SN-10032 附来源、原文与上下文。
引用的来信Dustin D. Trammell来源 ↗引用的中本聪旧文中本聪来源 ↗你知道，我觉得 90 年代对这个领域感兴趣的人要多得多，但经过十多年基于可信第三方的系统（Digicash 等）不断失败，他们认为这已经没有希望了。我希望他们能分清区别：据我所知，这是我们第一次尝试一个不依赖信任的系统。
You know, I think there were a lot more people interested in the 90's, but after more than a decade of failed Trusted Third Party based systems (Digicash, etc), they see it as a lost cause. I hope they can make the distinction that this is the first time I know of that we're trying a non-trust-based system.
是的，这正是最吸引我的特点。真正的难点是让人们实际认可 BitCoins 的价值，使它们成为货币。
Yea, that was the primary feature that caught my eye. The real trick will be to get people to actually value the BitCoins so that they become currency.
既然我们现在已经知道一种实现电子货币的方法，不会因为可信第三方临阵退缩而不可避免地被削弱，那么，如果 10 年后我们还没有以某种方式使用电子货币，我会很惊讶。
I would be surprised if 10 years from now we're not using electronic currency in some way, now that we know a way to do it that won't inevitably get dumbed down when the trusted third party gets cold feet.
它可以从一个小众领域起步，比如奖励积分、捐赠代币、游戏货币，或者成人网站的小额支付。起初，它可以用于工作量证明应用，为那些几乎可以免费、却又不能完全免费的服务付费。
It could get started in a narrow niche like reward points, donation tokens, currency for a game or micropayments for adult sites. Initially it can be used in proof-of-work applications for services that could almost be free but not quite.
它已经可以用于付费发送电子邮件。发送对话框可以调整大小，你想输入多长的消息都可以。连接建立时，消息会直接发送。接收方双击交易，就能看到完整消息。如果某位名人收到的邮件多到看不完，却仍然希望给粉丝保留联系自己的途径，他可以设置好比特币，在网站上公布 IP 地址。“向这个 IP 上的我的优先热线发送 X 个比特币，我会亲自阅读你的消息。”
It can already be used for pay-to-send e-mail. The send dialog is resizeable and you can enter as long of a message as you like. It's sent directly when it connects. The recipient doubleclicks on the transaction to see the full message. If someone famous is getting more e-mail than they can read, but would still like to have a way for fans to contact them, they could set up Bitcoin and give out the IP address on their website. "Send X bitcoins to my priority hotline at this IP and I'll read the message personally."
订阅网站如果需要为免费试用增加一些工作量证明，避免试用蚕食付费订阅，就可以为试用收取比特币。
Subscription sites that need some extra proof-of-work for their free trial so it doesn't cannibalize subscriptions could charge bitcoins for the trial.
先弄一点以防它流行起来，也许是有道理的。如果有足够多的人都这么想，就会成为自我实现的预言。一旦它起步成功，只要能像往自动售货机里投币一样，轻松地向网站支付几分钱，就会有非常多的应用。
It might make sense just to get some in case it catches on. If enough people think the same way, that becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. Once it gets bootstrapped, there are so many applications if you could effortlessly pay a few cents to a website as easily as dropping coins in a vending machine.
Satoshi Nakamoto http://www.bitcoin.org
Satoshi Nakamoto http://www.bitcoin.org
