Our deepest exploration yet of where Enigma is going | Enigma迄今为止最深度的解读
本文翻译自：https://blog.enigma.co/the-future-of-enigma-and-data-d5fb6ce450af
翻译时间：2017-10-22
Hello from the Enigma team! With our ENG token distribution taking place tomorrow, October 11, we are taking a moment to reflect on Enigma and Catalyst — both where we are currently and where we are going.
大家好，这是来自Enigma团队的问候! 我们的 ENG 代币将在10月11日发售，值此时机让我们来花点时间谈谈 Enigma 和 Catalyst 目前的近况以及我们的目标。
As you’ll read below, we have already accomplished a great deal and in some cases (as with Catalyst development) exceeded our own expectations. However, we know that we stand at the beginning of a long journey alongside our users, partners, and contributors, and we’re excited to share a bit more about our vision with you. This post will be our most thorough explanation yet of the importance and scale of the Enigma protocol, our protocol roadmap, the long-term functionality of the ENG token, and our vision for Catalyst on Enigma.
正如你即将在下文了解到的，我们已经完成了大量的工作，同时在项目的某些部分(例如 Catalyst 的开发)已超出了我们的预期。然而我们深知，对于将长期同我们的用户、合作伙伴以及支持者一起为这个项目的成功去努力而言，这仅仅只是一个开始。能与你分享我们更多的见解，我们感到十分兴奋。这篇文章将是我们至今为止对 Engima 项目做的最为透彻的介绍，包括 Enigma 协议重要性和范围、我们协议的路线图、ENG 代币的长期功能以及我们对基于 Enigma 协议的 Catalyst 项目的展望。
Enigma’s primary aim is to revolutionize the way data is shared, aggregated and monetized through the Enigma decentralized data marketplace protocol and the utility token for the Enigma protocol, ENG. While blockchains are a form of a decentralized database, their biggest flaws are scalability and privacy. Enigma seeks to enable the scalability of blockchains by providing a complementary off-chain data network, where larger quantities of information can be securely shared and processed without incurring severe on-chain costs. As the decentralized web continues to scale, our protocol will provide a necessary second-layer network that can handle more data, faster, and with better privacy features. We believe this is the missing piece necessary for mass adoption of decentralized applications.
Enigma最主要的目标就是通过去中心化数据市场和协议中的 ENG 代币去变革数据分享，聚合以及货币化的方式。虽然区块链是一种形式的去中心化数据库，但是其最大的缺陷是可扩展性和隐私性。Enigma 旨在通过提供一个配套的 off-chain 数据网络来实现, 从而更大量的信息可以在不产生大量 on-chain 交易费用的前提下被安全的共享和处理。随着去中心化网络的不断扩展，我们的协议将提供不可或缺的第二层网络，它可以帮助处理更多的数据，更快速，并且拥有更好的隐私特性。我们相信这是大量去中心化应用所必需而目前又缺失的部分。
As we shall explain, this is an ambitious vision that rivals the scale of large projects like Ethereum and Filecoin while complementing their functionality. In addition to our data protocol, we are building products (such as Catalyst) that will democratize the tools for interacting with and consuming data. As you’ll read below, on our data marketplace and in all products built on the protocol, the ENG token is the key to the network.
正如我们将要解释的，这是一个雄心勃勃的愿景，可与以太坊和星际网络等大型项目的规模相媲美，同时补足它们的不足。除了我们的数据协议外，我们正在构建很多产品(像 Catalyst ), 使得交互和使用数据的工具民主化。正如你将了解到的，在我们的数据市场和所有基于该协议构建的产品中，ENG 代币在网络中扮演者很关键的角色。
Where We Are | 我们现在的情况
Today Enigma is better positioned to achieve our long-term vision than ever. We successfully completed our ENG token sale, raising our full hard cap of $45 million within hours. Out of over 40,000 interested contributors, we accepted contributions from over 5,000 individuals. We have built a community of tens of thousands of Enigma supporters, and our product Catalyst has over 15,000 users. With this sound financial standing and broad support and engagement from our community, partners and investors, we are very optimistic about the potential of Enigma.
今天 Enigma 比以往任何时候都更有能力实现我们的长期愿景。 我们成功的完成了我们ENG代币的销售， 几个小时之内达到了4500万美元的硬顶。在超过40000名有兴趣的参与者中，我们接受了其中5000人的贡献。 我们建立了数以万计人参与的 Enigma 支持者社区，我们的产品 Catalyst 已经超过15000名用户。凭借着健全的财务状况、董事会的支持以及我们的社区、合作伙伴和投资者的踊跃参与，我们对 Enigma 的潜力非常乐观。
However, optimism is nothing without execution. We have prioritized having a tangible product that serves a strong use case for the community from day one, and Catalyst has been available in alpha for months. Excitingly, we are well ahead of our initial development schedule for Catalyst. Many of the features scheduled for Q1 2018 are already available: we have released live trading capabilities and minute-level data granularity, and we are also finalizing the integration of our backtesting engine with our live trading engine. This week we are adding the ability to see the availability of data on Catalyst in real-time. Our continued strong execution will show that we are well-equipped to achieve our goals in this fast-moving and evolving space.
不过，乐观是没有执行力的。我们从第一天起就重点考虑为社区提供一个真正有用的产品，为此 Catalyst 的 Alpha 版本已经运行了数月了。令人兴奋的是我们远远超过了我们当初制定的 Catalyst 开发时间表。很多安排在2018年第一季度的功能已经完成可供使用：我们已经发布了实时交易功能和分钟级别的数据粒度，我们也正在完成对我们的回测引擎和我们实时交易引擎的整合。本周我们正在增加实时监测 Catalyst 数据可用性的功能。我们持续和强大的执行力将表明我们有能力在这个快速进步和变革的时代漂亮的完成我们的目标。
Our priorities for the immediate future remain developing our product and protocol, but equally important is the development of strong partnerships inside and outside the crypto space. We are proud to be a member of MIT’s STEX25, a startup accelerator focused on fostering collaboration between MIT-connected startups and member companies of MIT’s Industrial Liaison Program (ILP). We will stay in constant communication with our community as we form new partnerships and relationships.
我们近期的工作重点仍然是开发我们的产品和协议，但同样重要的是在加密数字产业领域对内对外发展更强的合作伙伴关系。我们很骄傲的成为 MIT STEX25 的成员，它是一个专注于建立 MIT 相关的创业项目和 MIT 产业合作计划成员公司合作的创业孵化器。当我们建立新的合作伙伴关系时，我们将持续与我们的社区进行沟通。
This next phase of growth is challenging and exciting, and we look forward to continuing to justify the support you’ve shown us. As you are our partners on our journey, we are excited to give you a closer look at Enigma’s and Catalyst’s future.
下一阶段的增长是具有挑战性和令人兴奋的，我们将会不辜负你们对我们的支持。在长期的历程中，你是我们的合作伙伴，我们很高兴为您提供更详细的 Enigma 和 Catalyst 未来发展蓝图。
The Enigma Protocol | Enigma 协议
The original narrative of the web is one of radical decentralization and freedom. During the last decade, the web’s incredible growth was coupled with increased centralization. Few large companies now own important junctures of the web, and consequently a lot of the data created on the web. Data is quickly becoming the most valuable digital asset, and is the backbone of every system. As discussed in our Beyond Catalyst: Enigma’s Vision for the Future of Data post, the only way to capture the value of all data on the web is by starting from scratch and coming up with a single, open-source protocol for permanently storing, sharing and processing of data. In other words, we need to build a data marketplace for the web, one that is unstoppable (and therefore decentralized), open and secure.
网络最原始的解释是一种激进的权利下放和自由。在过去的十年中，网络难以置信的增长也伴随着中心化的增长。很少的几家大公司现在拥有着最关键的几个网络站点，而且大量的数据在网络上创造。数据正在迅速成为最有价值的数字资产，同时也是每一个系统的支柱。正如我们在 Beyond Catalyst: Enigma’s Vision for the Future of Data 文章中讨论的，获取所有数据价值唯一的方法就是构建一个用于数据永久存储、共享和处理的单一的开源协议。换句话说，我们需要为网络建立一个数据市场，一个永不停止的(去中心的)、开放和安全的市场。
In practice, to build a data marketplace, the Enigma protocol needs to implement the infrastructure for a decentralized database, with storage and computational abilities that far exceed those that blockchains offer. While all blockchains are, in a manner of speaking, protocols for decentralized computing and data storage, their poor scalability and lack of privacy features limit potential use-cases. We need a second-layer network that can handle more data, faster, and can provide better privacy features — and that’s where the Enigma protocol comes in.
实际上，为了构建一个数据市场，Enigma协议需要实现一个去中心化数据库的基础架构，它的存储和计算能力远远超过当前区块链所能提供的。虽然从某种意义上说所有的区块链都是去中心化的计算和存储协议，但是较弱的可扩展性和隐私的缺乏限制了其在这个场景下的使用。我们需要一个能够处理更多的数据，更快速，并且拥有更好隐私特性的第二层网络——这就是 Enigma 协议的由来。
Our protocol is based on the ideas presented in the 2015 Enigma whitepaper, as well as in our subsequent work (paper, thesis). It aspires to complement a blockchain (of any kind) with an off-chain data network (essentially — a single, always-on decentralized database), in much the same way that payment networks (e.g., Raiden) offer better financial transactions scalability. Essential to the Enigma network is the ENG token, which we are distributing to our token holders on October 11th.
我们的协议是基于2015年 Engma 白皮书以及随后的一些工作(文章、论文)中提出的想法。它希望用一个 off-chain 的数据网络(本质上是一个统一的，永不离线的去中心化数据库)，与之很类似的是支付网络(例如，雷电网络)能提供更好的资产交易扩展性。Enigma网络不可或缺的基本要素是 ENG 代币， 我们将在10月11日向希望持有者发售。
If successful, the Enigma protocol could become the cornerstone of the new decentralized web — storing the long tail of data for people, apps and organizations. In the shorter-term, it can become a necessary piece of building decentralized apps. If Filecoin (or others) is designed to assist with permanent file storage, and Ethereum (and other blockchains) enable transfer of value and strong validation properties, Enigma can become the database of choice for these apps. Achieving this vision is a long term endeavor that will require us to venture far into the frontiers of computer science. Given our background and prior work in the space, our ties to academia, our dedicated partners and investors, and the funding contributed by our community, we believe Enigma can meet these ambitious goals.
如果成功，Enigma 协议可能成为新一代去中心化网络的基石，为用户、应用和组织提供长尾的数据存储。在短期内，它可以成为构建去中心化应用的必备组成部分。如果Filecoin类似的技术致力于提供文件的永久存储，而以太坊（和其他区块链）可以传递价值和提供强验证属性，Enigma 则可以作为这些应用的首选数据库。实现这一愿景需要长期努力，这要求我们致力于探索计算机科学的前沿。鉴于我们在这个领域的背景和前期工作，以及得到了我们社区中学术界，忠实的合作伙伴以及投资人的支持，我们相信 Enigma 能够实现这些雄心勃勃的目标。
The milestones below provide a good first approximation of the development process we need to work through going forward. As our work grows and evolves, these milestones may shift somewhat, but not our goal of revolutionizing data.
下面的里程碑大致描述了我们接下去的开发进度。伴随着我们的工作的深入开展，这个里程碑可能会有所变化，但都不改变我们要进行数据革命的目标。
We’ve chosen to capture our milestones in phases to allow us to reasonably determine what parts will become available when, and under which constraints.
我们选择按阶段去实现我们的里程碑是为了允许我们能够合理的去确定哪些部分将在什么时间以什么标准实现。
Phase 1 deals primarily with setting the foundation for a data marketplace. It includes the on-chain portion, dealing with contextual information about data-sets, namespaces, and subscriptions. These contracts will be developed in Ethereum, and will operate directly with Enigma tokens (ENG). At this point, all data-sets will be provided off-chain by one or several data providers, but there will be no network logic connecting these (yet).
第一阶段 主要处理数据市场的基础架构。该阶段包括实现 on-chain 部分来处理数据集、命名空间和订阅的相关上下文信息。这些合约将基于以太坊开发，同时将直接使用 Enigma 代币 ENG 来进行操作。在那时，所有的数据集将由一个或多个数据供给者以 off-chain 的方式来提供，但是没有实现连接他们的网络逻辑。
Phase 2 includes the first implementation of an off-chain network, which will run on a federated network of known nodes (a-la sidechains). This could also be considered the MVP of the Enigma protocol — one that operates under a restricted threat model.
第二阶段 包括 off-chain 网络的第一个实现，它将运行在已知节点组成的联盟网络上。这可以被认为是 Enigma 协议中的 MVP——先将在一个受限威胁模型中运行。
Phase 3 is where things get really interesting, and we launch our open off-chain network where anyone can become a node and provide storage and computational resources in return for ENG tokens. Note that there will never be additional tokens created — incentives are derived solely from fees, and from the incentive pool reserved by Enigma at the birth of our token tomorrow. Finally, Phase 4 is where we introduce important privacy features for protecting data in the network. This would allow extending the usability of our data protocol to practically all kinds of data streams, including those that include personally identifiable information (PII).
第三阶段 是项目将变得非常的有趣，我们将启动我们的开放 off-chain 网络，任何人都能成为节点并提供存储和计算资源来赚取 ENG 代币。需要说明的是代币永不增发—— 奖励完全来自于网络使用者支付的费用， 以及来自于 Enigma 明天分发中所预保留的奖励池。最后，第四阶段 将致力于为保护网络中数据而引入的重要隐私特性。这将允许将数据协议的可用性扩展到几乎所有类型的数据流，包括包含个人身份信息(PII)的数据流。
This is our vision for the future of the Enigma protocol. But in order to fully comprehend this vision, we must understand where Catalyst fits in as well.
这是我们对 Enigma 协议未来的愿景。为了让大家充分理解这个愿景，我们必须了解 Catalyst 在其上的适用性。
The Future of Catalyst | Catalyst的未来
As we mentioned above, Catalyst is the first product that will be implemented on the Enigma protocol, and it is already available for public use in alpha. We believe that delivering a product to run on our protocol is essential for a number of reasons:
正如我们上面提到的，Catelyst 将是基于 Enigma 协议实现的第一个产品，同时已经发布了alpha版本可供公开使用。我们认为，交付一个运行在我们协议上的产品是至关重要的，有以下一些原因：
1、Providing immediate value. By providing reliable and detailed crypto-financial data and the tools to process it, Catalyst fills a large immediate need for investors and traders in the crypto space. Any serious project should provide strong value to the community that supports it from day one.
1、提供即时的价值。 通过提供可靠详细的加密金融数据和处理数据的工具， Catalyst 满足了投资者和交易者在加密资产领域的迫切需求。 任何认真严肃的项目应该从第一天起就向支持它的社区提供强大的价值。
2、Demonstrating our ability to execute. The Enigma team is committed to delivering on our long term vision, but we don’t ask our community to rely solely on promises. By making our project public-facing and immediately providing an open-source product for anyone to use, we hold ourselves accountable.
2、展示我们的执行力。Enigma 团队致力于实现我们的长期愿景，但是我不主张我们对社区完全只依靠承诺。通过让我们的项目面向公众以及将马上提供一个开源产品供任何人使用，我们要负起这方面责任来。
3、Establishing and testing the Enigma protocol. In its alpha stages Catalyst’s data is built centrally, but as we develop our protocol we will migrate all Catalyst data to the Enigma network. Building and scaling Catalyst provides a powerful stress test for the Enigma protocol, ensuring that it can operate at scale.
3、建立和测试 Enigma 协议。在 alpha 阶段，Catalyst 的数据是中心化构建的， 但是我们将开发我们的协议，并将所有的 Catalyst 数据迁移到 Enigma 网络。构建和伸缩 Catalyst 对 Enigma 协议进行了一个强有力的压力测试， 保证协议能够在更大规模上运行。
To the first and second points above, we are well ahead of our initial roadmap for the Catalyst product. For example, we have released live trading four months in advance, currently supporting two exchanges and in the process of adding a third. We are also actively expanding the data sets available for consumption on Catalyst.
对于上述第一点和第二点，在 Catalyst 项目上我们超前完成了我们最初的路线图。例如， 我们提前4个月发布了实时交易，目前已经支持了在两个交易所上进行操作，第三个交易所的支持正在进行中。 我们还在积极扩展 Catalyst 上可用的数据集。
We can frame the future development process for Catalyst into three concurrent processes that describe Catalyst’s main functionalities:
我们可以将 Catalyst 未来的开发过程描述成 Catalyst 主要功能的三个进程：
1、 Catalyst Core. This is the backbone of Catalyst — a fully-featured trading engine that can interface with many exchanges and data sources. It provides developers (professionals and hobbyists) with quantitative investment tools for crypto-assets.
1、 Catalyst 核心. 这是 Catelyst 的支柱骨干—— 一个能对接众多交易所和数据源的全功能的交易引擎。 他为开发者（专业人士和业余爱好者）提供了针对数字资产的量化投资工具。
2、Catalyst UI. A web-based interface for managing and testing your strategies on the cloud. Short-term, we plan to introduce a browser-based IDE for developers, accompanied by a control panel for connecting to various exchanges, executing strategies and measuring performance. At a later stage, our goal is to introduce a Drag ’n’ Drop Strategy Generator, targeted at non-developers. Using visual tools, this editor would allow anyone to create programmatic, data-driven strategies without any programming knowledge.
2、Catalyst 用户界面. 一个在云上来管理和测试你的策略的web界面。短期内，我们计划向开发者推出一个基于浏览器的集成开发环境， 他包括一个可以连接不同交易所，执行策略并评估表现的控制面板。在后面的阶段，我们目标推出一个可以拖拽的策略生成器，使没有编程能力的人也能使用。使用可视化工具，这个编辑器能够让任何人在没有编程知识的情况下创建程序化数据驱动的策略。
3、Catalyst Data. This is where the Enigma protocol and Catalyst converge. As a first phase, Catalyst data will be centrally stored on vanilla cloud servers (as is the case currently), but data consumption would already be facilitated through ENG tokens. Once the Enigma protocol is operational, all Catalyst data-sets will be migrated to the decentralized Enigma data marketplace.
3、Catalyst 数据. 这是 Enigma 协议和 Catalyst 的结合点。第一阶段，Catalyst 数据将被中心化的存储在 vanilla 云服务器上(和现在的情况一样)，但是数据的消费将推进到使用 ENG 代币。一旦 Enigma 协议生效，所有的Catalyst 数据集将被迁移到去中心化的 Enigma 数据市场。
What Happens Now | 现在发生了什么
ENG tokens will be distributed to our contributors tomorrow, October 11th. Whether or not you were able to participate in the ENG token sale, there are many ways to get involved with the project.
ENG 代币将会在明天发售，10月11日。 不管你是参于 ENG 代币的购买，都将有很多的方法参与到这个项目中来。
Try Catalyst. The Catalyst alpha is available at www.enigma.co/catalyst. Come experiment with Catalyst and join tens of thousands of other users.
尝试 Catalyst. Catalyst alpha版本已经在 www.enigma.co/catalyst发布。来用用 Catalyst，加入其他成千上万用户的队伍。
Join our community. Our Telegram community is over 7,500 members strong, and we have a new Discord channel of over 1,000 members. If you’d like to register for our Slack (12,000 users and home of our developer community), please message 
加入我们的社区。 我们的 Telegram 社区已经超过了7500名成员， 同时我们有新的 Dicord 频道也吵过了1000人。如果你希望加入我们的 Slack(12000用户和我们开发者的聚集地)， 请在 Telegram 群发你的邮箱地址给
Submit content. If you are using Catalyst and are interested in writing about your experiences and learnings, we’d love to publish your work. We’ve published some great articles from community members previously, so please get in touch with
提交内容。如果你正在使用 Catalsy 并且愿意写下你的经验和知识， 我们很乐于发布你的文章。 我们早前已经发布了很多社区成员的文章。如果你感兴趣，请在Telegram 于
Help us grow. As we are building a protocol and a platform, our success is tightly linked to our community support and awareness. We’ll continue to actively share news and development updates with the community on a weekly basis, and you can help us spread the word within your networks about our project and vision.
帮助我们成长。因为我们正在构建一个协议和平台，我们的成功与否和我们的社区支持和意识密切相关。每周，我们将持续积极的与社区分享我们的新闻和开发进度，你们也能帮助我们在你们的网络中传播我们的项目和愿景。
With your support and efforts, we can and will create the decentralized future of data. A very sincere thank you from all of us at Enigma!
在你们的支持和努力下，我们能够创造一个去中心化数据的未来。请接受来自 Enigma 每一位成员非常真诚的感谢。
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