Although the Atomics community is technically very pure, it is known as the technical halal in the Bitcoin ecosystem. But the Atomics community seems to realize that, unlike ordi and sats, which have widespread awareness of the Ordinals protocol, they urgently need a meme that can attract attention in a wider circle.
Some time ago, the emergence of Quark token was to meet this demand and was an attempt to increase awareness of Atomics on a wider scale. Quark, an ARC 20 token, takes its name from the quark in physics, which is the basic unit of matter. This name forms an interesting echo with the smallest units that make up Bitcoin, satoshis (satoshis), giving quark a certain meme attribute. Quarks high initial market value, large number of holding addresses, and strong basic consensus make community members believe that it has the potential to become a meme token that can truly break boundaries and attract widespread attention in the Atomics ecosystem.
But the ambitions of the Atomics community don’t stop there. Obviously, if you want to get out of the circle and have wider recognition and influence, a “Quark” token alone is not enough. Therefore, a new asset has been circulating in the community recently—— Sophon Tomoko. It is reported that based on 50 gas calculations, the cost of mining a Sophon is 50 knives, and 42 knives of Bitcoin are locked in it. Therefore, the real cost is around 10 knives in gas, and the progress as of the time of writing is 9.26%.
Three-Body Narrative, Sophon Attacks
One of Sophons biggest narratives is the concept of the Three-Body Problem. In Liu Cixins science fiction novel The Three-Body Problem, Sophon is an extremely advanced technology created by the Three-Body civilization. Sophons are microcomputers made of elementary particles (such as protons) folded through high-dimensional folding technology. They have extremely high intelligence and computing power. They can operate at both macro and micro levels, move across the universe at the speed of light, and enable real-time communication.
Tomoko played a very important role in The Three-Body Problem. They are used by the Trisolaran civilization to interfere with and destroy scientific research on the earth, especially basic physics research, because these studies may help humans discover and fight against the Trisolaran civilization. Sophons intervention led to a series of scientific crises and social unrest on Earth, and also added complexity and tension to the novels storyline.
Since its release, The Three-Body Problem has had a huge impact on a global scale. It has not only received widespread praise in China, but also attracted great attention internationally. The Three-Body Problem is the first Asian science fiction novel to win the Hugo Award, one of the most prestigious awards in science fiction literature. The success of the book has promoted the attention and interest of a wider international readership in Chinese science fiction literature.
The Three-Body Problem is highly praised for its profound philosophical discussion, grand cosmic vision, complex character relationships and exquisite storytelling. It not only explores the conflicts and exchanges between civilizations, but also discusses many topics such as science, technology, politics, and human nature in depth. The novels influence is reflected in the wide-ranging discussion it has inspired on important topics such as the future of mankind, space exploration, and scientific ethics. In addition, The Three-Body Problem has also been adapted into various forms of media works, including TV series that have been released, and the Three-Body Problem movie will be released in March, which will further expand the influence and popularity of The Three-Body Problem. Sophon will also receive a new round of popularity.
「We need sophon back」
Previously, Sophon (Sophon) also appeared on the Ordinals protocol, but it was not a token, but a BRC-20 token sniper robot.
Bitcoin developer, former AWS chief engineer and CTO of Taproot Wizards Rijndael (@rot 13 maxi), created a BRC-20 token sniper robot named “Sophon” in October last year. This robot works by monitoring the blockchains mempool. Once it detects that a new BRC-20 token inscription is about to be deployed, it will act quickly to deploy a token with the same name. , but sets its supply to 1 and pays a higher gas fee to ensure it is deployed before others. Since the BRC-20 protocol does not allow duplication of token names, this means that the new tokens originally intended to be released will not be successfully deployed and will be effectively blocked by Sophon.
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After Sophon was first run, it effectively reduced the number of new inscriptions, down 72% from the previous day. This can protect Bitcoin from generating too much information to a certain extent. However, when Sophons funds were exhausted on October 23, the number of new text-type inscriptions surged by 540% the next day, showing the markets rebound effect on this intervention.
Therefore, raph (@raphjaph), the chief maintainer of the Ordinals protocol at the time, also expressed concern about the behavior of “Sophon” on social media. It is suggested that the Bitcoin ecosystem may need similar mechanisms to prevent such attacks.
On the left is a mining machine, on the right is Liu Cixin’s science fiction novel Three-Body: Dark Forest
This also confirms the influence of Trisolaris culture in foreign communities to another extent. Looking back at raps phrase We need sophon back today, it subtly confirms the birth of sophon.
Back to Atomics, a month ago, there were some signs of the establishment of the Trisolaris community. Bitcoin ecological KOL Baicai said: Three-Body is a domestic science fiction IP. He personally owns the fields of Three-body and Threebody (similar to domain names), and can mint sub-fields, which can naturally create communities. Although the possibility is relatively small, if Liu Cixin needs it, he will give away this field.
Does the Bitcoin ecosystem also need a clever economic model?
The Atomics protocol offers extraordinary flexibility and simplicity in creating unique digital objects, which is particularly evident in the design differences between the ARC-20 and BRC-20 tokens.
Atomics Protocol is a simple and flexible protocol for minting, transferring and updating digital objects on the blockchain based on the UTxO (Unspent Transaction Output) model. In this system, an Atomic can be seen as a mechanism that encapsulates the creation, transmission, and update of digital objects. It defines the chain of digital ownership through a series of simple rules. The core philosophy of Atomics emphasizes: Without transaction history, it is not your digital object, thereby ensuring that every transaction is properly recorded and tracked.
The core technology used by the Atomics protocol is Colored Coins, and follows the principle of one coin, one satoshi (1 token = 1 sat). Each ARC-20 token is colored in the form of 1 satoshi, as anchor of its value. Therefore, from this perspective, the ARC-20 tokens will not return to zero, and the Bitcoins when the coloring is given still exist.
On this point, Bitcoin ecological KOL0x Sea in a tweetThe narrative is also unfolded. Compared to BRC-20, playing ARC-20 tokens is playing the game of Staking BTC. Treating ARC-20 as a piggy bank is equivalent to buying multiple call options on BTC.
After explaining the basic differences between ARC-20 and BRC-20, let’s delve into the ingenuity of Sophon’s token economic model.
For the convenience of explanation, I have to make a comparison with Quark here. The author does not mean to praise one over the other.
Compared with Quark, Sophons design maintains the same mining difficulty, which is 6 digits. In terms of market value and stability, Sophon has shown great potential and will occupy 420 BTC when completed. Such a high market value will play a great role in helping Sophon and the Atomics protocol continue to exit the circle.
A higher number of Bitcoins are locked in each Sophon token, giving it greater potential to grow in value if the price of Bitcoin rises. From a cost perspective, Sophons economic model also shows its efficiency and feasibility. The gas cost of creating a Sophon token is relatively low, which means that even if the value of Sophon returns to zero in extreme circumstances, investors can still retain part of the value of Bitcoin.
Sophon’s clever economic model is also reflected in the “wear rate”. Calculated based on 50 gas, the cost of one ticket is 50 dollars, but 42 dollars of Bitcoins are locked inside. If Sophon is reset to zero, the 42 dollars of Bitcoins are still real, so the real cost is around 10 dollars in gas fee. .
Calculated in this way, the wear rate of Sophon is less than 30%. Of course, if there is more gas here, the wear rate will be higher. Therefore, it is self-evident that the cost of casting is lower at low gas.
At this point, Dr. Golden Dog and more voices on social media also reflect the market’s optimistic expectations for ARC-20 tokens, especially Sophon. In a bull market, investing with ARC-20 can not only bring a comfortable experience, but also realize the appreciation of investment when the value of Bitcoin rises in the future. This is similar to the trend of young people hoarding little golden beans.
In Sophons token economic model analysis, we can see that designing an elegant and effective ARC-20 token model is not only a digital golden art, but also a reflection of the Bitcoin ecological token economic model. Plan carefully.
Novice casting tutorial, how to beat Tomoko?
As for the asset distribution mechanism, the Atomics protocol uses the Bitwork mining mechanism, which requires pre-processed CPU calculations to collide hashes. In the following tutorials, Wizz Wallet is used. The mint function launched in the latest version 2.0.6 of Wizz Wallet is very powerful. It uses cloud computing to quickly increase the speed of mining Sophon.
First, install the latest version of Wizz Wallet. Open Wizz walletOfficial websiteThen click Install to add it to the chrome browser extension.
In the chrome browser extension, open the Wizz Wallet (Formerly Atom) plugin. It is also recommended to create a new wallet here to prevent accidentally burning other ARC assets during the process.
Select Create new wallet on this interface. After entering the password to register, a 12-digit mnemonic phrase will pop up. Back up the mnemonic phrase, select the address followed by m/86/0/0/0/0, and click Continue to create it successfully.
Transfer Bitcoins to the Wizz wallet address as a handling fee. The current cost of one coin is about 50 U. It is recommended to prepare some more Bitcoins as GAS fees to prevent insufficient handling fees.
Then in the Wizz wallet plug-in, click Mint.
After clicking Mint, jump to the web version, enter sophon in the first line, and give the appropriate gas value based on the current gas rate. Then pulling the value in the thread higher will increase the speed.
Then click Start to see the calculation process in progress.
Wait for about 1-5 minutes. After digging, a prompt box will pop up, click Next, and then sign. After waiting for the block confirmation, Sophon will be credited to the wallet.
In the process of using Wizz Wallet to mine sophon, the UTxO before the transaction is not confirmed does not retrieve the bitcoins, so there will be a situation where the next casting cannot be carried out. This situation will not happen when using the local environment terminal casting, so it is recommended to have the code Basic users use terminal casting.
Wait for the block to pass, click View History in the Wizz wallet to enter the latest transaction. When the mempool displays the block as blue-purple and the transaction is confirmed, a Sophon has been successfully minted.
BlockBeats Note: This article does not serve as any investment advice. Most Bitcoin ecological tokens themselves do not have any use cases yet. Users are advised to pay attention to risk screening.
References:
《Sophon: The next big thing in the Atomics protocol》，0x Sea；
《Token model analysis in ARC 20, Dr. Golden Dog;
