现实世界中几乎所有重要的加密货币用例都是DeFi用例。 即使比特币(BTC)继续其长期牛市，以太坊(ETH)也可以说是区块链世界的真正明星。 根据7月份的Consensys报告，目前有1.61亿个以太坊地址，比2021年第一季度末增加了10%，8月份ETH权益证明生态系统总价值锁定(TVL)达到1460亿美元。 感谢ETH为我们带来了加密货币世界的智能合约功能，这使得去中心化金融(DeFi)用例成为可能。 比特币当然是加密货币中最著名的硬币，但它的初衷是一种简单的、分散的数字货币。 就像任何一种货币一样，它的主要用途是作为的媒介、会计单位和价值存储。领先的加密专注于一个简单而可靠的角色，具有更高的透明度、隐私和安全性，以及更少的中介机构，但以太坊的智能合约将区块链技术的可能用例提升到了一个新的水平。 以太坊协议最初被设想为加密货币的升级版本，提供区块链托管、取款限额、金融合同、赌博市场等高级功能，通过高度通用的编程语言。以太坊协议不会直接支持任何应用程序，但图灵完整编程语言的存在意味着任何交易类型或应用程序的任何合同都可以在理论上创建。然而，以太坊更有趣的是，以太坊协议远远超过货币。它有潜力大大提高计算行业的效率，通过首次增加经济水平，为其他点对点协议提供巨大的动力，重点是去中心化文件存储、去中心化计算和去中心化预测市场协议，以及其他几十个这样的概念。最后，有很多应用程序与金钱无关。

Almost all important cryptocurrency use cases in the real world are DeFi use cases. Even as Bitcoin (BTC) continues its long-term bull run, Ethereum (ETH) is arguably the real star of the blockchain world. According to a July Consensys report, there are currently 161 million Ethereum addresses, a 10% increase from the end of the first quarter of 2021, and the total value locked (TVL) of the ETH proof-of-stake ecosystem reached $146 billion in August. Thanks to ETH for bringing us the smart contract functionality of the cryptocurrency world, which makes decentralized finance (DeFi) use cases possible. Bitcoin is of course the most famous coin among cryptocurrencies, but it was originally intended to be a simple, decentralized digital currency. Like any currency, its primary purpose is as a medium, unit of account, and store of value. The leading crypto focuses on a simple and reliable role with greater transparency, privacy and security, and fewer intermediaries, but Ethereum’s smart contracts take blockchain technology’s possible use cases to the next level . The Ethereum protocol was originally conceived as an upgraded version of the cryptocurrency, offering advanced features such as blockchain custody, withdrawal limits, financial contracts, gambling markets, etc., through a highly versatile programming language. The Ethereum protocol will not directly support any applications, but the existence of a Turing-complete programming language means that any contract of any transaction type or application can theoretically be created. What’s even more interesting about Ethereum, however, is that the Ethereum protocol is much more than a currency. It has the potential to greatly increase the efficiency of the computing industry by adding economic levels for the first time, providing a huge impetus to other peer-to-peer protocols, focusing on decentralized file storage, decentralized computing and decentralized prediction market protocols, as well as dozens of others Such a concept. Finally, there are a lot of apps that have nothing to do with money.