Detailed explanation of the new asset of the Atomicals protocol, Sophon Zhizi (with minting tutorial)

Although the Atomicals community is technically pure, it is known as the “technical halal” of the Bitcoin ecosystem. But the Atomicals community seems to realize that, unlike ordi and sats, where the Ordinals protocol is widely known, they are in dire need of a meme that can attract attention within the wider circle.

Some time ago, the Quark Token appeared precisely to meet this demand, as an attempt to increase the awareness of Atomicals on a broader scale. As an ARC 20 Token, quarks get their name from quarks in physics, which are the basic units of matter. This name forms an interesting echo with sats (satoshis), the smallest units that make up Bitcoin, giving quarks certain meme properties. Quark’s high initial Market Cap, large number of holding Addresses, and strong underlying Consensus have convinced community members that it has the potential to become a truly boundary-breaking meme Token in the Atomicals ecosystem.

But the ambitions of the Atomicals community do not stop there, obviously, if you want to be more out of the circle, have a wider awareness and influence, a “quark” Token alone is not enough, so recently a new asset has been circulating in the community - “Sophon Zhizi”. It is reported that according to the calculation of 50 gas, the cost of mining a Sophon Zhizi is 50 knives, and 42 knives of Bitcoin are locked inside, so the real cost is that the gas fee is around 10 knives, and the progress as of the time of writing is 9.26%.

Three-body narrative, Zhizi is coming

One of Sophon’s biggest narratives is the concept of the three-body problem, and in Liu Cixin’s science fiction novel The Three-Body Problem, Sophon is an extremely advanced technology, created by the three-body civilization. Zhizi is a microcomputer made by folding elementary particles (such as protons) through high-dimensional folding technology, and has extremely high intelligence and computing power. They can operate at both the macro and micro levels, being able to move around the universe at the speed of light, enabling real-time communication.

Tomoko played a very important role in “The Three-Body Problem”. They are used by the Three-Body Civilization to interfere with and disrupt the Earth’s scientific research, especially basic physics research, as these studies may help humanity discover and fight against the Three-Body Civilization. Tomoko’s intervention has led to a series of scientific crises and social upheavals on Earth, adding complexity and tension to the novel’s storyline.

Since its release, “The Three-Body Problem” has had a huge impact on a global scale. It has not only gained wide acclaim in China, but has 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 spurred the attention and interest of a wider international audience in Chinese science fiction literature.

“The Three-Body Problem” is highly regarded for its profound philosophical exploration, grand cosmic vision, complex character relationships, and exquisite storytelling. It explores not only the clash and exchange of civilizations, but also the topics of science, technology, politics and humanity. The novel’s influence is reflected in the fact that it has inspired a wide range of discussions on important topics such as the future of humanity, the exploration of the universe, and the ethics of science. In addition, “The Three-Body Problem” has also been adapted into various forms of media works, including the TV series that have already been released, as well as the three-body movie that will be launched in March, which will further expand the influence and popularity of “The Three-Body Problem”. Sophon will also get a new round of heat.

「We need sophon back」

Previously, on the Ordinals protocol, there was also a “Sophon”, but not a Token, but a BRC-20 Token Sniper Robot.

Bitcoin developer Rijndael (@rot 13 maxi), former principal engineer at AWS, and CTO of Taproot Wizards, created a BRC-20 Token sniper robot called Sophon last October. The bot works by monitoring the blockchain’s mempool, and once it detects that a new BRC-20 Token Inion is about to be deployed, it moves quickly to deploy a Token of the same name, but sets its supply to 1, and ensures it is deployed before anyone else by paying higher gas fees. Since the BRC-20 protocol does not allow duplicate Token names, this means that the new Token originally intended to be released will not be successfully deployed and will be effectively “blocked” by Tomoko.

Related reading: “Not much BRC-20 left for retail investors?” “Bitcoin MEV” is sniping at the inscription market

After the first operation of “Tomoko”, it effectively dropped the number of new inscriptions, a decrease of 72% from the previous day, which can protect Bitcoin from generating too much “information” to a certain extent. However, when Tomoko’s funds ran out on October 23, the number of new text-type inscriptions surged by 540% the next day, showing the rebound effect of the market on this intervention.

As a result, raph (@raphjaph), the lead maintainer of the Ordinals protocol at the time, also expressed concern about Tomoko’s behavior on social media. It is implied that the Bitcoin ecosystem may need similar mechanisms to prevent such attacks.

On the left is the mining rig, and on the right is Liu Cixin’s science fiction novel “The Three-Body Problem: Dark Forest”

This also confirms the influence of the three-body culture in foreign communities to another extent. Looking back at raph today, the phrase “We need sophon back” subtly confirms the birth of sophon.

And back to Atomicals, a month ago, there were some signs of the establishment of the Three-Body Community. Bitcoin ecological KOL Cabbage said: The three-body problem is a domestic sci-fi IP, and he personally owns the fields of “three-body” and “threebody” (similar to domain names), which can mint sub-domains and naturally create communities. Although the possibility is relatively small, if Liu Cixin needs it, he will send it out of this field.

Does the Bitcoin ecosystem also need an ingenious economic model?

The Atomicals protocol has extraordinary flexibility and simplicity in creating unique digital objects, which is especially evident in the design differences between the ARC-20 and BRC-20 Tokens.

Atomicals Protocol is a simple and flexible protocol for minting, transferring, and updating digital objects on a Blockchain based on the UTxO (Unspent Transaction Output) model. In this system, an Atomical can be seen as a mechanism that encapsulates the creation, transmission, and updating of digital objects, defining the chain of digital ownership through a series of simple rules. Atomicals’ core philosophy emphasizes that “if you don’t have transaction history, you’re not your digital object”, ensuring that every transaction is properly recorded and tracked.

The core technology of the Atomicals protocol is Colored Coins, and follows the principle Satoshi of “1 token = 1 sat”, where each ARC-20 Token is dyed in the form of 1 Satoshi as an anchor to its value. Therefore, from this point of view, the Token of ARC-20 will not return to zero, and the Bitcoin at the time of dyeing is still there.

This point, Bitcoin ecology KOL 0x Sea also expanded in a tweet. "Compared to BRC-20, playing ARC-20 Token is playing the game of Staking BTC, using ARC-20 as a piggy bank, which is equivalent to buying multiple call options on BTC. 」

After explaining the basic differences between ARC-20 and BRC-20, let’s dive into the ingenuity of Sophon as a Token economic model.

For the sake of convenience, I have to make a comparison with Quark here, and the author does not mean to step on one.

Compared to Quark, Sophon is designed to maintain the same mining difficulty, which is in the 6th digits. In terms of Market Cap and stability, Sophon has shown great potential, taking up 420 BTC at the end of the game, and such a high Market Cap will play a huge role in helping Sophon and the Atomicals protocol continue to be out of the circle.

Each Sophon Token locks a larger amount of Bitcoin, making it more potential for value growth in the event of a Bitcoin price increase. And from a cost perspective, Sophon’s economic model also shows its efficiency and feasibility. The relatively low gas fee for creating a Sophon Token means that even if the Sophon value reaches zero in extreme cases, investors can still retain a portion of the Bitcoin value.

Sophon’s ingenious economic model is also reflected in the “wear rate”. According to the calculation of 50 gas, the cost of one is 50 dollars, but 42 dollars of Bitcoin are locked inside, if Sophon is zeroed, 42 dollars of Bitcoin is still real, so the real cost is the gas fee of 10 dollars.

In this way, the Sophon has a wear rate of less than 30%, and of course if there is more gas here, the wear rate will be higher. Therefore, it is self-evident that the cost of minting is lower at low gas.

At this point, Dr. Golden Dog and more social media voices also reflect the market’s optimistic expectations for ARC-20 Token, especially Sophon. In Bull Market, investing with the ARC-20 is not only a comfortable experience, but also a way to increase the value of your investment in the future when it Bitcoin rise. This is in line with the trend of young people storing “little golden beans”.

In Sophon’s 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 careful planning of the Bitcoin ecological Token economic model.

Xiaobai casting tutorial, how to play Zhizi?

In terms of asset distribution mechanism, the Atomicals protocol uses the Bitwork Mining mechanism to collide hashes by requiring pre-CPU calculations. In the following tutorials, Wizz Wallet is used. The mint released in the latest version of Wizz Wallet 2.0.6 is very powerful, using cloud computing, which can quickly improve the speed of mining Sophon.

First, install the latest version of Wizz Wallet. After opening the official website of the Wizz Wallet, click “Install” to add the chrome browser extension.

In the chrome browser extension, open the Wizz Wallet (Formerly Atom) add-on. Here it is also recommended to create a new Wallet to prevent accidentally burning other ARC assets during the play.

Select “Create new Wallet” on this screen. After entering the password to register, a 12-digit mnemonic word will pop up, back up the mnemonic word, select the Address followed by m/86/0/0/0/0/0, and click “Continue” to create successfully.

Transferring to Wizz WalletAddress Bitcoin as a handling fee, the current cost of one is about 50 U, it is recommended to prepare more Bitcoin as a GAS fee to prevent the handling fee from being insufficient.

Then in the Wizz Wallet plugin, click Mint.

After clicking Mint, jump to the web version, type “sophon” in the first line, and give the appropriate gas value according to the current gas rate. Then pulling the value higher in the thread will increase the speed.

Then click Start to see the process being calculated.

Wait for about 1-5 minutes, after digging up, a prompt box will pop up, click Next, and then sign. After waiting for the block to be confirmed, Sophon will arrive in the wallet.

In the process of mining sophon with Wizz Wallet, the UTxO before the transaction is not confirmed has not recovered the Bitcoin, so there will be a situation where the next minting cannot be carried out, and this will not be the case with the local environment terminal minting, so it is recommended that users with code base use terminal minting.

Wait for the block, click “View History” in the Wizz Wallet to enter the latest transaction, and when the mempool shows that the block is blue-purple and the transaction is confirmed, a Sophon is successfully minted.

BlockBeats Note: This article is not intended as any investment advice, most of the Bitcoin ecological Tokens themselves do not have any use cases, please pay attention to the screening risks.

References: 1. “Sophon: The Next Hotspot of the Atomicals Protocol”, 0x Sea; 2. “Token Model Analysis in ARC 20”, Dr. Golden Dog;