中本聰是誰？ 《Money Electric：比特幣之謎》紀錄片聲稱已查明加密貨幣創始人的真實身份

由卡倫霍巴克（Cullen Hoback）（《Q：進入風暴》）執導的 HBO 新紀錄片《金錢電力：比特幣之謎》聲稱已經查明了這個難以捉摸的人物的身份

People are still trying to figure out who created Bitcoin, even though the cryptocurrency has been around for almost 15 years. But for those who already know, there is a more pressing question: Who created global economics?

儘管加密貨幣已經存在了近 15 年，但人們仍在試圖弄清楚誰創造了比特幣。但對於那些已經知道的人來說，還有一個更迫切的問題：誰創造了全球經濟？

The new HBO documentary Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, directed by Cullen Hoback (Q: Into the Storm), claims to have uncovered the identity of the mysterious figure who has been known only by the pseudonym "Satoshi Nakamoto" up to this point.

由卡倫霍巴克（Cullen Hoback）（《Q：陷入風暴》）執導的HBO 新紀錄片《金錢電力：比特幣之謎》聲稱已經揭開了迄今為止僅以化名“中本聰”為人所知的神秘人物的身份。

The documentary, which had its premiere on October 8, begins by explaining what cryptocurrency is for beginners and then taking viewers on a journey through its lengthy and tumultuous past.

這部紀錄片於 10 月 8 日首映，首先向初學者解釋加密貨幣是什麼，然後帶領觀眾回顧其漫長而動蕩的過去。

"Who cares about Bitcoin?" Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, can be heard asking rhetorically in an old clip that appears at the beginning of the documentary as the screen displays the value of one bitcoin in 2010.

“誰關心比特幣？”在紀錄片開頭的一段舊片段中，當螢幕顯示 2010 年一枚比特幣的價值時，可以聽到摩根大通 (JPMorgan Chase) 首席執行官傑米·戴蒙 (Jamie Dimon) 反問。

Consider this a spoiler: It costs 23 cents.

將此視為劇透：售價 23 美分。

A group of people, including Donald Trump, can be seen and heard describing Bitcoin as a "scam" as we watch onscreen as its value increases over the following years. According to the documentary, "Bitcoin has become the 10th most valuable asset in the world" a decade and a half after it was first made available to the public.

當我們在螢幕上看到比特幣的價值在接下來的幾年裡不斷上漲時，可以看到和聽到包括唐納德·川普在內的一群人將比特幣描述為「騙局」。根據這部紀錄片，在首次向公眾開放十五年後，「比特幣已成為世界上第十大最有價值的資產」。

However, the question that is valued at a trillion dollars continues to be unanswered: Who was the inventor?

然而，價值數萬億美元的問題仍然沒有答案：發明者是誰？

Satoshi Nakamoto, who might be a genius behind the decentralized, libertarian dream currency and could be worth more than $1 trillion, is said to be the person behind it — but no-one by that name actually exists. And, as the documentary goes on to explain, Nakamoto disappeared years ago, leading to "the greatest mystery of the internet age" — the Gen Z version of "Who killed Jimmy Hoffa?" and "What happened to D.B. Cooper"?

中本聰可能是去中心化、自由主義的夢想貨幣背後的天才，據說他就是這個貨幣背後的人，身價可能超過 1 兆美元，但實際上並沒有叫這個名字的人。而且，正如紀錄片繼續解釋的那樣，中本聰幾年前就失踪了，導致了“互聯網時代最大的謎團”——Z 世代版本的“誰殺了吉米·霍法？”和「DB庫柏怎麼了」？

Bitcoin was created in 2008 by Nakamoto, and then they seemed to vanish around the end of 2010 or the beginning of 2011, before the cryptocurrency really took off.

比特幣由中本聰於 2008 年創建，然後在 2010 年底或 2011 年初左右，即加密貨幣真正起飛之前，它們似乎就消失了。

Cullen travels around the world and speaks to various experts and insiders, including Blockstream CEO Adam Back, early Bitcoin developer Peter Todd and "Bitcoin Jesus" Roger Ver, to get to the bottom of why Satoshi vanished and, more importantly, who they are. Are they still alive? Did they ever even exist?

卡倫走遍世界各地，與各種專家和內部人士交談，包括Blockstream 執行長Adam Back、早期比特幣開發者Peter Todd 和「比特幣耶穌」Roger Ver，以查明中本聰消失的原因，更重要的是，了解他們是誰。他們還活著嗎？它們曾經存在過嗎？

At one point, Australian businessman Craig Wright claimed to be Nakamoto, which effectively ruled him out and eventually landed him in the crosshairs of the U.K. High Court.

澳洲商人克雷格·賴特(Craig Wright)一度自稱是中本聰，這實際上排除了他的可能性，並最終讓他成為英國高等法院的焦點。

The documentary throws out several other names — Blockstream cofounder Gregory Maxwell, computer scientist Nick Szabo, researcher and investor Wei Dei and the late Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney — before landing on one man: Peter Todd.

這部紀錄片拋出了其他幾個名字——Blockstream 聯合創始人格雷戈里·麥克斯韋爾(Gregory Maxwell)、計算機科學家尼克·薩博(Nick Szabo)、研究員兼投資者Wei Dei 和已故比特幣先驅哈爾‧芬尼(Hal Finney)－最後只提到了一個人：彼得‧托德(Peter Todd)。

Todd, a young Canadian who was still a college student in the early days of Bitcoin, says he didn't get involved in Bitcoin until 2014. But Cullen uncovers evidence that Todd had posted on the Bitcoin forum as far back as 2010, finishing one of Nakamoto's thoughts before disappearing from the platform two days before Nakamoto vanished from the forum.

托德(Todd) 是一位年輕的加拿大人，在比特幣發展初期還是一名大學生，他表示自己直到2014 年才涉足比特幣。上發文的證據，並完成了一篇文章中本聰從論壇消失前兩天的想法。

Todd starts chuckling when Cullen presents him with his suspicion. "I will admit, you're pretty creative," he says. "You come up with some crazy theories. It's ludicrous, but it's the kind of theory that someone who spends his time as a documentary journalist would come up with."

當卡倫向陶德提出自己的懷疑時，托德開始咯咯地笑。 「我承認，你很有創意，」他說。 “你想出了一些瘋狂的理論。這很荒唐，但這是那些花時間做紀錄片記者的人會想出的理論。”

He goes on to call Cullen's theory "just another example of journalists really missing the point in a way that's very funny."

他接著稱卡倫的理論“只是記者以一種非常有趣的方式真正錯過重點的另一個例子。”

"What is the point?" Cullen asks.

“有什麼意義？”卡倫問道。

"The point is to make Bitcoin the global currency," Todd replies, still chuckling, "and people like you being distracted by nonsense."

“重點是讓比特幣成為全球貨幣，”托德回答道，仍然咯咯笑，“像你這樣的人會被廢話分散注意力。”

That may be amusing to Todd, but it's not exactly a denial.

這對托德來說可能很有趣，但這並不完全是否認。

Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery is available to stream right now on Max.

《Money Electric：比特幣之謎》現已在 Max 播出。

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