SN-10035 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，我认为 90 年代感兴趣的人要多得多，但经历了十多年基于可信任第三方的系统（Digicash 等）的失败后，他们觉得这件事已经没希望了。我希望他们能区分出：据我所知，这是我们第一次尝试一个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。真正的难点是让人们实际赋予比特币价值，让它们成为货币。
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.
既然我们已经知道一种方法，能让电子货币不至于在可信任的第三方打退堂鼓时，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.
它可以从一个狭窄的领域起步，比如奖励积分、捐赠代币、游戏货币，或成人网站的微支付。最初可以把它用在工作量证明应用中，用于那些几乎可以免费、但又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.
它现在就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。连接建立后，消息就会直接发送。收款人双击交易，就能看到完整消息。如果某位名人收到的邮件多到看不过来，但仍希望给粉丝留一种联系自己的方式，就可以设置 Bitcoin，并在网站上公布 IP 地址。“向我在这个 IP 上的优先热线发送 X 枚比特币，我就会亲自阅读这条消息。”
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."
提供订阅的网站如果需要在免费试用中增加一点工作量证明，以免试用蚕食订阅收入，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.
先拿一些，以防它流行起来，或许是合理的。如果足够多的人都这么想，就会成为一个自我实现的预言。一旦它启动起来，如果向网站支付几分钱能像向自动售货机投币一样轻松，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
