你大概已經聽說比特幣最近瘋漲的消息了。網上也盛傳當年如果你花6000元買了比特幣，現在就有150萬如何如何。然而事實上，一些眼光總能超前一步的人還真就這樣做了。

最近幾年在比特幣上投入巨注的人，無一例外都成了像唐老鴨的史高治舅舅那樣的富翁。雖然上周比特幣的幣值縮水了不少，但截止到上周一上午，比特幣的幣值仍然處于2300美元的高位，比一個月前整整上漲了1000美元，比一年前更是上漲了300%。

由于這種電子貨幣的去向很難追蹤，因此誰也不知道誰才是世界上擁有比特幣最多的人。但下面這份名單上的人都是比特幣的大玩家，如果比特幣繼續(xù)漲下去，他們肯定還會再大賺上一筆。

蒂姆·德雷珀（Tim Draper），風投資本家

You've probably heard about bitcoin's incredible bull run and how, if you'd bought some a few years ago, you would be a lot richer. Well, it turns out some people did just that.

Those who bet big on bitcoin in recent years are now presiding over the digital equivalent of Scrooge McDuck's money bin. The currency has given up some of its crazy gains from last week, but is still sitting at around $2,300 as of Monday morning—up about $1,000 from a month ago, and over 300% from a year ago.

No one knows for sure who has the most bitcoin since the digital currency is hard to trace. But here is a list of those who have a big stake in bitcoin, and are set to clean up if the boom continues.

Tim Draper, Venture Capitalist

2014年，億萬富翁蒂姆·德雷珀展現了一個知名風投家的風采，他在美國法警局舉辦的一場拍賣會上，一舉拍下了現場全部30,000個比特幣。

德雷珀并未透露他從這些比特幣上賺了多少。這些比特幣是從落網毒梟羅斯·烏布利希處搜查出來的，拍賣時的市價是600美元左右。現在，這3萬枚比特幣大約價值700萬美元，德雷珀自然也是賺足了利潤。

泰勒·文克萊沃斯（Tyler Winklevoss）和卡梅倫·文克萊沃斯（Cameron Winklevoss）兄弟，投資人

很長時間以來，一提起文克萊沃斯家的雙胞胎兄弟，人們只會想到被馬克·扎克伯格剽竊了Facebook創(chuàng)意的那兩個倒霉蛋。然而他們卻在比特幣上開創(chuàng)了事業(yè)的第二春，甚至有可能被人銘記成數字加密貨幣的先驅者——而且他倆也在比特幣上賺到了不少錢。

文克萊沃斯兄弟曾申請成立一家比特幣交易基金，但是該申請被美國證監(jiān)會駁回了。但從長期來看，文克萊沃斯兄弟還是很有可能獲得監(jiān)管機構放行的。與此同時，他們2013年投資的一筆價值1100萬美元的比特幣（數量約占當時所有流通的比特幣的1%），如今的價格也飛漲了20倍以上。

巴里·西爾伯特（Barry Silvert），風投資本家

In 2014, billionaire Tim Draper made the sort of bold bet that is the hallmark of famous venture capitalists: he bid for and won all 30,000 bitcoins up for grabs in an auction run by the U.S. Marshals Service.

Draper did not reveal how much he made for the bitcoins, which were seized from the drug lord Ross Ulbricht, but the market price at the time was around $600. Today, the 30,000 bitcoins are worth around $7 million and most of that is profit for Draper.

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, Investors

For the longest time, it looked like the Winklevoss twins fate in life was to be known for losing out to Mark Zuckerberg for control of Facebook. But their successful second act (aside from those weird pistachio ads) as bitcoin entrepreneurs mean Cameron and Tyler are now most likely to remembered as cryptocurrency pioneers —and very wealthy ones at that.

While they lost their initial bid to create a bitcoin ETF, the twins are likely to win over regulators in the long-run. In the meantime, their 2013 investment of $11 million worth of bitcoin (which reported amounted to 1 percent of all bitcoins in circulation) would now be worth more than 20 times that amount.

Barry Silbert, Venture Capitalist

巴里·西爾伯特是比特幣界的另一個長期玩家。就在大家都在嘲笑這種貨幣根本不可能成功時，西爾伯特卻敏銳地下了重注。在2014年美國法警局進行的第二次比特幣拍賣上，西爾伯特一次就拍下了48,000個比特幣。當時比特幣的幣值已經下跌到350美元左右，而現在這些比特幣的價值則高達1.1億美元。

西爾伯特目前正致力于針對文克萊沃斯兄弟的比特幣交易基金打造一種競爭性產品。另外，他擁有的比特幣可能遠遠不止他在拍賣中獲得的那48,000枚。

查理·謝爾梅（Charlie Shrem），企業(yè)家、刑滿釋放人員

Barry Silbert is another long-time player in the bitcoin scene, who made big bets when most people laughed that the currency was for kooks. One of his bets saw him obtain 48,000 bitcoins in a second auction held by the U.S. Marshals Service in 2014. At that time, bitcoin prices had fallen to around $350, which means Silbert's stake could now be worth around $110 million.

Silbert is currently focused on building a rival financial product to the Winklevoss ETF, and likely owns a lot more than the 48,000 bitcoins he won at auction.

Charlie Shrem, Entrepreneur and Felon

謝爾梅是比特幣創(chuàng)立早期的一個頗有爭議的人物。他曾經是比特幣基金會的成員——這個組織本來是一個比特幣的管理機構，可它的成員們一個個不是在逃就是鋃鐺入獄。謝爾梅也由于被控洗錢而被判處了兩年徒刑。

2016年底，謝爾梅重返數字加密貨幣市場，他看起來還跟以前一樣對比特幣的前景抱有熱情。謝爾梅并未透露過他持有多少比特幣，不過有傳言稱，早在比特幣的幣值只有3美元的時候，他就曾購買過數以千枚計的比特幣。另外他的新公司也是主營數字加密貨幣投資業(yè)務的，這說明他手里肯定還有一大筆比特幣。

中本聰（Satoshi Nakamoto），比特幣創(chuàng)始人

2008年，他發(fā)布了一份白皮書，其中描述了一種新型數字貨幣的分布軟件。自此，這個自稱“中本聰”的男人就成了比特幣的靈魂。

但是沒有人知道他的真實身份。

中本聰已經好幾年沒有公開發(fā)聲了，不過據信從一開始，他就控制著大量的比特幣。有些報道指出，中本聰至少擁有所有流通的比特幣中的5%以上，也就是說他的資產凈值達到了數十億美元。

中本聰有一天是否會現身對這筆財富進行分配（比如捐贈一所比特幣大學？），或是他與他的這座寶庫會永遠沉寂在人們的視野之外，現在還是一個謎。

山姆大叔

Shrem is a colorful figure from the wild west early days of bitcoin. Once a member of the Bitcoin Foundation—a group that was supposed to govern bitcoin but saw several of its members end up on the lam or in jail—Shrem received a two-year prison sentence for charges related to money laundering.

Since late 2016, he has been back on the cryptocurrency scene and appears as enthusiastic as ever about its prospects. Shrem hasn't said how many bitcoins he owns, but he is rumored to have acquired thousands of them back they cost $3 a pop and his new venture, a startup involving crypto-investments, suggests he still has a very big stake.

Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin Inventor

Since his 2008 white paper, which described a new type of software tied to a digital currency, the man known as Satoshi has stood as the soul of bitcoin.

But no one can say for sure he is.

Satoshi has not spoken publicly for years, but he is believed to control large numbers of bitcoin wallets from the currency's early days. Some reports say he controls more than 5% of all bitcoin in circulation, which means his net worth could be in the billions.

It remains to be seen if Satoshi will emerge one day and distribute that wealth (maybe by endowing a bitcoin university?) or if Satoshi and his riches will remain invisible and out of reach forever.

Uncle Sam

早期的理想主義者認為，比特幣是一種游離在政府控制之外的“無政府貨幣”。然而山姆大叔表示，這個世界上沒什么是我管不了的。從2016年開始，美國國稅局開始介入比特幣交易，確定了比特幣投資人名單，并且開始對他們征收資產增值稅。

現在，美國國稅局已經咬上了熱門的數字貨幣交易所Coinbase，要求后者提供數以百萬計的客戶賬戶信息。美國國稅局之所以發(fā)了威，是因為它表示2015年只有802人申報了比特幣收入。然而從2013年以來，比特幣的幣值已經從區(qū)區(qū)13美元翻了無數番。

這場官司現在已經打到了法院，雖然國會的共和黨人力主國稅局應當撤訴，但是你懂的，稅務大爺的官司通常沒有打不贏的道理。（財富中文網）

譯者：樸成奎

The early idealists of bitcoin saw it as an anarchy-currency free of the control of national governments. Alas, the U.S. government didn't get the memo. Since 2016, the Internal Revenue Service has been stepping up a campaign to identify bitcoin investors and slap them with capital gains tax.

Right now, the agency is locked in a legal fight with the popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, and is demanding information about millions of customer accounts. The IRS is annoyed because it says only 802 people declared bitcoin income in 2015—even though the value of the currency has increased dramatically from its 2013 value of $13.

The dispute is now before the courts and, even though Republicans in Congress told the IRS to back off, the tax man usually wins in the end.