比特币输给信用卡?苹果创始人遭骗对我们的启示

苹果公司创始人被骗意味着什么?跟我们有什么关系?

If it can happen to Woz, it can happen to any of us.

如果苹果公司创始人史蒂夫·沃兹尼亚克(Steve Wozniak)能被骗,我们当中的任何人也可能被骗。

他是如何被骗的?

At the Global Business Summit hosted by the Indian newspaper The Economic Times, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said someone stole seven bitcoins from him. Wozniak sold the bitcoins to someone who paid for them with a credit card. The credit card transaction was then cancelled① before it cleared②, leaving him with nothing to show for what would now be worth over $70,000③. The credit card number turned out to be stolen, leaving him with no recourse④ to claim⑤ back the money⑥.

①cancel/ ˈkænsl/ v. 取消

②clear/ klɪə(r)/此处既不表示干净的,也不表示清理,指的是财经交易中的结算。

③此处leaving...70000是前面动作的伴随状语,这件事情主动导致的结果,用-ing形式

④recourse/ rɪˈkɔːs/ n.求助的对象

⑤claim/ kleɪm/ v.索要

⑥又一次使用了leaving...这一伴随的结果状语,强调了沃兹尼亚克在骗局中的被动和无奈。

在由印度新闻报纸《经济时报》(The Economic Times)举办的全球商业峰会上,苹果公司联合创始人史蒂夫·沃兹尼亚克说有人从他那里偷取了7个比特币。他把这些比特币卖给买家,买家用信用卡支付。然而,这笔信用卡交易在被结清之前就被取消了。这就没有留给他任何凭据。而这7个比特币现在价值超过7万美元。该信用卡账号接着显示被偷,沃兹尼亚克甚至无法请求赎回那笔钱。

这是区块链的漏洞?向来支持比特币和区块链的沃兹尼亚克就此改变立场了吗?

Blockchain, the technology on which bitcoin is founded, keeps track of who has Bitcoins, but not who is buying them from whom. Wozniak’s interest in Bitcoin, like that of many other enthusiasts, rests on its “purity.” At the Summit, he told an audience, “Bitcoins to me was a currency that was not manipulated by the governments. It is mathematical, it is pure, it can’t be altered.” But, as he found out, that level of purity requires the sacrifice of a certain level of security.

区块链是比特币所依赖的技术基础,能记录谁拥有比特币,但无法记录哪个买家正在从哪个卖家处购买比特币。和其他的支持者一样,沃兹尼亚克对比特币的兴趣在于它的纯度。在峰会上,他告诉听众:“对我来说,比特币是数学的,是纯粹的,它不会被改变。”但是,他发现这种程度的纯粹意味着牺牲一定的安全度。

那么沃兹尼亚克还在投资比特币?

Though he still believes in the currency⑦, Wozniak recently divested⑧ from Bitcoin, saying he was interested in it only as an experiment. When he divested he told CNBC, “I said, ‘I don’t want to become one of those people that watches it, watches it and cares about the number.’ I don’t want that kind of care⑨ in my life.”

⑦currency/ ˈkʌrənsɪ/ n.货币

⑧divest/ daɪˈvest/ v. 解除

⑨care此处表示忧虑

尽管沃兹尼亚克依然支持比特币,但是他最近不再做投资,说他对比特币的兴趣只在于把它当作一个实验。他告诉CNBC,“那些投资者看着它,看着它,一直担忧它的价位变化,我不想成为这样的人。我不希望我的生活里有这样的担忧。”

Wozniak can afford not to care about the number; he is worth upwards of $100 million.

沃兹尼亚克不再去关注比特币价位,他能承担得起这个结果,毕竟他的身价超过1亿美元。

那么我们呢?

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