参考消息网3月10日报道 英媒称，互联网时代，一种电子加密货币把中国视为了“主战场”。英国《金融时报》引用bitcoinity.org的数据称，2016年，比特币在中国的价格上涨145%。2016下半年，人民币交易占全球比特币交易量的98%。
据英国广播公司网站3月10日报道，每枚比特币的价格在2月28日暴涨至1265美元，超过了当日每盎司黄金1233美元的价格，分析称比特币此轮价格暴涨源于来自中国的需求快速增加。
According to the BBC website on 10 March, the price of each bitcoin surged to $1265 on 28 February, exceeding the price of $1233 per ounce of gold on that day, and it was analysed that the sharp increase in bitcoin was due to a rapid increase in demand from China.
比特币行情起伏不定
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2013年，中国央行发布通知，禁止金融机构开展比特币与人民币及外币兑换等服务，此举曾引发比特币市场暴跌。中国央行2017年1月初约见了中国三大比特币交易平台主要负责人，要求他们对照相关法律法规严格开展自查并进行相应清理整顿，但这次严厉的监管行动只在短期内导致比特币价格下跌，随后在今年1月达到了历史高点，此后价格持续攀升。
In 2013, the Central Bank of China issued a circular prohibiting financial institutions from carrying out services such as bitcoin and renminbi and foreign currency exchange, which triggered a sharp fall in the Bitcoin market. In early January 2017, the Central Bank of China met with the principals of China’s three Bitcoin trading platforms, demanding that they strictly conduct self-censorship and clean up their operations against the relevant laws and regulations, but this severe regulatory action only led to a fall in bitcoin prices in the short term, which was followed by an all-time high in January this year, after which prices continued to rise.
来自英国北林肯郡的卢埃林称，从2011年至今，他购买一枚比特币的价格最高达到1100美元，最低降至18美元，2013年比特币价格大跌导致自己损失惨重。卢埃林的遭遇和中国比特币市场行情基本一致。
Ruelin, from Northern Lincoln County, United Kingdom, claims that from 2011 to the present, he bought a bitcoin for up to US$ 1,100, down to US$ 18, and that the price of bitcoin fell sharply in 2013 and caused his own losses. What happened to Luelin is basically the same as it did in the Chinese market in Bitcoin.
P2P网站LocalBitcoins统计显示，过去三年里，以人民币结算的比特币每周交易量从未超过600万元。但从春节之后2月11日开始的这一周，比特币的人民币交易突然疯涨，3月第一周交易额已经突破了6000万元。
The P2P website, LocalBitcoins, shows that in the last three years, the weekly amount of currency transactions settled in renminbi has never exceeded 6 million yuan. But during the week that began after Spring Day on February 11, Bitcoin’s currency transactions suddenly surged, and in the first week of March, the volume of transactions was over 60 million yuan.
“主战场”为什么在中国？
Why is the main battleground in China?
报道称，中国财经作家习惯将各国基于自身经济利益的竞争性货币政策描述为“货币战争”。“货币战争”的主体往往是各国政府和央行，那么比特币神秘帝国里的“交战方”是谁呢？
It has been reported that Chinese financial writers are accustomed to describing countries' competitive monetary policies based on their economic interests as “currency wars.” The main subjects of “currency wars” are often Governments and central banks, so who are the “warring parties” in the mysterious empire of Bitcoin?
香港比特币协会主席莱昂哈德称(Leonhard Weese)，虽然近几个月来人民币交易占比特币交易总量的比例不再像过去那么高，但中国市场仍然对比特币影响很大。其原因是，比特币的“挖矿”过程要求配置大量电脑主机，用电量巨大，还需要大量技术人员，这些条件在中国都很容易得到满足。在供电一项上，中国的云南、西藏以及四川等地都可以提供低价的水电资源。
The Hong Kong President of the Bitcoin Association, Leonhard Weese, has said that, although in recent months the renminbi trade was no longer as high as in the past, the Chinese market still has a significant impact on the Bitcoin market. The reason is that Bitcoin’s “mining” process requires a large number of computer hosts, a huge amount of electricity, and a large number of technicians, all of which can easily be met in China. In terms of electricity supply, China’s Yunnan, Tibet, and Sichuan can provide low-cost hydropower resources.
《纽约时报》在一篇调查报道中也透露，很多中国人从交易比特币转向为挖比特币而积聚计算能力。他们在中国各地成立数据中心，这些数据中心全都摆满了放着服务器的架子、相互缠绕的电线和给机器散热的电扇，一些数据中心里的比特币挖掘机耗电量足以供应一座小城市。
The New York Times has also revealed in a survey that many Chinese have moved from trading bitcoin to building up computing capacity to dig bitcoin. They have set up data centres all over China, all of which are full of server shelves, interlocking wires and radiators for machines, and that bitcoin diggers in some data centres consume enough power to supply a small city.
除此之外，莱昂哈德认为，比特币不受个人和公司控制，可以在全球自由流动，这一特性和黄金非常相似。对于90%的比特币交易发生在中国的说法，莱昂哈德认为这种情况如今已不再是现实，但可以在全球自由流动和使用的比特币仍然受到受到中国投资者的追捧。
In addition, Leonhard argues that Bitcoin can move freely around the world, free of individual and corporate control, a feature very similar to gold. For the assertion that 90% of the Bitcoin transactions take place in China, Leonhad believes that this is no longer a reality today, but that bitcoin, which can be used freely and globally, is still being pursued by Chinese investors.
比特币在华使用方式分四类
莱昂哈德认为，从供给方面看中国境内使用比特币的方式大致分为几类： According to Leonhad, the way in which bitcoin is used in China is broadly divided in terms of supply: 第一种是玩游戏，把比特币当作一种赌博式的游戏，大概有一半左右的“挖矿”行为发生在中国。与之相对应，莱昂哈德注意到，中国的活跃的“矿工”会出售比特币，换取人民币支付电费，购买电脑设备以及雇用软件及硬件工程师，这在某种程度上扩大了比特币的支付规模。 The first is to play games, using Bitcoin as a gambling game, in which about half of the “mining” takes place in China. In contrast, Leonhad noticed that China’s active “miners” would sell bitcoins in exchange for electricity bills, purchase of computer equipment, and hiring software and hardware engineers, which to some extent has increased Bitcoin’s payments. 第二种是投资套利。一些人在购买了比特币一段时间后判断币值上升乏力或者是找到了其他更有吸引力的投资渠道，于是便将比特币卖出。 The second is investment arbitrage. Some people sell bitcoins after buying bitcoins for a while, judging how weak they are or finding other more attractive investment channels. 第三种是用于支付，比如在淘宝上购买商品，在线支付酒店等旅游费用，这种用户很多是在中国生活的外国人。 The third is to pay for, for example, the purchase of goods on treasures and the online payment of tourism costs such as hotels, many of which are foreigners living in China. 最后一种是用于境外支付。一些人担心人民币贬值，或是想持有不受通胀和印钞威胁的国际通行货币，所以投资并在境外使用比特币。 The last is for out-of-country payments. Some people invest and use bitcoin abroad, fearing that the renminbi will depreciate, or want to hold an international currency free from the threat of inflation and currency printing. 莱昂哈德称，正是这些用途让比特币在中国寻找到了市场和用户。他质疑通过比特币洗钱的说法，“我通过溢价来进行判断，大部分时间里比特币在中国的价格比境外高5%左右，所以目前应该是流入中国的比特币比流出中国的更多。” According to Leonhad, it was these uses that allowed Bitcoin to find markets and users in China. He questioned the argument that money was laundered through bitcoin, “I used a premium to judge that bitcoin was worth about 5 per cent more in China for most of the time than it was abroad, so it was supposed to be more bitcoin flowing into China than flowing out of China.”
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