ECHOis based on ArweaveA decentralized comment plugin/protocol developed, which allows users to implement comment functions on other applications and store comment data in Arweave. Currently, users can implement the comment function for Mirror articles through ECHO.
ECHO, as Arweave's first decentralized comment plugin/protocol, has a lot to offer.Will ECHO issue coins in the future? What is its future planning and infrastructure? What does it mean for the industry? Can it be integrated into the NFT market to achieve the same effect as Web2 Dianping? Can it be integrated into other DApps? What enlightenment does ECHO's development ideas have for developers, and what is the significance for users?secondary title
1. Introduction of ECHO
At present, users can use ECHO to implement the comment function for Planet articles, Mirror articles, and all websites that support iframe embedding. ECHO ensures the reliability, decentralization, persistence and anti-censorship of comment data by storing comment data in Arweave.
Previously Odaily wrote usingECHO Tutorial for Implementing Comments in Mirror, you can try to add a comment function to your Mirror articles. At present, ECHO supports 200 times of free data on-chain per day per address, and supports the functions of likes, comments, and rewards. The relevant data is always stored on Arweave and bound to the address on the chain. ENS and .bit are supported. decentralized.
Regarding the issuance of coins, Airyland said that ECHO will not consider issuing coins for the time being. Airyland believes that issuing coins should be a icing on the cake. If a thing has not yet achieved value, considering issuing coins from the beginning will blur the goal and dilute the value.
Regarding future planning, Airyland said that it will focus on iterative tools, and plans to develop ECHO's Chrome plug-in, as well as a more friendly and customizable access method.
About the team and financing, inGitCoinIt can be seen that there are two members, Airyland and 0xjoanne; Airyland said that financing is under consideration, and will be announced as soon as there is certainty. Additionally, ECHO is shortlisted for GitCoin GR15 to receive user grants.
Regarding the infrastructure, the data of comments made by users via ECHO is stored on Arweave,In theory, all DApps can integrate ECHO without permission to realize the decentralized comment function, and all websites can also embed the iframe currently supported by ECHO, which simply means "anyone can use it".If it is a mobile application, you can use the http and API and related data specifications released by ECHO in the future. If the DApp has custom requirements, you can use the SDK released by ECHO in the future.
Regarding decentralization, ECHO will provide multiple ECHO gateway nodes, open source code and encourage community users to set up nodes. Gateway, on the other hand, will synchronize valid data uploaded from other gateways. At present, the front-end page has been deployed to IPFS synchronously, so that it can be accessed by any IPNS gateway. The domain name currently used is embed.0xecho.com.ipns.page. Large version code will be saved to Arweave.
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2. Possible application
Currently, ECHO implements the comment function "without permission" based on the Mirror editor extensibility. At the same time, ECHO is developing a Chrome plug-in to enable comments on NFT in the NFT platform-this process is also "permission-free", we can imagine seeing user comments on Opensea-just like Taobao, Before a deal is made, there is room for negotiation and confirmation of item details, and whenever an NFT changes hands, new buyers can also post comments on Opensea.
This may affect the NFT market structure to a certain extent——An NFT market with more user reviews has stronger user stickiness. On the other hand, NFT seller and buyer reviews may allow NFT itself to accumulate some "added value", thereby increasing the value of NFT. We can look forward to the impact of ECHO's integration in the NFT market on the industry.
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3. For developers and users
For developers, ECHO's idea of developing a decentralized plug-in can be used for reference. Developers can make a decentralized plug-in based on the idea of "helping other DApps to check for leaks and fill gaps".
Most of the DApps that should have or users need to have a comment function, such as Mirror, Uniswap, and NFT platforms such as Opensea, do not have a comment function. This leaves room for new functionality.
For users, the data is stored on Arweave, so it can be guaranteed that the data will be stored forever, cannot be tampered with and always bound to the address. When the user switches apps, the comment data can be reimported from Arweave to the new app. This will return comment data ownership to the user. Beyond that, to answer what does ECHO mean to the user? quote a passage from ""ECHO": Viewpoints last forever"Text in:
Especially at this moment in 2022, when voices will be silenced, records will be erased, and archives will be easily lost, we will find that recording and preservation have greater significance than before, not only to remind ourselves, To remind others, but also to reveal the past and reverberate in the future.
