Bitcoin 0.1.0 使用说明（随包 readme 全文）
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这份说明随 2009 年的发布包保存，反映当时的软件功能与使用方式。原题为 BitCoin v0.01 ALPHA，保留原有拼写。
文件署名：Satoshi Nakamoto · 2009-01 发布包
原文件的独立写作时间未注明。
BitCoin v0.01 ALPHA（Alpha 测试版）
BitCoin v0.01 ALPHA
版权所有 (c) 2009 Satoshi Nakamoto 按 MIT/X11 软件许可证分发，详见随附的 license.txt 文件或 http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php。 本产品包含 OpenSSL Project 为 OpenSSL Toolkit（http://www.openssl.org/）开发的软件。本产品还包含 Eric Young（eay@cryptsoft.com）编写的密码学软件。
Copyright (c) 2009 Satoshi Nakamoto Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying file license.txt or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/). This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com).
简介
Intro
Bitcoin 是一种电子现金系统，通过点对点网络防止双重支付。它完全去中心化，没有服务器，也没有中央管理机构。
Bitcoin is an electronic cash system that uses a peer-to-peer network to prevent double-spending. It's completely decentralized with no server or central authority.
操作系统
Operating Systems
Windows NT/2000/XP（可能也支持 Vista）
Windows NT/2000/XP (and probably Vista)
目前还没有在 Vista 上测试过。所用的库都是跨平台的，因此未来推出 Linux 和 Mac 版本没有这方面的障碍。
Vista hasn't been tested yet. All the libraries used are cross-platform, so there's nothing preventing future Linux and Mac builds.
安装
Setup
将文件解压到一个目录，然后运行 bitcoin.exe。
Unpack the files into a directory and run bitcoin.exe.
软件会自动查找其他节点并与之连接。你应将防火墙设置为把端口 8333 转发到你的电脑，以便接收传入连接；否则，你能够连接的节点会受到限制。
The software automatically finds other nodes to connect to. You should set your firewall to forward port 8333 to your computer so you can receive incoming connections, otherwise the nodes you can connect with will be limited.
要通过运行节点来支持网络，请选择：
To support the network by running a node, select:
Options->Generate Coins（选项→生成比特币）
Options->Generate Coins
然后保持程序打开，或将它最小化。当其他程序没有使用 CPU 时，它会以空闲优先级运行。你的电脑会求解一个非常困难的计算问题，用于锁定交易区块。生成一个区块所需的时间每次都不同，可能是几天，也可能是几个月，这取决于你的电脑速度和网络中的竞争情况。这种计算在停止后重新启动时，不需要从头再来。只要程序在运行，就可能随时找到答案。作为支持网络的奖励，成功生成一个区块时，你就会获得比特币。
and keep the program open or minimized. It runs at idle priority when no other programs are using the CPU. Your computer will be solving a very difficult computational problem that is used to lock in blocks of transactions. The time to generate a block varies each time, but may take days or months, depending on the speed of your computer and the competition on the network. It's not a computation that has to start over from the beginning if you stop and restart it. A solution might be found at any given moment it's running. As a reward for supporting the network, you receive coins when you successfully generate a block.