If the Internet implementation of real-name, what will be the consequences?

Absrtact: The market economy system is based on the anonymous transaction, because the anonymous transaction mechanism is more economical than the transaction cost compared with the real-name transaction mechanism.

According to yesterday's "voice of China" "News and newspaper summary" reported that the Ministry of Industry and Information technology, an official said recently, the current network information security is facing serious challenges, security is the first responsibility. and network security to the specimen and treatment, the root causes, the current relevant departments are studying the implementation of mobile phones, the network real-name System. has been concerned about the real-name system has been given the "security" of the task, but did not think that the real-name systems in line with the market economy law. Even if the network real-name system can promote network security, it depends on the cost of achieving this security, need to balance the cost of security, we need to think like economists.

In economics, all human interaction activities are referred to as trading (transaction), according to whether the traders enter the trading system need to produce real identity information, the transaction mechanism can be divided into the mechanism of anonymous trading and genuine-name trading mechanism. Modern market economy is an anonymous trading system based on strangers ' mutual trust. I go to the market to buy vegetables, do not need to check with the hawkers and the identity of each other, but the hawkers believe that I use counterfeit money, I believe that the Hawker will not poison in the food. The two sides pay for the food, money and vegetables are clean and proper. The market is bustling every day to reach countless deals.

Through these transactions, families, restaurants, vegetable farmers, transporters, fertilizer agriculture and various agricultural machinery manufacturers, steel manufacturers, oil producers and so on, a variety of different identities are linked together to form a socio-economic system. This system, like the blood of society, provides everyone with the opportunity to survive and develop, allowing everyone to share the creativity and wisdom of others, so that human society can continue to evolve. As a metaphor, the market economy is a big internet that connects human society through division of Labor and exchange, and the big Internet is based on anonymous trading.

The market economy system is based on the anonymous transaction, because the anonymous transaction mechanism is more economical than the transaction cost compared with the real-name transaction mechanism. In traditional society, people live in ancient villages, familiar with each other, transactions between acquaintances, although less fraud, but the transaction volume is very limited. Subsequent transactions expanded to villages, towns and beyond, and the identification of traders on a case-by-case basis became time-consuming, unnecessary and impossible, and an anonymous trading mechanism was established. The market has gradually developed a credit mechanism and legal system to deal with the possible frauds among the anonymous people. The latter two are the most important wealth accumulated in the evolution of human society. As long as the idea of a repeat transaction is greater than a single fraudulent gain, people will not cheat, the major fraud, and the law and police can intervene.

The development space created by anonymous market trading system based on legal reputation is unmatched by the traditional real-name trading system. In fact, the anonymity system does not completely exclude real names, as long as the use of real names is low enough, and will continue to create a new real name, such as trademarks, font size, etc., the latter become the carrier of market reputation, reducing the cost of further expansion of the market. The development of the Internet is the same reason, anonymous system for the expansion of the network created endless space, hiding in the virtual network name, netizens continue to contribute, share new knowledge, enrich the network of the world itself, but also change the real world, and the Internet has gradually formed its own credibility mechanism, legal system and values, many well-known IDs, Even in the virtual space, but also cherish their reputation. And if the network transactions really need real name identity, such as Taobao payment, also early has been spontaneous implementation, do not need to be forced.

If the Internet implementation of real-name, what will be the consequences? It's good to predict that the deal is falling and the energy is dropping. The younger generation has not seen, the older generation to hold the hukou to buy the food the state-greengrocer what kind, are very familiar with. Historically, rulers have been barred from trade and agriculture to keep everyone's identity fixed; when Zhu Yuanzhang repaired the wall of Nanjing, there were craftsmen, a first and the names of local officials, which was obviously inefficient and unthinkable under the market economy.