谁创造了比特币？ HBO 的新纪录片《Money Electric》声称已经弄清楚了难以捉摸的“中本聪”的身份

由卡伦·霍巴克（Cullen Hoback）（《问：进入风暴》）执导的 HBO 新纪录片《金钱电力：比特币之谜》声称已经查明了这个至今以化名“中本聪”为人所知的难以捉摸的人物的身份。

Bitcoin has been around for 15 years, and while many people know what the cryptocurrency is, there's still one burning question that remains: Who created it?

比特币已经存在 15 年了，虽然很多人都知道这种加密货币是什么，但仍然有一个亟待解决的问题：谁创造了它？

The new HBO documentary Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, directed by Cullen Hoback (Q: Into the Storm), attempts to answer this question and uncover the identity of the mysterious figure known only by the pseudonym "Satoshi Nakamoto."

HBO 新纪录片《金钱电力：比特币之谜》由卡伦·霍巴克（Cullen Hoback）（《Q：走进风暴》）执导，试图回答这个问题，并揭开这个只有化名“中本聪”的神秘人物的身份。

The documentary, which premiered on Oct. 8, begins by explaining what Bitcoin is for those who may not be familiar with the cryptocurrency and then goes through its long, controversial history.

这部纪录片于 10 月 8 日首播，首先向那些可能不熟悉加密货币的人解释比特币是什么，然后回顾了其漫长而有争议的历史。

"Who cares about Bitcoin?" Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, rhetorically asks in an old clip at the beginning of the doc as the 2010 value of one bitcoin flashes on the screen.

“谁关心比特币？”摩根大通 (JPMorgan Chase) 首席执行官杰米·戴蒙 (Jamie Dimon) 在文档开头的一段旧剪辑中反问，屏幕上闪现着 2010 年 1 个比特币的价值。

Spoiler alert: It's 23 cents.

剧透警告：23 美分。

A group of people, including Donald Trump, characterize Bitcoin as a "scam" as we see its value increasing onscreen over the years that follow. A decade and a half after its launch, the documentary claims, "Bitcoin has become the 10th most valuable asset in the world."

包括唐纳德·特朗普在内的一群人将比特币描述为“骗局”，因为我们看到它的价值在接下来的几年里在屏幕上不断增加。该纪录片在推出十五年后声称，“比特币已成为世界上第十大最有价值的资产。”

But still, the trillion-dollar question persists: Who created it?

但仍然存在价值数万亿美元的问题：谁创造了它？

Satoshi Nakamoto, who might be worth more than $1 trillion, is said to be the genius behind the decentralized, libertarian dream currency — 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"?

中本聪的身价可能超过 1 万亿美元，据说他是去中心化、自由主义梦想货币背后的天才，但实际上没有一个叫这个名字的人。而且，正如纪录片继续解释的那样，中本聪几年前就失踪了，导致了“互联网时代最大的谜团”——Z 世代版本的“谁杀了吉米·霍法？”和“DB库珀怎么了”？

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

中本聪在 2008 年创建了比特币，然后它们似乎在 2010 年底或 2011 年初左右消失了，当时加密货币才真正起飞。

Hoback 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?

霍巴克走遍世界各地，与各种专家和内部人士交谈，包括 Blockstream 首席执行官 Adam Back、早期比特币开发者 Peter Todd 和“比特币耶稣”Roger Ver，以查明中本聪消失的原因，更重要的是，了解他们是谁。他们还活着吗？它们曾经存在过吗？

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

澳大利亚商人克雷格·赖特(Craig Wright)曾一度声称自己是中本聪，这实际上排除了他的可能性，并最终使他成为英国高等法院的焦点。

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 ultimately landing on one man: Peter Todd.

这部纪录片抛出了其他几个名字——Blockstream 联合创始人格雷戈里·麦克斯韦尔 (Gregory Maxwell)、计算机科学家尼克·萨博 (Nick Szabo)、研究员兼投资者 Wei Dei 和已故比特币先驱哈尔·芬尼 (Hal Finney)——但最终选择了一个人：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 Hoback uncovers evidence that suggests otherwise, revealing that someone using the handle "toddp" had in fact been posting on the Bitcoin forum as early as 2010, finishing one of Nakamoto's thoughts before disappearing from the platform two days prior to when Nakamoto vanished from the forum.

托德 (Todd) 是一位年轻的加拿大人，在比特币诞生初期还是一名大学生，他表示自己直到 2014 年才涉足比特币。但霍巴克 (Hoback) 发现的证据表明事实并非如此，他透露，使用“toddp”账号的人实际上已经涉足比特币领域。早在 2010 年就在比特币论坛上发帖，完成了中本聪的一个想法，然后从平台上消失，而就在中本聪从论坛消失的前两天。

When Hoback presents his suspicions to the real Peter Todd, who is now sitting before him, Todd begins chuckling. "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."

当霍巴克向坐在他面前的真正的彼得托德提出他的怀疑时，托德开始咯咯地笑。 “我承认，你很有创意，”他说。 “你想出了一些疯狂的理论。这很荒唐，但这是那些花时间做纪录片记者的人会想出的理论。”

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

他接着称霍巴克的理论“只是记者以一种非常有趣的方式真正错过重点的另一个例子。”

"What is the point?" Hoback asks.

“有什么意义？”霍巴克问道。

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

“重点是让比特币成为全球货币，”托德回答道，他仍然笑着，“像你这样的人会被废话分散注意力。”

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

这对托德来说可能很有趣，但这并不完全是否认。

Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery is now streaming on Max.

《Money Electric：比特币之谜》现已在 Max 上播出。