From a university student to a chief academician

Chapter 162 NFT Leader of the Year Award

A young Caucasian man with a combed back and a light blue suit rushed up from the stage and walked to the microphone supported by a tripod.

"Hi everyone, welcome to the EDGE Awards Ceremony, I'm Robert!"

Robert's tone was brisk, with a big smile on his face.

The whole person looks very sunny and talkative.

Westerners may be extroverted because of their education.

"It has been nine years since the blockchain was proposed in 2008."

"We have experienced the era of blockchain 1.0, and entered the era of blockchain 2014 in 2.0. Now, we are about to enter the era of blockchain 3.0..."

Blockchain 1.0 is the decentralization of digital currency, 2.0 is the financial application of smart contract digital assets, and 3.0 is a decentralized mutual trust network and a decentralized trust mechanism.

The so-called decentralization of digital currency, the most typical is Bitcoin.

Smart contract digital asset financial applications, the most typical one is Ethereum.

Decentralized mutual trust network, decentralized trust mechanism, this is the combination of blockchain and multiple industries, changing part of the way of life of human beings.

This is the original intention of the blockchain when it was first created, rather than being used to speculate money like it is now.

Ye Feixin said: "1.0 has made Mochizuki Shinichi, 2.0 has made V God, I don't know who will be made in 3.0."

Both 1.0 and 2.0 are used to speculate money, and 3.0 is the entry stage of the greatest moment of the blockchain.

If someone can create blockchain 3.0, he will become one of the richest people in the world.

His net worth will reach hundreds of billions of dollars in a short period of time, and he may even become the richest man in the world.

"There is still 4.0." Ye Feixin said.

Blockchain 4.0 is even more remarkable, it is the ultimate form of blockchain, and mankind will enter the era of Web 3.0.

Things like VR, AR, and Metaverse are all built on the basis of Web3.0.

Robert said: "I hope we will enter the blockchain 3.0 era as soon as possible. It will definitely be a brighter and more exciting era."

"Okay, without further ado, let me introduce the guests present..."

After introducing everyone in the first two rows, Robert said: "At the EDGE Awards Ceremony, there will be a total of five awards, namely the Annual Blockchain Technology Breakthrough Award, the Annual Metaverse Entrepreneurial Organization, the NFT Annual Leader Award, and the Annual GamerFi Award. and Speaker of the Year Award."

Among these awards, the NFT Annual Leader Award is the most important award.

"Next, Mr. Carter, the chairman of the International Computer Society, will announce the winner of the award. Welcome!"

"Papa..." Everyone applauded enthusiastically.

A white middle-aged man got up from the middle of the first row, turned around and waved to the people behind him, and then walked onto the stage.

After shaking hands with Robert after taking the stage, he walked to the microphone and said, "The winner of the Blockchain Technology Breakthrough Award this year is Thor Beckman."

In an instant, on the LCD screen behind the stage, a half-length photo of Thor Beckman was displayed, with a text description beside it.

Thor Beckman, chief technology officer of Apple's blockchain department, will develop a cross-chain in 2026...

Soon, a middle-aged white man stood up from the audience, waved his hands around, and then walked to the stage.

After taking the stage, he shook hands with Carter. Carter picked up the medal from the square plate brought by the staff beside him, put it on Thor's neck, and handed the award to Thor.

Then the two stood together, and reporters around the auditorium took pictures of them.

Thor walked to the microphone and said with a smile: "I am very grateful to ACM for awarding this award to me. I am very honored, but I would like to thank Professor Ye Fei from Xia Guo. If it wasn't for him at the beginning of last year Cross-chain was proposed at the chain academic conference, and the research and development direction was given, so I may not be able to develop cross-chain.”

"Thank you!"

The reporters in the audience immediately took pictures of Ye Fei who was sitting in the audience.

Everyone in the audience also looked at Ye Fei.

A smile appeared on Ye Fei's face at the right time.

2026 is a year of changes in the blockchain, and the initiator is Ye Fei.

If Ye Fei hadn’t pointed out the future development direction and research methods of blockchain at the global blockchain academic conference, it might take several years for cross-chain to be developed.

Lin Yi said proudly to the young white man beside him, "Look, this is my mentor, isn't it amazing!"

The Caucasian youth snorted disdainfully, and thought: "What's so great, why don't you just propose the direction of blockchain research and development, that's not as good as my uncle!"

Lin Yi and Wang Yuan looked at Ye Fei with admiration, this is the goal they have been striving for all their lives.

After Thor went down, Carter said: "The metaverse entrepreneurial organization of the year is Google!"

Google is the company with the most blockchain technology among all companies in the world.

This is because in 2021, 40 of the top [-] companies in the world by market capitalization have invested in blockchain-related fields.

Among them, Google led the industry with a total investment of 15 billion U.S. dollars, and in the next few years, it invested 5 million U.S. dollars every year in some blockchain companies.

Until now, the total investment has reached 40 billion US dollars.

Because of this, Google has the largest number of blockchain technologies.

Moss, Google's blockchain chief technology officer, stood up from the audience, waved his hands around, and walked to the stage.

After shaking hands with Carter, Carter put on a medal for him and handed him a certificate. After taking pictures, Moss walked to the microphone and said, "I'm very happy to win the award..."

After Moss stepped down, Carter continued: "Winning the GameFi of the Year Award is Infinity!"

Unlimited Company is an NFT+ metaverse game based on the Ethereum blockchain. It is a decentralized turn-based strategy game inspired by "Pokémon". It is the most popular GameFi game in 2026 .

The president of Unlimited stood up from the audience, walked onto the stage, took the medals and awards from Carter, and then walked to the microphone to speak.

After the president of Unlimited Company went down, Carter said: "The speaker of the year is..."

Everyone looked at Ye Fei. After all, the hottest topic of blockchain last year was Ye Fei's speech at the Global Blockchain Academic Conference.

Throughout the next year, the changes in the blockchain were all due to Ye Fei's speech.

Therefore, Ye Fei is most likely to win this award.

Ye Fei also felt that this award should be won by himself. In terms of influence on the blockchain, Mochizuki Shinichi, Vitalik and Adam Baker are naturally the biggest.

And these three should go for the NFT Leader of the Year award.

Therefore, the Speaker of the Year Award should be won by Ye Fei.

Lin Yi smiled and said, "My mentor must have obtained it, for sure."

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, after all, the biggest issue in the blockchain in the past year is my mentor, whoever is eligible to get it if he doesn't get it."

The young white man next to him curled his lips.

Of course, he also felt that Ye Fei should get this award.

And his uncle must be competing for the most important award, the NFT Leader of the Year Award.

Carter said: "The Talker of the Year award is..."

"Mochizuki Shinichi!"

The scene fell silent instantly, and everyone stared at Carter on the stage in surprise.

Facing everyone's eyes, Carter didn't panic, and still had a gentle smile on his face.

Ye Fei was surprised: "It's not me? How could it be Mochizuki Shinichi instead of me?"

"As the founder of the blockchain, shouldn't he be competing for the NFT Annual Leader Award?"

"If he wins this award, he won't be able to win the NFT Leader of the Year Award."

According to the rules of the EDGE Awards, each individual and each company can only receive one kind of award.

Mochizuki Shinichi stood up from the stage and walked towards the stage.

Carter put a medal on him, presented him with a certificate, and took pictures.

Mochizuki walked up to the microphone and said: "As the founder of the blockchain, I know that everyone present will be surprised to win this award. Why did I win this award? Why didn't I compete for the NFT Annual Leader Award."

Everyone nodded, yes, why don't you compete for the NFT Leader of the Year Award.

Mochizuki said: "Because I have received enough honors from the blockchain, I don't need to let more awards decorate me."

"So, I want to give the heaviest prize to the rest."

"There are people who need this award more than I do."

"By the way, V God and Adam Baker have also withdrawn from the competition for the NFT Leader of the Year Award."

Mochizuki stepped down as soon as he finished speaking.

Everyone exclaimed when they heard Mochizuki Shinichi's words.

Before that, everyone thought that the NFT Leader of the Year Award was produced between Mochizuki Shinichi, V God and Adam Baker.

However, now that all three have withdrawn from the competition for the NFT Annual Leader Award, it is full of suspense who will win the NFT Annual Leader Award.

Everyone looked around in a daze, wondering who was eligible to compete for the NFT Leader of the Year Award.

The white youth clenched his fists and said annoyedly: "Why did my uncle give up competing for the NFT Annual Leader Award, and compete with Mochizuki Shinichi and V God, maybe he will win!"

Wang Yuan regretted in his heart: "It's a pity, Mochizuki Shinichi won the Talker of the Year Award, don't give up the NFT Leader of the Year Award, so my mentor can win the Talker of the Year Award."

"You three great gods gave up very casually, but it was my mentor who suffered."

"This is really a fight between gods, and mortals suffer!"

"It looks like my mentor won't be able to get a single award."

"This is the first time my mentor has been nominated but not awarded."

"Break your own confinement when you go abroad for the first time."

"Let's go abroad less in the future. My mentor's luck abroad is a bit unacceptable."

"Hey……"

Carter said: "The NFT Annual Leader Award will be presented next, and I will leave a suspense here."

"Because Mochizuki Shinichi, V God and Adam Baker withdrew from the competition for the NFT Leader of the Year Award."

"So, we choose the winner from among the rest."

"They are Li Qiwei, Amy Gen Schiller, Brock Pierce, and Taylor Winklevoss."

Every time Carter said a name, the monitor behind him showed a half-length photo of a person.

Everyone nodded, these four are celebrities in the blockchain field.

Li Qiwei is not from the Xia country, but from the North Li country.

He is the father of Litecoin, a type of cryptocurrency that is best suited for small, lightweight transactions.

Bitcoin is a currency more suitable for heavyweight transactions such as international payments.

Emin Ken Schiller was the creator of the first cryptocurrency to use the proof-of-work concept, the Karma system.

Brock Pierce is a businessman and one of the earliest investors in Bitcoin.

Moreover, he has invested in many projects in the blockchain field.

At the same time, he has served as a guest lecturer at Milken Global Conference, Singularity University, Stanford University, University of Southern California, and UCLA.

Tyler Winklevoss is an early Bitcoin investor in North America and the founder of Winklevoss Capital Management.

He is the CEO and co-founder of Gemini Exchange, the world's first licensed digital currency exchange.

Bit said: "And Ye Fei!"

"Ye Fei?" Everyone was shocked.

Although Ye Fei proposed the research and development direction of the blockchain last year, compared with the rest of them, his substantial contribution is far behind!
Of course, there are also contributions.

The cross-chain proposed by Ye Fei was successfully developed by many companies around the world last year, making the blockchain a big step forward.

But this influence cannot be entirely counted on Ye Fei's head, only a small part falls on Ye Fei's head.

After all, Ye Fei is just the proposer, and the developer is someone else.

It's as if someone put forward a certain conjecture, but the prover is someone else, and it is applied in reality.

Most of the credit should then go to the prover.

With cross-chain influence, only a small part falls on Ye Fei, which is far from the influence of the other four people on the blockchain.

Carter smiled and said, "I know everyone must be wondering why Ye Fei was chosen."

"Because Ye Fei not only proposed the research direction of blockchain, but also created a brand new asymmetric encryption algorithm."

"A month ago, I visited Xiaguo, and I saw the information about the asymmetric encryption algorithm."

"Of course, not all the information, just a basic framework."

"But it also introduced me to this asymmetric encryption algorithm."

"That's a great asymmetric encryption algorithm."

"If this asymmetric encryption algorithm is successfully developed, it will allow the blockchain to enter the 3.0 era faster."

When everyone heard this, they exclaimed.

They were very surprised, is there really such a god?
They had heard that Ye Fei had developed a brand new asymmetric encryption algorithm.

But because it is only the theoretical part, the application has not been created yet.

Therefore, I don't know what kind of asymmetric encryption algorithm Ye Fei developed.

But now hearing what Carter said, they felt that Ye Fei's asymmetric encryption algorithm must be very complicated.

Mochizuki turned his head to look at Ye Fei in astonishment, wondering in his heart: "What kind of asymmetric encryption algorithm is it that makes Carter have such an evaluation."

"Can the blockchain enter the 3.0 era?"

"I'm really looking forward to it!"

The blockchain 3.0 era has always been the goal of blockchain researchers.

1.0 and 2.0 came out soon, but 3.0 has not come out yet.

Because compared with 3.0 and 1.0, the technology of 2.0 is much more difficult.

如果说1.0的技术难度是1，那么2.0的技术难度也是1，而3.0的技术难度是5。

3.0 is five times more technically difficult than 1.0 and 2.0.

Because 1.0 is created by the decentralized nature of the blockchain.

2.0 is one of the four core technologies of the blockchain, created by smart contracts.

But 3.0 requires breakthrough research on all four core technologies of the blockchain.

Especially the asymmetric encryption algorithm, to make the biggest breakthrough research.

After that, a brand new blockchain system will be created with asymmetric encryption algorithm as the core, and then it will enter 3.0.

This is because the asymmetric encryption algorithm is the most difficult technology among the four core technologies, and it is also the most important technology.

Carter said: "Let me announce that the winner of the NFT Leader of the Year Award is..."

"Xia Guo Ye Fei!"

Ye Fei was astonished, and he didn't come back to his senses until the people around him applauded.

Ye Fei stood up and walked to the stage, shaking hands with Carter, Carter smiled and said, "Congratulations."

Ye Fei smiled and said, "Thank you!"

Carter put the medal on Ye Fei and the certificate to Ye Fei, and then they stood together for a photo.

Ye Fei walked to the microphone and said with a smile: "I'm still confused, why am I the one who won the award?"

Ye Fei turned to look at Carter and asked, "Mr. Carter, why did I win the award?"

The people in the audience looked at Carter, yes, why did Ye Fei win the award.

Carter said with a smile: "Of course it is because of your asymmetric encryption algorithm. I am looking forward to the successful development of your asymmetric encryption algorithm. It must be a very exciting moment."

Ye Fei said helplessly: "Well, since it was my asymmetric encryption algorithm that won the award, I will briefly introduce my asymmetric encryption algorithm."

When everyone heard this, they looked at Ye Fei expectantly.

Ye Feidao: "My asymmetric encryption algorithm is derived from Goldbach's conjecture."

"Woo..." Everyone exclaimed.

This is the first time in the world that no asymmetric encryption algorithm in the world is derived from the seven mathematical problems.

Ye Fei said: "That's all I said. You can see more news after the application part of my asymmetric encryption algorithm is developed."

"thank you all!"

After speaking, Ye Fei stepped down from the stage.

(End of this chapter)