双语新闻："恒星"货币挑战比特币现可免费领取

2014-08-14 14:54:14来源：可可英语

　　Look no further than Bitcoin’s own slow, growth for proof of that. Although the cryptocurrencyhas earned countless headlines since January 2009 — the culmination being Newsweek’s Marchcover story — in reality, Bitcoin’s user base remains lower-than-expected: Over 1.2 million as ofthis January, by some estimates. But what Bitcoin has sparked is a serious conversation aboutthe way money can and should be processed online, to the point where even more traditionalservices like PayPal have said they are closely following Bitcoin.

　　只需看看比特币缓慢的成长道路就能明白这一点。尽管自2009年1月以来这种数字加密货币已登上了无数头条——而且《新闻周刊》(Newsweek)三月的封面报道造成了一个小高潮——但实际上，比特币的用户基数始终低于预期：有人估计，截至今年1月，用户数刚超过120万人。但是比特币却引发了一场严肃的讨论，即货币可以且应该通过网上支付，甚至就连贝宝公司这样更为传统的金融机构也表示，他们一直在密切关注比特币的发展。

　　With some of Silicon Valley’s brightest at the helm, Stellar has just as good a chance as anycurrent crypto-currency perhaps to be, well, stellar.

　　不过，既然有硅谷的一些顶尖大佬掌舵，“恒星”也很有可能会和现在大行其道的一些加密货币一样跻身“一流”的行列(stellar也有“一流”之意——译注)。

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