#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.
If you're a founder working in blockchain or NFTs, welcome to apply to AppWorks >> https://bit.ly/3w0WyIl
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可以講 an #ask、a #tell,係名詞
//明報英文 | 毛孟靜
To ask、to tell 大家都識得,屬小學程度、簡單不過的詞語,I will ASK him to TELL me about it.
我會去問他,着他告訴我。
不過,這些平易的字,常常會另有用法,別有深意。譬如說,一樣是 to ask,以下這一句,就跟一般的「問」不一樣了:Is that too much to ask?
上述這句話表達懊惱不忿,旨在反問:不過是冀望一點簡單的什麼,這樣的要求也算苛刻?例如:
* I just want you to be on time. Is that too much to ask? 我不過想你準時,這要求過份嗎?
而to tell,亦可解作to have an effect(產生效果):
* She's been under a lot of stress and it's starting to tell. 她一直承受頗多壓力,後遺症開始浮現。
而把ask 和 tell 變做名詞,成為an ask、a tell,又是另一個故事了。
初遇 an ask,自然而然地會以為這是潮語,不對呢,原來早已在古英語(Old English)出現。今日的an ask,基本上等於 a request,一項請求。
* I realise it's a big ask, but I hope you can do it. 我知道這是一項很大的要求,但希望你能做到。
有說,新世代的 an ask 源自金融行業的 bid and ask:bid是買家願意購入的最高限價;ask則是賣家願意出售的最低叫價。An ask在30年前左右開始流行,但至今仍然給視為口頭俚語,不能入文。
* It is a big ask for him to go and stand there for 90 minutes.要他站足90分鐘,是過份要求了。
《牛津字典》說,ask 在新時代作為名詞,通常前面會加 big、huge 或tough 一類的形容詞,意思係something that is a lot to ask of someone(對人有過份要求),或something difficult to achieve(難以滿足的要求),如同文首的Is that too much to ask?
而 a tell 的用法就比較有迹可尋。現成的形容詞是 tell-tale,代表突顯、展示及「露出馬腳」之意:
There was the tell-tale bulge of a concealed weapon in his pocket. 他口袋鼓起一角,分明就藏了一件武器。
另有 a tell in poker,是指玩撲克——又叫 show hand(「沙蟹」)——之際,神色姿態露出端倪,讓對家知道底牌。
* I never played poker, so I never learned to read a tell. 我不玩「沙蟹」,所以不會觀貌察色。
* A player gains an advantage if he understands the meaning of another player's tell. 若能從對家神態動作「讀心」,就可佔上風。
* I looked for a gesture, a tone of voice, a "tell" that would tell if he was the killer. 我尋找一個姿勢,一種聲調,一點「蛛絲馬迹 」來定奪他是否就是兇手。//
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全美瘋⚾棒球:Baseball Idioms 棒球用語第一彈!
🇺🇸 棒球可說是美國全民運動,因此美式英文中有許多跟棒球相關的諺語,今天就先來認識一些:
1. hit a home run
2. step up to the plate
3. strike out
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Developed in New England in the mid-1800s, baseball had become America’s national sport by the end of the century. Even today, the sport is known as “America’s pastime,” so it’s no wonder that there are many baseball-related idioms in American English.
What’s the biggest achievement for a baseball player? Hitting a home run, of course. So📍 “hit a home run” has also become an idiom meaning “to succeed at sth.” Ex: I think I really hit a home run on my English test.
When batters step up to the plate, it’s their responsibility to try and score, so 📍 “step up to the plate” can also mean “to take responsibility for doing sth.” Ex: After Bob quit, Allan stepped up to the plate and led the project.
The worst thing a batter can do when he steps up to the plate is strike out by missing the ball three times, ending his turn at bat. And so 📍 “strike out” has also come to mean “to fail at sth." Ex: The original movie was popular, but the sequel struck out with audiences.
【📕中譯】
棒球發展於18世紀中葉的新英格蘭,在18世紀末成為風靡全美的國民運動。即使到了現在,一談到美國人的消遣活動,就會想到棒球。也難怪美式英文中出現這麼多與棒球相關的諺語。
對棒球選手來說,最大的成就是什麼?自然是打出全壘打。因此📍hit a home run(打出全壘打)一詞也可以指『成功達成某事』,如I think I really hit a home run on my English test.(我想我真的高分通過英文考試了。)
打擊手一站上本壘,就要盡力衝回本壘得分,所以📍step up to the plate(踏上本壘)也可指『承擔起做某事的責任』,如After Bob quit, Allan stepped up to the plate and led the project.(鮑伯辭職之後,就由艾倫負責領導該專案。)
對打擊手來說,最糟糕的就是站上壘包卻被三振出局。所以📍strike out(三振出局)也指『失敗、砸鍋』,如 The original movie was popular, but the sequel struck out with audiences.(該電影第一集相當賣座,可續集卻被觀眾罵慘了。)
【✍關鍵單字】
1. New England:「新英格蘭地區」,位於美國東北角,包括美國東北角六州在內,Boston是其中最大城市。
2. pastime:「消遣、娛樂」
3. batter:「打擊手」, bat 指「球棒」。
4. the plate:step up to the plate 的 plate指「本壘板」,即 home plate。
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