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The wind blows from the end of Qingping
The Bitcoin circle has more quack habits than any other circle.
Most of the people who make up this arena are unknown people, and they did not belong to the mainstream power of the times from the very beginning. Therefore, their behavior is extremely reckless, and they are often teased, and angry. Their slogans are "One coin, one tender M" and "One coin, one special S", and their belief is "Keeping coins is like widowhood".
The pattern is undecided, true and false cannot be distinguished, in the ten-year blockchain world, wealth is unlimited, no matter whether the currency rises or falls, there are still infinite possibilities. This is the world of Bitcoin.
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01 The most mysterious figure in the history of Bitcoin in China: Roasted Cat
When it comes to Bitcoin, we must talk about roasted cats.
Where did the roast cat go? This is the biggest puzzle in the Chinese bitcoin circle.
Just like the bitcoin world is looking for Satoshi Nakamoto, many people in the Chinese bitcoin circle are searching for "roasted cats".
Fried cat's real name is Jiang Xinyu. In 2001, he was admitted to the junior class of China University of Science and Technology. He is a liberal. Forum ID: Friedcat, literally translated as roasted cat.
He likes to wear slippers and dress casually, and often haunts Nanshan Coastal City.
He is the first person in China's Bitcoin circle to successfully release an ICO project, and he is also one of the earliest technical geniuses in China to manufacture Asic mining machines. As early as 2013, he had a net worth of over 100 million and held 20% of the computing power of the entire network. At that time, Beijing’s “Pumpkin Zhang” Avalon was not a threat, the butterfly mining machine had not yet shipped, and Wu Jihan’s “ant mining machine” Still in preparation.
However, from the end of 2014 to the beginning of 2015, Roasted Cat, a master in the blockchain world, suddenly lost contact.
Regarding the disappearance of Roasted Cat, there are many rumors in the world. The biggest rumor is that he funded a liberal organization and then disappeared.
However, this information has not been confirmed so far. Lightning and Ruixi, the employees of Roasted Cat Company, could not tell clearly.
The last time Roasted Cat appeared in public was on August 2, 2014, when Roasted Cat held an offline salon called "Million-T Computing Power Era". Participants included Yang Linke, founder of Bitcoin China, Wu Gang, founder of Bitcoin One Wallet, and Luo Jinhai, founder of Bixu.com.
The scene was still clear that day, the layout of the venue was very low, even the background board was not evened out, and the people present were also very casual, sitting sparsely in all directions. When the host invited Roasted Cat to give a speech, a skinny boy with single eyelids, wearing a pair of slippers, walked onto the stage with a blank expression, without even introducing himself, he started talking about statistics... This is the legendary Roasted Cat.
Roasted Cat is a person who cannot be bypassed in the history of Bitcoin. He rose suddenly and disappeared suddenly. He made a group of people rich, and at the same time cheated a group of people. He is not only a hero in the PoW world, but also the initiator of "computing power centralization".
Compared with the myth of getting rich in Bitcoin, we also have to see the tragedy in the blockchain world. There are countless people like Toasted Cat who have been brilliant in the currency circle but never heard from them in the end.
Who is controlling the roasted cat's wallet? Why he disappeared from public view is still a mystery.
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02 2009-2010: Bitcoin's "knotting notes" era
Wu Gang, the founder of One Wallet, was mentioned above. He is now the founder of Bixin, and people in the world call him the "President".
Most people in the blockchain world remember that Wu Gang's name is "Xing Kong", who belongs to the ancient god of the blockchain world, and is also known as the "Gandalf" of the Bitcoin world. As early as 2009~2010, "Xingkong", who was concerned about P2P technology, hid in the company and secretly dug more than 8,000 bitcoins. Of course, these coins have disappeared into the dust of history after leaving the company.
Every time "Xingkong" sees a person in the blockchain world, he always says: "Come to our company and give 1% of the shares." He used this slogan to gather many early elites in the Bitcoin circle, including Zongsihai (Founder of p2pbucks), Chao Jun, Sun Xiaoxiao, Da Xiong, Xiong Er, etc., these people are all very personal characters in the Bitcoin circle. By 2018, many of them are princes of one side.
The earliest bitcoin players were more or less related to the "starry sky". "Starry Sky" is one of the investors in the Avalon mining machine generation of Dr. Zhang Nangeng of Beihang University; Zhao Dong, who is now calling the wind and rain in the Bitcoin circle, is also guided by "Starry Sky". Both "Xingkong" and Xie Jian participated in the Roasted Cat stock issued in 2012.
From the very beginning of "Knotting Notes" to today's investment tycoon in the blockchain world, Wu Gang ("Xing Kong") is a very typical Bitcoin believer, and it is precisely because he is so loyal and has high awareness Fans can get hundreds of times the return from the Bitcoin world.
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03 2011-2012: The Wild Years of Bitcoin
In the bitcoin world in 2011, most bitcoin enthusiasts fought on their own, unorganized and disciplined, and the majority were technical enthusiasts. They met in some QQ groups to talk about mining and future prospects, the most famous of which was "Peace Hotel "QQ group, which gathered Changjia, Zhao Dong, Sihai, Mobuyi, Xingkong, Prince Gong, etc., but now this group can't be found.
In addition to "Starry Sky", Babbitt's website as a base camp also accumulated a lot of users in the early days. Start building.
From 2011 to 2012, the insiders with goals began to staking their land. In addition to Babbitt, Mo Buyi founded BTC123, Yang Linke founded the Bitcoin China trading platform, Sihai founded p2pbucks, Xu Mingxing saw the business opportunity of Bitcoin after watching "The Good Wife", and Shen Bo's silent dedication behind... …both contribute greatly to the Bitcoin world.
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04 2013: Going north to Shenzhen and Hangzhou "all heroes rise together"
Before 2013, Bitcoin actually had no real historical record. It was a fundamentalist era, and records were mostly based on legend.
After 2013, Bitcoin ushered in the era of real commercialization. Bitcoin has become a stage for many entrepreneurs to display their personal ambitions, and the entrepreneurship in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hangzhou is the most exciting.
Beijing is centered on garages, Xingkong (Bixin), Li Lin (Huobi), Xu Mingxing (OKCOIN), Erbao, Yangyang, Zhao Dong, Li Xiaolai, Li Yingfei (Bitmain), and Wenhao all belong to this circle.
The Shanghai circle includes Lao Mao, Chu Xiahu, Prince Gong, Da Hongfei, Xu Yiji, Cancer, Mo Buyi, Yang Linke, etc.
The circle in Shenzhen is the most chaotic, Shentu Qingchun, Crazy Xiaoqiang (Xiaoqiang Mining Machine), Luo Jinhai (Coin Xu), Yao Yuan (Coin Exchange), Liao Xiang (Lightning Mining Machine), Liu Aihua (Coin Kan), Hua Songxiu (later entered Shenzhen ), Yang Jianjun (Bitcoin International), Wang Jin (Bit Gang).
In Hangzhou, Changjia, Song Huanping, Gong Shao, etc. represented by Babbitt.
Among these four cities, Beijing’s entrepreneurship is obviously vigorous, combining the power of capital and operation from the very beginning. Huobi.com led by Li Lin and OKCOIN founded by Xu Mingming surpassed Shanghai’s Bitcoin China and became Bitcoin China. The center of the currency world. With the addition of Bitmain, Bixin and Bitpie, Beijing is once again at the forefront of China.
The capital operation ability of Shanghai Entrepreneurship Gang is very proficient. Laomao, Chuxiahu, Prince Gong, Da Hongfei, Xu Yiji, etc. all have strong organizational mobilization and persuasion capabilities, which are fully reflected in the 2017 ICO project. Shanghai's move this time is also good. From the current point of view, it is ahead of Shenzhen.
The people of Shenzhen have always liked hard work, and they do things out of their own pockets. Although they have dabbled in various fields, whether it is issuing coins or mining machines, whether it is payment or e-commerce, although entrepreneurs in Shenzhen have tried all fields, But in the end, I told the whole world with bloody facts: ideals, feelings, and technology are useless in this world. There are only two areas in the Bitcoin world to make money, one is mining, and the other is trading. The people of Shenzhen are still suitable for doing practical things, and Bitcoin entrepreneurship can only be ranked third.
I am not very familiar with Hangzhou, but it is mainly centered on Babbitt, gathering a group of entrepreneurs.
This round of entrepreneurship in 2013 was particularly meaningful and involved a wide range of areas. It basically explored the entire Bitcoin industry chain, and indeed there were many practical applications, from ATM machines to hardware wallets, from cross-border payments to e-commerce, This wave of entrepreneurs tried them all.
Just like the rivers and lakes in the martial arts world, there is a habit of seniority ranking in the Bitcoin circle. No matter how rich the latecomers are, only a few dozen people are recognized in the Bitcoin circle. In the face of early entrepreneurs, no matter how rich the local tyrants are, it is difficult to enter this circle.
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05 2014-2016: The tragic years of the blockchain world
On December 5, 2013, five ministries and commissions including the People's Bank of China issued the "Notice on Preventing Bitcoin Risks".
From this day on, Bitcoin began to officially enter the downward channel.
When the price of Bitcoin was 4500, the entrepreneurs of Bitcoin gathered together; Bitcoin entrepreneurs started selling coins for a living; when Bitcoin was trading at 900, no one talked about Bitcoin anymore.
Thousands of horses are silent, and there is no sky.
Thousands of horses are silent, and there is no sky.
This is what "Wanfangzhong", who was active in the Guangzhou currency circle in 2014, said: the so-called wealth myth is nothing but chicken soup for adults. There are only jokes and no myths in the blockchain world. The bosses will tell you that you have made tens of millions, but they will not tell you that you have nothing after the investment fails. Compared with the myth of getting rich, we may see more cruelty in the blockchain world.
The well-known people in the early blockchain world "don't sell self-cutness VV sauce" later talked about: professional miners who are more professional than me, programmers of mine companies, capable of writing mining pool programs and designing ASICs by themselves, and finally There are also very few people who make money, and most of the companies eventually go bankrupt, and this group of people has disappeared. The so-called technical experts and cryptographers have disappeared after more than two years. We even invited Kevin Kelly to the company to join us back then, but the end was the same.
During these trying times, believers persevered. We often say that miners have no faith, but in fact, in such difficult years, miners traveled all over China to find low-cost hydropower, and still insisted on living in a pioneering way. Ruixi, Xiaoxiao, and Sanjin have been sticking to it during this period own territory.
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06 2017-2018: The world of blockchain has changed
From 2014 to 2016, during the three-year cold winter, those pioneers who explored various applications, from hardware wallets to ATM machines, from e-commerce to third-party payment, many companies went bankrupt.
Once ideal, full of bitterness, this is the reality of the wild era of Bitcoin.
Since 2015, the attention on Bitcoin has gradually shifted to the blockchain, and some traditional institutions have begun to think about the underlying technology of Bitcoin, the blockchain.
In 2016, everything seemed to be getting better. Both the capital circle and the financial circle expressed a kind of hatred for the blockchain.
It was during this period of time that two major sects, the chain circle and the currency circle, formed in the cryptocurrency world. As someone said: the chain circle is like the clean clothes school of the gang of beggars, high-end talents, technology-only theory, despise the hype and profit-only theory of the currency circle; while people in the currency circle despise the poverty of the chain circle.
By 2018, basically everyone understands what is going on in this circle, so I won’t go into details here.
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07 "Preachers" who should be remembered
Every time Bitcoin soars, there are always some people who come out to be a big god, publicize to the world how many times their net worth has doubled, how many billions they have made, and then show themselves that they are happy all over the world. Of course, the last point is to put your RMB Give it to me, and I'll let you double it 100 times, and make your wealth free.
But after the currency price returns, you will find that these myths quickly disappeared in the arena. Many myths in this wave come from the post-90s generation and from the VC investment circle.
For the people who eat melons, whoever makes money is their role model, and they never care about the truth behind the "myth". Whoever earns 100 times the tokens is the object of worship, and does not understand the essence of blockchain technology at all.
Think about it a little bit, why would they tell you that they made so much money, why would they tell you if it was so good to make money?
In the blockchain world, of course, there is no need to reject investment, but in addition to these superficial bubbles, there are actually more people worthy of our attention and gratitude.
In 2015, when Bitcoin was at its freezing point, Vientiane Group held high the banner of "blockchain" and established a blockchain laboratory, giving the blockchain world a shot in the arm. Thanks to Xiao Feng and Shen Bo; At the beginning, he has been doing Bitcoin charity; Wang Fuzhong, who fought with Lang Xianping in "Finance Langyan", it is not easy for an economist to support Bitcoin.
Of course, there are many others who started preaching in that controversial era. Until today, countless experts and big names have emerged, weaving one after another magical stories that cannot be found in Baidu.
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Conclusion Bitcoin: I have no enemies
The decade of Bitcoin was a decade full of controversy, and it was also a decade of barbaric growth.
Many times it is a misunderstanding, whether you like it or not—Bitcoin is just an open source program, a cryptographic algorithm, a new technology, a P2P electronic payment system, a beautiful idea...
Although liberals in the technical world will endow it with great ideals, and anarchists among geeks regard it as a modern belief, Bitcoin only wants to use technology to solve practical problems and make human life more efficient and convenient.
For liberals, Bitcoin may be Noah's Ark in their hearts; for geeks walking in the gray world, Bitcoin is an iron curtain that covers their eyes and ears.
