中本聪的身份不会被泄露，这是一件好事

今晚的 HBO 纪录片将引起轰动。但亚历克斯·索恩（Alex Thorn）表示，比特币总是受益于我们不知道它是谁发明的

Despite an upcoming HBO documentary claiming to reveal the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin, the world may never know for sure. And that’s a good thing.

尽管即将上映的 HBO 纪录片声称揭露比特币创造者中本聪的身份，但世界可能永远无法确定。这是一件好事。

An upcoming HBO documentary claims it has solved the mystery of Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin. But does it really matter?

HBO 即将上映的一部纪录片声称它已经解开了比特币创造者中本聪的谜团。但这真的重要吗？

For years, journalists, bloggers, and filmmakers have tried to uncover Satoshi’s identity, with the latest attempt coming from HBO’s Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery (scheduled to air 9 p.m. ET October 8). So far, none have succeeded. Yet the adoption of bitcoin around the world has continued unabated.

多年来，记者、博主和电影制作人一直试图揭开中本聪的身份，最新的尝试来自 HBO 的《金钱电子：比特币之谜》（定于美国东部时间 10 月 8 日晚上 9 点播出）。到目前为止，还没有成功。然而，比特币在世界范围内的采用却有增无减。

Bitcoin was always meant to be bigger than one person. The fact that its creator had gone to great lengths to hide his or her identity was always meant to reinforce its decentralized ethos.

比特币总是意味着比一个人更大。事实上，它的创建者竭尽全力隐藏他或她的身份，这一事实始终是为了强化其去中心化的精神。

Bitcoin’s enigmatic origin is a fundamental part of its allure and value. The idea that an anonymous developer could create a revolutionary form of money that no one controls is a narrative that resonates deeply for a generation shaped by financial crises, widespread mistrust in governments, and the desire for greater economic autonomy over the last 20 years.

比特币神秘的起源是其吸引力和价值的基本组成部分。匿名开发商可以创造一种不受任何人控制的革命性货币形式，这种想法在过去 20 年经历金融危机、对政府普遍不信任以及渴望更大经济自主权的一代人中产生了深刻的共鸣。

Money is a major factor in the constant speculation around Satoshi Nakamoto’s identity. Satoshi is estimated to have as much as 1 million bitcoin, currently valued at about $63 billion. Any sign that those coins are getting cashed out would undoubtedly spook investors, sending bitcoin’s price tumbling.

金钱是围绕中本聪身份不断猜测的一个主要因素。据估计，中本聪拥有多达 100 万枚比特币，目前价值约 630 亿美元。任何这些代币兑现的迹象无疑都会吓到投资者，导致比特币价格暴跌。

But Satoshi Nakamoto has purposely remained anonymous since the very beginning. His intent all along was to address the fact that “the root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that’s required to make it work,” as he said in 2009. By remaining anonymous, Satoshi removed any personal bias or centralized control from the equation, ensuring bitcoin could organically grow as a community.

但中本聪从一开始就刻意保持匿名。正如他在 2009 年所说，他的目的始终是解决这样一个事实：“传统货币的根本问题在于使其发挥作用所需的信任”。通过保持匿名，中本聪消除了任何个人偏见或中心化控制，确保比特币能够作为一个社区有机发展。

At this point, only cryptographic proof will ever be able to prove Satoshi’s identity.

此时，只有密码学证明才能证明中本聪的身份。

Satoshi shared little about himself, but here’s what we know. We know he wrote the Bitcoin whitepaper and distributed it to the Cryptography Mailing List on October 31, 2008. We know he uploaded early source code to SourceForge. We know he registered bitcoin.org. We know he mined the first block (“Genesis Block”). We know he posted as “satoshi” on the BitcoinTalk forum. And we know that in 2011, Satoshi said in his last known communication that he had moved on to other things, handing the future of bitcoin to the world.

中本聪很少透露自己的情况，但我们所知道的情况如下。我们知道他撰写了比特币白皮书并于 2008 年 10 月 31 日将其分发到密码学邮件列表。我们知道他将早期源代码上传到 SourceForge。我们知道他注册了 bitcoin.org。我们知道他开采了第一个区块（“创世区块”）。我们知道他在 BitcoinTalk 论坛上以“satoshi”发帖。我们知道，2011 年，中本聪在他最后一次已知的通讯中表示，他已经转向其他事情，将比特币的未来交给了世界。

Researchers estimate Satoshi owns between 800,000 and 1 million bitcoin, but Satoshi’s desire for anonymity makes it difficult to know for certain. Those coins are spread across thousands of wallets, and there are only a handful of transactions and blocks that we’re certain were sent or mined by Satoshi. Sergio Lerner’s famous Patoshi Pattern is widely seen as the best theory uncovering which coins were mined by Satoshi himself.

研究人员估计中本聪拥有 80 万到 100 万枚比特币，但中本聪对匿名的渴望使得我们很难确定。这些代币分布在数千个钱包中，我们确信只有少数交易和区块是由中本聪发送或开采的。 Sergio Lerner 著名的 Patoshi 模式被广泛认为是揭示哪些硬币是由 Satoshi 本人开采的最佳理论。

To definitively prove his identity, Satoshi needs to sign a message with keys known to be his, or move coins on-chain that are known to belong to him. Anything less will never suffice.

为了明确证明他的身份，中本聪需要使用已知属于他的密钥签署一条消息，或者在链上移动已知属于他的代币。少一点是永远不够的。

That won’t happen Tuesday night. This documentary won’t solve the riddle. And it shouldn’t!

周二晚上不会发生这种情况。这部纪录片无法解决这个谜题。而且不应该！

Satoshi’s anonymity is among the most important features of Bitcoin’s origin and a key differentiator between bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

中本聪的匿名性是比特币起源的最重要特征之一，也是比特币与其他加密货币之间的关键区别。

More importantly, those intent on unmasking Satoshi should consider the destructive consequences of doxing. The lives of those wrongly unveiled have been wrecked — whether it was Dorian Nakamoto, who endured a media storm, or Hal Finney’s family, who suffered the aftermath of reckless speculation.

更重要的是，那些想要揭露中本聪身份的人应该考虑人肉搜索的破坏性后果。那些被错误揭开面纱的人的生活已经被毁了——无论是承受媒体风暴的多里安·中本，还是遭受鲁莽猜测后果的哈尔·芬尼的家人。

If anyone truly respects Satoshi’s legacy, they’d protect what he valued most: Anonymity.

如果有人真正尊重中本聪的遗产，他们就会保护他最看重的东西：匿名。

UPDATE 10/8/24, 14:58 UTC: This post was corrected to show that Satoshi's statement "the root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that’s required to make it work” was made in a P2P Foundation post, not in the whitepaper.

UTC 时间 10/8/24 14:58 更新：该帖子已更正，表明中本聪的声明“传统货币的根本问题在于使其发挥作用所需的所有信任”是在 P2P 基金会帖子中发表的，而不是在白皮书。

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