I can’t get used to driving a distance of more than an hour during rush hour while driving to work within walking distance of my nose if I fell down at my accommodation.
The good thing is that the car is so large and expensive that it is easy to drive because there are no cars blocking or interfering with it.
Even if the place of work and the way to work change, the way of work does not change.
“CEO, good morning.”
“Yes, good morning.”
What awaits me in the representative office from morning is a pile of reports piled up on the desk.
It’s not that the reports piled up because I put off work, but there are so many new reports coming in at dawn.
“Let’s see.”
Take a look at the media trend report. It was a report summarizing virtual currency articles reported by media outlets overnight.
[World-wide pop star Lady Muse appears at the Acorn Coin celebration party! Lady Muse “I also participated in the party as a cryptocurrency investor.”]
[Investors who lost their investment in the news of the luxurious party of the developer of Acorn Coin are absurd! dander!]
[Virtual currency investment caution. There is no legal mechanism to put a brake on developers’ extravagance. It is unclear where the investment money will be spent.]
There were some media outlets that dealt with party news dryly, but there were also media outlets that gnawed at virtual currencies as if they were enemies of their parents.
In any case, it was a benefit for cryptocurrency news to be covered by the media.
If related news disappears from the media, virtual currency will be recognized as a ‘failed speculative asset’ by the public and forgotten.
“Next… … hmm?”
As I was about to skim through the report, an unusual article caught my eye.
[Did the WHTS Company know about the crash in advance? It is revealed that a large amount of virtual currency was sold right before the crash.]
The place where the article was posted was a local media in the United States.
To summarize, it is suspicious that WHTS Company sold billions of dollars of cryptocurrency right before the cryptocurrency crash. It was a speculative article saying that he had received information about the collapse in advance.
“Tsk. If I had received the crash information in advance, I would have robbed it all and would have been ignorant of the short sale.”
I am not idle enough to bother with speculative articles. I put the report aside and open the other papers.
Just as I was about to finish the report, I heard a knock outside the door. It must have already been time for the morning meeting.
“Come on in.”
A small woman struggles through the door with papers in her arms.
“Nella? Why did you come alone? What about the other team leaders?”
“I have an urgent report, so I came first.”
She put her weight on, closed the door again, and trotted to the front of the table.
“During the night, a number of attacks targeting Acorn Coin’s transmission protocol and security hub were detected.”
“Looking at the capture, it looks like you blocked it well.”
Nella nodded with a look of course.
“If you blocked it, wouldn’t it be something to report urgently? I know that there have been frequent attacks targeting cryptocurrency.”
“This time is different. The attack, which used to come in at most a dozen times, exceeded 30,000 last night alone.”
“Thirty thousand times? Is that possible?”
“Even if it’s difficult alone, it’s not impossible if someone took the coordinates and gave an attack order.”
Taking the coordinates and attacking systematically, who the hell did this?
“I was puzzled and searched the Internet, and I was able to find clues in the tweets of cryptocurrency miners.”
When she came in, she showed me the file she had been carrying.
In the file folder, messages sent and received by tweet users last night were captured.
– Hey guys. The money you lost by investing in cryptocurrency. where did it all go? Aren’t you curious?
-When everyone loses money, the only one who didn’t lose took it all.
┗ Acorn Coin?
┗Bingo. he’s the culprit
-They sold all the virtual currency and robbed their hands right before the crash. It is because of the money that Acorn Coin maintains its market price.
┗ For some reason, only acorns were said to be fine. He threw a party with the money and invited Lady Muse.
┗ It’s a very dog.
┗ It makes no sense. How did they know about the crash and react in advance? Doesn’t that mean there are prophets?
– Even if you are not a prophet, there is a way to find out about this collapse in advance.
┗ What is it? let me know too
From noble mtl dot com
┗ It’s simple. They are the culprits that brought down Ethereum.
┗ Holly Sheck. i just got goosebumps
┗If that statement is true, acorns are f*cking all cryptocurrency investors. Guys going to hell.
-Is there no way we can avenge Ethereum?
┗ Acorn is also an Ethereum-based cryptocurrency. So, if the etherium was robbed, the acorns would also have holes to rob them.
The messages that followed continued with propaganda messages and messages in response to how to attack and destroy Acorn Coin.
“Did you attack us on the basis of these speculative propaganda posts?”
“I put a lot of effort into making a propaganda post. The cryptocurrency transaction details of the proposed exchange matched almost 99%.”
“You stole information from the exchange.”
“What is more worrisome is… … This false propaganda is spreading rapidly on the Internet.”
The document shown this time was not a tweet, but a compilation of posts from virtual currency communities around the world.
The content is almost identical to the previous tweet message.
I know that rumors spread quickly due to the nature of cryptocurrency, but this case was too fast.
“I can feel someone’s malice in the post.”
“I think so.”
“Can anyone guess?”
Nella rolls her eyeballs half a turn clockwise before opening her mouth.
“It’s not clear yet, but as a result of analyzing the traces of these attackers, there were a lot of Ethereum miners.”
“Tsk tsk, to come to someone else’s house and vent your anger just because my food supply was cut off.”
At this time, it would be nice to have Jessie, who is an expert in public opinion response, but she is in Venezuela and cannot help.
“I have no choice but to overcome this situation with my personal skills.”
“What do you plan to do?”
“We have to see a head-to-head match. It is the only way to evolve false incitement the fastest and most assuredly.”
* * *
-The WHTS Company is behind the Ethereum hacking incident!
The stimulating rumor quickly grew in size by regenerating another rumor.
The only evidence was that he had sold a lot of cryptocurrencies right before the crash, but that didn’t matter. Rumor distributors just needed someone to blame for their lost investment.
The second day after the rumor spread.
Invitations were sent to virtual currency developers, famous cryptocurrency investors, cryptocurrency analysts, and IT media outlets.
—-
I would like to invite you to the new home of Acorn Coin.
Daniel Shin, CEO of WHTS Company.
—-
Although the invitation simply said that the new building was to be introduced, everyone could guess what the true intention of the invitation was.
This is to put to rest the hacking rumors.
Otherwise, there was no reason to book round-trip flights and hotel rooms in the invitation.
On the day of the invitation, virtual currency officials arrived at Incheon Airport.
They were able to take a limousine prepared at the airport and move to the front of the WHTS company’s new building.
The group also included Taylor and Buterin, who attended on behalf of the Ethereum development team.
“Oh, I am tired. I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep at all.”
“What are you expecting? office building?”
“No, an excuse for the WHTS Company.”
Taylor giggles and laughs for a moment before continuing.
“Since you called all this far, you must have prepared some great excuse, right?”
“You could say I was lucky.”
“Ow, I hope it’s not such a low-key excuse. no. That might be fun in its own way.”
After going through a security check in the lobby, they took the elevator to the third floor.
The third floor was a wide open office. Only about 80 employees work. Considering that the Ethereum development team was only about 20 people, it was quite large.
“hello. I am Lee So-young, the development team leader who is in charge of guiding you.”
Lee So-young has already appeared frequently in virtual currency forums. So some people recognize her and wave.
“First of all, this is a place that manages social mining, which is the core of Acorn Coin. Social mining consists of the same algorithm as mining in the existing proof-of-work method… … .”
After hearing her explanation, the developers were amazed. All of the 80 employees were the ones who only managed the ‘mining’ of Acorn Coins.
Someone who couldn’t hold back the curiosity throws a question. It was Buterin, the developer of Ethereum.
“Are all these people just managing mining?”
“That’s right. All reward coins mined illegally will be filtered here.”
“Then where are the other part development staff?”
“Don’t be in a hurry. I will go up one floor and explain.”
4th, 5th, 6th floors.
On each floor, employees of the same size as the third floor were sitting in front of computers and working hard on something.
The invitees couldn’t help but be surprised. Until now, virtual currency development was at best a small office scale, but WHTS Company was already building a specialized service environment like a large company.
“wow. WHTS Company was such a big company. I didn’t know anything about Korea as a country.”
“It’s probably because we serve not only virtual currency but also SNS called Watts. Even taking that into account, it is quite large.”
“If the size of the development team is this large, we must have invested a lot in security.”
“There was a reason the hackers couldn’t break through after all the fuss.”
Voices admiring the scale of the WHTS Company pour out.
The Ethereum developers who looked at Acorn Coin with a high regard also had no choice but to nod their heads this time.
“From the 7th floor, it is the office of the asset management team, virtual currency operation team, and security team. Please note that this is a security area and cannot be disclosed to the public.”
Lee So-young naturally guided the guests to the parlor.
There was someone waiting for them in the drawing room.
“Gentlemen, thank you for accepting the invitation. I am Daniel Shin, CEO of WHTS Company.”
The expressions of those who were busy admiring until just now become quite serious.
The real reason for this invitation.
That was contained in the story to come.
“I will be straightforward. The reason I invited you here is the recent rumors in the cryptocurrency industry… … you all know? I just want to talk about it.”
He grins and points to a laptop lying next to his desk.
“In order to let as many people as possible hear the raw discussion process, all conversations are being broadcast live on the Internet. If you do not want to broadcast, please leave.”
If you prepared for the live broadcast, it means that you have the confidence to explain.
A smile formed on Taylor’s lips.
‘Stupid bastard. You’re digging my grave I’ll bite you without mercy and give you a public execution.’
At the start of the broadcast, a brief introduction of the attendees is made.
When the turn comes around, and it is the representative’s turn to speak again, Taylor interrupts and asks a sensitive question.
“CEO Shin, thank you for inviting me to this event, but I think you should first explain the controversy in order to have a constructive discussion.”
Everyone in attendance knew what the controversy meant. Even so, Taylor adds an additional explanation as if to listen carefully.
“I heard that the WHTS Company sold billions of dollars of cryptocurrency right before this hack. Why did you do that?”
“Good question. But before that, there’s something I need to point out.”
“what… … ?”
“We sold cryptocurrency three weeks ago, not right before the crash. And the amount sold is not billions, but tens of billions.”
“Anyway, since you knew about the hacking situation in advance, didn’t you sell virtual currency!”
Taylor forced herself to raise her voice, but the other person didn’t care. On the contrary, it even sheds a smile filled with composure.
“you’re right. I was aware of the collapse of cryptocurrency in advance.”
“I beg your pardon?”
“Ah, I will correct it. To be precise, it should be called the collapse of Ethereum, not the collapse of cryptocurrency.”