比特幣百萬富翁揭祕比特幣真正價值
The astronomical rise in the value of bitcoin—which has surged more than 8,000 percent over the course of 2013—has created a new breed of digital currency multimillionaires.
隨着比特幣價值的飆升——2013年全年其價值激增到了原先的80倍，一羣新興的虛擬貨幣千萬富翁誕生了。The 34-year-old Roger Ver began investing in bitcoins in early 2011—and made his first million from the virtual currency that same year—which saw prices skyrocket from around $0.30 to $32 before settling at $2. He bought his first bitcoins at around $1.
34歲的羅傑·沃在2011年上旬開始在比特幣上投資——同年他從這種虛擬貨幣上賺到了第一桶金。羅傑見證了比特幣價格上升的軌跡，從約0.3美元起步、飆升至32美元、最後以2美元收盤。他最初是以約1.34美元的價格購得比特幣的。With prices currently hovering above $1,000, his virtual wealth has since exploded. Ver says he doesn't feel "richer" but that his wealth is "much more liquid than it would be in a normal bank account."
現在比特幣的價值在1000美元上下徘徊，沃擁有的虛擬貨幣的財富也隨之暴增。沃並沒有覺得自己“更加富有了”，因爲他的財富“比一般的銀行存款更具有流動性。”
Ver is one of hundreds of investors that have struck it big with bitcoin. But his association with the virtual currency extends far beyond just owning it.
沃是數百個靠比特幣發家致富的投資者之一。但對他來說，比特幣遠遠不僅是一種所有物。At $1,000, Ver regards bitcoin as "incredibly cheap," noting that if it gains in popularity as he anticipates, each bitcoin would be worth tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.
當比特幣的價值達到1000美元時，沃還認爲比特幣“便宜的令人不敢相信”，依照他的推測，比特幣的人氣還會上升，到時它的價值會達到數萬乃至數十萬美元之多。"The rapid price rise is due to people with money starting to realize how important of an invention bitcoin is," he said.
“比特幣價值上週的原因在於，持有財富的人開始意識到這種虛擬貨幣的重要性。”他說。"Bitcoin will experience many bubbles along its way to improving the lives of everyone on the planet. I'm not concerned with the short-term price fluctuations," he added.
“比特幣將經歷許多經濟泡沫，但最終它將改善世界上每個人的生存境況。對於其短期間的價格震盪、我並不擔心。”他補充道。Ver, who currently uses bitcoins to pay factories in China to produce electronics components for his company, says he plans to use them "to promote the ideas of Voluntaryism and economic freedom" in the future.
沃目前正用比特幣來支付幾家爲公司製造電力電子器件的中國企業。他說，他將使用比特幣來宣傳自願主義和經濟自由主義。
