不丹採用加密貨幣儲備策略，為小國樹立榜樣

Bhutan, a small country in South Asia, is making big waves in the crypto world. The Kingdom, which populates roughly 770,000 people and lies between India, China and Nepal, just made headlines after one of its cities adopted a crypto reserve strategy. This includes bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), and Binance’s BNB token (BNB).

不丹，一個南亞小國，正在加密世界掀起波瀾。這個擁有約 77 萬人口、位於印度、中國和尼泊爾之間的王國在其一個城市採取加密貨幣儲備戰略後剛剛成為頭條新聞。這包括比特幣 (BTC)、以太坊 (ETH) 和幣安的 BNB 代幣 (BNB)。

El Salvador has previously made bitcoin part of the country’s national reserve and several other countries, including the United States, are considering taking similar measures to strengthen its already robust economy.

薩爾瓦多先前已將比特幣納入該國國家儲備，包括美國在內的其他幾個國家正在考慮採取類似措施來加強其本已強勁的經濟。

But Bhutan could set an example for smaller countries, where making crypto part of their national reserve strategy could have an enormous economic impact.

但不丹可以為小國樹立榜樣，將加密貨幣納入其國家儲備策略可能會產生巨大的經濟影響。

“They are coming out guns loaded to show the world what’s possible in the digital asset space by bringing in foreign companies to help take advantage of the growing global interest in crypto as a whole,” said Phillip Shoemaker, executive director of Identity.com, a non-profit organization providing decentralized identity verification.

Identity.com 執行董事 Phillip Shoemaker 表示：「他們正拿出槍來，向世界展示數位資產領域的可能性，透過引入外國公司來幫助利用全球對加密貨幣日益增長的興趣。」提供去中心化身份驗證的非營利組織。

“I see this move as potentially triggering similar actions among other governments around the world, especially in smaller countries that are subject to the whims of foreign-exchange volatility and geo-political uncertainty,” he said.

他表示：“我認為此舉可能會引發世界其他國家政府採取類似行動，特別是那些受到外匯波動和地緣政治不確定性影響的小國。”

According to a report by the World Bank in May this year, although Bhutan does have a fairly robust economy, downside risks persist as the country’s fiscal deficit is expected to widen. To ensure economic growth, it needs to attract more foreign investments, the report suggested.

世界銀行今年5月的報告顯示，儘管不丹經濟確實相當強勁，但由於該國財政赤字預計將擴大，下行風險仍存在。報告建議，為了確保經濟成長，需要吸引更多外國投資。

Bhutan listened and acted by creating Gelephu Mindfulness City, the region that is adopting crypto as part of its goal of “mindfulness, sustainability, and innovation.”

不丹傾聽並採取行動，創建了 Gelephu 正念城市，該地區正在採用加密貨幣作為其「正念、永續發展和創新」目標的一部分。

“The special economic zone being created helps to attract foreign investment, so its accumulation of digital assets more generally could be really compelling at the international level,” Shoemaker said.

「正在創建的經濟特區有助於吸引外國投資，因此其數位資產的累積在更廣泛的範圍內可能在國際層面上真正引人注目，」舒梅克說。

Bhutan was already well positioned for this move. The country has an estimated 24,000 megawatts of technically feasible hydropower potential, of which it has so far only developed about 7%.

不丹已經為這項措施做好了充分準備。該國估計擁有 24,000 兆瓦技術上可行的水力發電潛力，但迄今僅開發了約 7%。

“It gets so much electricity from hydro sources, after all, and it makes sense for them to lean into the mining aspect of it,” said Shoemaker.

舒梅克說：“畢竟，它從水力資源中獲得瞭如此多的電力，他們轉向採礦方面是有道理的。”

Bitcoin mining requires enormous energy which has sparked concerns about the negative environmental impact of crypto mining. However, use of hydropower solves that problem as it is much more cost efficient and reduces miners’ carbon footprint.

比特幣挖礦需要龐大的能源，這引發了人們對加密貨幣挖礦對環境造成負面影響的擔憂。然而，使用水力發電解決了這個問題，因為它更具成本效益並減少了礦工的碳足跡。

In April 2019, the country started using its massive amounts of hydropower to start mining bitcoin, according to an article by Forbes. Today, the country owns over 11,000 bitcoin, according to data on Arkham. This puts Bhutan among the top five countries to hold bitcoin in its reserves, according to BitcoinTreasuries data.

根據《富比士報》報道，2019 年 4 月，該國開始利用大量水力發電來開採比特幣。根據 Arkham 的數據，如今該國擁有超過 11,000 枚比特幣。根據 BitcoinTreasuries 的數據，這使得不丹成為持有比特幣儲備最多的五個國家之一。

“Bitcoin mining, in particular, is such a good tool for leveraging various forms of renewable and stranded energy,” said Jagdeep Sidhu, Core Developer at Syscoin and President of the Syscoin Foundation. “I imagine that other governments are increasingly looking at Bhutan as an example of how to launch their own Bitcoin reserves, especially countries that have abundant sources of energy that could otherwise be wasted.”

Syscoin 核心開發人員兼 Syscoin 基金會主席 Jagdeep Sidhu 表示：“尤其是比特幣挖礦，它是利用各種形式的可再生能源和擱淺能源的一個很好的工具。” “我想其他國家的政府越來越多地將不丹視為如何啟動自己的比特幣儲備的例子，特別是那些擁有豐富能源的國家，否則這些能源可能會被浪費。”