Ripple was founded September 2012

The Bitcoin white paper was published on October 31, 2008 on the cryptography mailing list. The software later went live on January 9, 2009.

XRP的初创公司最初以OpenCoin的名义成立，后来在2013年改名为Ripple Labs，然后在2015年底最后确定为Ripple。

Ripple 现在是瑞波币( XRP) 融资和开发的主要管理公司，并在其数字经济发展中发挥着重要的作用。

比特币是由一个化名为中本聪的个人或团体创建的。时至今日，比特币的创造者仍然不为人知。

瑞波币XRP

以太经典BTC (注：您可能会看到BTC在其他平台上显示为XBT。)

XRP was created to complement traditional payments by migrating transactions that occur today within financial institutions to a more open infrastructure.

In order for XRP to work, Ripple built the XRP ledger, a software that introduced a new way of operating a blockchain’s transaction and records system.

Similar to Bitcoin, the XRP ledger allows users to send and receive its XRP cryptocurrency using digital signatures.
 

比特币是一个开源软件，允许其全球用户群在任何政府或中央银行控制之外來管理数字货币的供应。

比特币是为了应对2008年全球经济危机而创建的，作为打击通货膨胀的一种手段。事实上，第一个开采的区块包含了这个的信息。"泰晤士报 2009 年 1 月 3 日财政大臣即将对银行进行第二次救助 (The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks)"，许多人认为这个信息标志着这项目的革命性意图。

比特币软件使其运行的计算机能够管理一个账本（区块链），通过执行各种规则，对使用其货币 (比特币BTC) 的所有交易的有效性进行核实。

比特币区块链保存了全部网络的交易记录，并需由节点或运行其软件的用户來验证。这会确保了每个比特币(BTC)不可被复制或修改，也确保了比特币不能以违反其规则的方式被创造或使用。

比特币具有稀缺性、可分割性和可转让性，这使其成为一个充满价值的替代货币。

Upon the launch of XRP, Ripple initially distributed 45 billion XRP to users on forums through various giveaways. The remaining XRP is being escrowed by the company to fund its technology development.

However, the distribution of its tokens continue to cause debate due to Ripple being a for-profit company. This has enabled it to be the principal steward and key decision maker in the funding and development of the XRP Ledger, a controversial stance in the distributed world of cryptocurrencies today.

比特币的白皮书， “比特币: 点对点电子货币系统” , 是由中本聪 (Satoshi Nakamoto) 在2008年发布。

首50个的比特币在软件发布后被挖掘出来，使去中心化网络的计算机能够运行今天仍然蓬勃发展的数字经济。

尽管中本聪在2011年离开了比特币项目，此后销声匿迹，您仍然可以从各种电子邮件和论坛帖子中了解他（或她）对这项技术的态度。

至此之后，数以百计的开发者为改进比特币的代码做出了无数的贡献，无论是常规的错误修复还是效率驱动的重大改进。

Central to the XRP cryptocurrency is the XRP Ledger, the technology that allows users to send and receive cryptocurrency using public- and private-key cryptography and enables servers to send transactions for consideration by its network.

The XRP Ledger differs from Bitcoin in that it does not use mining or require specialized computing hardware to secure its ledger and validate transactions. Only specific nodes, called unique nodes, can validate transactions on the network.

This design was intended for nodes to quickly validate transactions in an attempt to mirror transactions that occur today between databases controlled by financial institutions.
 

比特币设计的核心是两个用户能够从世界任何地方互相发送比特币(BTC)，而不需要透过中间人。 

为了保持其网络的安全性和去中心化性，兼同时调节释放到其经济中的新资金的供应，比特币采用了一种称为“挖矿的流程”。

在这个被称为工作量证明(PoW)的系统中 , 矿工们会竞相完成密码学谜题，以提出构成比特币区块链的区块。 

当一个区块被矿工发现时，它会被公布到网络上，而当每个被节点验证后，矿工会得到新铸造的比特币(BTC)补偿。 
 

While the XRP Ledger does not require transaction fees in the way Bitcoin does to reward miners, it does mandate that a small amount of XRP be put up by the sender to be destroyed and deducted from the total supply.

Like Bitcoin, the supply of XRP is limited, meaning that according to the software’s rules there will only ever be 100 billion XRP.

比特币最大的价值主张之一是它的货币政策--只有2100万个BTC会被引入其网络经济中。 

当第一个区块在2009年被挖出时，50个BTC被释放，该区块奖励大约每四年被削减一半。 这事件被称为减半。 

通过这个过程，截至2020年，已经有超过1800万个BTC可供使用。最后一个比特币预计将在2140年被挖出。