Bitcoin:未来全球商业的或理想的货币?

（RNN） - Bitcoin，互联网，存在银行和国家独立的货币，推入主流几个星期前，当Gawker的出版了关于丝绸之路的故事，一个网站销售的药品和接受什么，但在支付Bitcoin。

就像亚马逊，丝路提供浩如烟海的出售物品和买家和卖家通过自己的产品和交易质量排名。但是，而不是书籍，MP3和视频游戏，丝路提供药品从处方药如Adderall，大麻和黑焦油海洛因。

但访问该网站，您将需要下载Tor，互联网引擎，很少有人听说过，甚至更少，有技术专长配置。

丝路在2月开始以来，该网站从未采取信用卡或PayPal - 它只接受称为Bitcoins下落不明的在线货币。

一个Bitcoin是值得在10元至12元附近的某处，价格波动迅速，但大多数客户似乎乐意支付的溢价交易的便利性和隐私。货币汇率的波动 - 就像一美元的价值。

Bitcoin付款的世界可能会显得有些很难搞清楚，但那些冲浪的丝路似乎都没有问题，就可以采摘。

有人说有上​​丝路的骗子，但大多数客户似乎他们收到的产品感到高兴。

“三分命中，我的一个朋友（小便）他的裤子，我敢肯定，这是很好的，说：”一个顾客。

然而，Bitcoins不仅通过像丝路网站购买非法药物使用，他们也可以被用来在网络上购买各种物品。

货币的诞生

Bitcoin是一个神秘的网络大师所谓的设想中本聪，可能或可能不是一个实际的人，聪在2009年的一篇论文中描述的“同行到电子现金等版本”，将允许个人直接发送付款彼此不通过金融机构。

作者声称，时间戳，数学函数和计算机科学等奇观可能允许个人在世界任何地方，以模拟商品或服务的现金面对面交流。这将消除“受信任的第三方”的需要 - 如一个经纪人，银行或政府 - 不可避免的并发症及费用。

，视频游戏开发商，来自亨茨维尔，AL ，扎卡里刘易斯说，这是一个快速，简单的过程，下载软件，使他能够为他服务的支付Bitcoin。

Bitcoin是从任何之前就已经存在的交换手段完全不同的东西，他说。

“作为现金的替代品，如思想作为现金的替代欧元Bitcoins思考的是，”他说。“是的，只存在数字，但它不是另一个美元，如PayPal和信用卡的形式。”

他补充说，这是一个对互联网电子商务中的身份盗窃的对冲。

“到位的安全性是很强的，”他说。“这是有人窃取您的身份更难，因为每个用户都有加密，公共和私营部门的密钥对每个交易，具体的交易。”

不是一个'禁止货币“

支持者说Bitcoin比传统货币的多重优势。

这是努力创造 - 让假冒是不可能的，如果不是不可能的的。它是分散的，没有任何商品，如黄金，其价格可能出现波动，支持。在任何时候不会有超过21万台，没有新的单位将被创建，这给货币超过国家货币的稳定。

前Gawker的故事了病毒，Bitcoin存在两个在附近的一位不愿透露姓名年，发展在社区的电脑爱好者，网上商家，自由主义者，无政府主义者，灵气大师，网上药品经销商，谁接受它作为支付上站稳脚跟。

Bitcoin由于其与丝绸之路的关系，作为一个非法货币，使黑幕交易收购纪念印。

一些Bitcoin爱好者被激怒了。其他耸耸肩，说是一种无政府状态的整体思路。

一个自我描述的自由主义商人指出，任何一种的钱可以用于坏事。

“我想请那些声称Bitcoin是只有一个非法的货币，他们对美元被用来购买世界各地的毒品，谋杀，儿童妓女，更每天觉得，说：”迈克尔博伊德，谁拥有和经营BitVapes.com 一个网站，销售电子香烟，并接受Bitcoin  。

“Boyd说：”只有不到1％的Bitcoin用户的1 / 2曾经使用过的“丝绸之路”的网站，通过电子邮件。“Bitcoin厂商绝大多数喜欢自己支付的税款和使用Bitcoins购买日常的，法律的项目。”

博伊德说Bitcoin允许他的公司存在，因为PayPal已被关闭，许多美国商人出售电子香烟帐户。

“垄断的支付系统，PayPal和信用卡公司面临的问题，您可以关闭，只要他们想要，”他说。“如果他们不喜欢你卖的是什么因政治压力，他们不会让你开展业务。”

当局希望Bitcoin监管

有几个美国参议员不喜欢货币不能加以规范，并希望看到Bitcoin取缔。

舒默（D -纽约）和乔曼钦（西弗吉尼亚州的D -）写在7月致电Bitcoin向美国司法部长埃里克霍尔德的 信“下落不明的对等的货币”和“在线洗钱方法。 “

但政府能够调节货币的正是它的创作者的初衷。因为它是对等，没有权力可以打击中间商停止货币流从一个源到另一个。

乔治梅森大学的杰里布里托reason.tv采访中，涂会保持政府控制资金滋事机构的一个例子。

“如果美国想要阻止维基解密的钱，例如，他们可以去贝宝，维萨卡，万事达卡世界，把他们的压力与Bitcoin，有没有人在中间，你不能去后他们那里。“

他说，Bitcoin提供一个全球社会中的价值观自由的真正需要，以及东西总是会填补这一需要。他说，交换价值的，有些手段将会出现，这将规避的权力和控制。

他说，无论Bitcoin成功是不伦不类。“如果不是Bitcoin，它是别的东西，没有中央的中介机构可以印刷钞票，或者被关闭。”

以上文章GOOGLE翻译英文原文如下:

(RNN) - Bitcoin, an internet currency that exists independent of banks and countries, was thrust into the mainstream a few weeks ago when Gawker published a story about SilkRoad, a website that sells hard drugs and accepts nothing but Bitcoin in payment.

Much like Amazon, SilkRoad offers a broad array of items for sale and buyers and sellers are ranked by the quality of their products and transactions. But instead of books, MP3s and video games, SilkRoad offers drugs ranging from prescription pills like Adderall, to marijuana and black tar heroin.

But to access the site, you'll need to download TOR; an Internet engine that few people have heard of and even fewer have the technical expertise to configure.

Since SilkRoad's start in February, the site has never taken credit card or PayPal - it only accepts the untraceable online currency called Bitcoins.

One Bitcoin is worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $10 to $12, and the prices fluctuate rapidly, but most customers seem happy to pay a premium for the convenience and privacy of the transactions. The currency rate fluctuates - just like the value of a U.S. dollar.

The world of Bitcoin payment may seem a little hard to figure out, but those surfing the SilkRoad seem to have no problem picking up on it.

Some have said that there are scammers on SilkRoad, but most customers seem pleased by the products they receive.

"Three hits and one of my friends (urinated in) his pants. I'm pretty sure it's good," said one customer.

However, Bitcoins aren't only used for illegal drug purchasing through sites like SilkRoad, they can also be used to purchase a variety of items on the Web.

The birth of a currency

Bitcoin is the brainchild of a mysterious cyber guru called Satoshi Nakamoto, who may or may not be an actual person. In a 2009 paper, Satoshi described a "peer-to-peer version of electronic cash" that would allow individuals to send payment directly to each other without going through a financial institution.

The author claimed that timestamps, mathematical functions and other wonders of computer science could allow individuals anywhere in the world to simulate a face-to-face exchange of cash for goods or service. It would eliminate the need for a "trusted third party" – such as a broker, a bank or a government - and the inevitable complications and expenses.

Zachary Lewis, a video game developer from Huntsville, AL, said it was a quick, simple process to download the software enabling him to take Bitcoin in payment for his services.

Bitcoin is something entirely different from any means of exchange that has existed before, he said.

"Thinking of Bitcoins as an alternative to cash is like thinking of euros as an alternative to cash," he said. "Yes, it only exists digitally, but it isn't another form of the dollar like PayPal and credit cards are."

It's a hedge against identity theft in internet commerce, he added.

"The security in place is very strong," he said. "It is much harder for someone to steal your identity, since each user has an encrypted, public-private key pair for each transaction, specific to that transaction."

Not an 'outlaw currency'

Proponents say Bitcoin has multiple advantages over traditional currency.

It is hard to create – so counterfeiting is unlikely if not impossible. It is decentralized and not backed by any commodity, such as gold, whose price could fluctuate. There will not be more than 21 million units at any time, no new units would ever be created, which gives the currency more stability than national currencies.

Before the Gawker story went viral, Bitcoin existed for about two years in near anonymity, developing a foothold in the community of computer geeks, online merchants, libertarians, anarchists, Reiki masters and yes, online drug dealers, who accepted it as payment.

Because of its association with Silk Road, Bitcoin acquired a cachet as an outlaw currency that enables shady dealings.

Some Bitcoin enthusiasts were outraged. Others shrugged, saying anarchy was kind of the whole idea.

One self-described libertarian merchant pointed out that any kind of money can be used for bad things.

"I would ask those that allege Bitcoin is only an outlaw currency how they feel about U.S. dollars being used to buy drugs, murder, child prostitutes and more all over the world every day," said  Michael Boyd, who owns and operatesBitVapes.com, a website that sells e-cigarettes and accepts Bitcoin. 

"Less than 1/2 of 1 percent of Bitcoin users have ever used the 'Silk Road' website," Boyd said via email. "The vast majority of Bitcoin vendors like myself pay our taxes and use Bitcoins to buy everyday, legal items."

Boyd says Bitcoin allows his company to exist because PayPal has been shutting down the accounts of many U.S. merchants who sell e-cigarettes.

"The problem you face with monopolized payment systems, PayPal and credit card companies can shut you down whenever they want," he said. "If they don't like what you are selling due to political pressure, they will not allow you to conduct business."

Authorities want Bitcoin regulated

A few United States senators don't like the fact that the currency can't be regulated and want to see Bitcoin outlawed.

Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) wrote a letterto U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in July calling Bitcoin "an untraceable peer-to-peer currency," and "an online method of money laundering."

But keeping governments from being able to regulate the currency is exactly what its creators had in mind. Because it is peer-to-peer, no authority can crack down on middlemen to stop the flow of currency from one source to another.

Jerry Brito of George Mason University, in an interview with reason.tv, painted an example that would keep governments from controlling funds to troublemaking institutions.

"If the U.S. wants to block money from going to Wikileaks, for example, they can go to PayPal, Visa, Mastercards of the world, put pressure on them. With Bitcoin, there is nobody in the middle. You can't go after them there."

He said Bitcoin serves a real need in a global society that values freedom, and something will always fill that need. Some means of exchanging value for value will emerge, he said, that will circumvent authority and control.

"Whether Bitcoin succeeds is neither here nor there," he said. "If not Bitcoin, it's going to be something else that doesn't have a central intermediary that can either print money or be shut down."