Chapter 1202 There Is No Problem that Hot Water Can't Solve

Bitcoin crashed?

When Lu Zhou heard the news, he was stunned.

Originally, he planned to take bitcoins to test whether the knife in his hand was fast, but before he could do it, the entire bitcoin market exploded on the spot, leaving only chicken feathers.

As for how he got the news, it is quite interesting to say.

The vast majority of people who lost money were swallowed by lost teeth. No matter how angry they are, there is no way they can kill Wall Street, right?

Other players who lost money were more interesting. They came to Jinling directly by high-speed rail plane maglev, and found the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study with the banner of "Return my hard-earned money", and directly blocked the gate.

Such a commotion did not scare the scientific research dogs inside, and many people even stood by the windows to watch the excitement.

After all, the security guards in the research institute are not vegetarians. The security captain led people to stand at the door, which looked like a wall from a distance. Just the murderous posture made the people at the door only dare to wander outside and dare not take a step forward.

However, compared to the calm researchers in the institute, the leaders of the park were not so calm. When they heard that the gate of the Institute for Advanced Study was blocked, they were so frightened that they were almost sent to the ICU because of a heart attack.

Almost all the police cars in the district were mobilized, and those who didn't know thought it was some kind of large-scale anti-terrorism exercise.

Originally, the document issued by the Central Bank of Huaguo in 2017 had already set the tone that Bitcoin is a virtual commodity, denying its currency status, and prohibiting domestic financial institutions and payment institutions from providing tools for using and purchasing Bitcoin.

This kind of thing that wanders in the gray area itself is not supported, and now it is still making trouble, pulling banners and shooting videos, it is purely boring.

Without any discussion, as the police car arrived at the scene, all those who blocked the door were detained, brought back to the bureau for registration, and asked one by one where they bought the coins.

Leaving aside those who took a ladder to buy abroad, those unqualified gray purchase channels were quickly raided by the special investigation team of the economic investigation, and none of them were missed.

Immediately afterwards, something more interesting happened. The people who checked the economic investigation suddenly found that something was wrong. How many people here are not special speculators?

Especially the ones who took the lead in the most violent disturbances. They turned over the communication equipment at home and could not find any traces of Bitcoin transactions.

The task force leader who realized that something was wrong immediately reported the news to his superiors.

In the end, people from Guoan also joined the task force.

At this point, everything is finally revealed.

The last time the spy network was cleaned up, there were still a few downlines that slipped through the net. After losing contact from North America, this time, taking advantage of the turmoil in the Bitcoin market, Land A with its own dry food came up.

I wanted to make a fuss and then apply for zz asylum, which is the paradise in the minds of immigrants, but I was taken away as soon as I showed up. This time, I probably have to sit in prison.

Sitting in his living room, after hearing the follow-up from Director Li, Lu Zhou shook his head and said.

"These people are crazy."

It's not me who is shorting Bitcoin, and I am protesting against the use of wool.

Are you capable of smashing Wall Street?

He really couldn't figure out how these people's brain circuits were so long that they put this cauldron on his head.

"You're fine," Director Li said with a sip of tea and a smile, "Haven't you seen those owners who took people to smash the sales department because of the price drop of the real estate next door. It's a bit of a trick to know how much to play with Bitcoin." As far as culture is concerned, it’s pretty mild to put up a banner and write a big-character poster, but it’s just causing trouble to your work.”

Lu Zhou: "We don't have any trouble, but we bother you."

"Don't mention such trivial things," Director Li smiled and said with joy, "You don't know how ugly the expression on that Vilgas' face was at the Asia-Pacific Network Information Security Summit that ended in Shanghai yesterday. .”

"Virgas?"

Lu Zhou frowned, and couldn't remember where he had heard the name before.

"My memory, I almost forgot that you don't care about this matter... That Vilgas is the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission," Director Li said with a smile, "I mean, you should understand."

The FCC is directly responsible to Congress, and Congress—especially the Senate—represents the interests of big American capitalists.

Clearly, on the issue of communications security, Congress and the White House have serious differences. On the premise that the White House has not expressed its position on this network information security summit, Congress has already appointed personnel to attend the summit through its own procedures.

As for the reason, it is also obvious that the poor performance of US stocks has frightened everyone.

"... But to be honest, although digital currency is unregulated and unpopular, as an attempt to decentralize finance, it may not be a good thing for us to see Bitcoin fall so quickly. "

After taking a sip of coffee, Lu Zhou, who was not very interested, replied casually: "Oh?"

"Economic globalization is the general trend, but the paradox is that when our international society has completed the transition from a bipolar world to a multi-level world, the currency system of the international community has changed the collateral from precious metals to national credit. Besides, there has been no fundamental change since World War II.”

"Not only that, Keynesian economics has never been outdated. Developed countries only need to use a very simple method to export their own inflation to underdeveloped countries, allowing others to bear the cost of prosperity for themselves."

“If you want to end this unequal exploitation, there is either a strong world central bank that sets monetary policy with the global economy as a whole. The world currency intervened by the monetary policies of the central banks of various countries makes it completely rely on the laws of the market to self-regulate, and it can be freely bought by the central banks of various countries as a hedge.”

From the perspective of time, the history of mankind is a process of decentralization, and the difference is only in whether this process is completed in fierce conflicts or in a slow and gradual process.

In 1994, Kevin Kelly used a bee colony as an example in the book "Out of Control", and thus proposed a distributed structure, which is probably the most intuitive embodiment of this spirit.

Unfortunately, although Bitcoin or other digital currencies have continued this spirit, they have not been able to fully realize it.

There is no real thing as a guarantee, not even a credit entity. To put it bluntly, it is just a relatively difficult mathematical game, so it will be easily punctured after the birth of the quantum computer.

Perhaps, a digital currency backed by a strong credit entity would be more reliable. But then again, the characteristic of digital currency is that it is not controlled by mainstream economies. Can a digital currency that is guaranteed by a credit entity and is fully controlled be considered a digital currency?

This is a rather contradictory question.

Lu Zhou didn't know much about economics. In contrast, his senior and his younger sister were experts, so he just watched him pretending to be aggressive and didn't speak.

It seemed that he was tired from bragging, Director Li finally calmed down for a while, took a sip from the teacup from the table, and moistened his throat.

However, just when Lu Zhou thought he would change the subject, the old man did not have any warning, and suddenly asked, "Do you think there is a possibility?"

Lu Zhou: "What's possible?"

"Using quantum algorithms to generate a digital currency based on quantum encryption technology?"

For some reason, when Director Li said these words, the atmosphere in the living room suddenly became subtly silent.

Lu Zhou didn't speak, just looked at him quietly, and then drank coffee quietly.

Being stared at made him feel a little nervous, Director Li finally couldn't help but smiled sheepishly, coughed dryly and said.

"...What are you looking at me for? Aren't I just curious, just asking casually..."

Putting down the coffee cup in his hand, Lu Zhou reached out to pick up the teapot on the coffee table.

"Let me pour you a cup of tea."

Seeing that Lu Zhou was going to pour tea for him, Director Li immediately waved his hand flattered and said.

"No, no, I haven't finished this cup yet, I can pour it myself later."

Lu Zhou: "You're welcome, drink more hot water."

Director Li: "Hey! You are so polite, how can you be so embarrassing... Hey, slow down, it's all spilled!"