Before creating the popular meme-inspired cryptocurrency Dogecoin, Billy Markus first developed an experimental digital token in 2013 called BELLS. However, this predecessor to Dogecoin was quickly abandoned after Markus launched Dogecoin just days later. DOGE would rapidly attract a large following. Now, nine years later, a small group has miraculously revived the long-dormant cryptocurrency network.

在創建受流行迷因啟發的加密貨幣狗狗幣之前，比利馬庫斯 (Billy Markus) 於 2013 年首次開發了一種名為 BELLS 的實驗性數位代幣。然而，馬庫斯幾天後推出狗狗幣後，狗狗幣的前身很快就被放棄了。 DOGE 很快就吸引了大量追隨者。現在，九年後，一個小團體奇蹟般地恢復了長期休眠的加密貨幣網路。

On December 5th, 2023, Dogecoin celebrated its 10th birthday. Inspired by this milestone, Adam McBride, an avid Dogecoin supporter, came across Markus’ 2013 Bitcoin Talk forum post announcing a new cryptocurrency. That project was BELLS.

2023 年 12 月 5 日，狗狗幣慶祝了它的 10 歲生日。受到這一里程碑的啟發，狗狗幣的狂熱支持者 Adam McBride 偶然發現了 Markus 在 2013 年 Bitcoin Talk 論壇上發布的帖子，該帖子宣布了一種新的加密貨幣。那個項目就是BELLS。

Intrigued, McBride reached out to his friend and “uber dev” Luke Wright to investigate whether BELLS could be revived after its entire network infrastructure had been offline for nearly a decade.

出於好奇，麥克布萊德聯繫了他的朋友、「超級開發者」盧克懷特 (Luke Wright)，調查 BELLS 是否可以在其整個網路基礎設施離線近十年後恢復運作。

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Dogecoin founder’s BELLS is now functioning

狗狗幣創始人的 BELLS 現已投入使用

After some initial exploration, Wright confirmed that the original BELLS network and blockchain halted functioning in late 2014. Although forked community versions limped along for a few more years. However, in just two hours, Wright was able to use the archived source code and bootstrap enough network nodes to regain the functionality of the authentic first version of BELLS created by Markus.

經過一些初步探索，Wright 證實最初的 BELLS 網路和區塊鏈已於 2014 年底停止運作。儘管分叉的社群版本又艱難地運作了幾年。然而，在短短兩個小時內，賴特就能夠使用存檔的源代碼並引導足夠的網絡節點來重新獲得馬庫斯創建的真實第一版 BELLS 的功能。

After several days of troubleshooting connectivity and consensus issues, McBride reported that BELLS now appears to be fully operational once again in its original 2013 form. However, BELLS failed to gain more than very minimal adoption. It’s user base went to the breakout popularity of Dogecoin in December 2013.

經過幾天的連接和共識問題故障排除後，McBride 報告稱，BELLS 現在似乎再次以 2013 年的原始形式全面投入運作。然而，BELLS 的採用率極低。它的用戶群隨著 2013 年 12 月狗狗幣的爆發而流行。

Time will tell whether this historical blockchain rebuild will garner renewed interest for use and development or remain a curio from the early pioneering days of cryptocurrencies. 

時間會告訴我們，這種歷史性的區塊鏈重建是否會重新引起人們對使用和開發的興趣，或者仍然是加密貨幣早期開拓時代的古董。