CZ: 11 Years Ago, Vitalik Taught My Son About "Infinity Numbers," I Missed the Great Opportunity to Invest in Ethereum

Odaily News CZ mentioned in his personal memoir "Binance Life": "I first met Vitalik Buterin in December 2013 at a Bitcoin conference in Las Vegas. He was only 19 years old at the time, still working at Bitcoin Magazine, yet he was already telling me about Ethereum, which he was conceptualizing. In May 2014, we met again at an industry summit in Beijing.

In May 2015, when Vitalik came to Tokyo, he stayed at my house, slept in bunk beds with my eight-year-old son, and even taught my son what 'infinity numbers' are.

At that time, I asked him, 'Isn't aiming for a Turing-complete language on a blockchain too ambitious? Can it really be done?' Vitalik said, 'Yes.' Now we know he indeed achieved it. My imagination was simply not broad enough.

I knew Vitalik since 2013 and had been following Ethereum, but I never invested. I truly missed a great opportunity! But then again, if I had invested in ETH back then and reaped hundreds of times the return, perhaps Binance as it is today wouldn't exist. Fate has its own plans for everyone."