
Why doesn't the A-share market grow in line with economic growth?
Note: These are Roey Li's informal and unofficial translations, with full credit given to the original authors and texts linked below. I occasionally translate and share insightful reviews on contemporary Chinese economic and social issues. Source: 青年志Youthology Date: July 19, 2024 Original Mandarin: A股为什么不随经济增长而增长 Original Author: 李厚辰 (Houchen Li) Cover Page: Reuters TL;DR: In this article, Li explores the puzzling disconnect between China's economic growth and its stagnant stock m...

Why doesn't the A-share market grow in line with economic growth?
Note: These are Roey Li's informal and unofficial translations, with full credit given to the original authors and texts linked below. I occasionally translate and share insightful reviews on contemporary Chinese economic and social issues. Source: 青年志Youthology Date: July 19, 2024 Original Mandarin: A股为什么不随经济增长而增长 Original Author: 李厚辰 (Houchen Li) Cover Page: Reuters TL;DR: In this article, Li explores the puzzling disconnect between China's economic growth and its stagnant stock m...

A little history of software crypto wallet (where we come from)
IntroductionGeoffrey Moore discusses in his seminal work "Crossing the Chasm" how all new ideas spread along a bell-shaped curve, with the majority falling into a main chasm between the early market and the mainstream market. Businesses that successfully adapt their product and occasionally their business strategy to meet the needs of the early majority, who differ from early adopters, are those that take this risky leap. This concept also applies to the crypto wallet market. For example, in ...

A little history of software crypto wallet (where we come from)
IntroductionGeoffrey Moore discusses in his seminal work "Crossing the Chasm" how all new ideas spread along a bell-shaped curve, with the majority falling into a main chasm between the early market and the mainstream market. Businesses that successfully adapt their product and occasionally their business strategy to meet the needs of the early majority, who differ from early adopters, are those that take this risky leap. This concept also applies to the crypto wallet market. For example, in ...

Scroll: the “endgame” of L2 scaling
TL&DR:The succinctness feature of zero-knowledge proof (zkp) makes it stand out as a solution to Ethereum Layer 2 scalabilityThe mathematical language of zkp is not compatible with Solidity, making it very hard for developers to port their contracts on Rollups using zero-knowledge proofs, thus several solutions emergeWe believe Scroll, the EMV-compatible zkVM is a long-term driven and the most practical approach given its unique technical approach, close work relationship with Ethereum Founda...

Scroll: the “endgame” of L2 scaling
TL&DR:The succinctness feature of zero-knowledge proof (zkp) makes it stand out as a solution to Ethereum Layer 2 scalabilityThe mathematical language of zkp is not compatible with Solidity, making it very hard for developers to port their contracts on Rollups using zero-knowledge proofs, thus several solutions emergeWe believe Scroll, the EMV-compatible zkVM is a long-term driven and the most practical approach given its unique technical approach, close work relationship with Ethereum Founda...

前往COSMOS前夕,dYdX2022年基本面和财务表现分析
TLDRdYdX作为一款定位为去中心化衍生品交易平台,在用户体验、产品功能方面都做到了和CEX近似的流畅体验,但是其中心化的订单薄、订单匹配引擎和StartEx不开源的技术方案,使其仍然是一款中心化程度很高的产品作为Defi衍生品龙头项目,dYdX的交易量占比达到70%左右。2022年d实现1.28亿美元的营收,但是因为支付了高额的挖矿和质押奖励吸引用户和做市商,使得项目仍然处于亏损状态,新一季度的三项提案有效减轻了成本端支出dYdX的项目收益由母公司dYdX Trading Inc.所有,而成本端支出由代币持有人以币价稀释的形式承担。dYdX代币本质上是治理代币,经济效用很低,表现为价格长期萎靡2023年下半年dYdX成功搭建COSMOS应用链、实现完全去中心化是$dYdX实现更大的经济价值的关键dYdX最近因为推迟投资人的代币解锁期而再次进入大众的视野,在Starknet运行了2年之后即将迁往Cosmos建立自己的独立应用链。作为最早开始做借贷、闪电贷和永续合约的龙头Defi应用,dYdX一直在各项数据上表现良好,然而其代币价格却从最高的27美元跌落过95%,目前维持在发币价...

前往COSMOS前夕,dYdX2022年基本面和财务表现分析
TLDRdYdX作为一款定位为去中心化衍生品交易平台,在用户体验、产品功能方面都做到了和CEX近似的流畅体验,但是其中心化的订单薄、订单匹配引擎和StartEx不开源的技术方案,使其仍然是一款中心化程度很高的产品作为Defi衍生品龙头项目,dYdX的交易量占比达到70%左右。2022年d实现1.28亿美元的营收,但是因为支付了高额的挖矿和质押奖励吸引用户和做市商,使得项目仍然处于亏损状态,新一季度的三项提案有效减轻了成本端支出dYdX的项目收益由母公司dYdX Trading Inc.所有,而成本端支出由代币持有人以币价稀释的形式承担。dYdX代币本质上是治理代币,经济效用很低,表现为价格长期萎靡2023年下半年dYdX成功搭建COSMOS应用链、实现完全去中心化是$dYdX实现更大的经济价值的关键dYdX最近因为推迟投资人的代币解锁期而再次进入大众的视野,在Starknet运行了2年之后即将迁往Cosmos建立自己的独立应用链。作为最早开始做借贷、闪电贷和永续合约的龙头Defi应用,dYdX一直在各项数据上表现良好,然而其代币价格却从最高的27美元跌落过95%,目前维持在发币价...

以太坊发展史梳理---迈入ETH2.0权益证明机制的必要性
想要了解Web3生态的搭架,梳理出未来的发展发现,读懂公链之王,以太坊的原理和发展路径是必不可少的。本文将从三个方面梳理以太坊的发展历史,带你一起读懂ETH的创立初衷,转变以及现在所处的阶段。以太坊的设计初衷和比特币有什么不同为什么权益制证明对于以太坊生态的发展好于工作量证明以太坊目前的发展阶段到哪里了以太坊与比特币的设计原理对比比特币创立了一个基于工作量证明共识机制(proof of work)的点对点交易的去中心化加密货币,本质上是一个记录交易数据的完全公开的账本。在比特币的基础上,2014年Vitalik提出了以太坊(Etherum),一个去中心化的开源的,运用智能合约搭建Dapp(Decentralized App)的区块链平台。共识机制:不同于中心化网络系统的权力高度集中,对于分布式系统来说,网络中哪个节点拥有记录数据的权利是需要全社区达成一致共识的,不同的社区会采取不同的共识机制来实现公平公正和防止恶意攻击。比如BTC选择的是Proof of Work工作量证明,即哪个节点率先完成一个庞大的数学运算得出结果,经过其他的节点检验,就可以拥有这个区块的记账权。以太坊和比特...

以太坊发展史梳理---迈入ETH2.0权益证明机制的必要性
想要了解Web3生态的搭架,梳理出未来的发展发现,读懂公链之王,以太坊的原理和发展路径是必不可少的。本文将从三个方面梳理以太坊的发展历史,带你一起读懂ETH的创立初衷,转变以及现在所处的阶段。以太坊的设计初衷和比特币有什么不同为什么权益制证明对于以太坊生态的发展好于工作量证明以太坊目前的发展阶段到哪里了以太坊与比特币的设计原理对比比特币创立了一个基于工作量证明共识机制(proof of work)的点对点交易的去中心化加密货币,本质上是一个记录交易数据的完全公开的账本。在比特币的基础上,2014年Vitalik提出了以太坊(Etherum),一个去中心化的开源的,运用智能合约搭建Dapp(Decentralized App)的区块链平台。共识机制:不同于中心化网络系统的权力高度集中,对于分布式系统来说,网络中哪个节点拥有记录数据的权利是需要全社区达成一致共识的,不同的社区会采取不同的共识机制来实现公平公正和防止恶意攻击。比如BTC选择的是Proof of Work工作量证明,即哪个节点率先完成一个庞大的数学运算得出结果,经过其他的节点检验,就可以拥有这个区块的记账权。以太坊和比特...