The 2018 is the first critical year for public-chain competition. Many blockchain projects launched in 2017 will usher in the first wave of major network launches this year.

According to the data from coindesk, the number of blockchain projects launched in 2017 reached 343, which is five times more than the total number added in the past three years. The financing amount was US$5.48 billion, which is 18 times that of the past three years.

The significance of the launch of the mainnet?

First, based on the ERC-20 token's original mission, it needs to be destroyed. The project party will generally convert the original token to 1:1 as the main currency after the mainnet is launched.

Secondly, the launch of the mainnet means that the project is initially implemented, and subsequent business activities make sense. For example, a large number of DAPPs can be developed on it, and the good intentions described in the white papers of different chains really start to be tested by users. How to involve more technology developers, miners (projects using POW mechanisms), and coin holders It will allow enterprises and institutions in different industries to recognize it, which will bring great challenges to the technology and operations of the project.

So although the mainline is a milestone, it is only the beginning of a difficult road.

What are the top 20 currencies of the market that have the main net to launch?

EOS (ranked fifth, market value $9.8 billion)

EOS (Enterprise Operation System) is a brand new blockchain-based smart contract platform led by Block.one, which aims to provide low-level blockchain platform services for high-performance distributed applications. The goal of the EOS project is to implement an operating system-like blockchain architecture that supports distributed applications. The architecture can provide accounts, identity authentication, databases, asynchronous communications, and program scheduling and parallel operations on tens of thousands of CPU/GPU clusters. EOS can eventually support millions of transactions per second, while ordinary users perform smart contracts without paying for usage.

The EOS mainnet is expected to start on June 1, 2018. At the same time, the EOS super node election is also in progress.

TRON (ninth place, market value $4.7 billion)

TRON is a blockchain-based content entertainment application service provider. Through the use of blockchain and distributed storage technologies, an open source decentralized content entertainment protocol system based on blockchain is constructed to provide developers with cross-protocol entertainment application development infrastructure to help each user freely publish, store and own data. . At the same time, users can enjoy the benefits and services brought by the development of the content main body by purchasing digital assets TRX.

According to the plan, TRON will launch a virtual machine on May 25, finish the main line on May 31, start the token migration on June 21, and conduct the first 27 super representative elections on June 26.

VECHAIN (ranked 16th, market value $1.9 billion)

The VeChain platform is a global account-based information interaction and cooperation cloud platform based on block technology. Connecting the API with the application layer digitizes people, things or things in the real world, and realizes the interconnection and interconnection of information. Through the smart contracts based on actual applications in the industry, collaboration and value transfer in different scenarios are realized, thus mapping the real world of the business to the blockchain. Through cross-platform, cross-enterprise, cross-industry, and cross-border interconnection and cooperation, a brand-new business model is created to provide “trust services” for the participating parties.

The team constantly updated the community about the progress of the mainnet and the new features and dynamics of its platform. The launch also requires a new token name, from ERC-20-based VEN to VeChain Thor-based VET. We are likely to see VEN become VET on June 30.

What happened to the blockchain project on the mainnet?

NEO, Metaverse, Qtum, AChain, and most recently BTM have launched the mainnet. Looking at the various project homepages, the number of DAPPs on NEO is 52, the number on Qtum is 25, and the number on Achain is 13 from the number of DAPPs.

In terms of the number of assets, there are 18 types of assets other than small ant and small ant coins announced on the NEO. A considerable portion of the assets have not been traded in the past year. There are 188 Metaverse assets, but it's easy to see from the asset issuer's name that most of them may be developers who are curiously tested and have little practical value. The assets on Qtum are listed in the form of tokens, numbering more than 170, but the number of tokens for holders of more than 100 people is only 25. There are 80 contracts and assets on the Achain, and they are very active.

At present, NEO has a market value of 4.5 billion U.S. dollars, a market value of 0.33 billion U.S. dollars, Qtum market value of 1.6 billion U.S. dollars, an Achain market value of 161 million U.S. dollars, and a BTM market value of 747 million U.S. dollars.