From a university student to a chief academician

Chapter 134 Bitcoin Ethereum

On November 2025, 11, W Hotel on the Bund, Shanghai!

All those attending the Global Blockchain Academic Conference will stay in this hotel.

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

This year is the third Global Blockchain Academic Conference, with the theme of 'Blockchain. Looking to the Future'.

The blockchain was proposed in 2008, and it was quickly known all over the world because of Bitcoin.

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

Second-generation blockchains make it possible to store an individual's permanent digital ID and image.

And provide solutions to the potential unequal distribution of social wealth.

Soon, the blockchain was valued by countries all over the world.

The most important function of blockchain is decentralization.

The so-called decentralization means storing data, which cannot be modified, and all information is encrypted by algorithms.

It seems simple, but the effect is very large.

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

Another example is payment and settlement. When the information cannot be modified, the link between banks will improve efficiency and reduce costs.

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

In 2015, Xiaguo Magic City held the first global blockchain summit, which is the top blockchain summit in the world.

This year is called the first year of the Xia Kingdom blockchain.

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

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

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

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

At this moment, the entire hotel is occupied by the Treemap Blockchain Research Institute, and many people from all over the world have gathered in the lobby to participate in the Global Blockchain Academic Conference.

They sit or stand together and chat.

Ye Fei handed the invitation letter to the front desk, got the room card, and took the elevator to his room.

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

Ye Fei turned around to look, and said with a smile, "Mr. Mochizuki!"

Mochizuki Shinichi 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!"

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

"Mochizuki-kun!"

At this time, several people came over.

All of them are of yellow race and speak Japanese.

Mochizuki smiled at them and said, "Let me introduce to you, this is Ye Fei from Xiaguo Zhonghu University."

Seeing everyone's doubts, he paused for a moment, and continued: "He proved the ABC conjecture."

Only then did everyone show their suddenly enlightened expressions, knowing who Ye Fei was.

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

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

He thought that Ye Fei's future achievements would be higher than his own.

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

But it seems that they put their hot faces on their cold butts, and these people don't appreciate their kindness.

Ye Fei smiled and said, "Mr. Mochizuki, let's have lunch together with my two friends."

"Yes!" Mochizuki said, "Put your luggage back first, and we will talk at noon."

"Row!"

Ye Fei nodded to the people beside Mochizuki Shinichi, then turned to look for his room.

After entering the room, he put down the luggage.

Afterwards, he began to contact Nan Guodong and the other two.

Soon he got in touch, and they had already arrived at the hotel, living on the same floor as him.

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

Cheng Ji'an was also in the room.

After the three of them sat down, Ye Fei said, "There are quite a lot of people attending the conference this time. The lobby, corridors and elevators are all full of people."

"En!" Nan Guodong nodded and said, "That's true. There are tens of thousands of people attending the conference this time."

"So many!" Ye Fei said in surprise.

Of all the conferences he attended in the past, the largest number was only about 6000 people.

Cheng Ji'an said: "This is normal. After all, it is a blockchain conference. Every international blockchain conference has attracted the attention of countries all over the world."

"So, the number of people participating in all blockchain conferences is much higher than that of other academic conferences."

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

"Not only people from mathematics and computing, but also people from business and politics."

Ye Fei nodded, looked at the two of them, and asked with a smile, "Are you preparing for an academic report?"

Cheng Ji'an shook his head and said, "I'll forget it. Although I have researched blockchain, it's not too deep. I'm still good at cryptography."

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

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

"Wait until two years have accumulated a certain amount of inspiration before publishing."

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

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

"Are you sure you want to talk about this?" Nan Guodong asked in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Ye Fei wondered, "Is there any problem with talking about this?"

Nan Guodong said: "Of course there is a problem. Don't look at it as simple, but it is actually 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 say something that people don't know."

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

Ye Fei smiled and said, "I think I still have some confidence in this aspect."

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. It doesn't matter if you don't speak well. After all, are you young? Everyone can understand you."

Ye Fei smiled and said nothing.

At this time, the lobby on the first floor!
A group of people walked in from the outside, attracting the attention of everyone in the hall.

The leader was a middle-aged man with a bald head, a middle-aged man with a long face and a white face stood on the left, and a middle-aged man with a somewhat rich appearance stood on the right.

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

Behind them are all well-known entrepreneurs in North America, many of whom are on the Forbes rich list.

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

The leader is a wrinkled old man, on the left is a middle-aged man with handsome features and a kind smile, on the right is a short middle-aged man, and on the right is a somewhat rich, wearing middle-aged man with glasses.

They are the CEOs of Huawei, Baidu, Ali and Tencent respectively.

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

Seeing this group of people coming, many people came 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 saying who is superior and who is inferior.

At noon, the restaurant on the first floor!
The three of Ye Fei and Mochizuki Shinichi sat together for a meal. The four of them were all members of the academic circle, and they had many topics to talk about.

Many people came over to chat with Mochizuki Shinichi.

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

He can be ranked in the top ten of those who study blockchain in the world.

They were chatting at the side, Ye Fei sat and listened, and also absorbed a lot of inspiration.

This meal took two full hours.

After dinner, Mochizuki said, "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 gather today to chat.

After that, Ye Fei and others, led by Mochizuki Shinichi, entered a small hall on the second floor.

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

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

When Shinichi Mochizuki entered, many people greeted him.

When seeing Ye Fei, many people were full of doubts, 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 the top scholar, or a relative, or a person with the same strong academic ability.

Judging by Ye Fei's appearance, he doesn't look like a student or a relative, so only someone with strong academic ability.

However, in the field of blockchain and mathematics, they did not expect who Ye Fei was.

Ye Fei is well-known academically, but not well-known.

In addition, he is usually very low-key, except for one time on CCTV, his photos are hardly circulated outside.

He also participated in very few academic conferences, especially international conferences, and only participated once.

It is also an international conference for the youth category.

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

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

The scholars they follow are all at least world-class scholars.

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

Mochizuki said: "Let me introduce to you, this is Ye Fei, he is the one who proved the ABC conjecture."

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

No one knew 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, and said, "It turned out to be him."

"I heard that there is a man from Xia who proved the ABC conjecture. He is so young."

"It proved the ABC conjecture at such a young age, amazing!"

"Xia Guo always produces math geniuses easily, envy!"

"..."

Mochizuki Shinichi continued to introduce: "This is Academician Nan Guodong from Xia Guo!"

Many people present greeted Nan Guodong. Nan Guodong is an academician of a country, and he is well-known both in China and in the international academic circle.

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

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

So it can only be introduced like this.

Many people nodded to Cheng Ji'an. They didn't know about Cheng Ji'an, but Keith Devlin and the others knew that he was very good at cryptography.

And everyone present is studying the blockchain, and studying the blockchain naturally requires studying cryptography.

Some of those present also regularly consult with Keith Devlin on academic matters.

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

Capable people always cherish each other, and many people started chatting with Ye Fei and the others.

In the meantime, many people came in and joined them.

All afternoon, everyone was discussing academics.

This benefits everyone.

On the first floor, the restaurant!

It was dinner time.

"Huh?" Ye Fei looked at a part of the restaurant in doubt, and asked in confusion, "Mr. Mochizuki, who is that? Why are there so many people around him?"

Ye Fei saw in the middle of the restaurant, a man who looked about 30 years old, sitting at the dining table, surrounded by a group of people.

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

"God V?" Ye Fei was surprised: "What do you mean? Is there anyone else with this name?"

In the name of God, how arrogant and reckless this man is.

You must know that the word god is a spiritual symbol in all countries in the world, and no one will be named after a god.

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

"In crypto circles, he's the best known."

"He is known as a gifted child prodigy, and people in the circle call him God V."

Mochizuki nodded and said: "Academician Nan is right. At the age of 17, he co-founded Bitcoin Magazine. At the age of 20, he defeated Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and won the World Technology Award in the category of IT software."

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

“As soon as Ethereum was launched, it has attracted the attention of big companies 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 Cut Alliance to jointly develop enterprise-level blockchain projects based on Ethereum."

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

He has only recently come into contact with the blockchain, and this is the first time he has heard of V God.

Mochizuki said: "There are too many geniuses in academia, so you don't have to underestimate yourself. He is very talented in the field of blockchain, and you are also very talented in the field of mathematics."

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

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

If you develop in other fields, such as finance, computer...

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

Ye Fei chuckled lightly, "Maybe!"

He doesn't want to develop in other fields now. Any field of mathematics is enough for him to study for a lifetime.

Unless he is short of money, he will develop in other fields.

Or, he is a little tired of mathematics research, and wants to change his environment, play in other fields, and adjust his mood.

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

Mochizuki shook his head and said: "Impossible, Ethereum and Bitcoin are different products, no matter the service target, total issuance, mining time and transaction rate, they are completely different."

"Compared to Bitcoin, Ethereum has a long way to go."

“And, because of the difference in who it serves, Ethereum basically eliminates the possibility of replacing Bitcoin.”

Ethereum serves developers, and Bitcoin serves investors.

Everyone can be an investor, but everyone can't be a developer.

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

The development of Ethereum is inherently restricted.

So, it is impossible to replace Bitcoin.

Ye Fei and the others nodded.

Cheng Ji'an said: "Mr. Wangyue, I heard that the currency circle has been turbulent recently. As the founder, have you ever thought about selling your bitcoins?"

Mochizuki said: "Although I am the founder, I hardly have many bitcoins in my hand."

"Huh?" Everyone was shocked.

Mochizuki said: "Whoever said that the founder must have Bitcoin in his hand, I just created Bitcoin at that time, and that was an application of the mathematics I studied."

"As the founder, I have predicted the growth cycle of Bitcoin."

"Of course, I have cooperated with many bitcoin companies and made equity participation, and I have also made a lot of money."

"When I created Bitcoin, I predicted that Bitcoin would only have a three-year growth cycle, and that Bitcoin would crash after three years, so in mid-2011, I sold all the stocks of Bitcoin companies in my hands to cash out."

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

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

But he can also understand that if a world-class mathematician like Mochizuki Shinichi doesn't even have this ability, he is not worthy of being a world-class mathematician.

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

Mochizuki looked at Ye Fei with a half-smile and said, "Why? You are also interested in this. If you want to play, you can enter the venue and have a try."

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

"One billion!" Ye Fei was very moved when he heard it: "I will play when I am short of money."

At this moment, someone came over and asked, "Is it Professor Ye?"

Ye Fei looked at the person who came, he was a middle-aged man around 40 years old, and said, "Who are you?"

"Hello, Professor Ye!" The middle-aged man stretched out his hand and said, "I am Ji Yunda from Korn Ferry International. 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 people beside Ye Fei, nodded to them, and said, "Professor Ye, please don't refuse. If it's convenient, can we find a secluded place to chat?"

Ye Fei nodded and said, "Okay!"

He said to Nan Guodong and the others: "Sit down first, I'll have a chat with him."

Nan Guodong and the others nodded and said, "Okay, you can go!"

After that, Ye Fei and Ji Yunda sat down in a place with few people.

Ji Yunda said: "Professor Ye, I think you are also interested in blockchain and cryptography because you came to this conference, and Ali is the company with the best blockchain development in Xiaguo."

The top five players in Xiaguo blockchain development are Ant Technology Group, Tencent Cloud, Xiaguo Pingan, State Grid and China Merchants Group.

Ye Feidao: "Alibaba is indeed the company with the best blockchain development in Xiaguo, but I have no intention of working in a private company, and I prefer to stay in school for teaching and research."

"You should have investigated me. I seldom work for private companies. I usually do experiments for the country."

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

"And teaching and doing experiments in the school, I feel very comfortable."

"Anyi is the environment that every scientific researcher should have. Only in Anyi can one concentrate on scientific research."

"That's the way to do better research."

Ji Yunda said: "Of course I know that."

"But as far as I know, there are not many talents in Zhonghu University, which will greatly limit your scientific research."

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

"If you come to Ali, 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 have certain connections. As long as I have connections, I will not be short of talents."

"If I want to engage in scientific research, I can invite people from any university in the Xia Kingdom to cooperate."

"Not only from Xia, I can also bring in foreign ones."

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

"You're right!"

Ji Yunda felt that this chat was impossible.

Ye Fei has no shortage of money, talents, people with contacts, and no shortage of ideals. Ye Fei's ideal is to stay at Zhonghu University to teach and do scientific research.

Money, resources, ideals!
Ye Fei is not lacking in these three points, so it is difficult to talk about it.

Ji Yunda said: "I know your hometown is Jinling, right? If you go to Hangzhou to work, you can go home to see your parents every Saturday and Sunday, but you can't do that in Sand Dunes."

"Do you want to stay in the sand dunes forever?"

"Then what about your parents?"

"Should they follow you to the dunes?"

"Not to mention whether they want to come or not, it is very inconvenient for a Jinling person to go to the sand dunes. They have to leave their relatives and friends behind."

"They don't have any friends in the sand dunes, and they are not used to eating."

Money, resources, and ideals are not enough, so only the family card is left.

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

If he stayed in Dune all his life, his parents would definitely live with him when they were old.

But his parents have lived in Jinling all their lives, and it would be very uncomfortable to come to the sand dunes.

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

Ji Yunda said: "I think your parents also want you to go back to them. It is very convenient to go from Hangzhou to Jinling now. It takes only an hour to get there by high-speed train."

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

"In this way, you have two days to accompany your parents, isn't it good?"

Ye Fei said, "I want to think about it."

"Okay!" Ji Yunda said: "If you have made up your mind, please call me back."

With that said, 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 let out a long breath.

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

"What I'm most afraid of is the kind of person who doesn't get into it. All the advantages you propose, the other party won't 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 didn't rest immediately.

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

No rest until twelve o'clock at night!

(End of this chapter)