比特币 16 岁生日：关于加密货币的 16 个有趣事实

虽然距离新年只有三天，但 1 月 3 日却是一个重要的周年纪念日，也是加密货币世界正在庆祝的一天。

On Jan. 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto mined the genesis block of Bitcoin (BTC), forever changing the world of cryptocurrency. To celebrate the 16th birthday of Bitcoin, here are 16 fun facts about the cryptocurrency.

2009 年 1 月 3 日，中本聪开采了比特币 (BTC) 的创世区块，永远改变了加密货币世界。为了庆祝比特币诞生 16 周年，以下是有关该加密货币的 16 个有趣事实。

1. First Purchase: On May 22, 2010, history was made when Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 Bitcoin for two pizzas from Papa John's International. The purchase of the two pizzas became the first goods transacted with Bitcoin.

1. 首次购买：2010 年 5 月 22 日，Laszlo Hanyecz 用 10,000 比特币从棒约翰国际公司购买了两块披萨，创造了历史。购买这两个披萨成为第一批用比特币交易的商品。

The pizzas cost around $41 at the time. The Bitcoin used to purchase the pizzas would be worth over $460 million today, based on the current price of the cryptocurrency. May 22 is celebrated as Bitcoin Pizza Day every year.

当时披萨的价格约为 41 美元。根据加密货币当前的价格，如今用于购买披萨的比特币价值将超过 4.6 亿美元。每年 5 月 22 日被定为比特币披萨日。

2. Ethereum Co-Founder Ties To Bitcoin: Vitalik Buterin, one of the co-founders of Ethereum (ETH), took a side job in 2011 working for Bitcoin Weekly. As a writer, Buterin was paid five Bitcoin for each article written. Later that year, Buterin founded Bitcoin Magazine, where he was the lead writer.

2. 以太坊联合创始人与比特币的联系：以太坊（ETH）的联合创始人之一维塔利克·布特林（Vitalik Buterin）于 2011 年在《比特币周刊》兼职。作为一名作家，Buterin 每写一篇文章就能获得 5 比特币的报酬。同年晚些时候，Buterin 创办了《比特币杂志》，并担任主笔。

Buterin launched the white paper for Ethereum in late 2013 and officially launched the cryptocurrency on July 30, 2015.

Buterin于2013年底推出以太坊白皮书，并于2015年7月30日正式推出该加密货币。

3. Expensive Missing Wallet: James Howells threw out a hard drive in 2013 that contained his digital wallet. The wallet contained 8,000 Bitcoins. Howells, who lives in Wales, is trying to get the local city council to allow him to excavate the landfill in a last-ditch effort to find the hard drive containing the Bitcoin.

3. 昂贵的丢失钱包：James Howells 在 2013 年扔掉了一个装有他的数字钱包的硬盘。钱包里有 8000 个比特币。居住在威尔士的豪厄尔斯正试图让当地市议会允许他挖掘垃圾填埋场，以尽最后努力寻找包含比特币的硬盘。

Howells offered a portion of the proceeds to the city if it allows him the chance to search. In 2024, Howells sued the local city council for not allowing him to excavate the landfill site. Howells’ ex-girlfriend also revealed in 2024 that it was her who threw the hard drive away. Today, the Bitcoin are worth over $700 million.

如果豪威尔斯有机会进行搜索，他会将部分收益捐赠给市政府。 2024年，豪厄尔斯起诉当地市议会不允许他挖掘垃圾填埋场。豪厄尔斯的前女友也在 2024 年透露，是她扔掉了硬盘。如今，比特币的价值超过 7 亿美元。

4. Satoshi Nakamoto, Still Anonymous?: The creator of Bitcoin remains anonymous to this date. Craig Wright previously fought in a court case to claim that he created Bitcoin, but many in the cryptocurrency community doubt the claim. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has supported a theory that computer scientist Nick Szabo created Bitcoin. Szabo is one of a dozen or so names including Wright that are often linked to the identity of Nakamoto.

4. 中本聪，仍然匿名？：比特币的创造者至今仍保持匿名。克雷格·赖特 (Craig Wright) 此前曾在一场法庭诉讼中声称自己创造了比特币，但加密货币社区的许多人对这一说法表示怀疑。特斯拉（纳斯达克股票代码：TSLA）首席执行官埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）支持计算机科学家尼克·萨博（Nick Szabo）创造了比特币的理论。萨博是包括赖特在内的十几个经常与中本聪身份联系在一起的名字之一。

In 2024, a Bitcoin documentary titled "Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery" from investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback added to the mystery. The documentary said that Bitcoin engineer Peter Todd is most likely Satoshi Nakamoto, a claim which he denied.

2024 年，调查电影制片人卡伦·霍巴克 (Cullen Hoback) 制作的一部名为《货币电子：比特币之谜》的比特币纪录片增添了这个谜团。纪录片称比特币工程师彼得·托德很可能就是中本聪，但他否认了这一说法。

The anonymous founder of Bitcoin is estimated to hold between 600,000 and 1.1 million Bitcoin.

比特币的匿名创始人估计持有 60 万至 110 万个比特币。

5. Bitcoin White Paper: Before the official genesis mint of Bitcoin, there was the idea of the concept that became the cryptocurrency. On Oct. 31, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto released the white paper called “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” The white paper laid out themes like time-stamped transactions, proof-of-work, privacy and a simplified payment verification method.

5. 比特币白皮书：在比特币正式诞生之前，就有了成为加密货币的概念。 2008年10月31日，中本聪发布了《比特币：一种点对点电子现金系统》白皮书。该白皮书列出了时间戳交易、工作量证明、隐私和简化的支付验证方法等主题。

“A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution,” the opening sentence of the white paper read. Satoshi's white paper is considered required reading for anyone in the cryptocurrency space.

白皮书的开头写道：“纯粹的点对点版本的电子现金将允许在线支付直接从一方发送到另一方，而无需通过金融机构。”中本聪的白皮书被认为是加密货币领域任何人的必读之作。

6. Nakamoto Statues: Despite Nakamoto being anonymous, a statue was created to honor the Bitcoin founder and unveiled in September 2021. The Satoshi Nakamoto statue can be found in Graphisoft Park, located in Budapest, Hungary. The statue features Satoshi wearing a hoodie with the Bitcoin logo on its chest. The Nakamoto statue is free to visit 24 hours a day. The group behind the sculpture accepts donations made to their crypto wallets to increase awareness for the project.

6. 中本聪雕像：尽管中本聪是匿名的，但为了纪念这位比特币创始人，人们还是创建了一座雕像，并于 2021 年 9 月揭幕。中本聪雕像位于匈牙利布达佩斯的 Graphisoft 公园。雕像中的中本聪身穿连帽衫，胸前印有比特币标志。中本雕像全天24小时免费参观。该雕塑背后的团队接受对其加密钱包的捐款，以提高对该项目的认识。

“The statue is made of bronze, the face is made of a special bronze-aluminum composite, thus every visitor can see their own face when looking at Satoshi. We are all Satoshi,” the statue's website reads.

“雕像由青铜制成，脸部由特殊的铜铝复合材料制成，因此每个参观者在看中本聪时都可以看到自己的脸。我们都是中本聪，”雕像的网站上写道。

In 2024, a new Satoshi Nakamoto statue was unveiled in Lugano, Switzerland. The statue honors the anonymity of Nakamoto by appearing transparent from the front and changing the view based on the angle the statue is viewed.

2024 年，一座新的中本聪雕像在瑞士卢加诺揭幕。该雕像从正面看起来是透明的，并根据观看雕像的角度改变视图，以纪念中本聪的匿名。

7. Coinbase Creation: Without the launch of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, many public companies of today that mine cryptocurrency or act as trading platforms might not exist. One of the companies that owes a lot to the creation of Bitcoin is Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) Inc.

7. Coinbase 创建：如果没有比特币和其他加密货币的推出，当今许多开采加密货币或充当交易平台的上市公司可能不存在。 Coinbase Global（纳斯达克股票代码：COIN）公司是对比特币的创造做出巨大贡献的公司之一。

Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong said he started the process of creating Coinbase after reading the Satoshi Nakamoto Bitcoin

Coinbase 创始人布莱恩·阿姆斯特朗 (Brian Armstrong) 表示，他在阅读中本聪比特币后开始创建 Coinbase