This article mainly discusses the next trend in the software industry: blockchain, and its impact on the entire industry. The core of the blockchain certainly has a technical part, but its greatest value is its transformation of traditional value distribution due to its economic characteristics.
Charging issues
The first problem to be solved when the software industry was born was the issue of charging, or copyright. So far, China has not solved this problem very well. For example, China’s development and design team has a natural advantage that is not very popular. That is, there is a high probability that the tools and software on our computers are better than those of foreign teams, but most of them are not. Genuine.
However, the blockchain world can fundamentally subvert the payment model of traditional software. The best example currently is Ethereum. Ethernet charges through Gas, and the amount of Gas is charged according to the amount of calculation. That’s right, every addition, subtraction, multiplication and division can be done in such detail.
Software outsourcing
Another huge industry in the traditional software world: software outsourcing.
The software outsourcing industry has always had an irreconcilable contradiction: what outsourcing companies pursue is the shortest time, the lowest labor cost, and the most money. What the project party pursues is to use the least amount of money to obtain high-quality, long-term maintainable software products. The existence of this contradiction makes it almost impossible for both parties to have a common goal. Instead, all energy is consumed in intrigues during the product acceptance stage.
In the blockchain era, the contract between the project party and the outsourcing company will be conducted directly through tokens. Because the value of the token is directly related to the quality of the software, it will be easier for the outsourcing company and the project party to Agree on goals. The gradual release of tokens through smart contract locking can solve long-term problems.
Open source software
Github is a great product of the Internet era. It is called the largest gay dating website because most of its programmers contribute code to open source software without compensation because of their love. . But the question is, if open source software generates value, shouldn’t that value be shared with its producers?
In the future, there will definitely be a Github based on blockchain and Token, and each project can realize value through Token. Some people call the Token model a way to reward coders. With this new model, the value of the open source community will be further enhanced.
Software deployment, release and sales
The core value of Internet Apps: helping users bear responsibilities and risks, including system construction, server operation and maintenance, etc. Because of the existence of Internet companies, we don’t have to be a personal webmaster like in the early days of the Internet. Writing a blog starts with buying a server yourself. Of course, at the same time, Internet companies also obtain a large amount of personal user data and gain huge benefits from it.
In the blockchain DApp era, the concept of Internet companies should disappear. Decentralized organizations such as EOS will provide server support, operation and maintenance, and data storage. The open source community is responsible for code development and product design. Ordinary users will play two roles: DApp users who can control their own data, and DApp investors.
