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Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE阅读练习：自由兑换无中生钱的比特币 GRE阅读训练：GRE阅读练习：自由兑换无中生钱的比特币 GRE考试精品课程指导  BITCOIN, to its most ardent fans, is more than a useful way to pay for drugs.  比特币对其铁粉来说可不仅仅只能用来买违禁药品，  It is also a technological marvel that could disrupt much of the consumer-finance industry.  它是一个可以搅扰大多数消费金融业务的技术奇迹。  But is it money?  但是，它就是货币吗?  The Bitcoin economy keeps growing, despite the periodic disappearance of large quantities of currency in hacker heists.  尽管大量比特币在黑客抢劫案中周期性消失，其经济却仍保持增长。  The total value of Bitcoins in circulation has risen to $7.9 billion, from just $490m a year ago,  比起一年前的4.9亿美元，比特币如今的流通总价值已上升至79亿美元，  while daily transaction volume is up by almost 60%.  日交易量更是增长了近60%。  If Bitcoin aspires to match dollars and euros for money-ness,  但如果比特币想成为与美元和欧元一般的货币，  it will need to be more than just a Mastercard for nerds.  它可不能仅仅满足于只是充当网络玩家手中的万事达卡。  Economists reckon money is anything that serves three main functions.  经济学家认为，货币有三个主要功能。  It must be a medium of exchange, which can reliably be swapped for goods and services.  首先，它必须是一种值得信赖的、可用于交换商品和服务的交换媒介;  It should be a stable store of value,  其次，应当是稳定的储值手段，  enabling users to tuck some away and come back later to find its purchasing power more or less intact.  使用者们将部分货币储存起来，其购买力在之后一段时间内大体保持不变;  And it should function as a unit of account:  最后，它应该能充当计价单位，  a statistical yardstick against which value in an economy is measured.  用一个基准统计尺度衡量经济体的价值。  The American dollar meets all three conditions.  美元符合上述这三个条件，  Bitcoin has some way to go.  比特币则任重而道远。  Bitcoin does best as a medium of exchange, thanks to its clever technical design.  比特币的最擅长的交换媒介功能要归功于其巧妙的技术设计。  Users can quickly move holdings around anywhere in the world.  使用者可以在世界各处快速转移持有的比特币。  Rather than relying on central clearing-houses,  相较于传统货币依赖于中央清算机构，  verificatio