“Greed is good” is an encrypted artwork created by artist CryptoZR in January 2019.
《多多益善》是艺术家刘嘉颖创作于2019年1月的加密艺术作品。
In “Greed is Good”, the artist created a digital currency that modified the transfer rules.
在《多多益善》这件作品中，艺术家修改了数字货币的转账规则。
Each time a sender transfers these tokens, the total amount in the sender’s account does not decrease but instead increases.
使转账方每转出一笔金额后账户上的数字不减少，反而增加相应数额。
This artwork questions whether the act of currency transactions can generate value.
这件作品在探讨交易是否可以产生价值。
In Adam Smith’s book “The Wealth of Nations” he pointed out that human nature is self-profiting and to seek profit is the sole motivation for humans to carry out economic activities.
亚当·斯密在《国富论》认为人的本性是利己的，追求个人利益是人们从事经济活动的唯一动力，人们能在个人的经济活动中获得最大的个人利益。
If such activities are not interfered with by external powers
如果这种经济活动不受到外部干预，
the pricing mechanism guided by the invisible hand
那么，经由价格机制这只“看不见的手”引导，
will allow people to maximize their private gains and collectively push forward public interest.
人们不仅会实现个人利益的最大化，还会推进公共利益。
Interestingly, a user spent one day constantly making alternate currency transfers with multiple accounts until they finally acquired more than 100 billion tokens.
有趣的是，一位用户用1天时间不断与多个账户进行交替转账，最终获得了超过1000多亿个代币。