TED演讲:区块链对货币和商业的影响(8)

 Secondly: a lot of writers talk about Uber and Airbnb and TaskRabbit and Lyft and so on as part of the sharing economy. 第二点：很多写手谈论起Uber，Airbnb，TaskRabbit，Lyft等企业时，把他们当做了共享经济的一部分。

This is a very powerful idea, that peers can come together and create and share wealth. 这个想法很不错，个人也可以汇聚在一起创造并共享财富。

My view is that ... these companies are not really sharing. 我的观点是，这些公司并没有真正的共享。

In fact, they're successful precisely¹ because they don't share. 实际上，他们的成功恰恰是因为他们不共享。

They aggregate² services together, and they sell them. 他们把服务汇集并加以出售。

What if, rather than Airbnb being a $25 billion corporation, 假如说Airbnb并不是那家250亿美元的公司

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，

and it was essentially³ owned by all of the people who have a room to rent. 它从根本上属于所有提供房间出租的人们。

And when someone wants to rent a room, they go onto the blockchain database and all the criteria⁴, 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，

they sift⁵ 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。

it identifies the party, it handles the payments just through digital payments -- they're built into the system. 鉴定当事人，通过数字支付解决支付问题，这是系统内置的支付方式。

And it even handles reputation, because if she rates a room as a five-star room, 它甚至处理声誉问题，如果她给一间房间五星好评，

that room is there, and it's rated, and it's immutable⁶. 那么房间本身和评价都已不可更改。

So, the big sharing-economy disruptors in Silicon⁷ Valley could be disrupted, and this would be good for prosperity. 所以硅谷共享制经济的破坏者将不复存在，这将有利于经济繁荣。

1 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

2 aggregate   

adj.总计的，集合的；n.总数；v.合计；集合

参考例句：

• The football team had a low goal aggregate last season.这支足球队上个赛季的进球总数很少。
• The money collected will aggregate a thousand dollars.进帐总额将达一千美元。

3 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

4 criteria   

n.标准

参考例句：

• The main criterion is value for money.主要的标准是钱要用得划算。
• There are strict criteria for inclusion in the competition.参赛的标准很严格。

5 sift   

v.筛撒，纷落，详察

参考例句：

• Sift out the wheat from the chaff.把小麦的壳筛出来。
• Sift sugar on top of the cake.在蛋糕上面撒上糖。

6 immutable   

adj.不可改变的，永恒的

参考例句：

• Nothing in the world is immutable.世界没有一成不变的东西。
• They free our minds from considering our world as fixed and immutable.它们改变着人们将世界看作是永恒不变的观点。

7 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。