不丹正在探索使用水電來挖掘和利用綠色加密貨幣的方法來增強其經濟並創造就業機會

綠色加密貨幣是使用清潔能源資源（例如風能，水力或太陽能而不是化石燃料）開采的數字貨幣。

The Himalayan nation of Bhutan is exploring ways to mine and leverage green cryptocurrencies using hydropower to boost its economy and create jobs to reduce brain drain, the chief executive of its sovereign wealth fund said on Tuesday.

其主權財富基金的首席執行官週二表示，不丹的喜馬拉雅國家正在探索使用水電來挖掘和利用綠色加密貨幣的方法來促進其經濟並創造就業機會以減少腦力消耗。

Green cryptocurrencies are digital currencies mined using clean energy resources such as wind, hydro or solar power instead of fossil fuel.

綠色加密貨幣是使用清潔能源資源（例如風能，水力或太陽能而不是化石燃料）開采的數字貨幣。

Sandwiched between Asian giants India and China, Bhutan has earned millions of dollars in recent years by investing in some of the world’s most popular cryptocurrencies and used some of its profit to pay government salaries for two years, two senior officials in Thimphu, the capital said.

首都說，不丹夾在亞洲巨人印度和中國之間，近年來通過投資一些世界上一些最受歡迎的加密貨幣來賺取數百萬美元，並利用其一些利潤來支付政府薪水兩年，兩名高級官員在蒂姆普（Thimphu）。

“We are a nation that runs 100 per cent on hydropower, and every digital coin we mine in Bhutan using hydropower offsets that coin which gets mined using fossil fuels,” said Ujjwal Deep Dahal, the CEO of the fund, Druk Holding and Investments Ltd.

“我們是一個在水力發電上運行100％的國家，我們在不丹使用水力發電偏移的每一個數字硬幣，使用化石燃料來開採，”基金首席執行官Druk Holding and Investments Ltd. Ujjwal Deep Dahal說。

“So a coin mined in Bhutan will contribute to the green economy,” he told Reuters.

他告訴路透社：“因此，在不丹開采的硬幣將為綠色經濟做出貢獻。”

Dahal said the fund, which controls Bhutan’s only power generation utility, began adding cryptocurrencies to its portfolio in 2019, seeing virtual currencies as a tactical investment and a gamechanger for the country.

達哈爾（Dahal）表示，控制不丹唯一的發電公用事業的基金開始在2019年增加加密貨幣，將虛擬貨幣視為戰術投資和該國的gamechanger。

Bhutan is famed for its Gross National Happiness (GNH) index, an economic gauge that incorporates factors ignored by the usual measures of gross domestic product, such as recreation, emotional well-being and sustainability.

不丹以其總的國民幸福（GNH）指數而聞名，該指數總結了一項經濟量規，其因素的總體措施（例如娛樂，情感福祉和可持續性）所忽略的因素。

It uses hydropower to operate energy-guzzling supercomputers to create digital assets that can be added to the blockchain.

它使用水力發電來操作耗能的超級計算機來創建可以添加到區塊鏈中的數字資產。

Officials are exploring whether large conglomerates could buy Bhutan’s “green” coins to meet their targets on environmental, social and governance (ESG) norms.

官員們正在探索大型企業集團是否可以購買不丹的“綠色”硬幣來滿足其有關環境，社會和治理（ESG）規範的目標。

“Bitcoin has not just given more value to hydropower energy, it has also increased access to liquidity in foreign currency,” said Dahal, who added that training Bhutan’s young people in blockchain and AI techniques would fuel jobs.

達哈爾說：“比特幣不僅給水力發電能源提供了更多的價值，還增加了外幣流動性的機會。”

The nation of about 800,000 is battling an exodus of young, educated people. The government estimates that more than a tenth of its young people sought greener pastures between 2022 and 2023, taking unemployment in that age group to 16.5 per cent in 2024.

大約80萬的國家正在與年輕，受過教育的人的出現作鬥爭。政府估計，在2022年至2023年之間，超過十分之一的年輕人尋求更綠色的牧場，使該年齡段的失業率在2024年達到16.5％。

Analysts said Bhutan’s ambitious plan to become the capital of green digital currency depends on expanding its hydropower generation to a potential of 33 gigawatts versus existing capacity of about 3.5 gigawatts.

分析人士說，不丹成為綠色數字貨幣首都的雄心勃勃的計劃取決於將其水力發電的生成擴大到33吉瓦的潛力，而現有能力約為3.5吉瓦。

“We have plans to generate 15 gigawatts in the next 10 to 15 years,” Dahal added.

達哈爾補充說：“我們計劃在未來10至15年內產生15吉瓦。”