535: Super Mining Machine

Because Ren Yi wasn't sure if his method would work.

It turned out that he was pinning his hopes on the system, hoping to buy Bitcoin mining machines from the Points Mall and mine Bitcoin frantically.

Currently, Fenglei's integrated photovoltaic energy storage stations have too much excess power generation capacity, which car owners simply cannot use up.

And now, China is in a period of economic transformation, with a large outflow of factories, leading to a sharp decline in electricity consumption.

Therefore, the State Grid no longer accepts electricity from the energy storage stations.

Instead of letting it go to waste, it's better to use it for mining, killing two birds with one stone.

So Ren Yi immediately contacted the system.

“System, system, do you have a fast way to mine Bitcoin?”

Beep, beep, beep!

“There are two options.”

“Super mining machine, efficiency is one million times that of ordinary mining machines.”

“Zhizi mining machine, efficiency is ten thousand times that of Super mining machines.”

“There really is? Haha, I’m rich!”

While excited, Ren Yi immediately chose the latter, saying grandly:

“I’ll take the Zhizi mining machine set. Give me one.”

Beep, beep, beep!

“Sorry, your current account balance is insufficient; you cannot redeem this item.”

What?!

Ren Yi was dumbfounded on the spot. He carefully looked at his points, which amounted to a whopping 1.3 million, yet the balance was insufficient?

“How many points does this Zhizi mining machine cost?”

Ren Yi couldn't help but ask.

“The price of the Zhizi mining machine is uncertain; it fluctuates with the rise and fall of Bitcoin. At the current exchange rate of 100,000 US dollars per coin, it requires two million points.”

Hearing this number, Ren Yi couldn't help but feel a tremor in his bladder and quickly asked:

“What about the Super mining machine? How much does that cost?”

The system immediately gave a price that made Ren Yi's mouth twitch.

“One million three hundred thousand!!”

Hiss!

Why don't you just rob me? Is it easy for me to save up points?

Ren Yi almost wanted to curse.

This system is a pure profiteer.

However, thinking that Fenglei might not even be able to pay salaries next month, he still tearfully chose the “Super mining machine.”

The seven-figure points instantly returned to pre-liberation levels, leaving only a lonely single digit.

At this moment, Ren Yi once again suspected the system was doing it on purpose.

Whenever he accumulated a certain amount of points, the system would find a way to clear his point pool.

This kind of trick was exactly like welfare lottery.

But thinking that he could still continue to acquire points by completing tasks in the future, Ren Yi's heart didn't ache as much.

“Congratulations, player, you have obtained one Super mining machine!”

Soon, a mobile phone and a user manual inexplicably appeared in Ren Yi's hand.

Ren Yi read it carefully and was immediately overjoyed.

It turned out that this mobile phone was the Super mining machine. He had originally thought it would be a super machine as big as a factory.

Moreover, according to the instructions, this Super mining machine could continuously absorb electricity from energy storage stations through wireless charging, with a charging range covering the entire globe.

“This is great! With this Super mining machine, I’ll never be short of money again.”

He immediately operated it according to the instructions.

The operation process was also very simple: just turn on the machine, then select the automatic mining mode, and the machine would mine, sell, and, after being laundered through various channels, automatically transfer the funds to Fenglei's account.

And the mining efficiency was extremely high, capable of producing one Bitcoin per minute.

At the current exchange rate, that's 1.4 billion US dollars a day, and nearly 40 billion US dollars a month in income.

This was simply a walking money printing machine.

No, this was a Swiss bank.

Thinking of this, Ren Yi couldn't help but laugh out loud.

However, after the euphoria, he quickly calmed down.

The ideal was plump, but the reality was lean.

Everyone knew that Bitcoin was a virtual currency, just a string of encrypted characters with no practical meaning.

It is the process of a computer hardware performing mathematical operations for a virtual currency network, whose main purpose is to verify virtual currency transactions and add them to blocks. As a reward for miners, miners can obtain a certain amount of virtual currency.

Its principle is also very simple:

It is a blockchain technology, also known as distributed ledger technology.

Its characteristics are decentralization and transparency, allowing everyone to participate in database recording and creation.

All Bitcoin transaction information within a certain period will be recorded and made public in a block, and this block will leave traces on every device participating in the accounting.

As for Bitcoin mining nodes and tasks, they are not difficult.

In the Bitcoin network, numerous nodes compete with each other to solve complex mathematical problems.

The difficulty of these mathematical problems automatically adjusts according to the network's overall computing power to ensure that, on average, approximately every 10 minutes, one node successfully solves a problem and generates a new block.

And nodes need to perform a large number of calculations, constantly computing the header information of new blocks until a value that meets specific conditions is found.

When a node finds a value that meets the conditions, it means it has successfully solved the mathematical problem. This node will broadcast this new block to the entire Bitcoin network.

Other nodes will verify the legality and rationality of this new block. If the verification is completed, they will add it to their own copy of the block, thereby updating the entire block.

Miners who successfully mine a new block will receive a certain amount of Bitcoin as a reward.

Currently, the reward is 6.25 Bitcoins, and this reward amount will halve over time.

At the same time, they can also obtain the transaction fees included in that block.

In other words, the later it is, the higher the cost of Bitcoin.

Because mining requires a large amount of computing resources and electricity.

To improve mining efficiency and competitiveness, miners typically use specialized mining equipment, such as ASIC miners. These devices have strong computing power but also consume a large amount of electricity.

It is estimated that the global computing power of the Bitcoin network consumes as much electricity as a medium-sized country.

Any virtual currency mining involves significant investment risks and consumes a large amount of energy. In many countries and regions, virtual currency mining activities are strictly regulated or even prohibited.

However, Ren Yi was not worried about this problem at all; Fenglei's solar power generation simply couldn't be used up.

And according to Ren Yi's memory from his previous life, the existence of Bitcoin was actually a trap set by the United States government to pay off its national debt and ensnare various countries around the world.

Once someone took over, especially China, then Bitcoin would completely collapse.

However, the Chinese government had long seen through the United States' conspiracy and had been reluctant to enter the market, even preventing Bitcoin from being legalized.

So the United States was very anxious and kept pushing up the price of Bitcoin, wanting to force China to enter and take over.

Thinking of this, Ren Yi felt that he couldn't be so reckless.

Once the quantity of Bitcoin increased sharply and was sold in a short period, it would inevitably attract the close attention of the United States government.

Therefore, Ren Yi decided to control the monthly quota to around 5 billion US dollars.