Exploring bitcoin: the post-85s rely on "coin digging" to get more than 100 million assets, and some people's wealth returns to zero overnight

封面记者沈梦云

Cover reporter Shen Mengyun

"一辈子挣一亿元"的目标对大多数年轻人来说可能很难实现，但对龙玉江来说，这一目标在他24岁的时候就已经实现了。

The goal of "earning a hundred million yuan in one's life" may be hard for most young people to reach, but for long Yujiang, it was already achieved when he was 24 years old.

85后的龙玉江是一个不断进取的企业家。平日里，他的主业是一家科技公司的创始人。鲜为人知的是，他也是第一批比特币社区玩家。

After 85, long Yujiang is a continuous entrepreneur. On weekdays, his main business is the founder of a technology company. Little known is that he is also the first group of bitcoin community players.

为什么那么多人对比特币着迷？区块链技术方兴未艾。比特币有长期价值吗？

Why are so many people crazy about bitcoin? Blockchain technology is in the ascendant. Does bitcoin have long-term value?

早期玩家：

Early players:

就像游戏挂断一样，24岁"挖钱"，实现资产超亿

Like a game hanging up, "digging money" at the age of 24, realizing assets exceeding 100 million

作为早期玩家，龙玉江从2011年开始接触比特币。当年，龙玉江接触到了来自国外论坛的比特币创始人中本聪撰写的比特币白皮书，并开始通过个人电脑"挖钱"。

As an early player, long Yujiang began to contact bitcoin in 2011. That year, long Yujiang came into contact with the bitcoin white paper written by the founder of bitcoin, Nakamoto Tsung, from foreign forums, and began to "dig money" through personal computers.

"你知道比赛要结束了吗？当时，我把比特币当作游戏挂了起来。"10年后的2021年，龙玉江回忆起当时的经历。他告诉记者，挖比特币是为了好玩。

"Do you know the game is hanging up? At that time, I hung up bitcoin as a game. " In 2021, 10 years later, long Yujiang recalled his experience at that time. He told reporters that bitcoin was dug for fun.

相互之间，比特币在中国只是极少数，只是社区玩家之间的小规模讨论。那时，玩家可以在15分钟内通过个人电脑挖50个。当时，正在创业做飞行模拟器的龙玉江有很多高配置手机，"电脑从不关机，他总是运行计算程序。"。

Each other, bitcoin is a very small minority in China, just a small-scale discussion among players in the community. At that time, players could dig 50 in 15 minutes through personal computers. At that time, long Yujiang, who was starting his own business as a flight simulator, had many high configuration phones, "the computer never turned off, and he always ran computing programs.".

"采矿"的原则是什么？从本质上讲，所谓"挖掘"就是用计算机解决一个复杂的数学问题，以保证比特币网络分布式计费系统的一致性。比特币网络将自动调整数学题的难度，使整个网络大约每10分钟得到一个合格答案。

What is the principle of "mining"? In essence, the so-called "mining" is to solve a complex mathematical problem with a computer to ensure the consistency of the bitcoin network distributed accounting system. Bitcoin network will automatically adjust the difficulty of mathematical problems, so that the whole network will get a qualified answer about every 10 minutes.

随着比特币越来越受到重视，2012年初，我国的挖矿趋势开始兴起，越来越多的人加入到"挖币"的行列中，大量带芯片的专业挖矿机开始出现在市场上。

With more and more attention paid to bitcoin, in early 2012, the mining trend began to rise in China, more and more people joined the "coin digging", and a large number of professional mining machines with chips began to appear on the market.

从2011年到2013年，龙玉江通过挂账挖了不少钱。而比特币的崛起确实令人印象深刻。2013年，龙玉江卖了钱，赚了1亿多元。同样，和他一起玩比特币的朋友也赚了不少钱。

From 2011 to 2013, long Yujiang dug a lot of money by hanging up. And bitcoin's rise is really impressive. In 2013, long Yujiang sold his money and made more than 100 million yuan. Similarly, his friends who play bitcoin with him make a lot of money.

事实上，比特币有一个神奇的机制。每四年，它的生产能力减半，总量不变，但产量在逐渐减少。近年来，比特币不断崛起，但比特币越来越难挖掘。因此，截至目前，尚未开采的比特币越来越少，开采难度也越来越高，比特币的价值还在不断增长。

In fact, bitcoin has a magical mechanism. Every four years, its production capacity is halved, and the total amount is constant, but the production is gradually decreasing. In recent years, bitcoin has been rising, but bitcoin is becoming more and more difficult to dig. As a result, up to now, there are fewer and fewer bitcoins that have not been mined, and the difficulty of mining is getting higher and higher, and the value of bitcoin is still growing.

时隔10年，早已脱离硬币圈的龙玉江告诉记者，最近，由于担心比特币的崛起，他也收到了很久没联系过的朋友的信息，问他现在能不能买。

After 10 years, long Yujiang, who has long been out of the coin circle, told reporters that recently, due to the concern about the rise of bitcoin, he has also received information from friends he hasn't contacted for a long time, asking if he can buy it now.

他坦言，比特币总是掌握在先进玩家手中，他们手中的硬币甚至可以搅动市场。毕竟，落后的散户是"韭菜"和"菜客"。

He told reporters frankly that bitcoin is always in the hands of advanced players, and the coins they have can even stir up the market. After all, the retail investors who are backward are "chives" and "dish takers".

有数据显示，按全网计算能力总量计算，比特币有2100万枚，其中被开采的比特币约1800万枚，而目前市场上可供使用的比特币不足1000万枚，仍有800万枚下落不明。这些失踪的玩家中，有的可能已经失踪，有的可能还掌握在最先进入游戏的玩家手中。

Some data show that according to the total amount of computing power of the whole network, there are 21 million bitcoins, of which about 18 million are mined, while less than 10 million are currently available on the market, and 8 million are still missing. Some of these missing players may be lost, and some may still be in the hands of the players who entered the game first.

一位前球员说：

A former player said:

醒来，帐户余额变为0

"Wake up, account balance becomes 0"

近年来，比特币以数百倍的利润吸引了大批新玩家。

In recent years, bitcoin has attracted a large number of new players with hundreds of times of profits.

85后一代的刘宇（化名）在2018年接触到比特币。"当时，他很好奇，认为这是一件新鲜事。他想试一试。"

Liu Yu (a pseudonym) of the post-85 generation came into contact with bitcoin in 2018. "At that time, he was curious and thought it was a new thing. He wanted to have a try."

2017年底，比特币一路高歌猛进，成为饭后话题。刘宇首次向本金投资近10万元，并持有少量比特币。一开始，只是现货交易。

At the end of 2017, bitcoin soared all the way and became the topic after dinner. For the first time, Liu Yu invested nearly 100000 yuan in the principal and held a small amount of bitcoin. At the beginning, it was just spot trading.

"2019年10月的一天，我记得很清楚，早上7点起床，准备上班。突然收到两条短信，我当时预感不好，"刘宇回忆起当时的经历。早上，软件打开后，账户余额变为零。

"One day in October 2019, I remember very clearly that I got up at 7 a.m. and was ready to go to work. When I suddenly received two short messages, I had a bad premonition at that time." Liu Yu recalled his experience at that time. In the morning, when the software was opened, the account balance became zero.

这一次爆发后，发财的梦想破灭了。通过这次货币投机的经历，刘宇也意识到，纸上的财富可以让人一夜暴富，然后你的财富可以在一夜之间归零。

After this burst, the dream of making a fortune was shattered. Through this experience of currency speculation, Liu Yu also realized that wealth on paper can make people rich overnight, and then your wealth can return to zero overnight.

"如果你想给比特币投机者贴上标签，我认为这是一个赌徒"，此后，刘宇卸载了该软件，不再关注这一领域。

"If you want to label a bitcoin speculator, I think it's a gambler." Since then, Liu Yu has unloaded the software and has not paid attention to this field any more.

比特币又涨到了4万美元

Bitcoin stands on $40000 again

它的长期价值是有争议的

Its long-term value is disputed

2月6日，比特币价格再次站上4万美元。投币圈的资深人士也表示，他们没有预料到今年的行情。在他们看来，站在4万元上至少要等几年，这似乎是超前的。

On February 6, the price of bitcoin again stood at $40000. Senior players in the coin circle also said that they did not expect this year's market. In their view, standing on $40000 will have to wait at least a few years, which seems to be ahead of time.

值得注意的是，随着比特币再次站上4万美元/币的位置，越来越多的空头头寸被冲破。根据比特币的实时数据主页，全网数字货币一小时3083.93万美元，约1.99亿元人民币；24小时5.09亿美元，约32.84亿元人民币，无回报，高达8.9万人。

It is worth noting that as bitcoin stands at $40000 / coin again, more and more short positions burst. According to the real-time data of bitcoin home.com, the digital currency of the whole network is US $30.8393 million in one hour, about RMB 199 million; US $509 million in 24 hours, about RMB 3.284 billion, with no return, as high as 89000 people.

即便如此，由于比特币总量只有2100万枚，而且在一些国家是一种准支付货币，比特币仍然受到成千上万投资者的追捧。此外，"没有什么可以用这种方式玩"有些人进入游戏是因为他们欣赏游戏背后的理念、哲学和设计。

Even so, with only 21 million bitcoins in total, and being a quasi currency for payment in some countries, bitcoin is still sought after by thousands of investors. In addition, "nothing can be played in this way." some people come into the game because they appreciate the idea, philosophy and design behind it.

然而，在过去10年中，比特币和区块链已经从少数极客玩具发展到投资和投机工具。商人已经开始取代密码怪才，成为推动他们发展的主力军。

However, in the past 10 years, bitcoin and blockchain have developed from a few geek toys to investment and speculation tools. Businessmen have begun to replace password geeks and become the main force to promote their development.

有玩家表示，从长远来看，区块链技术方兴未艾，比特币仍值得持有。在他们看来，比特币相对来说是一种更加全球化的资产。

Some players said that in the long run, blockchain technology is in the ascendant, and bitcoin is still worth holding. In their view, bitcoin is relatively a more global asset.

同时，从资产的角度来看，比特币类似于"数字黄金"。随着采矿成本的不断上升，需求的上升，比特币的价值被重新认识，孤立见证使得交易处理速度提高，而主流金融机构接受比特币，其价值也会被认识。

At the same time, from the perspective of assets, bitcoin is similar to "digital gold". As mining costs continue to rise, demand rises, bitcoin's value is re recognized, isolation witness makes transaction processing speed increase, and mainstream financial institutions accept bitcoin, its value will be recognized.

货币圈作为数字货币的一个新的生物物种及其衍生交易模式，可谓瞬息万变。有机会也有危险。对于那些想持有比特币的人，有业内人士建议，他们应该按照各国的法律法规持有比特币，时刻保持警惕，做好归零的准备。

As a new biological species of digital currency and its derivative trading mode, the currency circle can be called fast changing. There are opportunities and dangers. For those who want to hold bitcoin, some people in the industry suggest that they should hold bitcoin in accordance with the laws and regulations of various countries, keep vigilant at all times, and be prepared to return to zero.

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update time：2021-02-07 18:51:43