柯達公司宣佈將推出加密貨幣'柯達幣'

Eastman Kodak said it will team with blockchain developer WENN Digital, to launch a cryptocurrency called KodakCoin and image licensing tool that the companies say will help photographers and agencies manage image rights.

伊士曼柯達公司近日表示，該公司將與區塊鏈開發商WENN Digital合作推出一款名叫柯達幣的加密貨幣和一種圖像授權工具。兩家公司聲稱，上述產品將有助於攝影師和代理機構管理圖像版權。

"For many in the tech industry, 'blockchain' and 'cryptocurrency' are hot buzzwords, but for photographers who've long struggled to assert control over their work and how it's used, these buzzwords are the keys to solving what felt like an unsolvable problem," Kodak CEO Jeff Clarke said.

柯達首席執行官傑夫·克拉克稱：“對很多科技行業的人來說，‘區塊鏈’和‘加密貨幣’均屬於熱詞，但對長期奮力維護自己對作品的掌控及其被如何使用的攝影師來說，這些熱詞是解決那些感覺像是無法解決的問題的關鍵。”

"Kodak has always sought to democratize photography and make licensing fair to artists. These technologies give the photography community an innovative and easy way to do just that."

“柯達一直在尋求將攝影大衆化，並讓藝術家們獲得版權保護。這些技術爲攝影社區提供了一種創新的、簡單的方法。”

However, Kodak and others are entering the market as warnings grow over the riskiness of virtual currencies and the potential for a bubble.

不過，在柯達等公司進軍該市場的同時，有關虛擬貨幣風險和潛在泡沫的警告也在增加。

There are no regulations over the creation and use of virtual currencies and the nature of the transactions make them hard to trace.

對於虛擬貨幣的創建和使用目前還沒有規定，並且交易的性質使它們難以追蹤。

In December, the Securities and Exchange Commission warned investors to exercise caution before buying cryptocurrencies or participating in initial coin offerings.

去年12月，聯邦證券與交易委員會就警告投資者在購買加密貨幣或參與首次公開售幣前提高警惕。