我們是比特幣

昨晚，我非常高興與傑夫·布斯（Jeff Booth）進行了深入交談，我經常將他稱為比特幣的埃克哈特·托爾（Eckhart Tolle）。

Last night, I had the distinct pleasure of having an in-depth conversation with Jeff Booth, who I often refer to as the Eckhart Tolle of Bitcoin.

昨晚，我非常高興與傑夫·布斯（Jeff Booth）進行了深入交談，我經常將他稱為比特幣的埃克哈特·托爾（Eckhart Tolle）。

Booth, soft-spoken yet direct, harped on one point in particular in the conversation that, while at first I didn’t grasp, ended up resonating deeply with me.

布斯說話溫和而直接，在談話中特別強調了一個觀點，雖然一開始我沒有理解，但最終引起了我深深的共鳴。

He said multiple times “We are Bitcoin” in efforts to drive home the point that Bitcoin will continue to work if we continue to make it work.

他多次表示“我們就是比特幣”，試圖讓大家明白，如果我們繼續讓它發揮作用，比特幣將繼續發揮作用。

At first this statement seemed antithetical to Bitcoin. Technically, of course, we’re not Bitcoin. Bitcoin is an open-source protocol that allows people to transfer value securely and permissionlessly. Also, Bitcoin was designed in a way that actually requires less human involvement than the traditional monetary and financial systems, as its inflation rate can’t be altered by humans and there are no middle people involved in Bitcoin transactions.

起初，這種說法似乎與比特幣相反。當然，從技術上講，我們不是比特幣。比特幣是一種開源協議，允許人們安全且無需許可地轉移價值。此外，比特幣的設計方式實際上比傳統的貨幣和金融系統需要更少的人類參與，因為它的通貨膨脹率無法由人類改變，也沒有中間人參與比特幣交易。

Yet we are Bitcoin, just as Booth said.

但正如布斯所說，我們是比特幣。

We are the ones that have to spin up nodes to keep the network decentralized.

我們必須啟動節點以保持網路去中心化。

We are the ones that plug in the miners to help power and secure the network.

我們是為礦工提供電力和保護網路的人。

And we are the ones who educate others about Bitcoin as well as defend it in the social arena.

我們是向他人宣傳比特幣並在社交舞台上捍衛比特幣的人。

We’re human nodes in the network, doing our part to technically keep Bitcoin running and propagating information about Bitcoin to the world.

我們是網路中的人類節點，盡自己的一份力量在技術上保持比特幣的運作並向世界傳播有關比特幣的訊息。

Without our taking responsibility as human nodes, Bitcoin becomes less decentralized, less secure and less understood.

如果我們不承擔作為人類節點的責任，比特幣就會變得不那麼去中心化、不那麼安全、更不被理解。

So, if you’re reading this, know that you are Bitcoin, a component of the most incredible system for human freedom and prosperity ever created, and both savor that and act accordingly.

因此，如果您正在閱讀本文，請知道您就是比特幣，它是有史以來為人類自由和繁榮創造的最令人難以置信的系統的組成部分，並且雙方都可以享受它並採取相應的行動。