Filecoin，一个”中心化“的存储网络
历经三载，千呼万唤始出来的Filecoin终于走向了”太空竞赛“阶段。但在我看来，这个项目正在走向一条不归路。不知背后缘由，但可以感受到有一股无形的力量在操纵着一切。规则正在越来越失去公平性，整个网络变得越来越中心化。
不公平的竞赛
太空竞赛的成绩，不是由去中心化的网络决定的，而是被机器人所决定的。参与竞赛的矿工必须接收机器人发来的存储订单，并达到一定的订单成功率。机器人掌握在少数几个人的手里，那么这个机器人如何保证可信？所谓的订单成功率，不过是数据库中的一行数据而已，可以随时被编造篡改，而无法得到公众的验证。那这成功率，岂不是想设置为多少就是多少？
机器人位于欧洲，却要向全世界的矿工派发存储单。众所周知，Filecoin的大多数矿工位于中国。那所谓的太空竞赛，就是取决于中国矿工是否能够满足欧洲机器人的存储需求。这样一个实验，都没有去尝试模拟真实的场景和需求。实验有何意义？又准备得出什么样的结论？
大矿工垄断
整个Filecoin的机制，正在越来越偏向于大矿工。
- 在太空竞赛中，大矿工可以获得额外奖励。
- 矿工算力低于一定门限，不能出块。
- 大量的前置抵押，小矿工难以承担。
Filecoin的网络，正在逐渐变成少数大矿工表演的舞台，中小型矿工参与的机会逐渐渺茫。这样对整个生态带来了负面影响，也降低了网络的安全性。
提供存储服务的矿工，是很容易面临攻击的。当网络仅有少量矿工组成的时候，攻击就会变得目标明确。我将尝试对本次太空竞赛的头部矿工进行DDoS等多种形式的攻击，直到他们的订单成功率小于官方的门限为止。希望官方能够如实的记录这些矿工的成功率，作为我攻击的参考:)。
发牌的人也在玩牌
官方作为游戏规则的制定者和维护者，是不应该参与到游戏中来的。因为他们知道更多的底牌，有别人没有的优势。但我们看到，官方正在化身为各种角色，参与到游戏中来。
卖筹码的人。Filecoin挖矿需要大量的前置抵押。当主网上线的时候，锁仓、抵押等一系列机制，将造成FIL的持有者除了少量的早期投资人之外，就只有官方自己。 也就是说，你要玩Filecoin的挖矿游戏，必须先从官方手里高价购买筹码。
卖万能牌的人。官方在挖矿过程中设计了一种万能牌，Filecoin Discover，也就是所谓的官方硬盘。用这种硬盘封装的扇区，1个可以顶10个，可谓一本万利。然后，官方又是这种万能牌的唯一销售方，并且控制了销量。这样的游戏何来公平？
我想做什么
大家也许想问，你是谁？你想做什么？我也是Filecoin的一位矿工，参与了所有的测试网。我想了解中国历史的人，看了我的名字都知道我想做什么。
Filecoin项目，本身拥有不错的构想和设计。通过运用零知识证明技术，让存储变得去中心化，让用户的文件可以托管给全世界各处的矿工。但官方正在逐渐偏离最初的设想和目标，将各种各样的中心化设计带入到项目中。令人扼腕叹息。
如果官方继续沿着当前的道路走下去，保留这些中心化的设计，是严重违背区块链的精神的。如果最终是这个结果的话，必然有人会对整个网络进行分叉。届时我一定会参与其中。
English Version
After three years, Filecoin, which has drawn a lot of attention, has finally entered the “space race” stage. But in my opinion, this project is heading to a path of the end. I don’t know the reason behind it, but I can feel an invisible force controlling everything. The rules are losing fairness, and the entire network is becoming more and more centralized.
Unfair Race
The result of the space race is not determined by a decentralized network, but by a robot. Miners participating in the competition must receive storage deals sent by the robot and reach a specific deal success rate. The robot is in the hands of a few people, so how can this robot be trusted? The so-called deal success rate is just a row in the database, which can be fabricated and tampered with at any time and cannot be verified by the public. So the success rate can be set to any value as they want.
The robot is located in Europe, but it distributes storage deals to miners all over the world. As we all know, most of Filecoin’s miners are located in China. The so-called space race depends on whether Chinese miners can meet the storage needs of European robots. Such an experiment did not try to simulate real scenarios and requirements. What is the meaning of it? What kind of conclusion is it gonna have?
Big Miner Monopoly
The entire Filecoin mechanism is becoming more and more beneficial to big miners.
- In the space race, big miners can get extra rewards.
- Miners cannot produce blocks if their power is below a certain threshold.
- A large amount of pre-collateral is not easy to afford by small miners.
Miners who provide storage services are vulnerable to attacks. When the network is composed of only a few miners, the attack becomes targeted. I will try to conduct DDoS and other forms of attacks on the head miners of this space race until their order success rate is less than the threshold. I hope the official team can truthfully record these miners’ success rate, which will be a reference for my attack :).
The dealer is also playing cards
As the designer and maintainer of the game rules, the official team should not participate in the game, because they know all the cards and have advantages that others don’t. But we see that the official team is becoming a variety of characters, participating in the game.
The token seller. Filecoin mining requires a large amount of pre-collateralization. When the mainnet is launched, a series of mechanisms such as lock-up and mortgage will cause that, only the official team and a small number of early investors own FIL. In other words, if you want to play the Filecoin mining game, you must first purchase tokens from the official hands at a high price.
Wild card seller. The official designed a wild card in the mining process, Filecoin Discover, also known as the official hard drive. The sectors generated by this kind of hard disk can have 10x power, which is a huge profit. On the other hand, the official is the only seller of this card and controls the sales. How can such a game be fair?
What I want to do
You may want to ask who you are? What are you gonna do? I am also a miner of Filecoin and participated in all Testnets. I think people who know Chinese history understand what I’m gonna do.
The Filecoin project itself has a good idea and design. By using zero-knowledge proof technology, storage becomes decentralized, so that users’ files can be stored by miners all over the world. But the official team is gradually deviating from the original vision and goals and bringing various centralized designs into the project. It’s a shame.
If the official team continues to follow the current path and retain these centralized designs, it will seriously violate the spirit of the blockchain. If this is the final decision, someone will inevitably fork the entire network. I will definitely be involved in it then.
