Day 4: Become a self-taught blockchain developer with zero knowledge in 365 days

Ximena Elizeche
5 min readJan 30, 2021

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Order 2: the basic knowledge of of Internet (Technical aspect, Computer Science, Phase 1: a normal technican)

the history of Internet

History of the Internet, A Brief History of the Internet, Revolution of the Internet

To sum up, the Internet was invented for military purpose in the beginning, and then used by acedemic unit for communicaiton purpose. During the war, it's vital to keep the commmuniation work. On the other hand, the invention of this kind of network usually involves internaitonal cooperation. And plenties of networks were created through different kinds of methods all around the world. Not until 1983, which is viewed as the official birth of Internet, can we finally reach the concencus of the global standard of Network. The protocol is called TCP/IP.

how does the Internet work

How Does the Internet Work: A Step-by-Step Pictorial, How Does the Internet Work? Here’s How the Internet Works, In Simple Terms, Packet switching

To sum up, the way the Internet worlk should start frome a device sending messages(sender). Then, the transfer of information will come from one IP to another. During the process of transfer, the message will be broke into peices which is called packets. When the time the other IP receives the message, the packets will reassemble. By the way, how TCP works in here is all the packets must be subject to the rules of TCP in order to maintain the quality of sending and receiving messages.

what is a router

How Does the Internet Work? Here’s How the Internet Works, In Simple Terms

To sum up, it is a hardware which allows the connection between the device and the Internet. It is the wifi machine in our daily life.

why de we need protocols in networks

Protocol Definition — TechTerms, why do we need protocols

To sum up, it is not hard to reason the cause of this quesiton. The protocols are set of rules to regulate a specific type of communication. Without the protocols, the will be lots of problems during communication, for computers are lack of common languages to talk to each other. Besides, protocols with common features and using purpose might have a fierce competition in order to become the rule maker by striving to attract more users. It quite similar to the competition of blockchain protocols.

types of Internet protocols

典範轉移:大網路協定(protocol)時代來臨, Types of Internet Protocols, Internet Technologies/Protocols, IMAP, POP, and SMTP, Internet Technologies/Protocols

To sum up, the most common protocol we've known is HTTP. It is the protocol used to transmit all kinds of data, such as text, multimedia, and graphics. HTTP and FTP, another popular protocol used to send files, are both working upon TCP/IP protocol. Other protocol like IMAP, its most famous application is GMAIL. And, PTT, a rough online forum widely-used by Taiwanese even nowadays, is working based on telnet protocol.

the war of protocols

從網路看區塊鏈《三》40年前「互聯網巨頭」的協議戰爭,對我們有什麼啟示?

To sum up, there was four major players at that time.TCP/IP, the one we're using now, is one of them for sure. The other three competitors were DECNET, SNA, and OSI. The first two were out of the game in the first place, which were transfered to OSI, and positioned as private network respectively. And left the final combat to OSI and TCP/IP. Two of them were quite distinct, the former is supported by major large enterprises at that time, and the latter was merely groups of volunteers developing and maintaining the evolution of protocols. Ay last, we all know what happens. The victory of TCP/IP was mainly regarded as its opening ecosystem and culture. The famous ideology, "We reject kings, president, and voting. We believe in rough concensus and running code."

the difference between public network and private network

Make a Wi-Fi network public or private in Windows 10, Public Network

To sum up, as literaly, public network is the netwok everyone have access to it, and you'll be hiden on the network. Still, there might be security concern. On the other hand, while connecting to private network, you will be discoverable on the network. And it's possible for file sharing or printing in the private network.

how do we browse a website through internet

How to access websites, Best free and public DNS servers in 2021, Using a web browser

To sum up, the first step usually comes with entering the address, which is also called Uniform Resource Locator(URL). And next, Domain Name System(DNS) would do the working, helping totranslate a website's URL into the IP address. When it's identified, the router would request the data through the Internet and to the target web server. The request would off course follow the rules of protocols and become in the form of packet. After the server recieves the request and process the information, it would send a data packet to the brower with all the information it demands, it would follow the original path, going through the Internet, and then the router. Ultimately, routers distribute packets to the devices that send the request in the beginning.

Order [1]: What is the necessity of teamwork and how do we benefit from it? (Teamwork aspect, Psychologically)

When did teamwork begin?

History of Team Building, Teamwork Theory: Stages of Group Development, Reading: The Hawthorne Studies

To sum up, the idea of teamwork came from the Haethorne Studies in 1920s, and the conclusion of the study is that workers are responsive to the additional attention of the manager or other kinds of social factors, and thus inccrease the productivity of work.

the importance of teamwork

5 Important Reasons Why Teamwork Matters!, B2B的AI新創團隊,要怎麼做才不會跌個狗吃屎?

This part is quite significant for me. To sum up, the importance of teamwork came from today's multidisplinary industry. In other words, if the working environment need no cross-field cooperation, the teamwork wouldn't be such an urgent task. Also, it would become much more easy. In Taiwan, for a long time, OEM and ODM of hardware is the core industry, and most of the talents we required and developed are engineering related. Hence, we are lack of experience of multidisplinary teamwork nor the talents from diverse fields with global competitiveness. Well-established corporate managenent system, the respect to all kinds of talent, and advanced management knowledge are all our weaknesses by nature. Therefore, we should think thoughly the essence of teamwork and fully practice it in the business.

When did teamwork become ineffective?

Why Your Teamwork Doesn’t Work … And How To Improve It, Reading: Why Teamwork Works

To sum up, the failure of teamwork is not a rare situation, and it even happens to me a few times in my past experience. To be more specific, the teamwork fails when high-performing team members underperform when they work as a team, whch means that the cooperation is a complete waste.

There are some common reasons of the failure of a team. For example, absence of trust, fear of conflicts, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, inattention to results(team goal).

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