比特币 (BTC) 迎来 13 岁生日，自《经济学人》报道以来已上涨约 3,000,000%

著名的比特币历史学家皮特·里佐 (Pete Rizzo) 指出，最著名的商业媒体之一《经济学人》出版已经整整 13 年了。

In an interesting development, Pete Rizzo, a prominent Bitcoin historian, has highlighted that it has been exactly 13 years since The Economist, one of the most famous business media outlets, wrote off the cryptocurrency in its now-infamous article.

一个有趣的进展是，著名的比特币历史学家皮特·里佐 (Pete Rizzo) 强调，自最著名的商业媒体之一《经济学人》在其现在臭名昭著的文章中注销加密货币以来，已经整整 13 年了。

The article, which was published on Oct. 21, 2011, claimed that Bitcoin was “in trouble” after it tanked below $3 from its peak of $33.

这篇发表于 2011 年 10 月 21 日的文章声称，比特币从 33 美元的峰值跌破 3 美元后“陷入了麻烦”。

The very first Bitcoin bubble emerged back in June 2011 largely thanks to Gawker, a now-defunct American pop culture website. The cryptocurrency got on everyone’s radar after Gawker covered the launch of the infamous Silk Road dark web marketplace. Around the same time, some of the first cryptocurrency exchanges went live, which made it a lot easier for the average person to buy Bitcoin.

第一个比特币泡沫出现于 2011 年 6 月，这在很大程度上要归功于 Gawker（一家现已不复存在的美国流行文化网站）。在 Gawker 报道了臭名昭著的丝绸之路暗网市场的推出后，这种加密货币引起了所有人的关注。大约在同一时间，一些第一批加密货币交易所上线，这使得普通人购买比特币变得更加容易。

However, those who rushed to join the Bitcoin bandwagon were then greeted by a steep price crash. In December 2011, it then crashed to just a little over $2, dealing a heavy blow to the early adopters of the original cryptocurrency.

然而，那些急于加入比特币潮流的人随后迎来了价格的急剧下跌。 2011 年 12 月，其价格暴跌至 2 美元多一点，对原始加密货币的早期采用者造成了沉重打击。

The article published by The Economist stated that the reason behind the Bitcoin crash was unclear. At the same time, it went on to describe the very first Bitcoin frenzy as a “speculative bubble.”

《经济学人》发表的文章称，比特币崩盘背后的原因尚不清楚。与此同时，它继续将第一次比特币狂热描述为“投机泡沫”。

Needless to say, the article has not aged particularly well. Bitcoin ended up becoming the best-performing asset of the 2010s while also laying the foundation for a new asset class that has since grown into a multi-trillion-dollar industry.

不用说，这篇文章并没有特别成熟。比特币最终成为 2010 年代表现最好的资产，同时也为后来发展成为价值数万亿美元的行业的新资产类别奠定了基础。

At press time, Bitcoin is trading at $67,121, according to CoinGecko data. Earlier this year, the cryptocurrency peaked at nearly $74,000.

根据 CoinGecko 数据，截至发稿时，比特币交易价格为 67,121 美元。今年早些时候，这种加密货币的价格达到了近 74,000 美元的峰值。

Rizzo has estimated that Bitcoin is up roughly 3,000,000% since the article was published 13 years ago.

Rizzo 估计，自该文章 13 年前发表以来，比特币已上涨约 3,000,000%。