Bitcoin is a kind of money that lives on the internet. No government prints it. Computers keep a shared list of who has what, and people can send it to each other without a bank in the middle.

Bitcoin是 is a kind of money that lives on the internet是一種活在網路上的貨幣。No government prints it沒有政府印製它。Computers keep a shared list of who has what電腦們共同保存一份誰擁有什麼的清單，and people can send it to each other without a bank in the middle而人們可以在沒有銀行居中的情況下互相傳送它。

The name was built from bit — here the computer bit, a tiny piece of digital information — plus coin. It was coined by someone, or some people, using the name Satoshi Nakamoto, which is almost certainly a made-up name, in 2008: first in the website bitcoin.org, then in a paper called “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” People also say BTC.

The name was built from bit這個名字是從 bit 組成的——here the computer bit, a tiny piece of digital information這裡的 bit 是指電腦位元，一小塊數位資訊——plus coin加上 coin（硬幣）。It was coined by someone, or some people, using the name Satoshi Nakamoto它是由某個人，或某群人，用「中本聰」（Satoshi Nakamoto）這個名字創造出來的，which is almost certainly a made-up name這幾乎可以確定是個假名，in 2008在2008年：first in the website bitcoin.org先是出現在 bitcoin.org 這個網站上，then in a paper called "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System."後來出現在一篇叫做《Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System》的論文裡。People also say BTC人們也會說 BTC。

The price jumps up and down a lot, so some use it to pay and others treat it like a thing to bet on. The English name is the same around the world; in daily talk in Taiwan you will hear the Chinese name more.

The price jumps up and down a lot它的價格漲跌很劇烈，so some use it to pay and others treat it like a thing to bet on所以有些人用它來付款，有些人則把它當成一種賭注。The English name is the same around the world英文名字全世界都一樣；in daily talk in Taiwan you will hear the Chinese name more在台灣的日常對話裡，你比較常聽到中文名字（比特幣）。