#NFTsummer A few weeks ago, we interviewed Xixi Huang (AW#17) in Mandarin and as the AppWorks Fellow who helps us out on the blockchain side, Xixi has a lot of ideas that are worth sharing to a bigger audience. Here's his interview in English:
西西 (Xixi) 黃士晉 is an AppWorks #17 alumni and co-founder of Rydeit. His mission is to bring the applications of blockchain to everyday life because he believes that blockchain can make the world a more fair and better place. As an AppWorks Fellow, he is responsible for guiding founders to think about blockchain and providing insights on blockchain-related investment deals. Before AppWorks, he led his previous team to build more than 10 dapps, including famous games in Taiwan such as 柚子打魚 and Shrimp.Finance. Within a month of launching these games, they had amassed over NT$ 100M (~US$ 3.5M) in transactions. His favorite pastime is traveling with his grandma, and his ultimate goal is to persuade her to buy Bitcoin!
Check out what Xixi has to say about blockchain and NFTs.
#NFTevolution
I started to learn how to write smart contracts in 2016, and learned the entire logic of ERC-20 for tokens and ERC-721 for NFTs. While I was learning about NFTs, I realized that the combination of NFTs with video games was very fitting. In video games, the treasure and equipment you collect becomes virtual assets as NFTs. And the process of using smart contracts to exchange items was very efficient on the blockchain.
At the end of 2018, I designed and created a zombie video game, integrating the concept of playing and drawing cards and packs. Within a pack were 3 NFTs with zombies on them. As a player, the more cards with zombies you collect, the higher your score, and the more tokens you can ultimately earn. From this game, I got connected to other game manufacturers and publishers who were also interested in creating virtual game assets through NFTs. We all had the same idea -- NFTs can bring more meaning and value to the players.
However at the time, many people in the market still believed that tokens and games were riddled with fraud. Since the lifecycle of video games can be short, many traditional gaming companies in the end didn’t find it worthwhile to learn how to integrate NFTs or blockchain into their games.
While the nature of NFTs hasn’t changed, the market has evolved. People’s curiosities are growing, more applications are being developed, and more creators are cropping up. I think now is the right time to start talking to companies about how to integrate NFTs or blockchain into their businesses or games.
#NFTplayground
I think there are many opportunities to start a business these days, and people who want to start one should think about coming to blockchain. Not only is there a huge opportunity but the possibilities are endless. And within blockchain, NFTs currently offer the biggest opportunity. However, it can also pose a new challenge to the team’s endurance, because while easy to obtain traction and users with NFTs, the challenge lies in retaining them.
Similar to other blockchain applications in the past few years, when a new concept is invented, it’ll be flushed with many early users. However, because the surrounding infrastructure wasn’t in place, it was difficult for founders to make valuable extensions or applications. And many of these users don’t actually care about these blockchain products and they are only trying to leverage the ecosystem to make a quick buck. Once they earn all that they can, they will move on to another project.
Right now working on NFTs, you can collect a lot of data in a short amount of time and also make some income to keep you afloat. Founders should seize this opportunity to understand these users, then modify and optimize both their products and mentality to retain them.
Since there’s no geographical restriction on blockchain, I would encourage founders to look beyond your country and region in expanding your NFT products. Also, since blockchain is closely related to finance, if you don’t have a good pricing strategy (or token economics) for your NFT products, the prices might fluctuate greatly. You need to be prepared and remind your users of the risks, otherwise you’ll ultimately get scolded!!
#NFTera
This year, I finally consider myself an official NFT collector. I pay special attention to NFTs with contemporary significance, such as Hashmasks. It signals to the public that NFTs are not just for collecting but that game mechanics can also be applied to interact with users. If we look back ten years from now I’m confident to say that the project that really brought the NFT wave in 2021 would be Hashmasks.
In addition to veteran projects like Hashmasks, other collections I care a lot about are related to Metaverse, such as The Sandbox. I believe that the world will become more and more decentralized and virtual. It is very likely that the next generation will be immersed in a virtual world like Ready Player One, so I am also very optimistic about NFTs in digital worlds like The Sandbox.
The possibilities are endless when it comes to NFTs. Right now, few NFTs are connected with our daily lives. For example, I bought a Hashmask. If I want to show it in my apartment, I might still need to print it out. In the future, how will we connect NFTs to the physical world? I believe they can be applied in many ways, including frames, wallets, cars, house deeds, leases, etc. These products in daily life can be combined with NFTs. We just haven’t opened our imagination yet. It’s hard to imagine that only 20 years ago we were having a hard time believing in the power of the internet.
The development of science and technology not only relies on infrastructure, but also the user's learning curve. The world needs to talk about blockchain more, so that everyone will gradually become familiar with it and it’ll continue to evolve.
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Seniman Agung, Allahyarham Tan Sri P. Ramlee
Idea dan falsafah seninya jauh melangkaui masa. Sekitar 50 hingga 60 tahun lalu, beliau menempa kemasyhuran ketika dunia tidak memiliki apa-apa teknologi moden.
Mesti banyak cabaran yang Allahyarham terpaksa harungi dalam hidup beliau masa tu, tahun 1957.
Nak buat filem bukan senang ya? Nak cari pelakon, nak kamera, nak krew, nak lagu, nak modal bikin filem ...
Bukan senang ...
Kalau senang semua orang dah jadi seniman negara yang dikenang sepanjang zaman.
Tahun 1957, tahun yang kita baru Merdeka, baru nak bersatu hati, baru nak bangkit, baru nak bina negara semula dengan ilmu, kemudahan, ekonomi dan pelbagai cara lagi.
Kita berkongsi menonton filem Pendekar Bujang Lapok ini di kaca TV hitam putih 📺 (teknologi zaman 1957) dengan jiran seperti kenduri kampung, kita makan sama-sama, sorak sama-sama, gelak tawa sama-sama ...
Kita susah, tapi kita bahagia sebab kita berani bangkit bersama.
Jika mereka contoh generasi yang berani bangkit dengan apa yang ada di zaman mereka, dengan segala kekurangan dan kemudahan yang ada pada zaman itu, tiada teknologi semudah 5G, tiada handphone, tiada ilmu, tiada mentor, guru, makan pun hanya ubi kayu, gula melaka, telur dan ikan masin.
Apa yang kita nak mengadu dengan segala keselesaan dan kelebihan yang kita ada hari ini?
Adakah kita cukup bersyukur dengan apa yang kita ada sekarang?
Kita nak tunggu apa lagi untuk ubah hidup, pendapatan dan capai kebebasan dan kemerdekaan dalam hidup kita, keluarga kita?
Bila lagi kita nak mulakan dengan tindakan?
Esok? Lusa? Tahun depan?
Tahun depan pun tak tentu kita ada lagi peluang ni betul?
P. Ramlee, sehingga kini, seniman negara yang hidup dalam kenangan kita sepanjang zaman.
Ini legasi P. Ramlee untuk kita dan anak-anak kita. Seniman luar biasa yang telah beri kita gelak tawa, keseronokan, memori dan kenangan bahagia.
Apa pula legasi yang you nak cipta dan tinggalkan untuk masa depan you, keluarga you, anak-anak you?
Apa memori dan kemanisan hidup yang you nak berikan pada keluarga you?
Kita mungkin tak mampu tinggalkan legasi untuk negara kita, tapi kita mampu tinggalkan legasi untuk anak-anak kita, keluarga kita.
Siapa lagi nak bantu keluarga kita kalau bukan kita sendiri? Siapa lagi nak jaga keluarga kita kalau bukan kita sendiri?
Fikirkan masa depan you hari ini. Kita tak banyak masa nak tunggu lagi... Orang lain dah bangkit! Bila lagi bangsa kita nak bangkit?
Bangkit Berniaga Bangsaku!
#AzizanOsman
#IMKKSekaliIni
#BangkitBerniagaBangsaku
#MerdekakanBangsaKita
#SokongPerniagaanKecilSederhana
Great Artist, Deceased Tan Sri P. Ramlee
His idea and philosophy are far beyond time. About 50 to 60 years ago, he forged fame when the world had no modern technology.
There must be a lot of challenges that the deceased had to go through in his life at that time, year 1957.
It's not easy to make a movie? Want to find actors, want camera, want crew, want song, want capital to make films...
Not easy...
If it's easy everyone has become an artist of the country that is remembered all the time.
Year 1957, the year that we have just been independent, just about to unite, just about to rise, just about to build a country with knowledge, facilities, economics and many more ways.
We share watching this Lapok Single Warrior movie on the black and white TV glass 📺 (technology of 1957) with neighbors like village feasts, we eat together, cheerleader together, laugh together...
We are hard, but we are happy because we dare to rise together.
If they are an example of a generation who dares to rise up with what is in their era, with all the shortcomings and facilities that existed in that era, there is no technology as easy as 5 G, no handphone, no knowledge, no mentor, teacher, eating is Melaka sugar, egg and salted fish.
What do we want to complain about all the comfort and advantages we have today?
Are we thankful enough for what we have now?
What are we waiting for to change our lives, income and achieve freedom and freedom in our lives, our families?
When are we going to start with action?
Tomorrow? The day after tomorrow? Next year?
Next year we won't be sure to have this opportunity right?
P. Ramlee, until now, the country's artist who lives in our memories of all time.
This is P legacy. Ramlee for us and our children. The amazing artist who has given us laughter, fun, memories and happy memories.
What legacy do you want to create and leave for your future, your family, your children?
What memories and sweetness of life that you want to give to your family?
We may not be able to leave a legacy for our country, but we can leave a legacy for our children, our families.
Who else wants to help our family if not our own? Who else wants to take care of our family if not ourselves?
Think of your future today. We don't have much time to wait... Others have risen! When will our race rise again?
Rise up to my Bangs!
#AzizanOsman
#IMKKSekaliIni
#BangkitBerniagaBangsaku
#MerdekakanBangsaKita
#SokongPerniagaanKecilSederhanaTranslated
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[時事英文]到底誰在害怕抖音(TikTok)?
「在道德和私隱方面存在嚴重的問題」英文怎麼說?
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《華爾街日報》:
美國大學生對抖音的看法:
TikTok Is No Free App
Everyone I know uses TikTok. Especially during the pandemic, the video-sharing app has provided free entertainment for millions of teenagers. But serious ethical and privacy issues remain. ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, is based in Beijing and subject to Chinese laws that require companies to work with government intelligence agencies if asked. There can be no guarantee that your private information won’t be shared with the Chinese government.
1. TikTok 抖音(中國公司開發的軟體)
2. pandemic 全球大流行疫情
3. ethical and privacy issues 道德與隱私問題
4. sth’s parent company ……的母公司
5. be based in 將某地設為總部;以某處為主要地點
6. subject to 使服從;使隸屬;使遭受
7. government intelligence agencies 政府情報機構
我認識的人都在用抖音。尤其在大流行病期間,這個影片分享應用為數以百萬計的青少年提供了免費娛樂。然而,它在道德和私隱方面仍存在嚴重的問題。抖音母公司字節跳動的總部在北京,受中國法律約束,一旦有要求,企業就必須配合中國政府情報機構的工作。所以無法確保你的個人資訊不會被分享給中國政府。
Furthermore, TikTok censors unflattering information about China. The company says it has updated its moderation guidelines, which no longer reference specific countries and incidents, but whatever the official wording, the intent is clear. Using TikTok means acceding to this suppression of free speech and violation of our privacy. It might be fun to sing and dance with your friends, but don’t make the mistake of thinking it’s free.
8. censor unflattering information 審查不符上意的資訊
9. update its moderation guidelines 更新它的審查準則
10. no longer 不再
11. reference specific countries and incidents 提及具體的國家與事件
12. official wording 官方的措辭
13. the intent is clear 該意圖是明確的
14. accede to 答應;同意
15. the suppression of free speech 言論自由的壓迫
16. make the mistake of 犯下⋯⋯的錯誤
此外,抖音還會審查有關中國的負面資訊。抖音公司稱他們已經更新了審查準則,不再提及具體的國家和事件,但無論公司官方怎麼說,其審查意圖是明確的。使用抖音就意味著接受了其壓制言論自由和侵犯用戶私隱的做法。和朋友一起唱歌跳舞可能很有趣,但別錯誤地認為這一切是沒有代價的。
—John, Brown University, neuroscience
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Less Hype, More Fun
When it comes to privacy, TikTok worries me no more than U.S. social-media apps do. Mobile apps live in what technologists call a “sandbox.” Unlike apps on your computer, which have access to the whole machine, mobile apps can only view a limited portion of your data—the parts to which users give it access, such as your contacts. Sometimes they exceed the user agreements in certain limited ways, but deleting TikTok out of anxiety that the Chinese are reading your private text messages is irrational.
17. when it comes to… 當提及⋯⋯
18. no more than 最多;不超過;僅僅*
19. social-media apps 社群媒體應用程式
20. sandbox 沙盒
21. have access to 可以進入⋯⋯
22. a limited portion of ⋯⋯的一小部分
23. exceed the user agreements 超越用戶協議
24. out of anxiety 出於焦慮
25. irrational 不合理的;沒有理性的
說到私隱,抖音並不比美國的社交媒體應用更讓我擔心。行動應用程式位於技術專家所謂的「沙盒」當中,它與電腦上的應用程式不同,後者可連接訪問整臺機器,而前者只能查看到一小部分數據,即用戶允許它訪問的部分,比如你的通訊錄。雖然他們有時採取有限的方式超越用戶協議,但因擔心中國人會看到你私人資訊而刪除抖音是不理性的。
—Reed, University of Texas, finance
*no more than: https://bit.ly/2OXMbSK, https://bit.ly/3g71mVA
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The Real Problem
Privacy should be a concern, and it’s good to hear the federal government is at least looking into it. But the bigger issue with TikTok is the drain on productivity. If Instagram is caffeine, addictive but with a clear purpose, TikTok is cocaine. I have in mind friends of mine who rot their brains watching TikTok videos for hours at a time—all while on “five-minute study breaks.”
26. it’s good to hear 很高興聽到……
27. the federal government 聯邦政府
28. looking into sth 調查;研究
29. the drain on productivity 生產力耗盡
30. caffeine 咖啡因
31. addictive 使人上癮的
32. cocaine 古柯鹼
33. have sth in mind 想好;慮及
34. five-minute study breaks 讀書時的五分鐘休息時間
私隱問題應當受到關注,我很高興聽到聯邦政府至少在調查此事。但是抖音更大的問題是對生產力的消耗。如果說Instagram是令人上癮的咖啡因,但它至少目的明確,那麼抖音就是古柯鹼。我想起了我的一些朋友在「五分鐘學習休息」間隙,一看起抖音影片就是好幾個小時,看多了腦子都壞了。
—Sam, Columbia University, financial economics
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Join the Club
TikTok’s connection to China doesn’t concern me—almost every other social-media platform has equally difficult privacy concerns. Facebook is paying a $5 billion fine to the Federal Trade Commission for violating user privacy. Google keeps every search a user makes, and many Google services on Android devices and iPhones track the user’s location. I’ve no doubt that my iPhone, which was made largely in China and contains all my banking information, emails, text messages and more, gives Apple a frightening amount of information about me.
35. connection to 與⋯⋯的關係
36. privacy concerns 隱私顧慮
37. pay a fine 繳交罰金
38. violate user privacy 違反用戶隱私
39. track the user’s location 追蹤用戶的位置
40. have no doubt 毫無疑問
41. be made in china 是中國製造
42. banking information 銀行資訊
43. a frightening amount of information 數量驚人的資訊
我並不是很在意抖音與中國的關係,幾乎所有其他社交媒體平臺都存在同樣棘手的私隱問題。Facebook因侵犯用戶私隱被聯邦貿易委員會罰了50億美元。Google會記錄用戶的每一次搜索,且許多安卓設備和iPhone上的Google服務會追蹤用戶位置。我絕對相信我的iPhone給了蘋果公司大量關於我的資訊,裡面有我所有的銀行資訊、電子郵件、訊息等等,而iPhone大多是中國製造。
—Andrew, Georgetown University, government
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