柏林比特幣：薩爾瓦多鎮的愛好者希望特朗普的回歸將增強加密貨幣避風港的野心

在柏林市接受加密貨幣的眾多咖啡館中，Barista Marcela Flores看到了“好時光”。這位43歲的年輕人說：“隨著特朗普的選舉以及他最近對比特幣的一切，我們希望比特幣會增長。”

Bitcoin fans hoping to make a mountain town in El Salvador a cryptocurrency haven are counting on US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House to help their cause.

希望在薩爾瓦多建立一個山區的比特幣迷一個加密貨幣避風港正在指望美國總統唐納德·特朗普返回白宮以幫助他們的事業。

At one of the several cafes in the municipality of Berlin that now accepts cryptocurrency, barista Marcela Flores sees “good times” ahead.

在柏林市現在接受加密貨幣的幾家咖啡館中的一家咖啡館中，Barista Marcela Flores看到了“好時光”。

“With Trump’s election and everything he recently said about bitcoin, we hope that bitcoin will grow,” said the 43-year-old.

這位43歲的年輕人說：“隨著特朗普的選舉以及他最近對比特幣的一切，我們希望比特幣會增長。”

“Welcome to Bitcoin Berlin,” reads a sign at the entrance to the picturesque town nestled amid coffee plantations.

“歡迎來到柏林比特幣。”在咖啡種植園中，風景如畫的小鎮入口處寫道。

Located 110 kilometers (68 miles) east of the capital San Salvador, Berlin has emerged as a rival to El Zonte, the surf town nicknamed “Bitcoin Beach.” The cryptocurrency’s logo is a common sight around Berlin.

柏林位於首都聖薩爾瓦多以東110公里（68英里），已成為與綽號為“比特幣海灘”的衝浪小鎮El Zonte的競爭對手。加密貨幣的徽標是柏林周圍的常見景象。

More than 100 businesses in the town of some 18,000 inhabitants accept bitcoin, including shops, hotels, grocery stores, bars, restaurants and gas stations.

大約18,000名居民鎮上有100多家企業接受比特幣，包括商店，酒店，雜貨店，酒吧，餐館和加油站。

In لعاب2021, El Salvador became the world’s first country to establish bitcoin as legal tender, at the initiative of President Nayib Bukele, one of the country’s most fervent cryptocurrency enthusiasts.

在2021年，埃爾·薩爾瓦多（El Salvador）成為世界上第一個將比特幣確立為法定招標的國家，該國是該國最狂熱的加密貨幣愛好者之一Nayib Bukele總統的倡議。

The gang-busting leader recently said he expected Trump’s presidency to bring “an exponential revaluation” of bitcoin.

這位黑幫破壞的領導人最近表示，他希望特朗普的總統任期將帶來比特幣的“指數重估”。

Trump has vowed to deregulate the sector and make the United States the “bitcoin and cryptocurrency capital of the world.”

特朗普發誓要放鬆該行業，並使美國成為“世界的比特幣和加密貨幣之都”。

Since his election in November, bitcoin has soared by around 50 percent in value, topping $100,000.

自11月份當選以來，比特幣的價值飆升了約50％，高於100,000美元。

Charlie Stevens, a 28-year-old Berlin resident from Ireland, said that Bukele understood that bitcoin “will serve as our way of exchanging, saving and valuing things.”

來自愛爾蘭的28歲柏林居民查理·史蒂文斯（Charlie Stevens）說，布克利（Bukele）明白，比特幣將“作為我們交換，儲蓄和評估事物的方式”。

“Now Trump is realizing that if you don’t join, you will lose or be left behind,” he added.

他補充說：“現在，特朗普意識到，如果您不加入，您將失去或被拋在後面。”

Bitcoin community center

比特幣社區中心

Gerardo Linares, 32, left San Salvador in 2023 and moved to Berlin with the idea of promoting the use of bitcoin and “educating” merchants and customers about it.

現年32歲的Gerardo Linares於2023年離開聖薩爾瓦多，並搬到柏林的想法是促進使用比特幣和“教育”商人和客戶對此的想法。

The town now has a “bitcoin community center,” where Linares and others hold training workshops and record podcasts.

該鎮現在有一個“比特幣社區中心”，Linares和其他人舉行了培訓研討會和錄製播客。

“We started making a bit of noise on social media (and) foreigners started coming,” said Linares at the center, which offers classes in English and computer skills as well as using bitcoin.

“我們開始在社交媒體上發出一些噪音（以及外國人開始來的，”中心的Linares說，該中心提供英語和計算機技能以及使用比特幣的課程。

About 20 bitcoin enthusiasts from France, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Ireland came to live in the city and collaborate with the project.

來自法國，美國，加拿大，新西蘭，澳大利亞和愛爾蘭的大約20位比特幣愛好者來到該市生活並與該項目合作。

“I live in a Bitcoin standard: I get paid in bitcoin” and “I spend bitcoin here,” said Frenchman Quentin Ehrenmann, 28, who arrived in October 2023.

法國人昆汀·埃倫曼（Quentin Ehrenmann）說：“我生活在比特幣標準中：我在比特幣上得到了報酬”和“我在這里花了比特幣。”

But not everyone is as enthusiastic: around 92 percent of Salvadorans did not use bitcoin in 2024, according to a survey by the Central American University.

但並非每個人都那麼熱情：根據中美洲大學的一項調查，大約92％的薩爾瓦多人在2024年沒有使用比特幣。

“We see a disconnect between what people think about the crypto asset,” and how authorities promote it, said Laura Andrade, director of the university’s Public Opinion Institute.

該大學輿論研究所所長勞拉·安德拉德（Laura Andrade）說：“我們看到人們對加密資產的看法之間的脫節，”當局如何推廣它。

Independent economist Cesar Villalona argues that bitcoin is unstable and only serves “for speculation.”

獨立的經濟學家塞薩爾·維拉納羅納（Cesar Villalona）認為，比特幣不穩定，只有“用於猜測”。

Bukele’s project to create Bitcoin City, a futuristic metropolis financed by cryptocurrency bonds, has not materialized.

布克勒（Bukele）創建由加密貨幣債券資助的未來派大都市創建比特幣城市的項目尚未實現。

But in Berlin, cryptocurrency fans still see bitcoin as the future.

但是在柏林，加密貨幣粉絲仍然將比特幣視為未來。

In a downtown park, Julio Ernesto Cruz, 53, sells crafts including a green wooden parrot with a bitcoin symbol hanging from its beak.

53歲的朱利奧·埃內斯托·克魯茲（Julio Ernesto Cruz）在市區公園裡出售手工藝品，其中包括綠色木鸚鵡，其喙上懸掛著一個比特幣符號。

The 53-year-old said that using the cryptocurrency had been “very positive” for him.

這位53歲的年輕人說，使用加密貨幣對他來說是“非常積極的”。

“We believe that bitcoin is the solution to achieving economic independence,” he said.

他說：“我們認為比特幣是實現經濟獨立性的解決方案。”