Chapter 48 Bitcoin, Ethereum

November 25, 2025, W Modu Bund!

All participants in the Global Blockchain Academic Conference are staying at the hotel.

At the same time, the meeting was also held at the hotel.

This year marks the 3rd Global Blockchain Academic Conference with the theme of 'Blockchain. Looking to the future'.

Blockchain was proposed in 2008 and has since quickly become known globally thanks to Bitcoin.

In 2014, blockchain 2.0 arrived, becoming a term for decentralized blockchain databases.

The second generation of blockchain makes it possible to store an individual's permanent digital ID and image.

and provide solutions to the underlying inequality in the distribution of wealth in society.

Soon, blockchain was valued by various countries around the world.

The most important function of blockchain is decentralization.

The so-called decentralization means that the data is stored, cannot be modified, and all information is encrypted by algorithms.

It may seem simple, but it makes a lot of difference.

For example, in the securities market, the traditional securities market is easy to manipulate, but with the blockchain, the securities market cannot be manipulated.

Another example is payment and clearing, when the information cannot be modified, the link between the access banks is more efficient and cheaper.

There is also the disappearance of telephone and online fraud, cross-border e-commerce, digital currency, ......

In 2015, Xia Guomodu held the first Blockchain Global Summit, which is the top blockchain summit in the world.

This year is known as the first year of the Xia Kingdom blockchain.

The Global Blockchain Academic Conference, which is also one of the most high-end blockchain conferences on blockchain, is only one level behind the Blockchain Global Summit.

The Global Blockchain Academic Conference, also known as IEEE-ICBC, is hosted by the Modu Tree Graph Blockchain Research Institute.

It attracts blockchain technology service providers, solution providers, research institutions, open source project parties and scientific researchers from all over the world.

Ye Fei pulled his suitcase and walked into the W Hotel silently!

At this moment, the entire hotel was contracted by the Tree Graph Blockchain Research Institute, and many people from all over the world gathered in the hall to participate in the global blockchain academic conference.

They sit or stand and gossip together.

Ye Fei handed the invitation in his hand to the front desk, and after getting the room card, he took the elevator to his room.

When he stepped out of the elevator, looked at the house number on the door in the corridor, and slowly moved forward, looking for his room, someone called him behind him: "Mr. Ye Fei!" ”

Ye Fei turned around and said with a smile: "Mr. Mochizuki!" ”

Shinichi Mochizuki closed the door behind him, walked up to Ye Fei, and said with a smile: "I guessed that you would come to this meeting, but I didn't expect you to live on this floor." ”

"Which room do you live in?"

“406!”

"Well, it's in the front room." Shinichi Mochizuki pointed to a room not far ahead.

"Mochizuki-kun!"

At this time, several people came over.

All of them are yellow and speak Japanese.

Shinichi Mochizuki smiled at them and said, "Let me introduce you to you, this is Ye Fei of Zhonghu University in Xia Kingdom." ”

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, he paused in his tone and continued, "He proved the ABC conjecture. ”

Only then did everyone show a look of sudden realization, knowing who Ye Fei was.

But they were very cold to Ye Fei, and just nodded politely.

Shinichi Mochizuki smiled awkwardly, he wanted to introduce Ye Fei to these people.

He thinks that Ye Fei's future achievements will be higher than his own.

If they can get to know Ye Fei, it will be of many benefits to them in the future.

But it seems that his hot face is attached to his cold ass, and these people do not appreciate their kindness.

Ye Fei smiled: "Mr. Mochizuki, let's have dinner together at noon, and my two friends." ”

"Yes!" Mochizuki Shinichi: "You put your luggage back first, and we'll talk until noon." ”

"Okay!"

Ye Fei nodded to the few people next to Mochizuki Shinyi, and then turned around to find his room.

Once in the room, he put his luggage down.

After that, he began to contact Nan Guodong and the two.

Soon he got in touch and they had arrived at the hotel and were staying on the same floor as him.

After Ye Fei left the room, he came to Nan Guodong's room.

In the middle of the room, Cheng Ji'an was also there.

After the three of them sat down, Ye Fei said: "There are quite a lot of people who came to the conference this time, and the hall, corridor and elevator are all full of people." ”

"Hmm!" Nan Guodong nodded and said, "That's true, there are tens of thousands of people who came to participate in the conference this time. ”

"So much!" Ye Fei said in surprise.

Of all the meetings he had attended in the past, the largest number of people was only about 6,000.

Cheng Ji'an said: "This is normal, after all, it is a blockchain conference, and every international blockchain conference has attracted the attention of countries around the world. ”

"So, all the people who attended the blockchain conference were much larger than the people at other academic conferences."

"Like today's global blockchain academic conference, it is an international blockchain conference, and there are naturally many people attending."

"There are not only people in mathematics and computing, but also people in business and politics."

Ye Fei nodded, looked at the two of them, and asked with a smile, "Are you ready to make an academic report?" ”

Cheng Ji'an shook his head and said: "I'll forget it, although I have research on blockchain, but it is not too deep, I am still good at cryptography research." ”

Ye Fei looked at Academician Nan Guodong and said, "Academician Nan, what about you?" ”

Nan Guodong said: "I also forget it, I published an academic report on blockchain last year, and my inspiration has dried up, and I will not publish any academic report on blockchain in the past two years." ”

"Wait until you have accumulated some inspiration in two years before publishing."

"What academic report are you going to publish on blockchain?"

Ye Feidao: "It's about the future development direction of the blockchain, making a prediction and development direction. ”

"Are you sure you want to talk about this?" Nan Guodong was surprised.

"What's wrong?" Ye Fei was puzzled: "Is there any problem with talking about this?" ”

Nan Guodong said: "Of course there is a problem, don't look at it as very simple, in fact, it is very difficult." ”

"Many people have thought about the future development direction of the blockchain, and all the development directions of the blockchain may be known to everyone."

"If you're talking about this, you're going to have to say something that people don't know."

"Otherwise, it will be difficult for everyone to accept your academic report."

Ye Fei smiled: "I think I still have some confidence in this regard." ”

This is difficult for others, but it is very simple for Ye Fei.

Don't forget, Ye Fei is a systematic person who can absorb other people's ideas.

Absorb everyone's ideas about blockchain and generate new inspiration.

Nan Guodong said: "It's good to have confidence, even if you don't speak well, it doesn't matter, after all, are you young, everyone can understand you." ”

Ye Fei smiled and didn't speak.

At this time, the hall on the first floor!

A group of people walked in from the outside, attracting the attention of everyone in the hall.

The leader is a bald middle-aged man, with a long-faced white middle-aged man standing on the left and a somewhat wealthy middle-aged man standing on the right.

They are Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and Apple CEO Art Levinson.

Behind them, all of them are well-known entrepreneurs in Beiliguo, and many of them are on the Forbes rich list.

At this moment, another group of people walked in from outside the door.

The leader is an old man with a wrinkled face, on the left hand is a middle-aged man with handsome facial features and a kind smile, on the right hand stands a small middle-aged man, and on the right hand is a middle-aged man with some richness and glasses.

They are the CEOs of Huawei, Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent.

Behind them, there are many well-known entrepreneurs in the Xia Kingdom.

Seeing this group of people coming, many people stepped forward to greet them.

The academic circle, the business circle and the political circle, these three circles are interdependent.

You need me, I need you, there is no such thing as who is higher and who is lower.

At noon, the restaurant on the first floor!

Ye Fei and Mochizuki Shinichi sat down to eat together, and the four of them were all people in the academic circle, and there were many topics to talk about.

There were a lot of people who came to talk to Shinichi Mochizuki.

Shinichi Mochizuki is world-class in the field of mathematics and a master in the field of blockchain.

He can be ranked in the top 10 of the world's people who study blockchain.

They chatted on the side, and Ye Fei sat on the side to listen, and also absorbed a lot of inspiration.

This meal lasted a full two hours.

After eating, Mochizuki Shinichi: "There is an academic seminar in the small hall on the second floor in the afternoon, do you want to come?" ”

Ye Fei said: "Of course! ”

The meeting starts at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, and many people will be gathering to chat today.

After that, Ye Fei and the others, under the leadership of Shinichi Mochizuki, entered a small hall on the second floor.

The small hall is not large, with more than 50 square meters.

At this time, there were already more than a dozen people sitting inside, discussing academic issues.

When Shinichi Mochizuki entered, many people greeted him.

When they saw Ye Fei, many people were full of wonders, why the relationship between this person and Mochizuki Shinichi seemed to be very good.

In academia, a person who has a good relationship with a top scholar is either a student of that top scholar, a relative, or someone who is equally academically competent.

Looking at Ye Fei's appearance, he is neither like a student nor a relative, so there are only people with strong academic ability.

However, in the field of blockchain and mathematics, they didn't expect who Ye Fei was.

Ye Fei is famous academically, but not famous.

In addition, he is usually very low-key, except for one CCTV appearance, his photos are almost not circulated outside.

He has attended very few academic conferences, especially international conferences, and has only attended once.

It is also an international conference for young people.

Therefore, many people in the academic circle do not know him.

Also, the people in this room are, at the very least, world-class scholars.

The scholars they focus on are all at least world-class scholars.

Therefore, there are almost no people in this room who know Ye Fei.

Mochizuki Shinichi: "Let me introduce to you, this is Ye Fei, and the ABC conjecture is what he proved." ”

Shinichi Mochizuki is also very helpless, every time he introduces Ye Fei.

Everyone didn't know who Ye Fei was.

But as long as he proves the ABC conjecture, everyone will know who Ye Fei is.

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that it was him, "It turned out to be him." ”

"I heard that there was a Xia Guoren who proved the ABC conjecture that he was so young."

"It's amazing to prove the ABC conjecture at such a young age!"

"Xia Guo is always easy to produce mathematical geniuses, envy!"

“……”

Shinichi Mochizuki continued to introduce: "This is Academician Nan Guodong of Xia Kingdom! ”

Many people present greeted Nan Guodong, who is an academician of a country, both in China and in international academic circles, and is relatively famous.

"This is Cheng Ji'an, and his teacher is Keith Devlin."

Cheng Ji'an is not very famous, but his teacher is famous.

So that's all it can say.

Many people nodded to Cheng Ji'an, Cheng Ji'an they don't know, but Keith Devlin they know that this person is very good at cryptography.

And everyone here is studying blockchain, and studying blockchain naturally requires studying cryptography.

Some of those present also often consulted Keith Devlin on academic issues.

After that, everyone sat down and began to discuss academic issues.

Capable people always cherish each other, and many people began to chat with Ye Fei and the four of them.

In between, a lot of people came in and joined in.

All afternoon, everyone was talking about academics.

This benefits everyone a lot.

Ground floor, restaurant!

It's time for dinner.

"Huh?" Ye Fei looked at a place in the restaurant suspiciously, and said suspiciously: "Mr. Mochizuki, who is that?" Why are so many people around him? ”

Ye Fei saw that in the middle of the restaurant, a man who looked like he was about thirty years old, sitting at the table, surrounded by a group of people.

Mochizuki Shinichi looked at the place and said, "V God! ”

"V God?" Ye Fei was surprised: "What do you mean?" Anyone else with that name? ”

In the name of God, how great and bold this man is.

You must know that the word god is a spiritual symbol in all countries of the world, and no one will take the name of God.

Nan Guodong shook his head and said: "That's not his real name, his real name is Vitalik Buterin, born in 1994 in a small town outside Moscow, Northern Russia, and later brought to Canada by his parents, grew up in Toronto, and is the founder of Ethereum." ”

"In crypto circles, he's the most famous."

"Known as a gifted prodigy, insiders call him V God."

Mochizuki nodded and said: "Academician Nan is right, he co-founded Bitcoin magazine when he was 17 years old, and beat Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to win the World Technology Award in the IT software category at the age of 20. ”

"I founded Ethereum at the age of 19, and at the age of 21, it took me nearly 18 months to develop Ethereum and finally go online."

"As soon as Ethereum was launched, it was concerned by large enterprises such as IBM and Microsoft, as well as many developers."

"In March of the same year, dozens of giants such as Microsoft, Intel and JPMorgan Chase established the Ethereum Che Alliance to jointly develop Ethereum-based enterprise-level blockchain projects."

Ye Fei nodded and exclaimed, "It's really amazing." ”

He was only recently introduced to blockchain, and he had heard of V God for the first time.

Shinichi Mochizuki: "There are too many geniuses in academia, you don't have to be presumptuous, he is very talented in the field of blockchain and you are also very talented in mathematics. ”

"Maybe in a few years, with your achievements in the field of mathematics, you will be able to show your strength in many fields."

Mathematics is the mother of all disciplines, and people who develop well in the field of mathematics.

If you go to other fields, such as finance, computer science......

That is equivalent to a father beating his son, a dimensionality reduction blow.

Ye Fei chuckled: "Maybe! ”

He didn't think about the development of other fields now, and any field of mathematics was enough for him to study for a lifetime.

Unless he is short of money sometime, he will go to other fields to develop.

Or, he is a little tired of mathematical research and wants to change the environment, go to other fields to play, and regulate his mood.

Cheng Ji'an said: "Mr. Mochizuki, many people say that Ethereum will replace Bitcoin, what do you think? ”

Shinichi Mochizuki shook his head and said: "Impossible, Ethereum and Bitcoin are different products, whether it is the service object, the total amount of issuance, the mining time and the transaction rate, they are completely different." ”

"Ethereum still has a long way to go compared to Bitcoin."

"Moreover, due to the different service objects, Ethereum has fundamentally eliminated the replacement of Bitcoin."

Ethereum is for developers, and Bitcoin is for investors.

Everybody can be an investor, but everybody can't be a developer.

From this point of view, Bitcoin has a much larger audience than Ethereum.

And Ethereum is inherently limited in its development.

So, it is impossible to replace Bitcoin.

Ye Fei and the others nodded.

Cheng Ji'an said: "Mr. Mochizuki, I heard that the currency circle has been turbulent recently, as the founder, have you ever thought about selling the bitcoin in your hand?" ”

Shinichi Mochizuki: "Although I am the founder, I hardly have much bitcoin in my hands. ”

"Huh?" The crowd was amazed.

Shinichi Mochizuki: "Who said that the founder must have bitcoin in his hands, I just created bitcoin at that time, and that was an application of the mathematics I studied. ”

"As a founder, I've predicted Bitcoin's growth cycle."

"Of course, I work with a number of Bitcoin companies and make shares, and I also make a lot of money."

"When I created Bitcoin, I predicted that Bitcoin would only have a three-year growth cycle and that Bitcoin would collapse after three years, so in mid-2011, I sold all the shares of Bitcoin companies and cashed out."

"Now I don't even have bitcoin in my hands, I don't even have shares in bitcoin companies."

Ye Fei secretly gave a thumbs up in his heart, what a chicken thief.

But he can also understand that a world-class mathematician like Shinichi Mochizuki does not deserve to be a world-class mathematician if he does not even have this ability.

Ye Fei asked, "Mr. Mochizuki, how much did you earn?" ”

Mochizuki Shinichi looked at Ye Fei with a smile and said, "What?" You're also interested in this, so if you want to play, you can try it. ”

"With your ability, if you enter the market, be careful, you will definitely not lose money, let alone earn about a billion."

"Billion!" Ye Fei was very moved when he heard it: "When I am short of money, I will go and play." ”

At this time, someone came over and said, "Is it Professor Ye?" ”

Ye Fei looked at the person, a middle-aged man about forty years old, and said, "Are you?" ”

"Hello, Professor Ye!" The middle-aged man stretched out his hand and said, "I'm Ji Yunda from Korn Ferry, I think Dong Siyuan told you about me!" ”

"Hello!" Ye Fei stood up and shook hands with Ji Yunda, and said, "Dong Siyuan did tell me about you, but I have no plans to go to Ali for the time being." ”

Ji Yunda looked at the few people beside Ye Fei, nodded to them, and said, "Professor Ye, please don't refuse yet, if it's convenient, can we find a secluded place to talk?" ”

Ye Fei nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

He said to Nan Guodong: "You sit down first, and I'll talk to him." ”

Nan Guodong nodded and said, "Okay, you go!" ”

After that, Ye Fei and Ji Yunda found a place with few people to sit down.

Ji Yunda said: "Professor Ye, I see that you are also interested in blockchain and cryptography when you come to this conference, and Ali is the best enterprise in the development of blockchain in Xia Kingdom." ”

The top five blockchain developments in Xia Guo are Ant Technology Group, Tencent Cloud, Xia Guo Ping'an, State Grid and China Merchants Group.

Ye Feidao: "Ali is indeed the best company in the development of blockchain in Xia Kingdom, but I have no intention of working in a private company, and I prefer to stay in school to teach and research." ”

"You should have investigated me, I rarely work for private companies, and I usually do experiments for the state."

"It's not that I look down on private companies, it's that I don't like the environment of private companies, and I prefer a comfortable environment to do scientific research."

"I feel very comfortable teaching and experimenting in school."

"Comfort is the environment that every researcher should have, and only comfort can do scientific research without distractions."

"That's how we can do better research."

Ji Yunda said: "Of course I know this. ”

"But as far as I know, there are not many talents in Zhonghu University, which is very limited to your scientific research."

"And Ali has some of the best people in the country."

"If you come to Alibaba, it will be of great help to your scientific research."

Ye Fei said: "Of course I know this, but what does it matter?" ”

"I have developed very well in the academic circle, and I have a certain number of contacts, as long as I have connections, I will not lack talents."

"If I want to do scientific research, I can bring people from any university in Xia Kingdom to work together."

"Not only from Xia Guo, but also from abroad."

"So whether I go to Ali or not doesn't have much impact on me."

"You're right!"

Ji Yunda felt that this chat could not be talked about.

There is no shortage of money, Ye Fei is not short of talents, people have connections, and there is no shortage of ideals, Ye Fei's ideal is to stay in Zhonghu University to teach and engage in scientific research.

Money, resources, ideals!

These three points are not lacking, so it is difficult to talk about them.

Ji Yunda said: "I know your hometown is Jinling, if you go to Hangzhou to work, you can go home every Saturday and Sunday to see your parents, but you can't do it in the sand dunes." ”

"Do you want to stay in the dunes for the rest of your life?"

"And what about your parents?"

"Do you want them to come with you to the dunes?"

"Let's not talk about whether they want to come or not, it is very inconvenient for a Jinling person to go to the sand dunes, and they have to leave their relatives and friends behind."

"They don't have a single friend in the dunes, and they don't have a habit of eating."

Money, resources, and ideals are not good, so only the family card remains.

Ye Fei was stunned for a moment, he was an only child, and his parents only had one child.

If he stays in the dunes for the rest of his life, his parents will definitely live with him when they are old.

But his parents have lived in Jinling all their lives, and they will be very unaccustomed to coming to the sand dunes.

Ji Yunda saw that Ye Fei didn't speak, and knew that his words had touched Ye Fei.

Ji Yunda said: "I think your parents also want you to return to them, now it is very convenient from Hangzhou to Jinling, and it will take an hour to get there by high-speed rail." ”

"Ali has two days off, you can take the high-speed train home every Friday night, and then take the high-speed train back to Hangzhou to work on Monday morning."

"Isn't it good that you have two days to spend with your parents?"

Ye Fei said: "I want to think about it. ”

"Good!" Ji Yunda said: "If you think about it, please call me back." ”

As he spoke, Ji Yunda took out a postcard and put it in front of Ye Fei, Ye Fei put the postcard away, then stood up and turned to leave.

After Ye Fei left, Ji Yunda took a long breath.

Ji Yunda shook his head and said in his heart: "Finally let him move, as long as he moves, then it will be easier to talk about it next." ”

"What I'm most afraid of is the kind of person who doesn't get in the oil and salt, and all the advantages you put forward, the other party doesn't want to move."

Ye Fei returned to the dining table, as if nothing happened, and continued to communicate with Mochizuki Shinichi and the others.

After chatting for about half an hour, they returned to their respective rooms.

After Ye Fei returned to the room, he did not rest immediately.

Instead, turn on the computer and write down all the inspirations for the day and revise the academic report for tomorrow.

I didn't rest until 12 o'clock in the evening!

(End of chapter)