Today there is considerable interest in deploying blockchains and decentralized ledger technology as a means to address the deficiencies of current financial and digital asset infrastructures. The focal point of attention in many projects on digital asset and cryptocurrency is centered around blockchain systems and smart contracts. Many projects seek to make the blockchain as the centerpiece of the new decentralized world of finance. However, several roadblocks and challenges currently face this predominant blockchain-centric view. In this paper we argue that the proper and correct perspective on decentralized economy should be one that is asset-centric, where the goal should be the consistent lifecycle management of assets in the real-world with their digital representation on the blockchain. We introduce the notion of the digital twin to capture the relationship between a real-world asset and its on-chain representation. A digital twin container is utilized to permit off-chain state persistence and on-chain state traceability, where the container can be deployed on the blockchain as well as on traditional application servers. The digital twin container becomes the bridge between legacy infrastructures and the newly emergent blockchain infrastructures, permitting legacy systems to interoperate consistently with blockchain systems. We believe this asset-centric view to be the correct evolutionary direction for the nascent field of blockchains and decentralized ledger technology.
翻译:今天,人们非常希望部署供应链和分散分类账技术,作为解决当前金融和数字资产基础设施缺陷的手段。数字资产和加密货币方面的许多项目的焦点焦点集中在链锁系统和智能合同上。许多项目力求将链锁作为新的分散金融世界的中心。然而,目前这种以块链为中心的主要观点面临若干障碍和挑战。在本文中,我们认为,对分散经济的正确和正确观点应当是资产中心,目标应该是对现实世界中的资产进行持续的生命周期管理,在链锁上有其数字代表。我们引入数字双对子的概念,以捕捉现实世界资产与其链上代表之间的关系。数字双对子集装箱被用来允许离链式国家持久性和链式国家可追踪性,集装箱既可以部署在块链条上,也可以部署在传统的应用服务器上。数字双向集装箱成为遗留的基础设施与新涌现的连锁基础设施之间的桥梁,从而使得遗留的系统能够与链链链系统保持同步的相互操作。我们认为,这种以数字双对数字双联式技术的观念可以成为供应链的正向方向。