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So what if there were not only an internet of information,
如果我們有的不僅僅是信息的互聯，
what if there were an internet of value --
如果還有價值的互聯：
some kind of vast, global, distributed ledger running on millions of computers and available to everybody.
大量的，全球性的分散式的賬本，可以在數千萬臺電腦上運轉，每個人都有權訪問。
And where every kind of asset, from money to music,
無論是什么樣的資產，從金錢到音樂，
could be stored, moved, transacted, exchanged and managed, all without powerful intermediaries?
都可以進行儲存，移動，交易，交換和管理，全部不經過強大的中間商。
What if there were a native medium for value?
如果我們有價值的當地媒介？
Well, in 2008, the financial industry crashed and, perhaps propitiously,
在2008年，金融業崩潰，也許幸運的是，
an anonymous person or persons named Satoshi Nakamoto
一位或幾位名叫中本聰的匿名人士
created a paper where he developed a protocol for a digital cash that used an underlying cryptocurrency called Bitcoin.
創造了一個針對數字貨幣的協議，使用了一種加密貨幣，名為比特幣。
And this cryptocurrency enabled people to establish trust and do transactions without a third party.
這一加密貨幣使得人們可以建立信任并進行交易，不需要第三方。
And this seemingly simple act set off a spark that ignited the world,
這看似尋常的動作擦出的火花點燃了整個世界，
that has everyone excited or terrified or otherwise interested in many places.
各地的人們或是激動，或是恐慌，或是好奇。
Now, don't be confused about Bitcoin -- Bitcoin is an asset; it goes up and down,
現在不必為比特幣感到困惑。比特幣是一種資產，它有漲有跌。
and that should be of interest to you if you're a speculator.
投機商應該對此頗有興趣。
More broadly, it's a cryptocurrency. It's not a fiat currency controlled by a nation-state.
總的來說，它是一種加密貨幣。它不是由國家控制的法定貨幣。
And that's of greater interest. But the real pony here is the underlying technology. It's called blockchain.
這就很有趣了。不過其中最根本的要素是叫做區位鏈的技術。
So for the first time now in human history, people everywhere can trust each other and transact peer to peer.
這是人類歷史上首次各地的人們可以彼此信任，并進行點對點的交易。
