Author: Big fish eats small fish

A young white man with a slicked back hair and a light blue suit ran up from the stage and walked to a microphone supported by a tripod.

"Hello everyone, welcome to the EDGE Awards Ceremony, I am Robert!"

Robert spoke in a brisk tone with a smile on his face.

The whole person looks very sunny and talkative.

Westerners may have a lot of extrovert personalities due to education reasons.

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

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

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 currencies is most typical of 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 human life style.

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

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

Both 1.0 and 2.0 have been used to make money, and 3.0 is the introductory 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's 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 Web3.0 era.

Things like VR, AR, and the 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 more brilliant and exciting era."

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

Robert introduced everyone in the first two rows and said: "EDGE Awards Ceremony, there will be a total of five awards, namely the Annual Blockchain Technology Breakthrough Award, the Annual Yuanverse Entrepreneurship Organization, the Annual NFT Leader Award, and the Annual GamerFi Award.

and Talker of the Year Award.”

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

"Now, Mr. Carter, the chairman of the International Computer Society, will announce the winner of the award. Everyone is welcome!"

"Pa bang bang..." Everyone applauded enthusiastically.

A middle-aged white man stood 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 on stage, he walked to the microphone and said: "This year's winner of the Blockchain Technology Breakthrough Award is Thor Beckman."

Instantly, a bust photo of Thor Beckmann was displayed on the LCD screen behind the stage, with a text description next to it.

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

Soon, a middle-aged white man stood up from the audience. He waved around and then walked toward 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 certificate to Thor.

Then the two stood together, and reporters around the auditorium took photos 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 feel honored, but what I want to thank most is Professor Ye Fei of Xia Guo. If it were not for him in the global block early last year,

If cross-chain is proposed at a chain academic conference and R&D directions are given, I may not be able to develop cross-chain."

"Thanks!"

The reporters in the audience immediately turned their cameras to 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 in time.

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

If Ye Fei had not pointed out the future development direction and research methods of blockchain at the global blockchain academic conference, it might have taken several years for cross-chain to be developed.

Lin Yi looked arrogantly and said to the white young man beside him: "Look, this is my mentor, isn't he awesome!"

The white young man snorted disdainfully and thought to himself: "What's so great is that I 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 was the goal they had been striving for all their lives.

After Thor went down, Carter said: "The Metaverse Entrepreneurship 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 100 companies in the world by market capitalization have invested in blockchain-related fields.

Among them, Google leads the industry with a total investment of US$1.5 billion. In the following years, it invested another US$500 million in some blockchain companies every year.

Until now, the total investment has reached 4 billion US dollars.

It is precisely because of this that Google has the largest number of blockchain technologies.

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

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

After Moss stepped down, Carter continued: "The winner of the annual GameFi award is Infinity!"

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

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

After the president of Unlimited Company left, Carter said: "The winner of the annual talker is..."

Everyone is looking at Ye Fei. After all, the hottest topic in blockchain last year was Ye Fei’s speech at the global blockchain academic conference.

Throughout the next year, 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 feels that he should win this award himself. In terms of influence on the blockchain, it is naturally Mochizuki Shinichi, Buterin and Adam Baker who have the greatest influence.

And these three should go for the NFT Annual Leader Award.

Therefore, Ye Fei should win the Talker of the Year Award.

Lin Yi smiled and said: "It must be my mentor who gets it, for sure."

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, after all, the biggest talker in the blockchain in the past year was my mentor. If he doesn't get it, who is qualified?"

The white young man next to him curled his lips.

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

And his uncle is definitely going to compete for the most important award, the NFT Annual Leader 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 with wide eyes in surprise.

Carter faced everyone's gaze without any panic, and still had a gentle smile on his face.

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

“As a blockchain founder, shouldn’t he compete for the NFT Leader of the Year Award?”

"If he wins this award, he will not be able to win the NFT Annual Leader Award."

According to the rules of the EDGE Award, each person and each company can only receive one type of award.

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

Carter put a medal on his face, presented him with a certificate, and then took photos.

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

Everyone nodded, yes, why don’t you compete for the NFT Annual Leader Award.

Mochizuki Shinichi: “Because I have received enough honors from the blockchain, I don’t need more awards to decorate me.”

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

"There is someone who needs this award more than me."

"By the way, V God and Adam Baker have also withdrawn from competing for the NFT Annual Leader Award."

Mochizuki Shinichi stepped down as soon as he finished speaking.

Everyone exclaimed in surprise when they heard Mochizuki Shinichi's words.

Before this, everyone thought that the NFT Annual Leader Award was created between Mochizuki Shinichi, V God and Adam Baker.
To be continued...