比特幣最早的遺物正在捲土重來，有可能複興曾經免費分發比特幣（BTC）的傳統

早期的比特幣開發商兼企業家查理·謝勒姆（Charlie Shrem）週一早些時候嘲笑了比特幣水龍頭的重新啟動，並發布了指向該頁面的鏈接，該鏈接模仿了Gavin Andresen在2010年建造的鏈接。

A relic of Bitcoin's earliest days is making a comeback, potentially reviving a tradition that once handed out bitcoin (BTC) for free to anyone who could solve a simple CAPTCHA.

比特幣最早的遺物正在捲土重來，有可能恢復一種傳統，該傳統曾經將比特幣（BTC）免費分發給任何可以解決簡單驗證碼的人。

Early Bitcoin developer and entrepreneur Charlie Shrem teased the relaunch of the Bitcoin Faucet earlier Monday, posting a link to the page that mimicked one built by Gavin Andresen in 2010.

早期的比特幣開發商和企業家Charlie Shrem週一早些時候嘲笑了比特幣水龍頭的重新啟動，發布了指向該頁面的鏈接，該鏈接模仿了Gavin Andresen在2010年建造的鏈接。

The faucet famously distributed 5 BTC per user to their bitcoin wallets for free back when the token was worth less than a cent. Each of those transfers is worth nearly $500,000 at current prices.

當令牌價值不到一美分時，水龍頭著名地將每個用戶分配給其比特幣錢包5 BTC。這些轉讓中的每一個都以當前價格價值近500,000美元。

The website is not yet live with rewards and holds zero BTC as of early U.S. hours Monday.

該網站尚未獲得獎勵，並截至週一的美國工作時間為零BTC。

The original faucet was designed to help onboard new users to the Bitcoin network at a time when buying or mining BTC was cumbersome and often required technical knowledge.

最初的水龍頭旨在幫助新用戶在購買或採礦BTC繁瑣的時候到達比特幣網絡，並且通常需要技術知識。

At the time, Andresen funded the faucet with 1,100 BTC and saw it as a way to grow the network organically. The idea worked: thousands of early users got their first exposure to Bitcoin through the faucet, which, in hindsight, distributed small fortunes for free.

當時，安德森（Andresen）用1,100 BTC資助了水龍頭，並將其視為有機發展網絡的一種方式。這個想法奏效了：成千上萬的早期用戶通過水龍頭首次接觸比特幣，事後看來，該水龍頭免費分發了小命運。

By the time the faucet shut down, its payouts had dwindled to fractions of a BTC, but its cultural impact remained legendary — especially as BTC prices surged over the next decade.

到水龍頭關閉時，其支出已逐漸減少到BTC的分數，但其文化影響仍然是傳奇的，尤其是隨著BTC價格在未來十年的上漲。