A. 丢了7500 枚比特币,英国程序员欲哭无泪,还能找回吗
当下,线上支付已经成为日常交易的主要支付方式,我国为了更好地应对这一发展潮流,在几年前推出了数字人民币这一概念,并且当下已经开始在上海进行试点运行。可以想象到,一旦试点运行成功,那么我国,乃至全世界的市场支付方式将会继纸币出现后,迎来一次真正的根本性大变革。
三是通过暴力追回了。这里的暴力并不是我们理解中的那种暴力追债,而是寻找相关服务公司,运用它们的专业软件为自己预测出数以百万计的密码,然后挨个实验。不过成功率却很低,只有30%左右,而且同样花费巨多。有研究显示,最终找回这些比特币后,再扣除服务公司的费用,只能有原先20%的财产。当然了,这是在比特币价格比较高昂的时候。
B. 李笑来曾拥有10万枚比特币,套现135亿后全身而退,如今怎样
互联网从上世纪90年代逐渐在全球发展起来,其衍生的互联网经济给人们创造财富的可能。马云,马化腾,刘强东等不是靠传统的房地产和能源产业发家致富,而是于时代潮流中依托互联网成为富豪。近几年来互联网衍生新的产物——虚拟货币,这个产物甚至可能让你一夜暴富!
C. 多地关停比特币“矿场”,币圈大佬们是“在劫难逃”还是“浴火重生”
我个人觉得是在劫难逃,因为比特币挖矿是一件非常非能源的事情。
因为我之前对数字货币有一定的了解,同时也参与过一些数字货币的炒作。所以关于比特币挖矿的问题,我本人是比较中立的看法,我并不会强行反对比特币挖矿,但如此大规模的比特币挖掘行为一定会严重影响到的我们的社会发展,我也不支持如此矿场存在。
现在全国范围内基本上已经没有比特币矿场厂了。
我们可以把这种行为理解为一刀切,也可以理解为非常严格的措施,虽然很多人觉得这种措施有点鲁莽,但在我个人看来,我觉得这样的措施非常好,因为比特币的挖掘本身就非常费电,我们很难想象比特币挖掘一年所耗费的电力可以达到中等国家总年的电力水平。
D. 币圈24小时惨案:57万人损失443亿,比特币何时止跌
币圈24小时惨案:57万人损失443亿,比特币何时止跌没有人知道。
1.比特币大跌其实很正常,因为它根本没有任何国家和政府认可;
2.比特币完全就是一串数字,估值这么高其实很理解;
3.比特币并不产生利润,但十多年时间涨了几万倍。
比特币作为新兴产业让大家感受到了财富神话,比特币的大跌也让大家见证了新兴产业的风险,暴涨暴跌可能是新兴产业的一个特征,这是高风险高收益的产品,普通人还是尽量不要参与。币圈24小时惨案:57万人损失443亿,比特币何时止跌没有人能够知道。因为比特币并不产生任何利润,但是价格十多年时间涨了几万倍,这是任何人都看不懂的事情;比特币完全就是一串数字符号,实际上没有多少价值,估值这么高很难理解;最重要的就是没有国家承认比特币,这让他充满了风险。
57万人损失443亿,比特币何时止跌,这没有人能够给出明确的答案,因为比特币是新兴产业肯定会被市场否定和认可,知道多空双方达到平衡才会企稳。
E. 程序员误把7500个比特币当垃圾扔掉,他损失了多少
英国IT工程师詹姆斯·豪威尔斯近日发现自己曾把藏有7500枚比特币私钥的硬盘当垃圾扔掉了。詹姆斯从2009年开始,就在个人电脑上共开采7500枚比特币。没有了私钥,虽然自己的比特币没有消失,但是却没法用比特币进行交易了。按照3.2万美元的现价估算,相当于损失了超2.6亿美元,近17亿人民币。他表示后悔莫及。
F. 数字货币挖矿风云如何
“一币一别墅”的财富神话依然在币圈里广为流传,不断有新的投资者跃跃欲试。但其实,从矿机厂商到大矿场主,再到矿池,这个小圈子已经形成了一个稳定的权力结构。
制售矿机、挖矿、建矿场、搭矿池,“矿圈”成为区块链世界里另外一条发财之路,矿机也成为一门鲜为人知的“大生意”。
按照比特币发明者中本聪的设想,理想的状态应该是“去中心化”的,算力分散在全球各地。但是,与去中心化背道而驰,矿池是绝对的中心化,越来越多的矿机接入到矿池里。
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“如果说炒币是一条不归路,那么投资矿机就是一笔稳赚不赔的生意,回收成本只是时间问题。”深圳爱播时代科技有限公司总经理钟熙算了一笔账,一台矿机每天200元收益,120天可以回本,之后就是利润了。
2017年10月,钟熙在主业之余,加入了挖矿大军,并迅速成为矿圈大佬,他在江西、四川、贵州等地运营着多个大矿场。
其实这个“稳赚不赔”的生意仍然依赖于币价的持续高涨。过去两个月时间,比特币币价从15000美元跌到了10000美元左右,甚至一度跌破6000美元,使得矿机回本周期延长,如果一直跌下去,盈利也就遥遥无期了。
在比特币问世4年之后,也就是2012年,可以量产的矿机才出现。在此之前,挖矿主要是私人行为,家用电脑就可完成。“那时,家用电脑就是印钞机,每天都能挖出不少比特币。”资深数字货币玩家、早年卖过矿机的黄世亮向南方周末记者回忆。
矿机出现后,挖矿开始“社会化”,出现了矿场和矿池,挖矿成为一件集体工作。单独的矿机被矿场托管,就像生产线上的工人,只要摆在那里,就可以每天领薪水。
制售矿机、挖矿、建矿场、搭矿池,“矿圈”成为区块链世界里另外一条发财之路,矿机也成为一门鲜为人知的“大生意”。
中国则成为全球最大的矿机生产地。从2012年开始,在中国诞生了一批矿机生产商,如生产烤猫矿机的深圳比特泉有限公司,还有现在赫赫有名的比特大陆、嘉楠耘智和亿邦通信。在深圳华强北,到处也都可以看到外国人带着翻译询问矿机价格。
近期,比特大陆CEO詹克团在接受媒体采访时称,这个成立仅4年的创业公司,2017年的营收规模约25亿美元。比特大陆号称全球最大的矿机生产商,他们的蚂蚁矿机一直都是币圈和矿工世界的硬通货。
与币圈一样,矿圈也需要信仰——要坚信矿机每天机械地数学运算能够创造巨大财富。
不过,与比特币所宣扬的“去中心化”背道而驰,矿工的世界正在走向“中心化”。矿机销售商自己建矿场,投资者买完矿机之后,又被销售商托管;而生产商则自己建矿池,又将矿场给管起来。
这种“中心化”的过程,使得矿圈的财富被少数人攫取,钟熙要想进入到核心圈子,也并不容易。
算力“中心化”
矿场的主要作用,是给分散的矿机提供一个运转的地方。但真正起到整合作用的则是“矿池”。
所谓“矿池”,可以简单理解为“合作挖矿”。矿工和矿场们,把算力交给矿池,由矿池作为唯一的地址,来接入数字货币网络进行挖矿,再按照矿机的算力,给矿工分发红利。
矿池的历史要比矿机更悠久。2010年11月,名为Slush的矿池出现,它的官网在今天还写着是“世界上首个矿池“,这个称号也被币圈所公认。与矿场相比,矿池的搭建需要一定的技术,门槛相对更高。
国内一家知名矿池的负责人向南方周末记者解释矿池的原理。他把挖矿比作买彩票,一个人挖,中奖的概率很不稳定,可能今天中了10万,以后半年都不中。
“把买彩票的人聚到一起,统一买,无论谁中,根据出钱比例来分成。在币圈,矿池就发挥这个作用。”该负责人说。
矿机连接矿池并不复杂,根据各大矿池的操作指南,一般只要几步就可完成,然后就根据自己提供的算力,从矿池获得收益。矿机就像一个站在生产线上的工人,每天领取固定的薪水。
掌握巨大算力和众多矿机的矿池,在币圈和矿圈都有着绝对的发言权。比如,如果要发行新的数字货币,或者要主导比特币分叉,一般要获得矿池的支持,没有矿池的支持,新币种没人挖,也就没有了意义。
此外,当一个抢手的新币面世时,矿池也可以利用自己所掌握的矿工,快速打包,在这些新币的抢购中占得先机。
2017年6月份,SNT和EOS两大代币发行时,南方周末记者就见证了矿池抢购代币的场景。由于投资者太多,很多个人投资者无法将资金打入到指定位置,但一家矿池的负责人,就可以轻而易举地完成这一操作。
按照比特币发明者中本聪的设想,理想的状态应该是“去中心化”的,算力分散在全球各地。但是,与去中心化背道而驰,矿池是绝对的中心化,越来越多的矿机接入到矿池里。
2018年1月18日,康奈尔大学计算机教授埃敏·允·西拉什等5人合著一篇论文,直指两大数字货币比特币和以太坊背后存在隐性的权力结构,挖矿过于集中,其中比特币50%的算力被四大矿池所控制。
其实,这个问题一直存在。4年前,以太坊创始人Vtalik在写以太坊白皮书时就注意到了这个问题,他写道:“这个问题可以说很严重,在本文写作时,最大的两个矿池,间接地控制了大约全网50%的算力。”
直到今天,这个问题也没能解决。一位以太坊白皮书的早期翻译者向南方周末记者无奈地表示:“这不是技术问题,而是人的问题。”
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隐性的权力结构
在矿圈,食物链顶层就是矿机生产商。目前,公认的三大矿机生产商均位于中国。他们通过生产销售矿机,获得大量的利润,同时也涉足矿场和矿池的建设,布局在整个币圈的话语权。
蚂蚁矿池是全球排名前二的大矿池,它的算力占据全网算力的17%,但根据工商资料,该矿池是由比特大陆一手创办;嘉楠耘智的几位投资人,同时也是杭州矿池科技有限公司的投资人,后者有自己的矿池Hash和挖矿平台,不过矿池已于2017年底停止运营。
亿邦通信则在内蒙古呼和浩特市、乌海市,新疆准东经济开发区成立了三家区块链公司。亿邦通信的一位销售人员向南方周末记者介绍,他们在这三地都有矿场和挖矿业务,但这些矿场也已全负荷运转,没有机位可以托管新的矿机了。
“我们正在俄罗斯的伊尔库茨克搭建新矿场,那里电费低很多,新矿机可以在那里托管。”该人士说。
在矿机厂商之上,则是芯片巨头的收割。“矿机的核心技术在芯片上,谁有矿机芯片,谁就可以生产更多矿机。”丁杨对南方周末记者说,芯片主要掌握在几家巨头厂商手中,如台积电、英伟达、AMD等。
从2015年开始,台积电一直都是嘉楠耘智的最大芯片供应商。2015年,嘉楠耘智从台积电采购的芯片,占据嘉楠耘智所有采购量的69.62%,此后这个数据一直维持在60%左右。嘉楠耘智的大部分利润,均被台积电赚走。
2018年1月18日,在台积电第四季度财报的说明会上,董事长张忠谋就称,虽然今年的移动业务前景较弱,但公司的营收依然会增长10%—15%,关键因素之一就是持续稳健的加密货币开采对芯片的需求。
在矿机厂商之下,则隐藏着另外一种权力结构。嘉楠耘智2017年的招股书上,透露了这个秘密。2017年前4个月,嘉楠耘智的前五大客户中,有四大客户属于“个人”。而根据公开资料,其中有三人均是币圈鼎鼎大名的“腕儿”。
第一大客户吴钢是最早的一批矿工,后来创办了Haobtc,该公司拥有一个全球前十的矿池;第二大客户林志鹏是小强矿机的创始人,很早便从事矿机的生产销售,其与第六大客户谢维钦,一直是合作关系;第三大客户王晋创办了币圈资讯网站比特帮。
这些大客户均不是单纯的矿工,他们都在币圈拥有着自己的影响力。机械运转的矿机给他们带来收益的同时,也带来了话语权。
据比特大陆一位内部人士介绍,比特大陆的大客户中,也多为币圈的大佬。不过,比特大陆官方婉拒了南方周末记者的采访,该公司公关部回应称,由于与客户签署了保密协议,该方面内容不方便透露。
“一币一别墅”的财富神话依然在币圈里广为流传,不断有新的投资者跃跃欲试。但其实,从矿机厂商到大矿场主,再到矿池,这个小圈子已经形成了一个稳定的权力结构。
新入局者,大多只能做被收割的“韭菜”
G. 被盗1450万!江西“比特币”盗窃案告破,嫌疑人将面临什么处罚
被盗1450万,江西比特币盗窃案告破,这件事情在网上引发了网友们的热议,我们都知道现在的时代是一个互联网时代,同时也是一个高速发展的时代,有非常多的人想着通过不法手段来赚取钱财,其实是非常的不值得提倡的,我们也希望每个人能够吸取这次教训,嫌疑人也将会面临非常严厉的处罚。
我们也希望通过这次的教训能够给每个人引发一个警醒,如果每个人都像他们这样的话,那么一定会面临牢狱之灾的同时,我们需要注意的是黑客技术再厉害依然还会留下非常多的热点的,终究是肉体凡胎,离不开法律的制裁,也希望他们能够吸取这次教训,在以后的生活中能够好好做人,一定不做违法乱纪的事,希望每个人都能够注意到这一点。
H. “比特币之父”中本聪为何会神秘消失
中本聪到哪里去了?在我看来,中本聪可能一直都不存在。或许他只是一个代号,又或许他只是一个比特币团队捏造出来的名字,这么多年过去,外界一直在推测中本聪的身份,但是没有人见过他真人。
比特币的情况从一开始推出到现在,比特币经历了高峰也经历过低谷,现在比特币的价值已经趋于稳定,普通人想要依靠挖矿获得比特币,基本上很难做到,在成本上也很难控制。所以基本可以确定,普通人想要依靠努力靠比特币发财,基本已经没有可能了。而现在加要加入炒币圈,我个人也认为不太理智。一是因为大家都知道比特币的价值,没有便宜可以随便捡。二是比特币是否会在未来大有作用,目前还没有人可以给出百分百的保证。所以,炒币需谨慎,如果你一定要炒,那就看看自己的钱包是否有足够的钱吧。
I. 惨!比特币失手32000美元,近24小时5.9万人爆仓,对此你怎么看
比特币失手32000美元,近24小时5.9万人爆仓,我认为这是正常情况,高收益本来就面对高风险,比特币十多年时间已经涨幅几万倍了,调整一下也正常,没有只涨不跌的东西,投机本来就有风险。
比特币已经成为了财富的象征,能够炒作比特币的人基本上都是拥有非常强的资金实力,毕竟比特币价格32000美元换算成人民币就是18万多,一般人是买不起比特币,更玩不起比特币。比特币失手32000美元,近24小时5.9万人爆仓,我认为这是正常现象,这给投资者上了一堂风险课,不要只想赚钱,风险也要考虑,毕竟投资中最重要的就是保证资金安全,比特币涨幅已经非常大,我不建议一般的人群参与。
三、你为买比特币吗。
我不会参与比特币,比特币高收益对应的是高风险,而且比特币涨幅已经非常大,估值也不便宜了,这个时候一般投资者不建议参与,风险大于收益,我肯定也不会买比特币。
J. 一个IT工程师不小心将7500个比特币当垃圾扔掉,这还能找回来吗
还记得那位无意间将装有大量比特币的硬盘当作垃圾扔掉的哥们吗?好吧,他最近又登上了新闻头条,由于比特币价格最近暴涨,这激励他重新寻找自己的宝藏。他已经准备把自己的手弄得很脏……挖一个垃圾填埋场。
虽然这是目前已知的最大规模比特币丢失案例,Howells并不是唯一遇到这种悲剧的人。还有一个故事,Gizmodo Australia的一位编辑Campbell Simpson扔掉了大约1400BTC。而当时他买这些比特币时只花了25澳元。而今天,这些比特币价值高达1600万美元。
然而,丢失比特币数额最多人也许就是比特币创始人本人。根据Chainalysis最近的研究显示,比特币创始人中本聪持有的1百万个比特币很可能永远不会进入更广阔的市场。人们相信这些比特币被分散在数钱钱包中,其所有者要么是丢失了私钥,或者已经死亡。如果比特币的创始者仍旧活着,要么他们将完美地体现出字典中定义的“持有者”,要么就是比Campbell Simpson或James Howells更加悲剧的人。
A. After losing 7,500 Bitcoins, a British programmer was in tears. Can he still get them back?
Nowadays, online payment has become the main payment method for daily transactions in my country. In order to better cope with this development trend, the concept of digital renminbi was launched a few years ago and has now begun pilot operations in Shanghai. It is conceivable that once the pilot operation is successful, the market payment methods in our country and even the world will usher in a truly fundamental change after the emergence of banknotes.
The third is to recover it through violence. The violence here is not the kind of violent debt collection we understand, but finding relevant service companies, using their professional software to predict millions of passwords for themselves, and then experimenting one by one. However, the success rate is very low, only about 30%, and it also costs a lot. Some research shows that after the Bitcoins are finally recovered, after deducting the service company's fees, only 20% of the original property will be available. Of course, this was at a time when Bitcoin prices were relatively high.
B. Li Xiaolai once owned 100,000 Bitcoins and cashed out 13.5 billion before retreating. What happens now?
The Internet has gradually developed around the world since the 1990s, and its derivatives The Internet economy gives people the possibility to create wealth. Jack Ma, Ma Huateng, Liu Qiangdong, etc. did not make their fortunes by relying on the traditional real estate and energy industries, but relied on the Internet to become rich in the trend of the times. In recent years, the Internet has derived a new product - virtual currency. This product may even make you rich overnight!
C. Bitcoin “mines” have been shut down in many places. Are the big guys in the currency circle “doomed” or “reborn from the ashes”
I Personally, I feel that I am doomed because Bitcoin mining is a very non-energy thing.
Because I have a certain understanding of digital currencies before, and I have also participated in some digital currency speculations. So regarding the issue of Bitcoin mining, I personally have a relatively neutral view. I will not forcefully oppose Bitcoin mining, but such large-scale Bitcoin mining will definitely seriously affect the development of our society. I also The existence of such a mine is not supported.
There are basically no Bitcoin mining factories nationwide.
We can understand this behavior as a one-size-fits-all approach, or we can understand it as a very strict measure. Although many people think this measure is a bit reckless, in my personal opinion, I think this measure is very good. , because Bitcoin mining itself consumes a lot of electricity, it is difficult for us to imagine that the electricity consumed by Bitcoin mining in one year can reach the total annual electricity level of a medium-sized country.
D. 24-hour tragedy in the currency circle: 570,000 people lost 44.3 billion, when will Bitcoin stop falling?
24-hour tragedy in the currency circle: 570,000 people lost 44.3 billion, Bitcoin No one knows when the decline will stop.
1. The sharp fall of Bitcoin is actually normal, because it is not recognized by any country or government at all;
2.Bitcoin is completely just a string of numbers, and it is understandable that its valuation is so high;
3. Bitcoin does not generate profits, but it has increased tens of thousands of times in more than ten years.
As an emerging industry, Bitcoin has made everyone feel the myth of wealth. The sharp decline of Bitcoin has also made everyone witness the risks of emerging industries. The sudden rise and fall may be a characteristic of emerging industries, which is high risk and high return. products, ordinary people should try not to participate. 24-hour tragedy in the currency circle: 570,000 people lost 44.3 billion. No one knows when Bitcoin will stop falling. Because Bitcoin does not generate any profits, but the price has increased tens of thousands of times in more than ten years, this is something that no one can understand; Bitcoin is completely a string of digital symbols, and actually has little value. The valuation is so Gao is difficult to understand; the most important thing is that no country recognizes Bitcoin, which makes him full of risks.
570,000 people lost 44.3 billion. No one can give a clear answer when Bitcoin will stop falling, because Bitcoin is an emerging industry and will definitely be rejected by the market. Recognize it, and it will stabilize only when the long and short sides reach a balance.
E. The programmer mistakenly threw away 7,500 Bitcoins as garbage, how much did he lose?
British IT engineer James Howells recently discovered that he had thrown away 7,500 Bitcoins. The hard drive containing the Bitcoin private keys was thrown away as trash. James has mined a total of 7,500 Bitcoins on his personal computer since 2009. Without the private key, although your Bitcoins have not disappeared, you cannot use Bitcoins for transactions. Based on the current price of US$32,000, this is equivalent to a loss of more than US$260 million, or nearly 1.7 billion yuan. He expressed deep regret.
F. How is the digital currency mining situation?
The wealth myth of “one coin, one villa” is still widely circulated in the currency circle, and there are constantly new of investors are eager to give it a try. But in fact, from mining machine manufacturers to large mine owners to mining pools, this small circle has formed a stable power structure.
Manufacturing and selling mining machines, mining, building mines, and building mining pools, the "mining circle" has become another way to make a fortune in the blockchain world, and mining machines have also become a little-known " Big business".
According to the vision of Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, the ideal state should be "decentralized", with computing power dispersed around the world. However, contrary to decentralization, mining pools are absolutely centralized, and more and more mining machines are connected to mining pools.
This article was first published on Southern Weekend
“If speculating in currencies is a road of no return, then investing in mining machines is a business that is sure to make a profit, and recovery of costs is only a matter of time. "Zhong Xi, general manager of Shenzhen Aibo Times Technology Co., Ltd., calculated an account. A mining machine earns 200 yuan a day, and it can recover its capital in 120 days, and then it will be profit.
In October 2017, Zhong Xi joined the mining army in addition to his main business, and quickly became a big boss in the mining circle. He operates in Jiangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou and other placesMultiple large mines.
In fact, this "guaranteed profit without loss" business still relies on the continued rise in currency prices. In the past two months, the price of Bitcoin has dropped from US$15,000 to around US$10,000, and even fell below US$6,000 at one point, which has extended the payback cycle of mining machines. If it continues to fall, profits will be far away.
Four years after the advent of Bitcoin, in 2012, mining machines that could be mass-produced appeared. Prior to this, mining was mainly a private activity and could be completed with a home computer. "At that time, home computers were money printing machines, and a lot of Bitcoins could be mined every day." Huang Shiliang, a senior digital currency player who sold mining machines in his early years, recalled to Southern Weekend reporters.
After the emergence of mining machines, mining began to be "socialized". Mines and mining pools appeared, and mining became a collective work. Individual mining machines are hosted by mining farms, just like workers on a production line. As long as they are placed there, they can receive a salary every day.
Manufacturing and selling mining machines, mining, building mines, and building mining pools, the "mining circle" has become another way to make a fortune in the blockchain world, and mining machines have also become a little-known " Big business".
China has become the world’s largest producer of mining machines. Since 2012, a number of mining machine manufacturers have been born in China, such as Shenzhen Bit Spring Co., Ltd., which produces Roast Cat mining machines, as well as the now famous Bitmain, Canaan and Ebrun Communications. In Huaqiangbei, Shenzhen, you can see foreigners everywhere asking about the price of mining machines with translators.
Recently, Bitmain CEO Ketuan Zhan said in an interview with the media that this startup, which was only established for 4 years, had a revenue of approximately US$2.5 billion in 2017. Bitmain is known as the world's largest mining machine manufacturer, and their Antminer machines have always been the hard currency in the currency circle and the miner world.
Similar to the currency circle, the mining circle also requires faith - a firm belief that the mechanical mathematical operations of mining machines every day can create huge wealth.
However, contrary to the "decentralization" promoted by Bitcoin, the world of miners is moving toward "centralization." Mining machine sellers build their own mines, and after investors buy the mining machines, they are hosted by the sellers; while manufacturers build their own mining pools and manage the mines.
This "centralization" process has caused the wealth in the mining circle to be seized by a few people. It is not easy for Zhong Xi to enter the inner circle.
"Centralization" of computing power
The main function of a mine is to provide a place for decentralized mining machines to operate. But what really plays the role of integration is the “mining pool”.
The so-called "mining pool" can be simply understood as "cooperative mining". Miners and mining farms hand over their computing power to the mining pool, which uses the mining pool as the only address to access the digital currency network for mining, and then distributes dividends to the miners according to the computing power of the mining machine.
Mining pools have a longer history than mining machines. In November 2010, a mining pool named Slush appeared. Its official website still says today that it is “the world’s first mining pool.” ThisThe title is also recognized by the currency circle. Compared with mining farms, the establishment of mining pools requires certain skills and the threshold is relatively higher.
The person in charge of a well-known domestic mining pool explained the principles of mining pools to Southern Weekend reporters. He compared mining to buying lottery tickets. If a person mines alone, the probability of winning is very unstable. He may win 100,000 today but not win in the next six months.
“Gather people who buy lottery tickets together and buy them together. No matter who wins, they will be divided according to the proportion of their money. In the currency circle, mining pools play this role.” The person in charge said.
It is not complicated to connect a mining machine to a mining pool. According to the operation guides of major mining pools, it usually only takes a few steps to complete, and then you can get income from the mining pool based on the computing power you provide. A mining machine is like a worker standing on a production line, receiving a fixed salary every day.
Mining pools with huge computing power and numerous mining machines have an absolute say in both the currency and mining circles. For example, if you want to issue a new digital currency or lead a Bitcoin fork, you generally need the support of a mining pool. Without the support of a mining pool, there will be no one to mine the new currency, and it will be meaningless.
In addition, when a popular new coin comes out, the mining pool can also use the miners at its disposal to quickly package it and take the lead in the rush to buy these new coins.
In June 2017, when the two major tokens SNT and EOS were issued, Southern Weekend reporters witnessed the scene of mining pools snapping up tokens. Because there are too many investors, many individual investors are unable to put funds into a designated location, but the person in charge of a mining pool can easily complete this operation.
According to the vision of Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, the ideal state should be "decentralized", with computing power dispersed around the world. However, contrary to decentralization, mining pools are absolutely centralized, and more and more mining machines are connected to mining pools.
On January 18, 2018, five people including Cornell University computer professor Emin Yun Sirash co-authored a paper pointing out the existence behind the two major digital currencies Bitcoin and Ethereum. Hidden power structure, mining is too concentrated, with 50% of Bitcoin’s computing power controlled by the four major mining pools.
In fact, this problem has always existed. Four years ago, Ethereum founder Vtalik noticed this problem when he wrote the Ethereum white paper. He wrote: "This problem can be said to be very serious. At the time of writing this article, the two largest mining pools indirectly control about 50% of the computing power of the entire network.”
To this day, this problem has not been solved. An early translator of the Ethereum white paper said helplessly to a Southern Weekend reporter: "This is not a technical problem, but a human problem."
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Implicit power structure
In the mining industry, the top level of the food chain is the mining machine manufacturer. Currently, the three major recognized mining machine manufacturers are all located in China. They have made a lot of profits by producing and selling mining machines. They are also involved in the construction of mines and mining pools, and have a say in the entire currency circle.
Ant Pool is the world’s topThe second largest mining pool in the world, its computing power accounts for 17% of the entire network’s computing power. However, according to industrial and commercial information, this mining pool was founded by Bitmain; several investors of Canaan Yunzhi are also members of Hangzhou Mining Pool Technology Co., Ltd., which has its own mining pool Hash and mining platform, but the mining pool ceased operations at the end of 2017.
Yibang Communications has established three blockchain companies in Hohhot and Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang Zhundong Economic Development Zone. A salesperson from Ebrun Communications told Southern Weekend reporters that they have mines and mining operations in these three places, but these mines are also operating at full capacity and there is no room to host new mining machines.
“We are building a new mining farm in Irkutsk, Russia, where electricity costs are much lower and new mining machines can be hosted there,” the person said.
Beyond the mining machine manufacturers, it is the chip giants that are harvesting. "The core technology of mining machines is on the chip. Whoever has mining machine chips can produce more mining machines." Ding Yang told Southern Weekend reporters that chips are mainly in the hands of several giant manufacturers, such as TSMC, Nvidia, and AMD. wait.
Since 2015, TSMC has been Canaan’s largest chip supplier. In 2015, the chips purchased by Canaan Intelligent Technology from TSMC accounted for 69.62% of all purchases by Canaan Intelligent Technology. Since then, this figure has remained at around 60%. Most of Canaan Intelligent's profits were earned by TSMC.
On January 18, 2018, at the briefing of TSMC’s fourth quarter financial report, Chairman Zhang Zhongmou said that although the mobile business prospects this year are weak, the company’s revenue will still grow by 10%. —15%, one of the key factors is continued solid demand for chips from cryptocurrency mining.
Under the mining machine manufacturers, there is another power structure hidden. Canaan's 2017 prospectus revealed this secret. In the first four months of 2017, four of Canaan's top five customers were "individuals." According to public information, three of them are well-known "wrongs" in the currency circle.
The first largest customer, Wu Gang, was one of the earliest miners and later founded Haobtc, which owns one of the top ten mining pools in the world; the second largest customer, Lin Zhipeng, was the founder of Xiaoqiang Mining Machinery and was very It has been engaged in the production and sales of mining machines for a long time. It has always had a cooperative relationship with Xie Weiqin, its sixth largest customer; Wang Jin, its third largest customer, founded the currency circle information website Bitbang.
These big customers are not just miners, they all have their own influence in the currency circle. The mechanically operating mining machines not only bring them profits, but also bring them the right to speak.
According to a Bitmain insider, most of Bitmain’s big customers are big names in the cryptocurrency industry. However, Bitmain officially declined an interview with Southern Weekend reporters. The company’s public relations department responded that it was inconvenient to disclose this aspect due to the confidentiality agreement signed with its customers.
The wealth myth of “one coin, one villa” is still widely circulated in the currency circleAccording to rumors, new investors are constantly eager to try. But in fact, from mining machine manufacturers to large mine owners to mining pools, this small circle has formed a stable power structure.
Most of the new entrants can only be harvested "leeks"
G. 14.5 million stolen! The "Bitcoin" theft case in Jiangxi was solved. What punishment will the suspect face
14.5 million was stolen and the Bitcoin theft case in Jiangxi was solved. This incident triggered a heated discussion among netizens on the Internet. We all know The current era is an Internet era, and it is also an era of rapid development. There are many people who want to make money through illegal means. In fact, it is not worth promoting. We also hope that everyone can learn from this lesson. , the suspect will also face very severe punishment.
We also hope that this lesson can serve as a wake-up call to everyone. If everyone is like them, they will definitely face imprisonment. At the same time, we It should be noted that no matter how powerful the hacker skills are, they will still leave a lot of hot spots. After all, they are mortal bodies and cannot do without legal sanctions. I hope they can learn from this lesson and be good people in their future lives. You must not do anything illegal and I hope everyone will notice this.
H. Why did “Father of Bitcoin” Satoshi Nakamoto mysteriously disappear?
Where did Satoshi Nakamoto go? In my opinion, Satoshi Nakamoto may never have existed. Maybe he is just a code name, or maybe he is just a name fabricated by the Bitcoin team. Over the years, the outside world has been speculating on the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, but no one has seen him in person.
The situation of BitcoinFrom its initial launch to the present, Bitcoin has experienced peaks and troughs. Now the value of Bitcoin has stabilized. Ordinary people who want to rely on mining to obtain Bitcoins basically It is difficult to achieve in terms of cost and difficult to control in terms of cost. Therefore, it is basically certain that it is basically impossible for ordinary people to make a fortune in Bitcoin through hard work. But now that I want to join the currency speculation circle, I personally think it is unreasonable. One is because everyone knows the value of Bitcoin and can pick it up casually if it is not cheap. Second, no one can give a 100% guarantee as to whether Bitcoin will be of great use in the future. Therefore, you need to be cautious when speculating in currencies. If you must speculate, then check whether you have enough money in your wallet.
I. Tragic! Bitcoin lost $32,000, and 59,000 people liquidated their positions in the past 24 hours. What do you think?
Bitcoin lost $32,000, and 59,000 people liquidated their positions in the past 24 hours. I think this is normal. High Earnings are inherently high-risk. Bitcoin has increased tens of thousands of times in more than ten years. It is normal to adjust. There is nothing that only rises but never falls. Speculation is inherently risky.
Bitcoin has become a symbol of wealth. People who can speculate on Bitcoin basically have very strong financial strength. After all, the price of Bitcoin is 32,000 US dollars converted into RMB.It’s more than 180,000. Most people can’t afford Bitcoin, let alone play with it. Bitcoin lost $32,000, and 59,000 people liquidated their positions in the past 24 hours. I think this is a normal phenomenon. This teaches investors a risk lesson. Don’t just think about making money, but also consider risks. After all, the most important thing in investment is guarantee. Funds are safe, Bitcoin has risen very much, and I do not recommend that the general public participate.
3. Are you buying Bitcoin?
I will not participate in Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s high returns correspond to high risks, and Bitcoin’s growth has been very large, and its valuation is no longer cheap. At this time, ordinary investors do not recommend participating, as the risk is greater than Income, I will definitely not buy Bitcoin.
J. An IT engineer accidentally threw away 7,500 Bitcoins as garbage. Can he get them back?
Remember the guy who accidentally threw away a large number of Bitcoins? Are you guys throwing your hard drive away as trash? Well, he’s been in the headlines again recently due to the recent surge in the price of Bitcoin, which inspired him to get back on the hunt for his treasure. He was ready to get his hands dirty...dig a landfill.
Although this is the largest known case of Bitcoin loss, Howells is not the only one to experience this tragedy. There is also a story where Campbell Simpson, an editor at Gizmodo Australia, dumped around 1,400 BTC. At that time, he only spent 25 Australian dollars when he bought these Bitcoins. Today, those Bitcoins are worth up to $16 million.
However, the person who lost the largest amount of Bitcoin may be the founder of Bitcoin himself. According to recent research by Chainalysis, the 1 million Bitcoins held by Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto will likely never reach the wider market. It is believed that the Bitcoins were dispersed among digital wallets and that their owners had either lost their private keys or were dead. If the founders of Bitcoin were still alive, either they would perfectly embody the dictionary definition of a “holder,” or they would be far more tragic than Campbell Simpson or James Howells.