Preface
Keywords: CDN, blockchain, routing, NAS
After 20 years of development, CDN technology has entered the 3.0 era, and the CDN service market is booming again. According to the 2018 CDN market report of the Qianzhan Industry Research Institute, the compound annual growth rate from 2004 to 2020 was as high as 37%.
Currently, CDN service providers are divided into three categories: traditional types represented by Wangsu Technology, cloud service types represented by Alibaba Cloud and Tencent Cloud, and blockchain upstarts represented by Jiexi, Xunlei, and Qvod.
The latter is a brand-new solution based on blockchain technology, intelligent hardware as the carrier, and CDN as the central service. Once launched, it aroused great response and welcome in the market.
Up to now, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued a total of 257 CDN licenses to the communications industry. Since the blockchain craze driven by Xunlei Wanke Cloud in the second half of last year, many domestic manufacturers have joined in, including routers such as Xinrui router, 360 router, Jirouter, Bihu router, Gehuatong router, and NAS routers. Such as Box, Feixun Tiantian Chain N1, Octopus Planet, My Home Cloud, etc., the blockchain routing + CDN represented by the blockchain router K3 intelligent hardware not only solves the last mile demand problem, but also Zoom down to Final meter.
The market seems to have seen the chemical changes produced by the combination of blockchain and CDN. It is believed that blockchain CDN will generate a considerable market in the next few years. It can be seen that some licensed CDN vendors are at the forefront of the market. Xunlei, Yunfan Accelerator, Baidu, 360, NetEase Cloud, Ideal, etc. have all successfully operated blockchain CDN technology and brands. Quickly deploy to seize market share.
Below, Zhongshi Media has compiled a list of the well-known blockchain CDN platforms on the market, mainly involving Xunlei, Diding Technology, Traffic Ore, etc., for reference by industry insiders.
thunder
The new generation of intelligent hardware "Wanke Cloud" and the blockchain virtual digital asset "LinkToken" launched by Xunlei in 2017 have been warmly welcomed by the market. The craze has continued into this year. As of February 2018, the number of reservations on Wanke Cloud's entire platform exceeded 35 million+, and JD.com's positive rating has always remained at 100%.
As an incentive tool in the shared computing ecosystem, LinkToken serves as a proof of work for shared computing resources, rewarding users in closed scenarios and redeeming goods or services related to shared computing resources; on the other hand, it serves as a consumption of shared computing resources. This proof will be fed back to all Wanke Cloud users by merchants in a closed scenario in the future.
Unlimited light load
Optical Network is the 26th batch of domestic companies to obtain CDN licenses. Its blockchain innovation business: The Innovation Research Institute relies on the Internet infrastructure services of the 21st Century Group to explore and create a new generation of Internet infrastructure that is more open and innovative. In order to explore disruptive innovations in cyberspace infrastructure assets and Internet finance, the Innovation Research Institute actively strengthens research on blockchain technology and standards, builds a new generation of cyberspace basic protocols, and promotes open source technology.
The Innovation Institute carries out blockchain cooperation with local governments, top industry scholars, and universities, establishes a blockchain ecosystem, exports blockchain technology and talents, operates a blockchain platform, and develops the blockchain economy through blockchain protocols. The ecosystem enables higher levels of blockchain applications. interconnection.
hearing technology
On March 20, 2018, Shenzhen Ideal Computing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Ideal Computing), an investment company of Chengdu Diting Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Diting Technology), won the fifth batch of CDN licenses in 2018. In fact, as early as the end of 2017, Diting Technology announced the official completion of its strategic investment in Ideal Computing. At present, the two parties have carried out in-depth cooperation in the field of blockchain and CDN business, laying a solid foundation for Diding Technology's diversified investment strategy. It not only deepens the exploration and innovation of blockchain, but also deposits high-quality distributed technology and opens a new model of shared computing.
Li Cheng, chairman and CEO of Diting Technology, said in his speech at the 6th Asia-Pacific CDN Summit: "Blockchain is the main research direction of the brand at present. 2018 is the first year of the take-off of the blockchain market, and it is also the year of the take-off of the blockchain market. This year is the year when the blockchain market is booming and the focus of global competition. The hottest topic at the two sessions in 2018 is blockchain. Internet giants have stated that blockchain technology has a disruptive effect.
According to statistics, intelligent routing equipment has completed relatively even coverage across the country. Wide-area coverage means fog computing, that is, edge computing CDN acceleration nodes reach a certain size.
Flow ore
The "Traffic Ore" project was established in June 2013 and released in September 2013. It is the pioneer of the global "shared CDN model" and the first innovative Internet of "sharing/sharing economy + idle bandwidth resources + digital commodity exchange" Product model". Since Uber is a representative company of the sharing economy, the traffic ore model was praised by the outside world as "the 'Uber' of CDN" when it was first launched. The traffic ore platform is essentially a cloud computing solution that uses the sharing economy model to play Convert to CDN to regain the value that was originally idle, redundant or even worthless. Converging many idle bandwidth and CPU resources such as personal handheld devices, home bandwidth, enterprise nodes, IDC computer rooms, etc., and optimizing real-time deployment and deployment through cloud computing Utilization effectively helps major video stations solve the problem of insufficient resource bandwidth and purchased bandwidth. The dilemma of the industry is low utilization.
The traffic ore platform includes two major products: 1. Mining platform, which helps computers, servers, smart hardware, mobile terminals and other devices contribute idle bandwidth and CPU, and measures players' contribution in units of "ore". 2. Communication platform. After players earn "ore", they can place an order on the exchange platform to entrust the exchange, thereby achieving the purpose of using idle bandwidth to serve others and gaining the right to exchange and use shared CDN ecological services. The core management and R&D members of the team mainly come from well-known domestic companies such as Tencent, Xunlei, and Qvod. Among them, R&D personnel account for more than 70%, and have strong technological R&D and innovation capabilities.
Geeks
Founded in March 2013, Jirou is the world's first manufacturer integrating the R&D, production and sales of smart router software and hardware. As of January 2015, it occupied more than 65% of the smart router market.
Through the bold innovation of combining traditional routers with smart Internet algorithms, the JiRoute team uses smart routers as a platform to provide users with diversified value-added services, improve users' WiFi experience, optimize operator network efficiency, and reduce operator investment costs. We will continue to work hard to bridge the last meter between operators and users. In 2013, Jirou received a total of US$20 million in financing from four investment institutions including GGV, Sinovation Ventures, KPCB, and MTK, becoming the second Internet hardware company to receive such financing after Xiaomi. . In the future, JiRoute will continue to lead the router industry to develop in a stable, easy-to-use, and intelligent direction, providing users with a better Internet experience through continuous innovation; at the same time, it will also invest more research and development efforts in the Internet of Things and smart home fields. field, Jirou has gradually become the control and intelligent center of home networks, thus driving the rapid development of the entire industry.
starry sky clouds
Xingyu Cloud, a subsidiary of CDN licensor Netcom Technology, uses LinkToken () generated based on blockchain technology to encourage a large number of ordinary users to join the shared computing ecosystem. At the same time, it is the first to use LinkToken () to reward and measure users’ shared computing, combined with synchronization. Online high-performance blockchain allows enterprise users to experience the innovative genes of blockchain technology and enjoy cost-effective cloud computing services.
The technological innovation of the network has created a high-performance blockchain with high concurrency and second-level confirmation capabilities of one million TPS. On this basis, an open platform for blockchain technology applications has been built, allowing companies to easily integrate their products and services. On the chain, in the shared ecology, the rewards generated through blockchain technology and the shared resources of participating entities are measured, thereby forming a value cycle and reducing direct costs.
Boku Cloud
Boku Cloud is a blockchain product launched by Beijing Baofeng Xinying Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the video portal giant Baofeng Group. It is a private theater smart hardware that allows users to earn BFC points and has massive storage space. In idle state, relying on limited storage space and bandwidth can help users earn BFC points.
Recently, Baofeng Xinying announced the signing of a BCN service agreement with Ethereum Fog ETF (a public chain with fog computing as its core technology, branched from Ethereum). Both parties agreed that Baofeng Xinying will provide global node support for Ethereum Fog ET through BFC Boku Cloud. After the Ethereum fog ETF supports POC mining mode, Boku Cloud will directly support ETF mining. Previously, Baofeng Xinying had signed BCN agreements with three companies: Qtum, and Bit. Baofeng BFC relies on its massive storage space and utilizes idle storage space and bandwidth in non-working conditions to help Baofeng series software, third-party CDN business, and third-party blockchain business accelerate large file networks and even full nodes of the blockchain network. Deployment, during which users can earn BFC points.
360
360 released shared cloud router and shared cloud App products. The former will participate in the sharing plan, and the latter can monitor the work status and view cloud diamond income at any time.
It is reported that the contents of the 360 Shared Cloud Plan include: sharing idle bandwidth resources, computing resources, and storage space through 360 Shared Cloud products and providing them to those in need; establishing a 360 Cloud Diamond Incentive System, based on the bandwidth traffic and storage size contributed by users Provide corresponding rewards to encourage users to actively participate in the sharing plan and share idle resources; the decentralized computing underlying system based on blockchain technology is safe and stable, and the information cannot be tampered with, ensuring the authenticity and reliability of the data.
star box
"Interstellar Magic Box" is a home smart storage and "mining" device running on the "Interstellar Cloud". It is a product launched by Beijing Wangtan Network Technology Co., Ltd. "Cloud Moving" is the main business of Beijing Nettan Network Technology. "Cloud Moving" is a management tool for various cloud disks and home smart storage devices. It can realize cross-disk management, backup, mutual transmission and sharing of personal data. It also has social features.
"Cloud Moving" incentivizes storage and sharing by issuing "Tiger Coins", and registers user copyrights and modification records through the blockchain to protect user copyrights from infringement. Currently, Cloud Mobile will install the Cloud Mobile plug-in inside the operator's gateway. There is also an entrance to the cloud moving tool on Xiaomi’s official website and Xiaomi WiFi.
NetEase Planet
The financial blockchain zone project "Planet Base" launched by NetEase is basically still in the internal testing stage. The developer of this product is "NetEase Finance". According to the official announcement, it is a "blockchain-based ecological value sharing platform." According to the APP, it uses blockchain encrypted storage technology to help users manage digital assets and conduct black diamond transactions and settlements at the base.
With the launch of "Planet", we can guess that using several characteristics of the blockchain to build a decentralized data credit system to serve its own product ecosystem seems to be a direction that NetEase is interested in. With NetEase's technical strength and market share, it should occupy a place in the blockchain CDN market.
fiji news
Guangtong’s official mall has launched the new product Tiantian Chain N1 for 0 yuan, priced at 1,099 yuan. It is a new blockchain hardware product launched by Ficom. Focusing on the new generation of "new generation home professional NAS cloud disk", the data is covered by the entire network. Real-time storage, backup, reading, and sharing can be performed at any time through the mobile APP. After joining the platinum reward plan, you can use blockchain technology to access a professional cloud computing platform for mining and earn digital assets "Fixit Wins Every Day".
Feixun Tiantian Chain can be equipped with shared CDN and P2P technology to convert a large number of new Ficom routers and NAS products into shared nodes. Users will have massive shared P2P and CDN resources, obtain the content they need nearby, and support extremely fast remote downloads. Enjoy the ultimate experience brought by upload and download acceleration.
Baidu gold mine
On November 22, 2017, a P2P CDN product called "Baidu Gold Mine" was quietly launched. According to the official website, Baidu P2P CDN uses professional technology and cloud computing solutions to allow users to contribute idle home network traffic and obtain products in exchange for cash or cash equivalents. The official website of Baidu Gold Mine provides a mining machine application entrance, which is divided into public version and professional version. Users can submit personal information to apply for mining machines on the official website portal.
Regarding the product "Baidu Gold Mine", Baidu stated that the principle of Baidu P2P CDN is to use P2P download and sharing technology to collect idle storage and bandwidth from home users, package it into CDN services, and provide acceleration and storage services for products. It utilizes home users' spare storage and bandwidth. Home users access the P2P CDN network through the SDK provided by Baidu P2P CDN to provide storage, acceleration and distribution capabilities for other products.
in conclusion
If you want to learn more about "blockchain + CDN", you can attend the 7th Asia-Pacific CDN Summit held by the Asia-Pacific CDN Industry Alliance in 2019. "Blockchain + CDN" is one of the speech themes of this summit. one.
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