Name: 為什麼人們在收集NFT？- 6分鐘英語 (Why are people collecting NFTs? - 6 Minute English)
Uploaded: 2022-04-30T16:45:33.000Z
Duration: 6 min 20 s

People collect all kinds of things for a hobby,

人們為了愛好而收集各種各樣的東西。

from stamps and coins to comics and football

I used to have a big collection of Pokémon

我曾經有一個很大的口袋妖怪收藏。

cards but I have no idea where they are now.

卡片，但我不知道它們現在在哪裡。

Well maybe you should start looking for them

那麼，也許你應該開始尋找他們

because all kinds of collectables – that’s objects

因為所有種類的收藏品--也就是物品

that people want to collect – are selling for

big money on the internet. It’s all part of a new

在互聯網上賺大錢。這都是一個新的

tech craze called non-fungible tokens, or NFTs for short.

技術熱潮，被稱為不可偽造的代幣，或簡稱NFTs。

Basically NTFs are unique, one-of-kind items

基本上NTF是獨特的、獨一無二的物品

that can be bought and sold like any physical

object but only exist in the digital world.

物體，但只存在於數字世界中。

‘Tokens’ can be thought of as certificates

of ownership for these virtual possessions.

Hmmm, OK. I understand the ‘token’ part

嗯，好的。我理解 "象徵性 "的部分

但是，"非真菌性 "是什麼意思？

If something is ‘fungible’ it can be interchanged,

如果某樣東西是 "可替換的"，它就可以被交換。

like money for example. With money you can swap

例如，像金錢。有了錢，你可以交換

a £10 note for two £5 notes and it will have the same value.

一張10英鎊的紙幣換成兩張5英鎊的紙幣，它的價值就會相同。

So, something non-fungible cannot be interchanged

所以，不能換的東西是不能換的

with something else. Is that because it has

正是如此。想象一下，一些完全

unique like the Mona Lisa. You can take a photo

像蒙娜麗莎一樣獨特。你可以拍一張照片

of the painting or buy a copy of it, but there will

的畫作或購買它的副本，但會有

I can see that the Mona Lisa is one-of-a-kind

我可以看到，蒙娜麗莎是獨一無二的

and extremely valuable, but it’s not for sale on the internet!

而且極其珍貴，但它在互聯網上是不出售的!

True, but lots of other things are, from signed

是的，但很多其他的東西是，從簽署的

celebrity artwork to virtual football cards.

collectors want something no-one else has,

收藏家希望得到別人沒有的東西。

And the value of NFTs is going up and up?

Massively. A digital sticker of French footballer,

巨大的。法國足球運動員的數字貼紙。

Kylian Mbappé, recently sold for £25,000!

姆巴佩（Kylian Mbappé），最近以25,000英鎊的價格賣出!

Which reminds me of my quiz question, Sam.

這讓我想起了我的測驗問題，山姆。

In June 2021, Sir Tim Berners-Lee sold the

2021年6月，蒂姆-伯納斯-李爵士出售了

original source code he used to invent the

World Wide Web as an NFT at a charity auction.

網際網路在慈善拍賣會上作為NFT。

did the source code eventually sell for? Was it:

源代碼最終的售價是多少？是這樣的。

If you’re asking me how much the internet

sold for, I’d say c) 5.4 billion dollars.

賣出的價格，我想說c）54億美元。

OK, Sam, we’ll find out later if that’s right.

好吧，山姆，我們稍後會發現這是否正確。

蒂姆-伯納斯-李爵士的名言是，他從來沒有做過

any money from the World Wide Web, insisting

從網際網路獲得任何金錢，堅持認為

that his invention should be free for everyone.

他的發明應該對每個人都是免費的。

But the world of NFTs is controversial and

但是，NFTs的世界是有爭議的，而且

not everyone thinks Sir Tim should be getting involved.

不是每個人都認為蒂姆爵士應該參與進來。

That’s certainly the view of Shona Ghosh,

technology editor at the ‘The Insider’ website,

as she told BBC World Service programme, Tech Tent:

她告訴英國廣播公司世界服務節目《科技帳篷》。

I think there’s a balance to be struck between

我認為應該在以下方面取得平衡

exploring new technologies and Sir Tim Berners-Lee

is an amazing figure but NFTs are a wild west.

是一個驚人的數字，但NFTs是一個狂野的西部。

Not everything associated with NFTs are rogue,

並非所有與NFT有關的都是流氓。

no rules controlling what can be sold and

for how much, so Shona describes them as a wild west.

為多少，所以肖納把它們描述為一個狂野的西部。

狂野的西部意味著一種情況，即

人們可以做他們想做的事，因為

there are no laws or controls, like the early

history of the western part of the United States.

She also calls some things about NFTs rogue -

她還稱關於NFT的一些事情為流氓 --

behaving differently from what’s normal or expected,

Love them or hate them, there are strong opinions

愛他們或恨他們，都有強烈的意見

on both sides of the NFT debate, as Rory Cellan-Jones,

在NFT辯論的雙方，如羅裡-塞蘭-瓊斯。

presenter of BBC World Service’s Tech Tent, explains:

英國廣播公司（BBC）世界服務部的 "技術帳篷 "節目的主持人解釋說。

對某些人來說，NFT是一項出色的創新

which has promised to put a value on digital artefacts.

它已承諾對數字文物進行估值。

To others they’re little more than a dubious

對其他人來說，他們只不過是一個可疑的

the environment because of the way the tokens are created.

Some people are suspicious of the large amounts

of money collectors are willing to pay, comparing

NFTs to pyramid schemes - business tricks or scams

從NFT到金字塔計劃--商業伎倆或騙局

以不誠實的方式獲得金錢的地方。

But for others NFTs are a legitimate and useful way

但對其他人來說，NFT是一種合法和有用的方式。

to put a price on rare digital artefacts –

that are produced and stored as electronic versions.

編制和儲存為電子版本的文件。

Items like, for example, the original source

例如，像這樣的項目，原始來源

互聯網的代碼。那麼，有多少錢

did Sir Tim Berners-Lee raise for charity

蒂姆-伯納斯-李爵士為慈善事業籌集資金了嗎？

在我的問答問題中，我問山姆如何

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