Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 517 Cryptocurrency
"Explosive! The richest man in the Xia Kingdom was arrested in the United States! Is it the loss of morality or the distortion of human nature?"

"Xia's richest man shorted U.S. stocks and was taken away by the FBI for investigation!"

"The richest man in the Xia Kingdom has been made things difficult by the Western world, and he may be imprisoned."

Zlang, Sohu, and NetEase, the three major portals, almost all reported the matter of Lu Yiming being investigated by the FBI, and they spoke clearly and clearly, as if Lu Yiming had already been imprisoned and pleaded guilty to the law.

Compared with the laggingness of paper media in information dissemination, the magic of the Internet lies in its excellent timeliness. Newspapers must be typeset, printed, and finally distributed to deliver information to users.

But the Internet only needs a computer connected to the Internet, and it can spread news across the entire network in an instant. The speed of replication is unbelievably fast, and the immediacy completely crushes traditional media.

When American newspapers had not completely spread the news of Lu Yiming's arrest, the three major domestic portals had already got the news first, and published the news on the front page of their websites.

Among them, the news with the highest number of clicks is Zha Lang's news, a moral loss and a distortion of human nature, it is simply unstoppable.

In fact, Zha Lang, established in December 1, has followed the route of hype and attention since the establishment of the website.For example, when the embassy in Yugoslavia was bombed on May [-], [-], Zha Lang made a wave of crazy hype, so it won No.[-] in CNNIC's Internet website ranking.

Hype and hype are the foundation of Zha Lang's website, and it didn't start after he had a certain software.In fact, that software has continued this idea and carried forward the old and brought forth the new. It can be regarded as another kind of "never forget the original heart and always get it".

Although surfing the Internet these days is not as convenient as later generations, the number of netizens is quite large, and they can be found all over the country, unlike newspapers and TV media, which have certain geographical limitations.

Moreover, the most important thing about the Internet is that it spreads quickly. With the addition of the richest man, the United States, and imprisonment, these words are too topical.

In a short time, the news that the richest man in the Xia Kingdom was arrested in the United States spread almost all over the streets and alleys of the Xia Kingdom, and became a topic of conversation among people after dinner, triggering countless discussions and even quarrels.

A few ashes workers had just left the construction site to wash off the dust on their faces and hands, then hurriedly found a small restaurant and started eating.

While waiting for the food, several people chatted about the news of Lu Yiming's arrest.

A worker said enthusiastically: "Hey, do you know? I heard that the richest man in the Xia Kingdom was arrested in the United States. You said, why was the richest man in the Xia Kingdom arrested by the police in the United States?"

The worker sitting across from him immediately retorted: "What was arrested? The news said that it was just assisting in the investigation. It must be fine in the end."

But fair words may not win people's hearts. On the contrary, the hatred of the rich has become more and more common in this era when money is becoming more and more attractive.

When Lu Yiming was arrested, many people clapped their hands and praised: "Good job! Rich people are not good people. Lu Yiming became the richest man in Xia Kingdom at such a young age. Could he be doing serious business? I see, he This time it's more ominous than good."

Since ancient times, hatred of the rich has been a very common mentality. Lu Yi will be so rich at a young age, of course, it will make a lot of people feel uncomfortable, especially like them who have never read any books and can only work on construction sites. The bottom of the society where the ashes are beaten from above.

I feel that I have worked hard and earned less than the capitalists, so I can't balance my heart.

Therefore, after Lu Yiming was arrested, although he had nothing to do with them, many people still felt happy, as if it was a happy event.

Afterwards, this news spread from the Internet to offline. After all, the arrest of the richest man in the Xia Kingdom in the United States was a big deal. Various newspapers and magazines reprinted it one after another, and the matter became bigger and bigger.

Zhonghai, the hall of the stock exchange.

Xu Boldly held the newspaper with a confused look on his face: "What about the value investment that was agreed upon? Why did Lu's richest man go short the U.S. stocks in a blink of an eye?"

The people around him also read the news in the newspaper and talked about it.

"The richest man deserves to be the richest man. This situation is too big. We are still thinking about trading in stocks to make some money. He is good enough to destroy the economy of a country at every turn, and he is the United States!"

"I admire the courage of the richest man in Lu! That is the United States, the world's number one superpower. Hey, tell me, can the richest man in Lu come back alive this time?"

"Who knows? Can the United States be easy to deal with? And I also heard that the laws there are very perfect. If the richest man in Lu really breaks the law, he will inevitably be imprisoned."

"That's such a pity. He's still so young. If he has a criminal record, he won't be able to take the civil servant test when he comes back. Not only he won't be able to take the test, but his descendants will also not be able to take the test."

"Are you kidding me? He spends so much money, he's a fucking civil servant."

"makes sense."

At this moment, America, New York.

On this day, Lu Yiming received a group of special guests in the villa.

embassy staff.

After all, he is the youngest and richest man in Xia Kingdom, so if such a big incident happened, the officials would of course come forward to understand the situation.

Speaking of growing up, I am the richest man in Xiaguo, and I was arrested when I ran to the United States. Are you slapping me in the face of Xiaguo?
In any case, the official will make a certain statement.

After learning that Lu Yiming did not have any violations of laws and regulations, these staff members promised again and again that they would absolutely protect Lu Yiming's legal rights as a citizen of the Xia Kingdom, and then got up to leave. Before leaving, they even expressed their concern for the progress of the incident at any time .

After sending these people away, Lu Yiming sat on the sofa with a tired face and sighed: "Oh, I'm so tired."

Li Yiwen said contemptuously: "You're tired, I'm the one who is really tired, okay? I've been running around these days just to help you settle this matter, but it turns out that you're fine. You're just sitting here watching TV or chatting online. Now Tell me you're tired? Are you embarrassed?"

Lu Yiming retorted: "What are you chatting on the Internet? You can't speak. I am engaged in the Internet, and surfing the Internet is a job! I am doing something big!"

"Do something big?"

When Li Yiwen heard this, he immediately became alert.

"What's the big deal? Didn't you say to keep calm before? Now you tell me you're doing something big?"

"I warn you, don't mess around. We're not out of the woods yet."

Lu Yiming comforted him and said, "Don't worry, I won't provoke the FBI again."

Li Yiwen frowned and asked, "Then what are you doing?"

Lu Yiming didn't hide it either, and said, "I'm working on cryptocurrency."

"What the hell?" Li Yiwen didn't understand computers, so he didn't know what Lu Yiming was talking about for a while.

Lu Yiming repeated: "Cryptocurrency."

Li Yiwen asked, "What is that?"

Lu Yiming said: "Simply put, this is a transaction medium that uses cryptography to ensure transaction security and control the creation of transaction units. It is also called digital currency. Simply put, I am creating a general equivalent."

"what?"

Although Li Yiwen didn't understand the first half of what Lu Yiming said, Li Yiwen understood the second half of what Lu Yiming said.

"Your thing is useless. The essence of currency is a general equivalent, but it relies on national credit and commodity anchors to determine its value. You have nothing. And your thing is essentially a set of data, right? Can this be used as money? Who has a brain hole and admits this?"

Li Yiwen felt that this matter was outrageous. Is there really such a fool in the world who regards a set of virtual program data as money?
Lu Yiming took out a hundred-dollar bill with Franklin's face on it, stretched out his fingers and flicked it, and the crisp sound echoed in the spacious living room.

"You said the one hundred dollars in my hand, is it really worth one hundred dollars?"

Li Yiwen frowned and asked, "What do you mean by that? Didn't I just say that? Money is an ordinary equivalent, and the United States is behind the dollar. Who will be responsible for your cryptocurrency?"

Lu Yiming shook his head and replied with a smile: "No one knows the truth, but this is precisely the biggest advantage of cryptocurrency."

The biggest feature of cryptocurrency is decentralization, and this is where its greatest value lies.

Li Yiwen supported his forehead, and asked in distress: "No one knows the truth? What the hell is this? Why do I feel that the more you say it, the more confused I become?"

"It's complicated to explain this."

Lu Yiming thought for a while, and said, "Let me tell you this, do you think it would be difficult for me to leave the United States if I made money by shorting US stocks?"

Although he didn't know what Lu Yiming meant by asking this question, Li Yiwen still said: "It must be very difficult. Although the financial market in the United States is open, it is actually subject to supervision everywhere, especially the transfer of large sums of money. What's more, you are now under investigation, and your every move is being watched. Once a large amount of funds is transferred, the FBI will come to you in minutes."

Lu Yiming said with a serious face: "In the United States, if you carry [-] U.S. dollars in cash, you must declare it in advance, otherwise it will be illegal. This means that any large amount of funds that you want to transfer must go through the bank in advance. As long as the U.S. freezes If it’s out of my account, I don’t even want to take a penny away.”

Then Lu Yiming changed the subject and said: "But what if I exchange the US dollar in my hand for other currencies? For example, electronic currency without physical entity, relying on the Internet for transactions, and then exchange it for the currency I need after leaving the United States In this way, wouldn’t it be possible to completely avoid the supervision and blockade of financial institutions such as banks? I call this decentralization, and the essence of cryptocurrency is such a decentralized currency.”

"As for your concern about whether the value of cryptocurrency can be recognized by more people, it is actually very simple. Firstly, it is on the algorithm, so that the cryptocurrency cannot be copied and forged, and secondly, it is constantly promoting the momentum to let more people know about encryption. In this way, this kind of virtual currency that relies entirely on the Internet will have enough credibility.”

After Li Yiwen heard Lu Yiming's crazy plan, his whole body became Spartan, his eyes widened: "My God, you are trying to rebel against the United States!"

At this moment, he finally understands that the birth of cryptocurrency is the first thing to shake the US dollar hegemony.

What is courting behavior?
This is it!

"My good cousin, don't mess around. You have made many big shots in the United States unhappy by shorting US stocks. Now you are still engaged in cryptocurrency, do you think you are not dead enough?"

Lu Yiming saw that Li Yiwen's expression had changed, he laughed and said, "Don't worry, I know what's going on."

Li Yiwen said unceremoniously: "There are several farts! From my point of view, you are clearly looking for death!"

Lu Yiming blurted out: "How could I court death?"

Li Yiwen grasped the key point of Lu Yiming's words: "Wait, you're not looking for death... Who do you want to blame?"

Lu Yiming said eloquently: "What is finding someone to blame? Am I that kind of person? It's just that I have a friend on the Internet. He has always wanted to pursue greater freedom and believes that this world controlled by capital , is extremely unreasonable. I agree with his ideas very much, so I gave him a little suggestion."

Li Yiwen was stunned, and asked, "Is this friend of yours the founder of VA Linux, the 'Liberal Pope' Linus Benedict Torvalds who claims to subvert the world?" ?”

Lu Yiming nodded and said, "That's right, it's him."

Li Yiwen, who got the answer, could only sigh and said, "He knew you, and it's been a bad luck for eight lifetimes."

But in fact, Linus Benadict Torvalds didn't feel that he was cheated by Lu Yiming at all.He and Lu Yiming had a hot chat on the dark web.

Facing a technical idea just sent by Lu Yiming, Linus Benadict Torvalds was as excited as a three-year-old who just got a new toy, and couldn't wait to say to Lu Yiming: "You This idea is really great! Let's do it together!"

Facing Linus Benedict Torvalds' invitation, Lu Yiming refused without thinking.

"Although I really want to complete such a great cause with you-please believe that I really think so, I think you should also know the situation I am in now, the FBI people hang around outside my house every day, and my phone is always on the phone. It was wiretapped, so now I can only contact you through the dark web."

"You know what? I love this stuff so much, I can't wait to make it happen. You know, it's absolutely revolutionary. But I don't want America to know, or they What kind of urine is it, I think you should know better than me."

"So I'm sorry, I want to entrust you with this great task. I hope we can cooperate happily, just like before."

"Satoshi Nakamoto" who invented Bitcoin in the previous life, why has he been "finding no such person" until the end?
It’s not because cryptocurrency is inherently rebellious, and it belongs to grabbing meat in the bowls of countries, especially those big countries with stable currency systems, which are naturally full of disgust and rejection of cryptocurrency, and they can’t wait to kill it. quick.

A currency that is not issued by the government at all, is not supervised by the government, and cannot be tracked and controlled by the government. Anyone in power will absolutely not tolerate its existence.

And the person who invented this currency, if he dares to bubble up, can imagine what will happen to him.

Many people don't understand why Bitcoin is valuable, and think it's just a way to spread flowers. In fact, they don't understand the essence.

The value of currency lies in its own circulation attributes, and the financial system is something that all mainstream powers in the world are firmly grasping, so some people need a currency that is not controlled by the existing financial system to change Conveniently complete asset transfer.

The value of cryptocurrencies is here.

That is to say, there is no bitcoin yet, otherwise Lu Yiming would not need such trouble. The money he earned from shorting US stocks would be exchanged for bitcoin in the United States, and then sold back to Xiaguo. The FBI would not even need it.

However, because cryptocurrency is too destructive to the existing financial system, Lu Yiming dare not get involved.

"That's really a pity."

Facing Lu Yiming's refusal, Linus Benadict Torvalds had no doubts.

Because Lu Yiming directly told him all the core theories of this system, he can absolutely gather people to make this system.

And how powerful this thing is, he can see it with a leather swallow.

Lu Yiming can give him such a good thing, is it because Lu Yiming does charity?

Obviously not.

So, there is one last explanation left.

The two made a lot of money by cooperating before, and they have a solid foundation.

And Lu Yiming really can't do this now.

For the first time, Linus Benedict Torvalds had a crush on the FBI.

If the FBI didn't watch Lu Yiming closely, how could such a good thing fall on him?

However, Lu Yiming didn't know that Linus Benedict Torvalds had made up so many things in his brain, in order not to let Linus Benedict Torvalds give birth to "nothing to be courteous, very Lu Yiming went on to say: "I have nothing to do recently, and I plan to make an online payment software, but I don't have any clues yet, do you want to give me some advice?"

Sure enough, as soon as Lu Yiming said this, Linus Benadict Torvalds became even more convinced, and immediately said enthusiastically to Lu Yiming: "I know some very powerful guys, and the Confinity they run is Those who specialize in this area, if you are interested, you can talk to them."

Then, he sent Lu Yiming his contact information.

Lu Yiming had never heard the name of this company, so he was a little confused.

However, since it was recommended by Torvalds, the strength must not be weak, so it doesn't hurt to get to know it first. He immediately printed out the information and said, "I'll pay a visit now."

After turning off the computer, Lu Yiming put on his coat and was about to go out. Li Yiwen jokingly said, "Why are you going? Are you planning to run away?"

Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Where are you going? I came to the United States to harvest leeks in an upright manner. Is there anything shameful about it? Anyway, I am idle now, so I can find a new project to invest in and earn some pocket money."

Li Yiwen frowned: "You started a new business again? Sure enough, it doesn't stop. Which company are you planning to short?"

Lu Yiming emphasized: "This time it's not short selling, it's value investing. Do you understand value investing?"

"gone."

(End of this chapter)