Bitcoin is a virtual currency invented in late 2008 and early 2009. He published an article "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System". Blockchain technology is a technology he uses. In other words, Bitcoin is the world's first "decentralized" digital currency. In order to invent it, Satoshi Nakamoto created a new technology and named it "blockchain". In 2019, the country placed great emphasis on accelerating the development of blockchain technology and industry in collective learning. An important characteristic of blockchain is that it is decentralized, cannot be tampered with, and cannot be forged.
The application of blockchain technology to our society will have an important impact on our production and life. Blockchain technology widely serves the financial and real economic fields, and this is where it started. Almost all industries involve transactions and require an honest and reliable trading environment as a prerequisite for the healthy development of the industry. Blockchain creates trust through mathematical principles rather than third-party intermediaries, which can reduce system maintenance costs and improve service efficiency for users. In the publishing industry, blockchain technology can trace the source and protect copyright. Because blockchain technology cannot be tampered with or forged, digitally stored copyright information will always exist as "evidence". Protecting copyright can improve people's awareness of intellectual property protection. Reject piracy, support genuine editions, and protect the rights of authors. In the media industry, block technology can realize information sharing and data liberation, breaking the information barriers between various media. It allows limited reporters and editors to have a large amount of materials, which greatly saves the cost of manual collection and sorting of data. In addition, based on the blockchain, the plan to respond to public opinion will be highly accurate.
Blockchain technology will definitely have great potential in the future. Now it is a new technology, and people may not be familiar with it, so their acceptance is not high. However, with the support of national policies, the advantages of blockchain technology have become more prominent, and the fields of application will be more extensive in the future.