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比特幣今天從1000美元漲價到了10000美元甜滨。但與此同時乐严,比特幣本身卻飽受爭議:有人認為它就是一場騙局,或者是一個巨大的投機泡沫衣摩,而普通投資人則因為害怕錯失這個機會而進入昂验。與此同時,芝加哥商業(yè)期貨交易所和NASDAQ指數(shù)則決定接納比特幣艾扮,提供比特幣期貨合約既琴。
人們往往很容易混淆兩個概念:一個是在底層支持比特幣的區(qū)塊鏈技術(shù)是否會被大規(guī)模應(yīng)用,還有一個是比特幣作為一種貨幣是否會被應(yīng)用到日常生活中泡嘴。后者的答案應(yīng)該是否定的甫恩。
貨幣主要有三個功能:價值存儲,價值交換酌予,記帳單位磺箕。比特幣因為波動過于激烈,顯然不滿足這個條件抛虫。
This year, bitcoin's price has added an extra zero, lurching from $1000 to $10000. However, bitcoin itself is quite controversial. Someone think it as a total fraud, or a gigantic speculative bubble. But ordinary investors are being tempted into it because of a phenomenon dubbed as FOMO. Meanwhile, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and NASDAQ stock decided to accept bitcoin by planning to offer bitcoin-futures contracts.
It is easy to muddle two seperate issues. One is whether the blockchain technology which underpins bitcoin will be wildely used. Another is as a currency, whether bitcoin will be applied into our daily life. The answer of the latter should be no.
There're three main functions of currency: store of value, means of exchange, unit of account. Bitcoin does not meet it because of it volatility.