"Bitcoin." Qin Tao said: "Although this project has been planned for a long time, it is still only spread on a small scale. Next, we want to play a big one!"
"What's big?"
"Golden Sun Electric Vehicle will officially accept payment methods using Bitcoin to purchase electric vehicles." Qin Tao said: "Technology elites like you should also have a lot of Bitcoin, right? Do you want to be the first to use Bitcoin to buy a car?
people?"
Zhang Dong nodded: "Okay, I will be the first one, but Mr. Qin, am I suitable?"
After all, we all belong to the same group. This is self-produced and self-sold. Do you want to avoid suspicion?
"There is no need to avoid suspicion. After all, the first batch of people playing Bitcoin must be the technological elite. You are the representative of the technological elite. It is normal for you to have a large amount of Bitcoin on hand."
"good."
July 3, 2006, was an ordinary day, but it was unusual. Many people suddenly discovered that there was an additional message on the website of Golden Sun Electric Vehicles.
From now on, Golden Sun Electric Vehicles accepts purchases using Bitcoin!
You only need one hundred Bitcoins to buy a Golden Sun Elite electric car!
What is Bitcoin?
How much is one hundred Bitcoins worth? Golden Sun electric cars are divided into three types: basic, elite and luxury. The elite model costs 200,000. This means that one Bitcoin is worth two thousand?
On the Internet, the news spread quickly.
"Bitcoin, you don't know? This thing has been out for several years. It is a decentralized currency system and a brand-new concept. This kind of electronic currency only requires a computer. Two years ago, I was on the computer
It took about eight hours to get one Bitcoin online.”
"What kind of computer do you have?"
"Godson Three!"
"Loongson III, you can make two thousand yuan by turning on the phone for eight hours? Master, please accept my knee!"
"This is very similar to mining."
"That's right, it's like mining, except you can mine it with a computer."
"What's going on? I want to dig too?"
Soon, countless computers downloaded the Bitcoin program and started mining online. However, they soon discovered that this was not the case.
"Hey, didn't you once dig one out in eight hours? My computer has been working for a day and a night, why haven't I found it yet? Mine is a Godson 4 computer!"
"Do you think this thing can be easily obtained? The total number of Bitcoins is limited. It is easy to obtain at the beginning and becomes more difficult in the later stages. This is to ensure that inflation does not occur. If you can obtain unlimited Bitcoins, then
Is this thing still valuable?”
"That's right. How long will it take to dig it now?"
"It depends on the configuration of the machine. In short, it will become more difficult the further you go. It is best to upgrade the configuration now to make the computer's computing power faster, so that it will be easier to mine Bitcoin."
"I seem to have heard that there is already a special machine that can be equipped with a lot of graphics cards, which greatly improves the computing power. With this kind of machine, you can dig one in a day."
"You can make two thousand yuan a day? Not bad! How much does this machine cost?"
"I heard that the ex-factory price is 200,000 yuan, but you can't buy it. You have to increase the price. You can buy it at 400,000 yuan."
"Two thousand a day is 60,000 a month, and 400,000 is only half a year. It's worth it, let's buy it!"
Soon, the whole world knew that there was a special machine with strong computing power that could perform calculations faster than other machines. It would take an ordinary computer a month to dig out one Bitcoin. This kind of machine only
It takes a day!
Buy it, you’ll make money when you buy it! Four hundred thousand is not expensive! What, it’s already increased to six hundred thousand? Six hundred thousand is fine!
The whole world was in shock, and the once weak demand for hardware was suddenly boosted.
Across the ocean, the United States, Intel Corporation.
The chip company that was once the world's number one can now only rely on government orders to survive, and its prospects are extremely bleak. However, facts continue to prove one sentence: There is no worst, only worse!
"Hardware demand has been weak recently. We originally thought we could take advantage of this opportunity to catch up with Loongson. Unexpectedly, they actually played this trick!" Barrett's words were extremely low, and he was very frustrated.
Falling behind step by step, the gap between Intel and Loongson is getting wider and wider, and the market is getting worse and worse. When they find that the hardware market is starting to weaken, they finally heave a sigh of relief.
There is already a surplus of hardware. Who makes the Orientals work so hard and keep following the rules of Moore's Law? There are no such advanced computers in the world anymore!
The hardware performance is excessive, and Loongson Company has to stop its research and development and continue to research more advanced ones? There are no users anymore, wait a minute!
Who would have thought that the hardware market would continue to boom!
"Yeah, they launched artificial intelligence some time ago, and I had a hunch that they were planning to find a way out for hardware with overperformance. However, artificial intelligence is too far away, and not many companies will follow them.
"We in the United States, that is, Apple, think this route is the future, but they don't have the strength to develop it." Paul said.
"Yes, artificial intelligence turned out to be just a cover. Their real plan was actually Bitcoin. This thing was available a few years ago. At that time, none of us took it seriously. Now..."
"Everyone, good news, good news!" At this moment, another person ran in: "There are many customer requests, hoping that Intel can also manufacture mining machines specially used to mine Bitcoin, and we can also earn more.
Money!"
"Mining requires floating-point computing power." Barrett smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Our main focus at Intel is central processing units. Even if we can develop programs that run on our X86 platform, we cannot supply computing power.
Enough mining machines.”
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"We don't have the ability?"
"Yes, this requires a display chip to perform parallel operations. In our country..."
Speaking of this, both of them became even more depressed.
Once upon a time, when Dongfang began to expand into the chip industry, it was only engaged in central processing units, and other ancillary parts had to rely on other manufacturers, such as the north and south bridge chips, which were provided by VIA.
As for graphics cards, we can't even care about them. The United States still has the most advanced chip research and development capabilities, and 3dfx is at a monopoly level.
In 1994, designers from companies such as Silicon Valley Graphics, Digital Equipment Corporation, MIPS Computer Systems, and Pellucid jumped out to form 3dfx, hoping to develop the world's most advanced 3D graphics card.
They have also done it. Since the establishment of the company, they have developed a large number of advanced technologies and become a leader in this field. They were originally at an absolute advantage. Who would have thought... this company would be able to go it alone and take the board below?
The card manufacturer's job was ruined. In the end, the company didn't get any benefits, and instead bankrupted itself!
When it went bankrupt, Loongson suddenly took over and took away all the backbones. It should have attracted their attention at the time, but Loongson was too covert, and they also had NVDIA. In their eyes, 3dfx collapsed.
It just made way for NVDIA. Unexpectedly, Loongson Company became bigger and became the leader in the field of graphics cards.
NVDIA's situation is not much better than Intel's. Although it is also developing graphics cards, it is incomparable with Oriental graphics cards.
Therefore, even if they see this is a plate of meat, they are unable to eat it and can only watch the Orientals!
"Damn it, our American technology was originally the most advanced, how could we end up in this situation?"
Everyone is lamenting this matter, what is going on? How could it end up like this?
"Recently, the graphics cards produced by SMIC have been sold out, and all suppliers are crowding outside SMIC waiting to get their goods. This hot scene does not look like a hardware surplus!"
"Yeah, let's... alas!"
Americans can only sigh and watch the graphics cards keep rising.
Dongfang, Mingzhou Group.
"Mr. Qin, it's really good. Since Golden Sun Electric Car accepted payment in Bitcoin, Bitcoin, which was originally ignored, suddenly became popular." Xu Zhengyang said excitedly: "Our chip industry is booming again.
.but……"
"But what?"
"Currently, only graphics cards are booming. There is only one processor on the mining machine, which can accommodate more than a dozen graphics cards. Our other chips are still somewhat unsaleable."
"This is simple." Qin Tao said: "Now, it's time for Loongson to stand up and express its opposition."
A few hours later, Mr. Ni appeared in front of the camera.
"We at Loongson are firmly opposed to the popularity of Bitcoin. We do not believe that this so-called virtual currency has actual value. We believe that computers should serve scientific research and daily life, rather than pursuing virtual things. We at Loongson
The company has decided to reduce the graphics card quota in the personal machine market from now on."
There are two main types of computers. One is a brand-name machine. You can buy it as a complete machine with all configurations and software installed in advance. The other is an assembly machine. You can buy accessories in the computer market. Now it has evolved to the website.
Buy various accessories and assemble it yourself.
This kind of assembled computer is cheaper, can satisfy the hands-on fun of DIYers, and has a large market. The graphics cards on the mining machines are all purchased from this kind of computer market.
Of course, all suppliers are out of stock right now, so you can’t even buy it if you want to.
"We welcome customers in need to purchase our brand machines and use computers for scientific research and learning, rather than for so-called mining that cannot create any value!"
It is normal for a group to have internal conflicts. However, any group is profitable. Chips are not selling well. Now there is a hot scene. It is said that Loongson Company should fully support it, and Loongson Company can do this.
The choice makes people feel emotional.
It's amazing. It is indeed a Loongson company, a world-class chip factory. When we find that society is on the wrong path, we immediately start taking practical actions to get everyone back on the right track. Even if we don't make money, we can't make money that goes against our conscience.
money!
When hearing the news, Barrett, Paul and others on the other side of the ocean continued to smile bitterly, "Oh my god, this is really a bitch and a memorial at the same time, and it is still so upright, bright and majestic."
Obviously I just want to sell other accessories along with it, and yet I say it so nicely!
A graphics card has been sold for 15,000 yuan! And a high-end brand machine equipped with this kind of graphics card sells for 18,000 yuan.
Therefore, anyone with a brain should know that as long as they can buy this brand of machine, remove the graphics card inside, match it with a low-end graphics card, and sell it for three to four thousand yuan, there will still be no problem.
of.
In this way, the graphics card continues to be sold, and other accessories are also sold together with it, and it has gained a good reputation. Orientals are so good at playing!
Sure enough, the sales of high-end brand machines equipped with these graphics cards were booming instantly, and soon, some high-end brand machines equipped with low-end graphics cards were launched into the market. Due to oversupply, the prices of these brand machines were very cheap, and some of them really needed computers for research.
People can buy high-end computers at low prices, and all parts except the graphics card are of the highest quality!
Not only these brand-name machines, but eventually it even extended to notebooks. On those high-end notebooks, the graphics card chips that were originally welded were blown off by the heat gun and disappeared without a trace.
The electronic market is extremely prosperous!
However, behind these prosperity, there are also many crises hidden.
The day after Loongson issued its statement, Qin Tao had guests in his office.
"Mr. Qin, your Bitcoin plan has indeed revitalized the computer market, but this market is deformed." An old leader said earnestly: "Your Loongson company has expressed dissatisfaction with this method and decided to suppress it.
this industry.”
"Ahem, leader, there is a problem with your investigation. Bitcoin was not proposed by our Mingzhou Group. This Bitcoin plan was created by a few programmers who support currency decentralization. These programmers are all
He is a foreigner and has nothing to do with us."
The old leader smiled and said: "Okay, it has nothing to do with you, but your Golden Sun Electric Car allows you to use Bitcoin to purchase the car. You can't escape this, right?"
"Yes, this is our decision."
"The Bitcoin industry, from a higher perspective, has no benefits, only disadvantages. Countless mining machines have invested a lot of resources and consumed a lot of energy. We have done statistics, and now we have dug out a
Bitcoin requires about 30,000 kWh of electricity, and as time goes by, this number will continue to increase..."
"I know what the leaders want to say when they come to me. I support the decision of my superiors. However, foreign countries have a lot of electricity and machines. It shouldn't be a problem to put this thing in a foreign country, right?"
Of course, Qin Tao also knows that this thing cannot be spread domestically. After all, it cannot promote technological progress and the development of civilization. Virtual currency is valuable if you say it is valuable, and it is worthless if you say it is worthless. This thing should be abroad.
blossom everywhere.
"Yes, it would be best if it could be placed abroad, but what are you going to do?"
This thing appears on the Internet and can be traded on the Internet. To put it simply, no country can supervise it. It is everywhere, but Qin Tao said that it can be transferred abroad so as not to harm the country?
Qin Tao smiled: "It's very simple. It just so happens that mining is getting more and more difficult, so we have to stimulate the market again."
the next day.
"We believe that the emergence of Bitcoin has seriously disrupted the market order, so starting from today, Bitcoin is prohibited from circulating in our market! Mining machines cannot be allowed to exist here, wasting resources, and it makes no sense!"
This simple news immediately exploded the currency circle. In one sentence, circulation is banned? Then this thing is a waste!
For a time, the market value of Bitcoin dropped rapidly. Many people who had just bought mining machines and wanted to do something big suddenly encountered such a change, and they even thought about jumping off the cliff.
On this day, Golden Sun Electric Vehicles also briefly released a news.
"We have deeply realized our mistake. In the domestic market, we will give up the plan of using Bitcoin to purchase Golden Sun electric vehicles. Of course, we will deliver the 47 vehicles we have purchased as scheduled, and we have already delivered them.
Thirty-two vehicles.”
Hearing these words, some mining machine owners were already trembling.
"However, our Golden Sun Electric Vehicle is the highest-selling electric vehicle in the world. In addition to Dongfang, our transaction is still valid in other countries. Of course, buyers should be careful not to drive electric cars purchased with Bitcoin to our Dongfang
Come or it will be confiscated."
You can still buy it, just change the place!
In an instant, the guy's face turned from gloomy to clear.
"Finally, as Bitcoin becomes increasingly difficult to mine and its value continues to rise, we have made a new evaluation and believe that the next batch of subscribers can purchase an elite electric car with 80 Bitcoins."
Wow!
The currency market is exploding again!
Only when virtual currency has actual value will it become popular. It is precisely because it can buy Golden Sun electric cars that it becomes popular. If it cannot be bought, it is just a string of empty codes.
They originally thought they were going bankrupt, but unexpectedly, a better life was waving to them!
As mining becomes more and more difficult, the value of Bitcoin will become higher and higher. In the future, you may be able to buy an electric car with one or two Bitcoins!
What are you waiting for? Move the battlefield, roll up your sleeves and work hard!
In addition to mining machines, mining also requires an electricity supply. Wherever electricity is cheap, you can make money!
There are many places in the world where electricity is cheap, especially hydropower stations in some mountainous areas. With power stations, the electricity cannot be transmitted, so the electricity is super cheap.
Go hunting for electricity all over the world! As a miner, it doesn’t matter how high the mountains are or how deep the water is. As long as there is electricity for mining, you can make money!
Moreover, as the value of Bitcoin is recognized, it will be used in more and more situations. Slowly, many transactions will be conducted using Bitcoin. As long as you dig it out, you can make money!
A better life beckons!
Miners have appeared all over the world. In the huge computer room, rows of mining machines are working hard, and countless mining cards are running happily, calculating all kinds of ethereal data, and these mining cards are all