1. Nature Magazine: Chinese indulge in 'blockchain' nonsense;
Initially, Nature thought that there was a plague in China around the Spring Festival in 2018, but it quickly changed this view. In addition to the spirit of being unable to sleep, the people there are in good health. However, they are becoming more addicted. Because of the different education backgrounds, the status of slang slangers is also very different. Using English is an advantage, even if it is only word display English. Using a coin is obviously more advanced than saying a coin directly. If you can call a chain a chain, it means that the distance from the blockchain is unusually close.
However, any knowledge can not stand people to learn without falling asleep, and the popularity of blockchain terminology has encouraged advocates to begin to panic. Distributed bookkeeping, consensus mechanisms, smart contracts, decentralization, hard bifurcations Knowing, new vocabulary, technology developers have not yet released, if you want to continue to maintain the thought heights that people admire, in addition to imagine that there is no faster way. In fact, the road is broad, for example, in terms of currency, put the gold standard, Liquidity, money multipliers, inflation, M1M2 is very appropriate for introducing discussion: You know that decentralization, but you know that under the rational expectations, if Keynes-style fluctuations are decentralized if liquidity increases the money demand function Is there a Friedman-style control and a Popper-style refutation?
People who advocate decentralization become 'godfathers' and have a deep feeling about 'supervising'. War is peace, freedom is enslavement, ignorance is power. Whoever grasps the past will have a future; whoever has mastered the present will master it. In the past, the production of new words required courage. It must be possible to turn a blind eye to their own uneasiness and the ridicule of their audience. Historical experience has shown time and again that in some cases, truth is achieved through violence. Language violence is one of the most frequently used ones. The breeder of the new language is very clear that in the face of an abnormally disorganized and disorganized discourse system, not many people can remain calm for a long time.
It can be imagined that relativity, quantum physics is on the way to the blockchain.
People with blockchain panics were told 'to embrace the times, to embrace change, to embrace the future'. For many years, they were most familiar with embracing their own kind of people and were completely unaware of where to start with embracing 'change'. Finally, they chose The man who embraced them called 'hug change'.
"Nature" magazine notes that similar anxiety is cyclical in China, and that the frequency of old and new anxiety alternates significantly in the past 10 years. Mobile internet, internet thinking, O2O, virtual reality, machine learning, and artificial intelligence all made China People feel 'so they live for thirty years until the building collapses'. Under normal circumstances, the United States is responsible for technological advancement, and China is responsible for copying and quickly making it a philosophy that intimidates the public.
In this latest large-scale anxiety, some of the prophets of the “currency speculators” have achieved huge gains. They finally found a stock exchange that did not fight all day. They were not interested in philosophy, and in their view The most realistic application of the blockchain is the distribution of virtual currencies and their cash out. They have always pursued the motto of slamming a fortune, and in a few cases, they will also antagonize the accusations from traditional investors and point out that everyone is essentially a cornerstone.
'There is no doubt' Nature magazine finally wrote, 'Blockchain is a great revolution in thinking and technology, but we have found that, as always, there are two 'blockchains' in the world, one in technology. In the minds of geniuses, another, in the Chinese WeChat group.
2. Pass all mainland mines closed before the end of the mainland;
Officials of the mainland will make heavy fists on Bitcoin and other virtual currencies. They are required to close all mines on the mainland before the end of this year and cut off all mining operations. They may even resort to stricter management measures after the two sessions in advance to bury the virtual currency. The next variable.
The recent sluggish demand for terminal products such as smartphones and tablets, the rise of bitcoin and other virtual currencies, and the influx of warmth for first-tier technology companies. Not only have TSMC and other foundries benefited greatly, but they have also led chip makers such as Crystal Haoke and Wanghong. And silicon IP service providers such as creativity, as well as MSI, Yuxun and other card factory performance warm call.
The industry pointed out that virtual currency is a recent indicator of global technology industry and stock market sentiment. The industries involved range from wafer foundry, memory and other large industries to sub-industries such as board cards and silicon IP. The mainland is also a virtual currency such as Bitcoin. The huge source of mining orders will not only affect the Bitcoin transaction, but will also affect the performance of related technology companies.
The speech of the People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan during the two sessions has revealed the official attitude of the mainland’s official attitude to the virtual currency. He said that if the digital currency is speculative, it would be a good thing for people to have one night’s riches. This is not a good thing; In China, it does not meet the direction of serving the real economy. In the future, the virtual currency will be dynamically supervised.
The increasingly fierce atmosphere of official management in the mainland has recently been discussed by many Bitcoin players on Weibo. The external attitude of the local mining machine’s main suppliers has also become low-key.
Wu Jie Han, the founder of Bitcoin, the world's leading bitcoin mining leader, revealed that he is optimistic about the regulatory authorities, but it is not to say that Bitcoin is trying to develop measures to deal with risks and plan to enter the artificial intelligence (AI) chip. Investment in the blockchain field, while accelerating overseas deployment.
Bitland has previously set up R&D centers in San Francisco, Israel and the Netherlands. In early 2018, the company's overseas deployment pace has accelerated significantly. It has set up branches in Switzerland and built regional headquarters in Singapore. Another source said that the Bit Continental is working on Canada is looking for a suitable location to start a new mine.
Market participants believe that the release of Wu Jiehan’s message and the related layout of the Bitland have vaguely revealed that bitcoin will be subject to strict government control sooner or later, so Bitland needs to find ways to find new exports.
It is understood that mainland officials have ordered the closure of the local bitcoin mining business following the request for the closure of the domestic virtual currency exchange in September last year. The time falls at the end of this year.
In addition, the mainland is holding CPPCC and National People's Congress “two sessions” meetings. The market may be rumors that new policies may be offered for virtual currency after the two sessions, and it is not ruled out to strike hard in advance. This news has also caused local digging machine operators to be more cautious recently and is closely watching policy trends. Economic Daily
3. Bitcoin's empty voice made a sharp drop of 25% in one week;
Bitcoin quotes have recently been sternly controlled by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and after suspicions of hacking and other security concerns were reported, they have plummeted by about 25% in the past week. Today, it is reported that mainland officials are interested in “strike hard” and even require mines to Close, unfavorable quotes, the market has entered a full alert state, TSMC, ASUS, creative and other operators also appealed, should not be too happy to watch Bitcoin business opportunities.
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When Bitcoin quotes plunged, the related concept stocks also experienced a recent wave of market murmurs. The last Friday (9th) Taiwanese mining stocks were almost completely down, and the news dropped by 5 yuan to 275 yuan. ASRock It also fell more than 5.6%; Qingyun, Leadtek, and Biostar were even more severed to the limit; while US stocks made strong gains on Friday, Chaowei and Micron both fell more than 1% against each other, revealing market unrest.
According to the latest offer from the Bitcoin professional trading platform Coindesk, as of 6:00 pm yesterday (11), Bitcoin fell by more than 2% on a single day, the offer price was 8,607.2 US dollars, began to be revised from around 11,493 US dollars in the week, and the band dropped by 25%. If mainland China is involved in cracking down on virtual currencies, the trend of fears of unfavorable quotations will cause the relevant stocks to face another test.
The virtual currency price fluctuates. The industry earns “opportunity finance” and the risk is not small. TSMC, Asus, Creative, and other Bitcoin riders have publicly stated that they should not be too happy to watch Bitcoin business opportunities.
TSMC Chairman Zhang Zhongmou previously stated at the Law Conference that virtual currency would be a major driving force for TSMC's operations this year. However, he also warned: “The price of cryptocurrencies is very unstable”, so TSMC will not invest in new production capacity for cryptocurrencies in particular. .
Some analysts predict that TSMC’s production of mining chips this year may double, accounting for 5% to 10% of total revenue. However, if countries join the control of virtual currencies, whether the relevant kinetic energy can continue is worth paying attention.
ASUS CEO Shen Zhenlai said that Asustek sees this wave of mining as an “opportunity finance.” Although graphics card sales do indeed help the company’s performance, Asustek will not particularly expand production.
'Reporter Xie Jiawen / Taipei's digital virtual currency, which has seen prices rise sharply in two years, become explosive products, China, Europe, the United States, Japan, South Korea and other countries are ready to accept the management, and some have introduced related products, but many The country tends to manage strictly.
Different countries have different attitudes towards digital currencies. In addition to mainland officials who are officially intending to close bitcoin mines by the end of this year, the Governor of the People's Bank of China Zhou Xiaochuan stated that virtual assets transactions in China are not in line with the direction of serving the real economy. Currency will be dynamically monitored. Economic Daily
4. Bitland accelerates transformation investment AI
Affected by the mainland’s supervision of virtual currencies, the Bitcoin “dominant” Bitland, which owns 60% of the world's bitcoin mining pool, will diversify its investment targets to other areas. Bitzer Continental founder Wu Jihan said recently that the company will AI chips and investment blockchain companies and private central banks for transformation.
Since last August, mainland authorities have completely overhauled the issuance and trading of virtual currencies, and most bitcoin exchanges have been forced to shut down. Investors can only transfer from the mainland to Hong Kong or overseas for investment. At the end of last year, it was announced that the government would close down. Bitcoin mines, once true, will be a deadly blow to Bitland.
All weather technology reports that Wu Jihan recently expressed at the 2018 Washington DC Blockchain Summit that the wave of digital currencies will continue to develop; digital currency is a brand-new business, new industry, and will make the world a better place. The supervisory department is better to embrace it.
However, Bitland is indeed trying to diversify its regulatory risks, including increasing its overseas presence, and at the same time turning to AI to transform its investment business. The company currently has R&D centers in San Francisco, Israel and the Netherlands. At the beginning of this year, the pace was obvious. Accelerated, with the establishment of a branch office in Switzerland and the establishment of a headquarters in Singapore. It is also reported that Bitland is looking for a suitable location in Canada to open a new mine.
In the AI section, Bitland has quietly laid out AI technology for many years, accumulating technology on ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) mining machine chips, and laying the foundation for its transformation and manufacturing of AI chips. At the same time, Wu Jihan and his entrepreneurial partner, Jenke Group, attach great importance to the development of AI technology. , more often in person, looking for AI talent everywhere.
Jenke said that the company’s AI chip has more than 300 R&D manpower, which exceeds the scale of the R&D team for mining chips. They also demanded that their AI chips be updated once every 9 months or even faster, with considerable emphasis on AI algorithm iterations. After a period of time, in November last year, Bitland released the world's first self-developed tensor processor (TPU): Sophon BM1680. It is expected that Sophon II will be launched in the second quarter of this year.
In addition, Bitland also accelerated its investment in the blockchain sector. Since last year, Bitland has successively invested in blockchain projects such as ViaBTC, AICHAIN, Hero Entertainment, and Yingying Network. Wu Jihan revealed that the company will also invest 20~30. Home private bank using blockchain technology.
Wu Binghan said that he is very interested in investing in private central banks that use blockchain technology. They can issue private currency and then use this as a service and sell it legally to more needy countries or institutions.