Chicago, the 77th floor of Willis Tower.
Here lies the headquarters of Ethereum in America.
At this moment, a large number of smartly dressed individuals could be seen exiting the offices, then pouring into a meeting room.
"I believe everyone is already aware of the IRS naming us specifically, what are your thoughts?"
Ethereum's founder, Vikram Buterin, looked towards the gathered executives who had just taken their seats.
"This David is truly formidable, even managing to dig up Satoshi Nakamoto, and now that we've been publicly named, if we don't 'pay up', I'm afraid the consequences will be dire."
"In terms of the encryption level, Bitcoin's technology is much more mature than ours, yet David was still able to find leverage. If he intends to target us, there's no way we could escape."
"Bitcoin has fallen, our troubles are significant this time..."
In strict terms, the emergence of Ethereum coin was actually due to founder Vikram drawing on the Bitcoin model to create it.
