Li Kui? Li Gui? The IPFS/Filecoin scam you should pay attention to!

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Here we must first make one thing clear: is it IPFS or Filecoin?

If you are new to IPFS, you may often see such information - "What is IPFS coin?", "IPFS's next thousand-fold coin", "How to mine on IPFS server", etc. This is the original scam. These unscrupulous manufacturers use the two technical terms IPFS and Filecoin to confuse people.

IPFS is a network transmission protocol similar to HTTP. It is not the coin that some unscrupulous scammers claim can be mined. The real benefit is Filecoin, the incentive layer of IPFS! So, if someone tells you that the miner mines "IPFS" coins, then they must be a scammer.

If the above-mentioned scams sound a bit low-level, the next one I will introduce to you may be the largest scam. That is "selling dog meat under the guise of sheep meat", using the name of IPFS/Filecoin to conduct online brainwashing and recruiting CX behavior.

In 2019 alone, such scams frequently broke out in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. Under the name of "mining machine direct sales", they deceived uncles and aunts to recruit people and develop downlines. There are many people who have been defrauded of hundreds of thousands of yuan. Even with just an offline salon, a server worth more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars can be sold, and such a server can't even mine FIL!

In fact, many Filecoin scams themselves are not sophisticated, but under the temptation of wealth, there are still many investors who either hypnotize themselves or "knowingly commit crimes."

These two arguments are often seen, including the editor himself has encountered many times. In fact, the deadlock of this scam is the same, that is - Filecoin mainnet is not online yet! Which digital currency can be mined before its mainnet is online? Please don't fall into the trap of buying a server and then mining, which is a quick return on investment. You will be fooled by unscrupulous merchants!

After talking about so many scams, many friends may ask: How can we choose the right Filecoin manufacturer?

In fact, choosing different server manufacturers will get different "wealth values", I believe all my friends know this well.

Before the mainnet is launched, the hashrate ranking on the official testnet can provide a more intuitive reference. If you choose a vendor that is not ranked high, can you really be sure that the amount of FIL mined by your server will be the same as that mined by the top vendors? It is definitely impossible. Otherwise, the official 4.1 million reward should be divided equally. Why let each vendor compete and let the fittest survive?

Of course, as we have always said - the Filecoin project itself does not have any risks. Relying on such groundbreaking technology, Filecoin is destined to have a promising future.

The real risk lies in the choices of each of our partners. Others choose Lingdong, choose the Northwest Mining King, and choose the future wealth and freedom, but you will regret it in the future because of your hesitation now.