比特幣漢堡和特勤局狙擊手：唐納德·川普訪問加密貨幣酒館 PubKey 的內部

前律師 Thomas Pacchia 兩年前開設了 PubKey，他設想將距離華盛頓廣場公園僅幾個街區的西村潛水區打造成類似市民酒館的地方。

Former president Donald Trump visited bitcoin bar PubKey in New York City on Thursday, making a historic purchase with the cryptocurrency: eight burgers for Secret Service agents.

前總統唐納德·川普週四參觀了紐約市的比特幣酒吧 PubKey，並用加密貨幣進行了歷史性的購買：為特勤局特工購買了八個漢堡。

The bar’s owner, Tony Pacchia, a former Fidelity lawyer with deep ties in the crypto industry, told Fortune that Trump’s visit was kept a secret until a week prior. Pacchia worked closely with the Secret Service to prepare for the visit, which included blacking out the bar’s skylights and having snipers positioned nearby.

該酒吧的老闆托尼·帕基亞(Tony Pacchia) 曾是富達律師事務所的律師，與加密貨幣行業有著深厚的聯繫，他告訴《財富》雜誌，川普的來訪直到一周前才被保密。帕基亞與特勤局密切合作，為這次訪問做準備，其中包括遮蔽酒吧的天窗，並在附近部署狙擊手。

“It was insane,” Pacchia said. “It was a whirlwind.”

「這太瘋狂了，」帕基亞說。 “這是一場旋風。”

The presidential visit culminated in one of the most high-profile bitcoin transactions to date, with Trump’s purchase being quickly shared on social media and generating excitement within the crypto community.

這次總統訪問最終促成了迄今為止最引人注目的比特幣交易之一，川普的購買行為很快就在社群媒體上被分享，並在加密貨幣社群中引起了興奮。

Pacchia, who used to host happy hours at the former bar to discuss bitcoin, named the gathering "Crypto at the Crow." When Formery Crow's shut down during the pandemic, Pacchia decided to open PubKey, inspired by visions of Paul Revere and Thomas Paine.

帕基亞曾在以前的酒吧舉辦歡樂時光討論比特幣，他將這次聚會命名為「Crypto at the Crow」。當 Fronty Crow 在大流行期間關閉時，受到 Paul Revere 和 Thomas Paine 願景的啟發，帕基亞 (Pacchia) 決定開設 PubKey。

“Bitcoin needs its tavern and meeting house to cultivate some of these revolutionary, cultural, economic, and technical changes that it’s been the catalyst for,” Pacchia told Fortune.

「比特幣需要它的小酒館和會議室來培養一些革命性的、文化的、經濟的和技術的變革，而比特幣一直是催化劑，」帕基亞告訴《財富》雜誌。

He teamed up with two experienced restauranteers, as well as the former Eleven Madison Park chef, to design an eclectic menu of gourmet burgers, hot dogs, and cocktails that could appeal to both Village denizens and crypto acolytes.

他與兩位經驗豐富的餐廳老闆以及前麥迪遜公園十一號廚師合作，設計了一份不拘一格的菜單，包括美味漢堡、熱狗和雞尾酒，可以吸引鄉村居民和加密貨幣追隨者。

Despite its Bitcoin-themed decor, PubKey still attracts a diverse clientele. Last November, Pacchia noticed a couple at the very end of the bar who seemed like they had just finished a long shift of work. He sidled over to chat them up, and they asked about the strange theme. When he told them about PubKey’s Bitcoin ethos, they looked shocked. “Are you messing with us?” they asked. As it turned out, they were photographers for the New York Post, tasked with photographing Caroline Ellison, who just happened to be staying nearby to testify at Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial. The couple had stumbled in by accident.

儘管以比特幣為主題的裝飾，PubKey 仍然吸引著多元化的客戶。去年 11 月，帕基亞注意到酒吧盡頭有一對夫婦，他們似乎剛結束了長時間的輪班工作。他側身與他們聊天，他們詢問了這個奇怪的話題。當他告訴他們 PubKey 的比特幣精神時，他們看起來很震驚。 “你在逗我們嗎？”他們問。事實證明，他們是《紐約郵報》的攝影師，負責拍攝卡羅琳·埃里森(Caroline Ellison)，而卡羅琳·埃里森恰好在附近為薩姆·班克曼·弗里德(Sam Bankman-Fried) 的審判作證。這對夫婦是偶然闖入的。

Trump’s first foray into crypto was in 2022, when he launched an NFT collection and earned a modest return. His overall attitude towards crypto remained lukewarm, but that changed as the industry emerged as one of the biggest campaign spenders of the 2024 electoral cycle. Today, Trump embraces blockchain with zeal, adopting some of the sector’s top priorities, which include freeing Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht and firing Securities and Exchange Commissioner Gary Gensler.

川普首次涉足加密貨幣是在 2022 年，當時他推出了 NFT 系列並獲得了適度的回報。他對加密貨幣的整體態度仍然不冷不熱，但隨著該行業成為 2024 年選舉週期中最大的競選支出者之一，這種情況發生了變化。如今，川普熱情擁抱區塊鏈，採取了該行業的一些首要任務，其中包括釋放絲綢之路創始人羅斯·烏布利希(Ross Ulbricht)並解僱證券交易委員加里·詹斯勒(Gary Gensler)。

Despite Trump’s parroting of party lines, he hasn’t won over everyone, as some remain suspicious over his labeling of Bitcoin as a “scam” just a few years ago. Meanwhile, his recent announcement of a so-called DeFi protocol, World Liberty Financial, run by the Trump family has been slammed by critics as a cash grab rather than a genuine effort to create a decentralized product.

儘管川普人雲亦雲，但他並沒有贏得所有人的支持，因為有些人仍然對他幾年前將比特幣貼上「騙局」標籤表示懷疑。與此同時，他最近宣布的由川普家族經營的所謂 DeFi 協議 World Liberty Financial 遭到批評者的猛烈抨擊，稱其為搶錢行為，而不是真正致力於創建去中心化產品。

During Trump’s visit to PubKey, he still hadn’t mastered the often esoteric lingo, referring to the food he slung out as “crypto burgers” even as one patron tried to correct him to Bitcoin—a distinction that matters to Bitcoin loyalists who view other tokens, in crypto lingo, as “shit coins.”

在川普訪問PubKey 期間，他仍然沒有掌握這個深奧的行話，他將他推銷的食物稱為“加密漢堡”，儘管一位顧客試圖糾正他對比特幣的看法——這一區別對於比特幣忠實擁護者來說很重要，因為他們認為其他人認為比特幣是「加密漢堡」。

Meanwhile, videos of the historic burger transaction initially suggested it had failed, which Pacchia attributed to QR scanning difficulty due to camera flashes. (He added that that about 5% of sales at PubKey are with Bitcoin.)

同時，歷史性漢堡交易的影片最初表明交易失敗了，帕基亞將其歸因於相機閃光燈導致二維碼掃描困難。 （他補充說，PubKey 約 5% 的銷售額來自比特幣。）

Pacchia was quick to give Trump the benefit of the doubt. “It’s a long-duration learning curve to get the point where you understand the differences between [Bitcoin and crypto],” Pacchia told Fortune. “It’s unrealistic to expect any one of these politicians to become Bitcoin experts—it’s about who they’re listening to.”

帕基亞很快就認定川普是無辜的。 「要了解[比特幣和加密貨幣]之間的差異，這是一個長期的學習曲線，」帕基亞告訴《財富》雜誌。 “期望這些政客中的任何一位成為比特幣專家都是不現實的——問題在於他們在聽誰的意見。”

Trump’s appearance validated Pacchia’s decision to start PubKey. He gave the former president two gifts. The first was a replica of the famous “Buy Bitcoin” sign, which a PubKey founding partner held up behind then-Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen during a congressional hearing in 2017. The second was the American flag that another PubKey patron had commissioned to fly above the U.S. Capitol by Senator Elizabeth Warren as a prank, in honor of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

川普的出現證實了帕基亞創辦 PubKey 的決定。他送給前總統兩份禮物。第一個是著名的「購買比特幣」標誌的複製品，在2017 年的國會聽證會上，PubKey 的一位創始合夥人在時任美聯儲主席珍妮特·耶倫(Janet Yellen) 身後舉起了該標誌。 。

Despite the fanfare, Pacchia insists that PubKey will not endorse a presidential candidate. He’s holding out hope that Harris will stop by. “Bitcoin should not be a partisan issue,” he said. “It’s for everyone.”

儘管大張旗鼓，帕基亞堅稱 PubKey 不會支持總統候選人。他滿懷希望哈里斯會過來。 「比特幣不應該成為黨派問題，」他說。 “它適合所有人。”