“Out of Nothing” is the first crypto art experiment initiated by artist CryptoZR.
无中生有是艺术家 CryptoZR 最早发起的一个区块链艺术实验
The artwork was created in December 2017 and released on January 5, 2018.
作品自 2017 年 12 月开始创作，发布于 2018 年 1 月 5 日
The artist modified the Ethereum ERC20 token standard, allowing each Ethereum address to display a token called PRO.
艺术家修改了以太坊 ERC20 代币合约，使得每个以太坊地址都能够显示一种代币，名叫 PRO Token
This meant that over 500,000 active Ethereum addresses at that time would receive 88,888 PRO Tokens simply by opening their wallets.
这意味着当时以太坊的五十多万个活跃地址只要打开钱包，就会凭空出现 88888 枚 PRO Token
The artist designed a mechanism during the token generation event where the 88,888 tokens on each address would only become active when users made their first transfer.
艺术家在代币发行时设计了一个机制每个地址上的 88888 枚代币只有在首次转出时才会生。
Some people transferred tokens to others while others transferred them to their own addresses.
于是有人转账给别人，有人转到了自己的其他地址上
About two weeks later, this new token was listed on the decentralized exchange “Etherdelta.”
十几天后，这个新的数字代币被去中心化交易所 Etherdelta 上架了
The first trade of PRO occurred on the 34th day of the experiment, where 4 million PRO were purchased with 0.28 ETH.
PRO 的第一笔交易也在第 34 天时产生，这笔交易的内容是用 0.28 个 eth 购买 400 万个 PRO
This artwork explores the concept of how consensus is formed and how the legitimacy of currency is derived from consensus.
这件作品探讨了共识是如何形成的货币合法性的基础来源于共识
Even if the token itself is meaningless, as long as more people pay attention to it, its value will gradually increase.
即使 Token 本身无意义，只要被更多的人关注，就会逐渐产生价值。