誰創建了比特幣？

16多年前，在2008年萬聖節那天，一個名叫Nakamoto的實體寄出了白皮書

Benajmin Wallace’s “The Mysterious Mr. Nakamoto” is a 342-page investigation into the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious entity who created Bitcoin. First announced in October 2008 via email to a cypherpunk listserv, Bitcoin quickly spawned a global cultural movement and a multi-trillion dollar industry.

Benajmin Wallace的“神秘的Nakamoto先生”是一項為期342頁的調查，對創建比特幣的神秘實體Satoshi Nakamoto的身份進行了342頁的調查。比特幣於2008年10月首次通過電子郵件宣布，通過電子郵件到Cypherpunk Listserv，迅速產生了全球文化運動和數万億美元的行業。

Back in 2011, when Wallace wrote a piece on the phenomenon for WIRED, it seemed like everyone was searching for Nakamoto, but no one could figure it out. Now, more than 10 years later, the author of “The Billionaire’s Vinegar: The Mystery of the World’s Most Expensive Bottle of Wine” (2009) is still juggling that question.

早在2011年，華萊士（Wallace）就有線現象寫了一篇文章，似乎每個人都在尋找中村，但沒人能弄清楚。現在，十多年後，“億萬富翁的醋：世界上最昂貴的葡萄酒的奧秘”（2009年）仍在嘲笑這個問題。

After receiving persistent emails from an ex-Tesla employee who was absolutely convinced that Elon Musk was Nakamoto, Wallace decided to take another look at the enigma, which he previously covered in 2011 for WIRED. Keeping clear of that particular theory, which he says is “not a view I share,” Wallace lays out his own findings in “The Mysterious Mr. Nakamoto,” set for release on March 18 by Simon & Schuster.

在收到前泰斯拉僱員的持續電子郵件後，他絕對堅信埃隆·馬斯克（Elon Musk）是中村（Nakamoto）之後，華萊士（Wallace）決定再看一次謎，他此前在2011年介紹了該謎團。避開了特定的理論，他說這是“我分享的觀點”，華萊士在3月18日由Simon＆Schuster於3月18日發布的“ Nakamoto先生”中提出了自己的發現。

The conclusion? Well, by the end of it, Wallace is forced to admit that he failed to solve the Nakamoto riddle once again. But his obsession yielded a thoughtful survey of Bitcoin’s history with a special emphasis on the cypherpunks whose ideas contributed to the cryptocurrency’s birth. “The Mysterious Mr. Nakamoto” is a perfect work for crypto veterans and beginners alike who are curious to know more about Bitcoin’s origins; in that respect, it’s comparable to Laura Shin’s “The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze” (2022), which focuses on Vitalik Buterin and Ethereum’s early days.

結論？好吧，到最後，華萊士被迫承認他未能再次解決Nakamoto Riddle。但是他的痴迷對比特幣的歷史進行了深思熟慮的調查，特別強調了cypherpunk的想法有助於加密貨幣的出生。對於加密退伍軍人和初學者來說，“神秘的納卡摩先生”是一項完美的作品，他們很好奇地了解比特幣的起源。在這方面，它可以與勞拉·辛（Laura Shin）的“加密主義者：理想主義，貪婪，謊言”和第一個大加密貨幣狂熱的製作相媲美”（2022年），它重點介紹了維塔利克·布特林（Vitalik Buterin）和以太坊的早期。

The DEVOLUTION OF A MYSTERY

神秘的權力下放

At the beginning of the book, we learn that the fibonnacci sequence, magic squares, and "exceedingly boring" meetings with venture capitalists will play a role in the tale to come. We're also told that Nakamoto's identity is one of the great secrets of the 21st century.

在本書的開頭，我們了解到，斐波那納克的序列，魔術廣場和與風險投資家的“極其無聊”的會議將在未來的故事中發揮作用。我們還被告知，中村的身份是21世紀的偉大秘密之一。

As Wallace points out, everyone is interested in putting a face on Bitcoin's inventor now that Wall Street and the White House are beginning to fully embrace the crypto sector. There is perhaps a feeling that we need to make the digital asset a little cleaner and safer to integrate into the global financial system.

正如華萊士指出的那樣，現在華爾街和白宮開始完全擁抱加密貨幣領域，每個人都有興趣在比特幣的發明家身上貼上一張臉。也許有一種感覺，我們需要使數字資產更加清潔，更安全，以集成到全球金融體系中。

Nakamoto's identity is crucial because its discovery would impact the way people see Bitcoin. Crypto folks prefer to think of Satoshi as a kind of promethean figure that unleashed Bitcoin as a gift to mankind before disappearing for the greater good. But what if Nakamoto was an outright criminal like former cartel boss Paul Le Roux who simply cannot access his private keys because he's behind bars? Would BlackRock and Fidelity still race to recommend exposure to the cryptocurrency to their clients?

Nakamoto的身份至關重要，因為它的發現會影響人們看到比特幣的方式。加密貨幣人士更喜歡將薩托島視為一種普羅米修斯人的形象，在為更大的利益而消失之前，將比特幣作為送給人類的禮物。但是，如果納卡本（Nakamoto）是一個像前卡特爾（Cartel）老闆保羅·勒·魯克斯（Paul Le Roux）這樣的直接罪犯，因為他在獄中而無法訪問他的私鑰，該怎麼辦？貝萊德（BlackRock）和忠實（Fidelity）是否仍會競爭向客戶推薦對加密貨幣的接觸？

Finally, we're told that the tale unfolded over the course of a year and a half and begins in the autumn of 2021, when, after an "unusually hot summer," a friend of the author's suggested that maybe he shouldn't try to solve the mystery of Nakamoto's identity.

最後，我們被告知，這個故事在一年半的時間內展開了，始於2021年秋天，當時，在“異常炎熱的夏天”之後，作者的一個朋友建議也許他不應該試圖解決中瑪託的身份的奧秘。

"What could we possibly learn from Nakomoto’s biography?" Wallace muses at some point, after a friend of his suggests the story would be better without an answer. "That he was a random professor who’d had a lucky brainstorm? No, what was most interesting about Nakamoto was his absence. He was defined by what we didn't know about him."

“我們可以從納科莫託的傳記中學到什麼？”華萊士在某個時候沉思著，在他的一個朋友暗示沒有答案的情況下，這個故事會更好。 “他是一位隨機的教授，他有一個幸運的頭腦風暴？不，納卡本最有趣的是他的缺席。他的定義是由我們對他不了解的。”