比特币已经让电脑迷们兴奋不已。
另一方面，比特币只是一种社区货币。
比特币成功的另一个条件是接纳。
The other condition that Bitcoin needs to be successful is adoption.
私钥用于访问比特币付款人的账户。
The private key is used to access the Bitcoins kept in the payor's account.
我和比特币再也没有关系了。
到底比特币有什么特质保证其成功呢？
对比特币，我的第一反应时，新在哪里？
已经有人在预测比特币价格泡沫的危机。
对于比特币的发展潜力，人们见仁见智。
但作为货币体系，比特币仍然相当原始。
比特币用户面临的风险不仅仅是货币崩溃。
比特币交易来的实际价值出现下跌而不是增长。
The actual value of transactions in Bitcoins has fallen rather than rising.
比特币帮助MMM创建一个公平公正的世界！
比特币就是真实货币。
如何创造比特币呢？
比特币的单一交换价格近期波动频繁（图2）。
The price on a singular exchange has been particularly volatile recently (Chart 2).
目前，黑客们在某暗网市场上以40比特币出售。
比特币交易率持续上涨，期待不久的另外一个飞跃。
Bitcoin exchange rate is still growing, and another leap is expected soon.
在加拿大，世界上第一个比特币atm在近期开业。
In Canada, the world's first Bitcoin ATM recently opened for business.
例如，比特币在技术上就是有史以来第一个DAC。
For example, Bitcoin is technically the first DAC ever created.
这一事件凸显了比特币参考钱包客户端本身的某些缺陷。
The incident highlights certain bugs in the Bitcoin reference wallet client itself.
第二个钱坑要古怪得多：冰岛雷恰内斯拜尔的比特币矿。
The second money pit is a lot stranger: the Bitcoin mine in Reykjanesbaer, Iceland.
耐用性：比特币的独特之处在于它们是电子而不是物理的钱。
Durability: the unique feature of Bitcoin is that they are electronic, and not physical money.
常规的答案是中央银行，而这正是比特币所试图绕过的东西。
The usual answer is a central bank: exactly what Bitcoin is trying to avoid.
比特币从始至终都是一场实验。所有的实验都有失败的可能。
Bitcoin is an experiment and like all experiments, it can fail.
一个虚拟的比特币银行或许会出现，但是将会产生它自己的问题。
A virtual Bitcoin bank might spring up but that would create problems of its own.
比特币要成为一种货币需要用长时间来建立信任、被大众接受。
To become a currency will take a prolonged period to establish trust and adoption.
成员也将在比特币中投入足够现金，以保持交易平台的流动性。
Members also would keep enough cash in Bitcoin to keep the exchange liquid.
除非比特币能够迅速恢复声誉，否则媒体和消费者将对它失去兴趣。
Unless it can restore its reputation rapidly, the media and consumers will lose interest.
除非比特币能够迅速恢复声誉，否则媒体和消费者将对它失去兴趣。
Unless it can restore its reputation rapidly, the media and consumers will lose interest.
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