Exposure Exposure Exposure The big shot in the crypto world "Bao Er Ye" Today I won't post the wealth code, won't discuss web3, and won't talk nonsense. Guo Hongcai, 45 years old, a billionaire, known in the community as "Bao Er Ye". @ChandlerGuo This man from Pingyao, Shanxi, scored only 300 points in high school, attended Tsinghua University for 4 years to audit classes, and still only has a high school diploma. In his 20s, he sold beef, and by 30, he became the top online beef seller. A major turning point occurred in 2013—his beloved wife Jin Yangyang heard Li Xiaolai talk about Bitcoin in a Beijing garage café while pregnant and angrily spent a million to buy coins. At that time, each coin was only 500 yuan. Bao Er Ye was also very wise, listened to his wife, gave up the beef business, and went all in on Bitcoin. In 2014, he built the world's largest mining farm in Inner Mongolia, burning over 100,000 yuan in electricity daily, mining 100 coins. Subsequently, he used 5,000 Bitcoins to buy the news website BTC123, generating revenue and traffic, and reportedly made a fortune. In 2015, Bao Er Ye attended the Davos World Economic Forum wearing a T-shirt and flip-flops. He said, "The market value of Bitcoin will exceed the total GDP of all countries in the world, and one Bitcoin will rise to over 1 million dollars." The reaction was explosive; only "Wooden Sister" supported him, while others thought he was crazy. In 2016, Bao Er Ye became the largest Ethereum miner globally, forking out ETC, with ETC's market value breaking 3.6 billion dollars. In 2017, he launched the Binance platform token BNB alongside CZ Zhao Changpeng, which now has a market value of over 100 billion dollars; he also launched Tron with Sun Yuchen, which now has a market value of 30 billion dollars. In 2017, the crypto market exploded, Bitcoin soared to 20,000 dollars, and Er Ye was at his peak, with his net worth breaking into ten figures. It truly reflects that saying: The woman you love is your main and side source of wealth. At that time, no matter the occasion, he only wore flip-flops and a tank top, shouting "Bitcoin must rise 10 times," and even started a "B Circle Huangpu Military Academy." In 2018, he moved to the United States, fully retired, bought a hundred-acre mansion in Silicon Valley, living a life of gardening and winemaking, and even showed off on Twitter about buying two Rolls-Royces with 100 Bitcoins, though he later sold them for coins. In 2020: Downplayed project investments, emphasized "value holding coins" • Announced his heavy holdings in BTC, ETH, and ETC, and was relatively restrained regarding the DeFi craze; claimed "trading coins is not as good as holding coins." In 2022, Ethereum transitioned from PoW to PoS, and Bao Er Ye called on miners to continue mining PoW, resulting in another fork, ETHW, which now has a market value of 200 million dollars. In 2023, he proposed a sharp viewpoint: "Selling Bitcoin to buy anything is a loss, except for having children." So he kept fewer coins and more kids, having ten children with his wife in one go. In 2024, Bao Er Ye released a video firmly stating: Bitcoin will definitely break 1 million dollars within ten years. It has now reached 120,000 dollars. In 2025, Hong Kong embraces stablecoins, and Bao Er Ye returns to Hong Kong to invest in real estate, about to embark on a new frontier. From a beef vendor to a crypto tycoon, brothers, who can replicate Er Ye's story? Like many crypto veterans, he is also a legend in the crypto world.