SN-10034 附来源、原文与上下文。
引用的来信Dustin D. Trammell来源 ↗Dustin D. Trammell 写道：
Dustin D. Trammell wrote:
引用的中本聪旧文中本聪来源 ↗Satoshi Nakamoto 写道：你知道，我觉得 90 年代对此感兴趣的人多得多，但经过十多年基于可信第三方的系统（Digicash 等）接连失败，他们认为这件事已经没有希望了。我希望他们能看出区别：据我所知，这是我们第一次尝试一种不以信任为基础的系统。
Satoshi Nakamoto wrote: 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，这就是最吸引我的特点。真正难的是让人们切实认可比特币的价值，使它成为货币。
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.
既然我们已经知道一种实现方法，不会在可信第三方临阵退缩时不可避免地被削弱，那么如果 10 年后我们仍没有以某种形式使用电子货币，我会很意外。
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.
它可以从小众用途起步，例如奖励积分、捐赠代币、游戏货币，或成人网站的微支付。最初，它可以用于工作量证明应用，服务于那些几乎能够免费、但还不能完全免费的服务。
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.
它现在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，你可以输入任意长度的消息。连接建立后，消息会直接发送。收件人双击交易，就能看到完整消息。如果某位名人收到的电子邮件多到读不完，但仍想让粉丝有办法联系自己，就可以运行 Bitcoin，并在网站上公布 IP 地址。“向这个 IP 上的优先热线发送 X 个比特币，我会亲自阅读消息。”
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."
需要让免费试用多一点工作量证明，以免影响付费订阅的订阅网站，可以对试用收取比特币。
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.
先弄一些，防备它以后流行起来，也许是有道理的。如果足够多的人这么想，这就会成为自我实现的预言。一旦起步，如果你能像往自动售货机里投币一样，轻松向网站支付几分钱，就会有很多应用。
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
