1.(I’ve been working on bitcoin’s design) since 2007. At some point I became convinced there was a way to do this without any trust required at all and couldn’t resist to keep thinking about it.
我从2007年开始设计比特币。从某一刻开始我确信这世上存在一种不依赖信用的货币。我无法阻止自己去思考它。

2.Lost coins only make everyone else’s coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone.
丢失比特币只是让别人的币更有价值罢了。将它视作对所有人的捐赠吧。

3.Sorry to be a wet blanket. Writing a description for (bitcoin) for general audiences is bloody hard. There’s nothing to relate it to.
很遗憾我恐怕要成为一个扫兴的人。向一个普通人解描述比特币实在太难了。因为找不到任何可以参照的事物。

4.I’m sure that in 20 years there will either be very large (bitcoin) transaction volume or no volume.
我很确定，如果20年后比特币没有消失的话，那一定得到了广泛的应用。

5.It’s hard to imagine the Internet getting segmented airtight. It would have to be a country deliberately and totally cutting itself off from the rest of the world.
很难想象互联网会四分五裂成封闭的小圈子。除非有国家彻底地切断自己与外界的联系。

6.If you don’t believe me or don’t get it, I don’t have time to try to convince you, sorry.
如果你不相信我或者理解不了它。我没空去说服你。抱歉。

7.The utility of the exchanges made possible by Bitcoin will far exceed the cost of electricity used. Therefore, not having Bitcoin would be the net waste.
比特币构成的支付网络的价值远大于挖矿所消耗的电费。不使用比特币才是浪费。

8.It seems like you’re inclined to assume everything is wrong more than is actually so.
看上去更像，你倾向于认为一切都是错的，而不是它们的确是错的。
目前，比特币在影响着世界，但还是有很多人认为比特币是一个虚无的泡沫。