TED演讲:区块链对货币和商业的影响(3)

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what if there were an internet of value -- 如果还有价值的互联：

some kind of vast, global, distributed ledger¹ running on millions of computers and available to everybody. 大量的，全球性的分散式的账本，可以在数千万台电脑上运转，每个人都有权访问。

And where every kind of asset, from money to music, 无论是什么样的资产，从金钱到音乐，

could be stored, moved, transacted³, exchanged and managed, all without powerful intermediaries? 都可以进行储存，移动，交易，交换和管理，全部不经过强大的中间商。

What if there were a native medium for value? 如果我们有价值的当地媒介？

Well, in 2008, the financial industry crashed and, perhaps propitiously⁴, 在2008年，金融业崩溃，也许幸运的是，

an anonymous⁵ person or persons named Satoshi Nakamoto 一位或几位名叫中本聪的匿名人士

created a paper where he developed a protocol⁶ for a digital cash that used an underlying⁷ cryptocurrency called Bitcoin. 创造了一个针对数字货币的协议，使用了一种加密货币，名为比特币。

And this cryptocurrency enabled people to establish trust and do transactions without a third party. 这一加密货币使得人们可以建立信任并进行交易，不需要第三方。

And this seemingly simple act set off a spark that ignited the world, 这看似寻常的动作擦出的火花点燃了整个世界，

that has everyone excited or terrified or otherwise interested in many places. 各地的人们或是激动，或是恐慌，或是好奇。

Now, don't be confused about Bitcoin -- Bitcoin is an asset; it goes up and down, 现在不必为比特币感到困惑。比特币是一种资产，它有涨有跌。

and that should be of interest to you if you're a speculator. 投机商应该对此颇有兴趣。

More broadly, it's a cryptocurrency. It's not a fiat⁸ currency controlled by a nation-state. 总的来说，它是一种加密货币。它不是由国家控制的法定货币。

And that's of greater interest. But the real pony⁹ here is the underlying technology. It's called blockchain. 这就很有趣了。不过其中最根本的要素是叫做区位链的技术。

So for the first time now in human history, people everywhere can trust each other and transact² peer to peer. 这是人类历史上首次各地的人们可以彼此信任，并进行点对点的交易。

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