CNN News：比特币价值飙升

What are Ether, Dash and Monero?

Ether, Dash and Monero是什么?

Are they all Pokemon, cryptocurrencies, ThunderCats or investment banks?

他们是宠物精灵，加密数字货币、艺术家还是投资银行?

These are examples of three cryptocurrencies, the type of digital money like bitcoin.

以上这些都是加密数字货币，类似比特币的数字货币。

AZUZ: Bitcoin is the most famous of them. The currency was created in 2009. It`s not issued by any central bank or tied to any particular country.

阿祖兹：比特币是以上数字货币中最出名的。这种货币在2009年产生，其并不是由中央银行发行，也与特定的国家没有关系。

Bitcoin can be saved or used to buy merchandise anonymously, and the price has soared recently. The value of a single bitcoin is currently more than $17,000. But getting one is the tricky part.

比特币可以被保存下来，也可以用来匿名购买商品，但是最近比特币价格飙升。目前，单个比特币的价值超过1.7万美元。但获得一个比特币更加的困难。

You can just buy the currency online, but bitcoin units are generated through a process called mining, when computers solve complex math puzzle to create them. Given their value and the increasing number of computers trying to solve those puzzles, this takes a tremendous amount of computing power and electricity.

你可以在网上买到比特币，但比特币单位是通过一种叫做“挖掘”的过程产生的，当计算机解决复杂的数学难题时，就可以创建比特币。鉴于比特币的价值以及越来越多的计算机试图解决这些难题，这就要求计算机拥有巨大的计算能力和电力。

One place that just maybe perfect for a bitcoin mining computer warehouse is an island nation between Norway and Greenland.

一个适合挖掘比特币电脑的仓库的地方是挪威和格陵兰岛之间的一个岛国。