To own a bitcoin is to possess a secret code that identifies you as the holder of a particular wallet, to whose contents the public ledger ( or "blockchain") attests.

which is one of countless problems that blockchains are applicable to.

区块链可以应用于无数问题，它只是其中之一。

the entire history of commerce on that blockchain,

就是那区块链上完整的交易历史，

A blockchain is a ledger of every digital transaction ever made on the system.

区块链是系统中曾开展过的每笔数字化交易的账本。

This is actually what's happening with the Bitcoin blockchain, which is a list of all of the transactions in Bitcoin.

实际上，在比特币区块链里发生的所有交易，就是以这种方式进行。

Well, with a blockchain financial industry, there would be no settlement,

好吧，金融业有了区块链，将不再会有交易说明，

Six months ago, Analie Domingo used a blockchain application called Abra.

六个月前，安娜丽·多明戈使用了一款名叫阿布拉的区块链应用。

In the first two months of this year, the recruitment demand for blockchain-related talents reached 9.7 times that of the same period in 2017, with the number of companies advertising blockchain-related positions rising 4.6-fold year-on-year, online recruitment platform Boss Zhipin said in a report.

区块链人才行业平均月薪达2.5万元。在线招聘平台Boss直聘在一份报告中称，今年前两个月，区块链相关人才的招聘需求是2017年同期的9.7倍，刊登区块链相关职位招聘广告的企业数量同比增加4.6倍。

Yesterday, he appeared to stand by the Australian entrepreneur with a tweet that said: "There won't be an on-chain signing from early bitcoin blocks, but there also won't be another Satoshi."

昨天他在Twitter上发消息称，继续信任这位澳大利亚企业家：“不会出现早期比特币区块链的签名，但也不会出现另一个中本聪。”

Webb believes blockchain will disrupt the middle men in the banking, escrow, insurance and mortgage sectors.

韦伯认为区块链技术可以取代银行业，委托付款，保险和抵押领域的中介。

But the cryptoledger can also be used to make financial transactions through blockchain technology, which has three notable features.

但是这种加密账簿也可以用于通过区块链技术进行金融交易，该技术有三个显著特点。

First, in theory a blockchain can execute transactions instantly.

第一，理论上讲区块链可以即时执行交易。

And when someone wants to rent a room, they go onto the blockchain database and all the criteria,

当有人想租借一间房间，他们进入区块链的数据库和标准库，

The Ethereum blockchain was developed by a Canadian named Vitalik Buterin.

以太坊区块链由加拿大人维塔利·布塔林开发。

So the Bitcoin blockchain is just one.

而比特币的区块链只是其中之一。

and with blockchains, they're going to be able to make it rain on the blockchain.

而有了区块链，他们将在区块链上得到滋润。

they sift through, it helps them find the right room, and then the blockchain helps with the contracting,

他们细细筛选，帮助他们找到合适的房间，随后区块链帮助签订合约。

there was a distributed application on a blockchain, we'll call it B-Airbnb,

在区块链上有一个分布式的应用，我们叫它B-Airbnb，

these computers are actually helping to secure the Bitcoin blockchain and add to the list of transactions.

这些计算机也在逐渐加强比特币区块链的安全性，并把它添加入交易列表中。

So the Bitcoin blockchain is core to how Bitcoin works.

所以比特币区块链是比特币能顺利运行的关键。

Standard Chartered Bank has facilitated the completion of the first international yuan-denominated Letter of Credit transaction using blockchain.

渣打银行协助完成了第一笔使用区块链的人民币计价国际信用证交易。