of the blockchain, so as to form an accurate understanding, but also to implement the actual application of blockchain technology. The author generously shared the first-hand information of himself and the ArcBlock team he led from the front line of blockchain innovation and entrepreneurship, which helped enterprise managers evaluate the multi-layer decision-making framework using blockchain technology, and the team participated in a series of government blockchain project seminars and tenders, and cooperated with corporate customers in various industries to develop 11 project cases and products in the four scenarios of data chaining, decentralized identity, blockchain certificates, and sharing economy.
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