新奇事件簿 五億美金比特幣不翼而飛

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Almost $500 million of bitcoins disappeared from a company in Japan. The company is called Mt. Gox and it was one of the world's biggest dealers in bitcoins. It shut down last week after it lost 850,000 bitcoins,worth $473 million. The company's CEO said hackers stole the digital currency. He apologised to investors on Thursday at Japan's Ministry of Justice. Thousands of investors are angry because they lost the money they invested in Mt. Gox. Bitcoin is a virtual currency – it only exists online for electronic payments. Anyone can buy and use bitcoins. There is no need to open a bank account. Many people believe that bitcoinswill replace paper money, coins and credit cards.

將近5億美金的比特幣在一家日本公司不翼而飛。這家公司叫作Mt. Gox，是全球最大的比特幣交易商之一。這家公司丟失了85萬比特幣，價(jià)值相當(dāng)于4億7300萬美金，這家公司已經(jīng)在上周關(guān)門。這家公司的首席執(zhí)行官稱黑客盜走了這些電子貨幣。周二，他在日本的司法部向投資者表示了歉意。上千名投資者氣憤不已，因?yàn)樗麄儊G失了他們在Mt. Gox所投資的比特幣。比特幣是一種虛擬貨幣，這種貨幣只存在于網(wǎng)絡(luò)交易中。任何人都可以使用或購買比特幣。你不需要開設(shè)銀行賬戶。許多人相信比特幣將代替紙幣、硬幣以及信用卡。

The collapse of Mt. Gox did not surprise online finance experts. Many said it was an accident waiting to happen. They also said Bitcoin will recover from the Mt. Gox shock. There are no rules or laws to control Bitcoin so the collapse of Mt. Gox could mean a better system will come. Companies will now make their security tighter and governments might create laws to make Bitcoin safer. Barry Silbert, CEO of Bitcoin company SecondMarket, says the currency will bounce back. He told reporters: "If you look at the short history of Bitcoin, there has been a series of bubbles, busts, hacks and thefts. After every single event, Bitcoin has emerged stronger."

Mt. Gox的倒塌并沒有讓網(wǎng)絡(luò)財(cái)務(wù)專家過于驚奇。許多人說這起事故早晚要發(fā)生。他們還說比特幣將會(huì)從Mt. Gox的震動(dòng)中恢復(fù)過來。如今，并沒有對比特幣的法律規(guī)定，所以Mt. Gox的倒塌就意味著人們將會(huì)有更加完善的系統(tǒng)。企業(yè)將嚴(yán)格把控安全關(guān)，政府也會(huì)制定相關(guān)法規(guī)，維護(hù)比特幣的安全。比特幣公司SecondMarket的首席執(zhí)行官巴里·希爾伯特稱這種貨幣將會(huì)卷土重來。他告訴記者說：“如果你看一看比特幣的短暫歷史，你就會(huì)看見比特幣經(jīng)歷了一系列泡沫、蕭條、黑客、搶劫。經(jīng)歷這些事件之后，比特幣將變得更加強(qiáng)大。