自从 CKB 将自身定位调整到 “BTC Layer2” 后,我对 CKB 的定位第一次有了强烈的共鸣。从 CKB 到 BTC 的这条路上,我们有了 RGB++ 协议和 Fiber 闪电网络,它们就像桥梁一样,给生态带来了可能性,因为这个可能性,市场在去年年初重新调整了对 CKB 的增长预期,但这个预期并没有维持下去,仅有基建是远远不够的,我们还需要在其上构建应用以证明它们的可用性,将 “可能性” 提升为 “确定性”。
Since CKB repositioned itself as a "BTC Layer2," I have felt a strong resonance with its direction for the first time. On the path from CKB to BTC, we now have protocols like RGB++ and Fiber Lightning Network, which act as bridges, bringing new possibilities to the ecosystem. It was precisely because of these possibilities that the market adjusted its growth expectations for CKB early last year. However, these expectations did not sustain themselves. Infrastructure alone is far from sufficient—we must also build applications on top of it to prove their usability, elevating "possibility" into "certainty.”
WarSpore · Saga 是一款集 PVE、PVP 和 UGC 于一体的运行在 CKB 上的全链游戏,同时也是 BTC 生态中的第一款全链游戏,它将验证 RGB++ 和 Fiber 的可用性,对 CKB 和 BTC 的生态发展都具有里程碑意义。
WarSpore · Saga is a fully on-chain game running on CKB that integrates PVE, PVP, and UGC, and is also the first fully on-chain game in the BTC ecosystem, making it a milestone achievement for both CKB and BTC ecosystems by validating the usability of RGB++ and Fiber.
CKB 生态常年把资源投注于基础设施的建设上,他们构建了一个内部精巧但外表朴素的城堡,幻想着 “有识之士” 或 “志同道合” 的人无意间走进来,震颤于其精巧的设备和结构,于是愿意自发的为这座看起来朴素的城堡,粉刷上自己的色彩。但谁知,多年过去了,城墙上只有零星的几处颜色,还是那么原汁原味的朴素。为什么?这是 CKB 一直在思考的,或许城堡的内部构造还不够精巧,或者那些所谓的 “志同道合” 的人,不过是随波逐流的浮萍罢了,但好像鲜少有人看到,城堡其实更像是一座孤岛,缺少迎接旅人的 “桥梁”。
The CKB ecosystem has for years focused its resources on infrastructure development, building a castle that is intricate on the inside but plain on the outside, fantasizing that "people of insight" or "like-minded" individuals would stumble upon it, be awestruck by its sophisticated equipment and structure, and willingly paint their own colors onto this seemingly plain castle. But as it turns out, years have passed, and only a few scattered patches of color have appeared on the castle walls—it remains as authentically plain as ever. Why? This is what CKB has been contemplating. Perhaps the internal structure of the castle is not sophisticated enough, or maybe those so-called "like-minded" people are merely drifting duckweed going with the flow. But few seem to notice that the castle is actually more like an isolated island, lacking the "bridge" to welcome travelers.
这个桥梁,即是物理上的桥梁,如完善的 SDK 和文档,也是意识上的桥梁,如精心设计的让人耳目一新的 App。回到城堡的比喻,CKB 需要能让旅人越过雷池的宽大、平展的桥梁,也需要精美、吸睛的外部城墙。但令人唏嘘的是,吸引旅人需要漂亮的城墙,而漂亮的城墙,却被期望着由旅人来绘制,因为他们坚信,这些旅人当中一定存在着愿意为 “理想” 付出的人,即他们所谓的 “志同道合”。然而事实却很残酷,在当前环境里,“理想” 才是那个最不值钱、最没有吸引力的东西,在大家都还在为生存焦头烂额的时候,理想是大家想拿但不敢拿的奢侈品,而投机才是那个最显眼的精神毒药。
This bridge is both a physical bridge, such as comprehensive SDKs and documentation, and a conceptual bridge, such as carefully designed apps that feel fresh and innovative. Returning to the castle metaphor, CKB needs broad, smooth bridges that allow travelers to cross the moat, as well as beautiful, eye-catching exterior walls. But what's lamentable is that attracting travelers requires beautiful walls, yet those beautiful walls are expected to be painted by the travelers themselves, because they firmly believe that among these travelers there must be those willing to sacrifice for "ideals"—their so-called "like-minded" people. However, the reality is cruel: in the current environment, "ideals" are the very thing that is most worthless and least attractive. When everyone is still scrambling to survive, ideals become a luxury many desire but dare not embrace, while speculation stands out as the most conspicuous spiritual poison.
“当 Web3 能真正体现出中本聪所设想的价值时,CKB 的价值才能体现出来,当 Web3 都充斥着投机和暴富叙事时,CKB 的价值就会被埋没”,所以错的是这个环境,而不是 CKB 的选择,但环境真的有对错吗?对初心的坚持是 CKB 的优势,同时也是最大的劣势,战略没有问题,但战术却漏洞百出。
"When Web3 can truly embody the value envisioned by Satoshi Nakamoto, CKB's value will be able to shine through. When Web3 is flooded with speculation and get-rich-quick narratives, CKB's value will be buried." So it is the environment that is wrong, not CKB's choices—but is the environment really right or wrong? Adherence to original principles is CKB's strength, but also its greatest weakness. The strategy is fine, but the tactics are riddled with flaws.
在 Web3 的这片土地上,坐落着一个又一个精致的赌场,踏上这片土地的每一个人都怀揣着暴富的梦想,这是一片无人管辖之地,浮躁、嫉妒、炫耀和欺诈是这片土地的主旋律,宛如正人君子一般的 CKB 在这里显得格格不入,仿佛只有一起随波逐流才是当前的生存之道。但现实世界又何尝不是如此,只不过披上了精致的外衣,内核不还是一样吗?当前的 Web3,不过是缺少这一件精致的外衣,当前的 Web3,就是这个世界本来的 “丑陋”,所谓的 “中本聪” 理想,更像是那一件会被逐渐披上的外衣而已。
On this land of Web3, there sits one exquisite casino after another. Everyone who sets foot on this land harbors dreams of getting rich overnight. This is an ungoverned territory where restlessness, jealousy, ostentation, and fraud are the main themes. CKB, like a gentleman of integrity, seems out of place here, as if going with the flow is the only way to survive in the present. But isn't the real world just the same, only dressed in refined clothing—isn't the core still identical? Current Web3 simply lacks that refined garment. Current Web3 is the world's original "ugliness." The so-called "Satoshi Nakamoto" ideal is more like that garment that will gradually be put on.
这是一场城堡与赌场的对决,很显然,现在赌场占据绝对优势,但我也同样坚信,时间站在城堡这一边。我赞同 CKB 的战略,但我不认可 CKB 所采取的战术,战略谈的是理想,但战术却要从现实出发,所有脱离现实的战术将变得毫无意义。
This is a showdown between the castle and the casino. Clearly, the casino currently holds the absolute advantage, but I equally believe that time is on the side of the castle. I agree with CKB's strategy, but I do not endorse the tactics CKB has adopted. Strategy speaks to ideals, but tactics must start from reality. Any tactics divorced from reality become utterly meaningless.