A young white man with a big back and a light blue suit rushed up from the stage and walked to the microphone supported by a tripod.

"Hello everyone, and welcome to the EDGE Awards Ceremony, I'm Robert!"

Robert spoke briskly with a smile on his face.

The whole person looks very sunny and talkative.

Westerners may be many extroverts because of their education.

"It's been nine years since blockchain was proposed in 2008."

"We have experienced the era of blockchain 1.0, in 2014, we entered the era of blockchain 2.0, and now, we are about to enter the era of blockchain 3.0......"

Blockchain 1.0 is the decentralization of digital currency, 2.0 is the financial application of smart contract digital assets, and 3.0 is the decentralized mutual trust network and decentralized trust mechanism.

The so-called decentralization of digital currencies is most typically Bitcoin.

Smart contract digital asset financial applications, the most typical is Ethereum.

Decentralized mutual trust network, decentralized trust mechanism, this is the combination of blockchain and multiple industries to change a part of the way of life of human beings.

This is the original intention of the blockchain at the beginning, not to speculate on money like it is now.

Ye Feixin said: "1.0 has achieved Shinichi Mochizuki, 2.0 has achieved V God, I don't know who 3.0 will achieve." ”

Both 1.0 and 2.0 are being used to speculate on money, and 3.0 is the entry stage of blockchain's greatest moment.

If someone can create Blockchain 3.0, they will become one of the richest people in the world.

He will be worth hundreds of billions of dollars in a short period of time, and may even become the richest man in the world.

"And 4.0." Ye Fei said in his heart.

Blockchain 4.0 is even more remarkable, that is the ultimate form of blockchain, and mankind will enter the era of Web 3.0.

Like VR, AR, and the metaverse, they are all built on the basis of Web3.0.

Robert said: "I hope we will enter the blockchain 3.0 era as soon as possible, which will definitely be a more brilliant and wonderful era." ”

"Okay, without further ado, let me introduce the guests present......

Robert introduced everyone in the first two rows and said: "At the EDGE Awards Ceremony, there will be a total of five awards, namely the Blockchain Technology Breakthrough Award of the Year, the Metaverse Startup of the Year, the NFT Leader of the Year Award, the GamerFi Award of the Year and the Talker of the Year Award. ”

Among these awards, the NFT Leader of the Year Award is the most heavyweight award.

"The President of the International Computer Society, Mr. Carter, announces the award winners, everyone is welcome!"

"Papapa......" everyone applauded warmly.

A middle-aged white man got up from the middle of the first row, turned around and waved to the people behind him, and walked onto the stage.

After shaking hands with Robert after taking the stage, he walked up to the microphone and said, "This year's winner of the Blockchain Technology Breakthrough Award is Thor Beckman. ”

Instantly, on the LCD screen behind the stage, a half-length photo of Thor Beckman was displayed, with a text description next to it.

Thor Beckman, CTO of Apple's Blockchain Division, will develop a cross-chain ...... in 2026

Soon, a middle-aged white man stood up from under the stage, he waved his hand around, and then walked towards the stage.

After taking the stage, he shook hands with Carter, who picked up the medal from the square plate brought by the staff next to him, put it on Thor's neck, and handed the certificate to Thor.

Then the two stood together, and the reporters around the audience took pictures of them.

Thor walked to the microphone and said with a smile: "I am very grateful to ACM for awarding this award to me, I feel very honored, but I would like to thank Professor Ye Fei of Xia Guo the most, if it wasn't for his proposal of cross-chain at the global blockchain academic conference at the beginning of last year and gave the direction of research and development, I may not have been able to develop cross-chain." ”

"Thank you!"

The reporters in the audience immediately took their cameras at Ye Fei, who was sitting in the audience.

Everyone in the audience also looked at Ye Fei.

A smile appeared on Ye Fei's face.

2026 is a year of changes in the blockchain, and the initiator is Ye Fei.

If it weren't for Ye Fei pointing out the future development direction and research methods of blockchain at the global blockchain academic conference, it might take a few years for cross-chain to be developed.

Lin Yi said to the white young man beside him with a proud face: "Look, this is my mentor, amazing!" ”

The white young man snorted disdainfully, and said in his heart: "What's the big deal, don't you just propose the direction of blockchain research and development, that's not as good as my uncle!" ”

Lin Yi and Wang Yuan looked at Ye Fei with admiration, this was the goal they had been fighting for all their lives.

After waiting for Thor to go down, Carter said: "The metaverse startup of the year is, Google!" ”

Google Inc. is the company with the most blockchain technology among all the companies in the world.

That's because in 2021, 40 of the top 100 companies in the world by market capitalization invested in blockchain-related fields.

Among them, Google led the industry with a total investment of $1.5 billion, and in the next few years, it invested $500 million a year in some blockchain companies.

So far, the total investment has reached 4 billion US dollars.

Because of this, Google has the largest amount of blockchain technology.

Moss, Google's chief technology officer for blockchain, stood up from the stage, waved around, and walked onto the stage.

After shaking hands with Carter, Carter put on a medal for him, handed him a certificate, and after taking a photo, Morse walked up to the microphone and said, "I'm glad to win the award......

After Morse stepped down, Carter continued: "It's Infinity Inc. that won the GameFi of the Year award! ”

Infinity Company is an NFT+ metaverse game based on the Ethereum blockchain, a decentralized turn-based strategy game inspired by "Pokémon" and the hottest GameFi game of the year in 2026.

The president of Infinity stood up from the stage, walked onto the stage, received the medal and certificate from Carter, and walked over to the microphone to speak.

After waiting for the president of Infinity to go down, Carter said, "The winner of the Storyteller of the Year is ......."

Everyone looked at Ye Fei, after all, the hottest topic of blockchain last year was Ye Fei's speech at the global blockchain academic conference.

For a whole year after that, the changes in the blockchain were all because of Ye Fei's speech.

Therefore, this award is most likely to be won by Ye Fei.

Ye Fei also felt that this award should be won by himself, and in terms of influence on the blockchain, it was naturally the biggest three people, Shinichi Mochizuki, V God and Adam Baker.

And these three should go for the NFT Leader of the Year award.

Therefore, Ye Fei should win the Speaker of the Year award.

Lin Yi smiled: "It must be obtained by my mentor, definitely." ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, after all, the biggest person in the blockchain in the past year is my mentor, and he is not eligible for it." ”

The white youth next to him pouted.

Of course, he also felt that Ye Fei should win this award.

And his uncle must be competing for the most heavyweight award, the NFT Leader of the Year Award.

Carter said: "The Speaker of the Year award is ......"

"Shinichi Mochizuki!"

The scene fell silent instantly, and everyone stared at Carter on the stage with wide eyes in surprise.

Carter faced everyone's gaze without panic, and still had a gentle smile on his face.

Ye Fei was surprised: "It's not me?" How could it not be me, it's Shinichi Mochizuki? ”

"As a blockchain founder, shouldn't he compete for the NFT Leader of the Year award?"

"If he wins this award, he won't be able to win the NFT Leader of the Year award."

According to the rules of the EDGE Awards, each person and company can only receive one type of award.

Shinichi Mochizuki stood up from the stage and walked towards the stage.

Carter put on a medal for him, presented him with a certificate, and took a photo.

Shinichi Mochizuki walked up to the microphone and said, "As a blockchain founder, I know that everyone present will be surprised to receive this award, why I won this award, why not compete for the NFT Leader of the Year Award." ”

Everyone nodded, yes, why don't you compete for the NFT Leader of the Year award.

Shinichi Mochizuki: "Because I have received enough accolades from the blockchain, I don't need to decorate me with more awards." ”

"So, I want to give the most important award to the rest."

"Someone needs this award more than I do."

"By the way, V God and Adam Baker have also withdrawn from the competition for the NFT Leader of the Year Award."

As soon as Shinichi Mochizuki finished speaking, he stepped down.

When everyone heard Shinichi Mochizuki's words, they exclaimed.

Prior to this, everyone thought that the NFT Leader of the Year award was produced between Shinichi Mochizuki, V-God and Adam Baker.

However, now that all three of them have withdrawn from competing for the NFT Leader of the Year Award, it is full of suspense as to who will win the NFT Leader of the Year Award.

Everyone looked around in a daze, wondering who was still eligible to compete for the NFT Leader of the Year award.

The white young man clenched his fists and said in annoyance: "Why did my uncle give up competing for the NFT Leader of the Year Award, and compete with Shinichi Mochizuki and V God, maybe he won!" ”

Wang Yuan regretted in his heart: "It's a pity, the Talker of the Year Award was won by Shinichi Mochizuki, don't give up the NFT Leader of the Year Award, so that my mentor can win the Talker of the Year Award." ”

"You three great gods gave up very casually, but it was my mentor who suffered."

"This is really a fight between immortals, and mortals suffer!"

"It looks like my mentor won't be able to win a single award."

"This is the first time my mentor has been nominated and not awarded."

"The first time I went abroad, I broke my own confinement."

"It's better to go abroad less in the future, my mentor's luck abroad is a little unsuitable."

"Hey......"

Carter said: "The NFT Leader of the Year Award will be presented below, and I will leave a suspense here." ”

"As Shinichi Mochizuki, V God and Adam Baker withdrew from the competition for the NFT Leader of the Year Award."

"So, we choose the winners from the rest."

"They are Li Qiwei and Ai Ming. Root. Schiller, Brock Pierce, Taylor Winklevos. ”

Every time Carter said a name, the display behind him showed a half-length photo of a person.

Everyone nodded, and all four of them were celebrities in the blockchain field.

Li Qiwei is not from Xia, but from Beili.

He is the father of Litecoin, a type of cryptocurrency that is best suited for small, lightweight transactions.

And Bitcoin is a currency that is more suitable for heavyweight transactions such as international payments.

Ai Ming. Root. Schiller was the creator of the first cryptocurrency to use the proof-of-work concept, the Karma system.

Brock Pearce was a businessman and one of the earliest investors in Bitcoin.

And, he has invested in a lot of projects in the blockchain space.

He has also been a guest lecturer at Milken Global Conference, Singularity University, Stanford University, University of Southern California, and UCLA.

Taylor Winklevos is an early Bitcoin investor and founder of Winklevos Capital Management.

He is the CEO and co-founder of Gemini Exchange, the world's first licensed digital currency exchanger.

Bit said: "And Ye Fei!" ”

"Ye Fei?" The crowd was amazed.

Although Ye Fei proposed the research and development direction of blockchain last year, his substantive contribution is far worse than that of the rest!

Of course, there are also contributions.

The cross-chain proposed by Ye Fei was successfully developed by many companies around the world last year, making the blockchain a big step.

But this influence can't be completely counted on Ye Fei's head, only a small part falls on Ye Fei's head.

After all, Ye Fei is just the proposer, and the developer is someone else.

It's as if someone put forward a conjecture, but the prover is someone else and applies it to reality.

Then most of the credit should go to the prover.

With cross-chain influence, only a small part falls on Ye Fei's head, and there is a big gap with the influence of the remaining four people on the blockchain.

Carter smiled: "I know everyone must be very puzzled, why did they choose Ye Fei." ”

"Because Ye Fei not only proposed the research direction of blockchain, he also created a new asymmetric encryption algorithm."

"A month ago, I went to Xia to visit, and I saw the data of the asymmetric encryption algorithm."

"Of course, it's not all the data, it's just a basic framework."

"But it also gave me an idea of this asymmetric encryption algorithm."

"That's a great asymmetric encryption algorithm."

"If this asymmetric encryption algorithm is successfully developed, it will allow the blockchain to enter the 3.0 era faster."

When the crowd heard this, they exclaimed.

They were very surprised in their hearts, is there really such a god?

They had heard that Ye Fei had developed a new asymmetric encryption algorithm.

But since it's only theoretical, the application hasn't been created yet.

Therefore, I don't know what kind of asymmetric encryption algorithm the asymmetric encryption algorithm developed by Ye Fei is.

But now listening to Carter's words, they feel that Ye Fei's asymmetric encryption algorithm must be very unsimple.

Mochizuki Shinichi turned his head to look at Ye Fei in astonishment, and was surprised in his heart: "What kind of asymmetric encryption algorithm is it that makes Carter have such an evaluation." ”

"Can the blockchain enter the 3.0 era?"

"I'm really looking forward to it!"

The era of blockchain 3.0 has always been the goal of blockchain researchers.

1.0 and 2.0 came out soon, but 3.0 was delayed.

Because 3.0 is much more difficult than 1.0 and 2.0.

If the technical difficulty of 1.0 is 1, then the technical difficulty of 2.0 is also 1, and the technical difficulty of 3.0 is 5.

3.0 is five times more technically difficult than 1.0 and 2.0.

Because 1.0 was created by the decentralized nature of the blockchain.

2.0 is one of the four core technologies of blockchain, created by smart contracts.

However, 3.0 will make breakthrough research on all the four core technologies of blockchain.

In particular, asymmetric encryption algorithms should make the greatest breakthrough research.

After that, with the asymmetric encryption algorithm as the core, a new blockchain system will be created, and it will enter 3.0.

This is because asymmetric encryption is the most difficult of the four core technologies, and it is also the most important technology.

Carter said: "Now I announce that the winner of the NFT Leader of the Year Award is ......"

"Xia Guo Ye Fei!"

Ye Fei was stunned, and it wasn't until the people around him applauded that Ye Fei came back to his senses.

Ye Fei stood up and walked to the stage, shook hands with Carter, Carter smiled, "Congratulations." ”

Ye Fei smiled: "Thank you!" ”

Carter put the medal on Ye Fei, gave the certificate to Ye Fei, and then the two stood together and took pictures.

Ye Fei walked to the microphone and said with a smile: "I'm very confused until now, why did I win the award." ”

Ye Fei turned his head to look at Carter and asked, "Mr. Carter, why did I win the award?" ”

The people in the audience looked at Carter, yes, why did Ye Fei win the award.

Carter laughed: "Of course, because of your asymmetric encryption algorithm, I am looking forward to the successful development of your asymmetric encryption algorithm, it must be a wonderful moment." ”

Ye Fei said helplessly: "Okay, since it was my asymmetric encryption algorithm that made me win the award, then I will briefly introduce my asymmetric encryption algorithm." ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked at Ye Fei expectantly.

Ye Feidao: "My asymmetric encryption algorithm is derived from Goldbach's conjecture. ”

"Woo......" the crowd exclaimed.

This is the first time in the world that no asymmetric encryption algorithm has been deduced from the seven mathematical puzzles.

Ye Fei said: "That's all I said, more information will be available when my asymmetric encryption algorithm application part is developed." ”

"Thank you!"

After speaking, Ye Fei stepped off the stage.

(End of chapter)