Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 143: Destined little rich woman, talent introduction

"Did you find something interesting?" Wang Yi became interested: "Could it be Bitcoin?"

"Yes, yes." Lin Shu smiled sweetly:

"I heard the senior computer science student mentioned this thing and thought it was interesting. In addition to the new computer, I also had an old computer that was idle at home, so I used it to dig around, and I actually dug it out! Hahaha."

Looking at Lin Shu's bright smile, Wang Yi's expression was extremely complicated. How familiar is this scene?

The same was true for many people in previous lives. At first, they had no idea that Bitcoin would be very valuable in the future, so they dug it out of curiosity.

Just out of curiosity, just digging for fun!

In addition, at the beginning of 2011, Bitcoin was still easy to mine and could be mined with a home computer.

With better performance, a machine can mine one in 20 minutes, or in a day!

But at that time, Bitcoin was not worth much either. It was twenty or thirty cents a piece, which was one or two yuan a piece.

It wasn’t until April and May that the price of Bitcoin began to soar, rising to a few dollars, or more than ten dollars a piece.

Everyone saw the prospect of Bitcoin and started mining Bitcoin one after another, making Bitcoin increasingly difficult to mine.

The excavation time has also increased from 20 minutes at the beginning of the year to half an hour, forty minutes, or even more than an hour...

In mid-June, the price of Bitcoin rose to an unprecedented $32, which is more than yuan per coin!

When people in the currency circle thought that Bitcoin was going to explode completely, the largest Bitcoin trading platform, MT.GOX, was attacked by hackers and completely bankrupt.

The wealth of many people in the currency circle disappeared into thin air.

There are major problems with Bitcoin security!

Most people in the currency circle thought that Bitcoin was finished and had no future, so they gave up and left the market one after another...

After all, the trading platform collapsed, and the Bitcoins that I worked so hard to mine were directly stolen by hackers. How about digging for nothing?

The price of Bitcoin also began to plummet, from more than 30 US dollars, all the way down to more than 20 US dollars, more than ten US dollars, eighty or nine US dollars, and still falling!

Therefore, after Wang Yi's rebirth, when he saw the price and the trend, he was not in a hurry to buy it, and it would drop again!

This wave, the party will not lose if you wait!

By September, the price of Bitcoin was down to six dollars and still falling!

Wang Yi knows that in two or three months, it will drop to about two dollars, which will almost be the bottom, and then it will start to rebound!

At that time, the new trading platform Bitstamp was also established, which was a good time to buy at the bottom!

Bitcoin encountered this kind of disaster when it just started, which severely dampened the enthusiasm for currency speculation.

Those speculators who wanted to make a big move left the market one after another.

Those who were digging for fun, after digging dozens or hundreds of coins, felt bored and simply gave up.

As time passed, many people even forgot about it.

It was not until six years later, when the price of Bitcoin rose to hundreds of thousands, that I remembered my account.

Then dig it out, cash out millions or tens of millions, buy a house or a car, and reach the peak of life...

There are many such talents, and everyone is envious of them.

But what Wang Yi didn't expect was that Lin Shu was also one of them!

What a destined rich little woman!

"Xiao Shu, how many coins have you dug?" Wang Yi was a little curious.

"I just started digging recently, and there are more than a hundred of them!"

Lin Shu took Wang Yi's hand and came to the north-facing study room on the second floor: "Look, they are still digging! Ah, another one was dug out!"

Lin Shu was overjoyed. She didn’t know the future value of Bitcoin, but she enjoyed the sense of accomplishment from mining.

Just like those who love to collect, they often collect things of little value but that they like.

Just playing.

"How long does it take to dig one?"

Lin Shu looked at the record: "This old computer has low configuration. It takes about two hours. If you don't shut it down for a day, you can mine ten coins! If you use the new computer provided for you, you can mine one in less than an hour. More than twenty pieces a day!”

"Go ahead and dig it, maybe it will become very valuable in the future!" Wang Yixiao said.

"Yes, this thing can be sold for money!" Lin Shu nodded:

"But the market has been bad recently, and the price has been lowered. It has dropped to 6 US dollars. I heard from my senior sister that three months ago, it was more than US dollars a piece! And the digging time is getting longer and longer!"

Wang Yi waved his hand: "It's okay. It's normal to have ups and downs. Just have fun digging and invest in the long term. Anyway, it's easy to dig now and you won't lose money."

"Okay, I listen to Xiaoyi. The old computer is idle anyway. Maybe if you dig more, you can buy a new computer, haha."

Wang Yi nodded: "Wait, wait until the market improves before selling, there is no rush now."

"OK."

Wang Yi knows that Bitcoin is getting harder and harder to mine.

Now a machine can dig out one piece an hour and dozens of pieces a day.

By 2012, it would take 2 hours to dig one, and a machine would only produce 12 coins a day.

By 2013, it took 13 hours to dig one, and a machine could not dig two in a day.

By 2014, it took 23 days to dig one, and a machine could not dig two in a month.

By then, the average electricity bill for digging one coin will be 5,000 yuan!

But by this time, the price of Bitcoin had risen to twenty to thirty thousand dollars.

Going forward, Bitcoin will become more and more expensive, and it will become more and more difficult to mine. It takes dozens of days, hundreds of days, or even more than a year to mine one...

But in 2011, it was still possible to mine Bitcoin.

"Xiao Shu, how much free space does your Internet cafe usually have?"

"You want to use the spare machine in the Internet cafe to mine Bitcoin?"

Lin Shu's eyes lit up and he instantly understood what Wang Yi meant: "Yeah, why didn't I think of that?"

"Internet cafes have a high attendance rate during the day. At night, there are fewer night-time reservations, and even fewer in the second half of the night. A lot of machines are empty. If they are all used for Bitcoin, there is no problem at all!"

Wang Yi nodded: "Just dig it. If the Bitcoin skyrockets, you will make money. Even if it is not valuable in the future, you will only lose some electricity bills and machine depreciation."

"Okay, Xiaoyi, I listen to you. The risk cost of mining coins is not worth mentioning, but it is much lower than stock trading!"

Lin Shu was filled with joy and immediately gave instructions to his network managers.

When there are few people, set aside an area to mine Bitcoins.

Of course, when there are many people, customers are given priority!

Wang Yi knew that Lin Shu had made a lot of money this time.

In normal times, just operating an Internet cafe is enough to make money. If you use idle resources to mine at night, you can make even more money!

Of course, they are just digging now and doing it on a small scale, not a professional mine.

When it becomes difficult to dig out in the future, just stop.

I have hundreds or thousands of coins in my hand, that’s enough!

Neither Wang Yi nor Lin Shu are greedy, nor do they plan to make it big.

As for Wang Yi, he will just prepare to buy some Bitcoins at the bottom in batches in October and November.

At two dollars a piece, 10,000 pieces are only 20,000 dollars, less than 130,000 yuan.

The exchange rate in 2011 was still 1:6.4588.