2024年比特幣大會：兩位總統候選人贏得數千萬美國比特幣愛好者的選票

羅伯特甘迺迪宣布打算建立相當於美國黃金儲備的比特幣戰略儲備，從而鋪平了道路

Robert Kennedy kicked off the presidential race by announcing his intention to build a strategic reserve of bitcoins equivalent to the U.S. gold reserves (8,134 tons of gold). While the polls are far from predicting a victory for R. Kennedy in November, his speech was not in vain. It forced Donald Trump’s hand, who promised the next day to put an end to the government crusade against Bitcoin.

羅伯特甘迺迪 (Robert Kennedy) 在總統競選中宣布，他打算建立相當於美國黃金儲備（8,134 噸黃金）的比特幣戰略儲備。雖然民調遠未預測 R. 甘迺迪將在 11 月獲勝，但他的演講並沒有白費。這迫使唐納德·川普出手，川普承諾第二天將結束政府針對比特幣的討伐。

Here are probably the two strongest statements of allegiance from his 45-minute speech:

以下可能是他 45 分鐘演講中最強烈的效忠聲明：

“America will once again become a nation that protects property rights, privacy, transactional freedom, freedom of association, and freedom of speech. […] Bitcoin stands for freedom, sovereignty, and independence from the coercive control of governments. […] There will never be a CBDC if I am elected president.”

「美國將再次成為一個保護財產權、隱私、交易自由、結社自由和言論自由的國家。 [……]比特幣代表自由、主權和獨立於政府的強制控制。 [...] 如果我當選總統，就永遠不會有 CBDC。

Like a good politician, Trump didn’t miss the chance to flatter his audience:

像一位優秀的政治家一樣，川普沒有錯過奉承聽眾的機會：

“Those of you in this room are the heirs to generations of pioneers, patriots, risk-takers, and renegades who built the modern world. You are the Edisons, the Wright brothers, the Carnegies, and the Henry Fords of the modern era. What you are doing may very well outlive us all and inspire humanity for generations to come.”

「在座的各位是建立現代世界的幾代先驅者、愛國者、冒險家和叛徒的繼承人。你們是現代的愛迪生、萊特兄弟、卡內基和亨利福特。你們所做的事情很可能比我們所有人都更長久，並激勵子孫後代。

“This is a red-letter day in your industry’s history. You are building America’s future with intelligence and courage. Most people don’t have that courage. My job will be to set you free and let you do what America does best: win.”

「這是您所在行業歷史上的一個重要日子。你們正在用智慧和勇氣建立美國的未來。大多數人沒有這個勇氣。我的工作就是讓你自由，讓你做美國最擅長的事情：獲勝。

It's done, Bitcoin will officially become an international reserve currency if Trump wins in a few months. In practical terms, the miracle worker will institute a “strategic reserve.” In other words, the 210,000 bitcoins seized by the Justice Department will not be sold. Quite the opposite of Germany which recently dumped 50,000 BTC…

完成了，如果幾個月後川普獲勝，比特幣將正式成為國際儲備貨幣。實際上，奇蹟創造者將建立「策略儲備」。也就是說，司法部扣押的21萬枚比特幣不會被出售。與最近拋售 50,000 BTC 的德國恰恰相反…

“If I am elected, my administration’s policy will be to retain 100% of the bitcoins it holds and acquires,” he announced.

「如果我當選，我的政府的政策將是保留其持有和收購的 100% 比特幣，」他宣布。

Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis has unveiled a bill titled “Bitcoin Reserve Bill” aimed at sextupling this reserve.

共和黨參議員辛西婭·盧米斯 (Cynthia Lummis) 公佈了一項名為“比特幣儲備法案”的法案，旨在將這一儲備增加六倍。

“The bill stipulates that we will create a strategic bitcoin reserve. […] This reserve will initially be stocked with 210,000 BTC. This law also authorizes the purchase of one million BTC over the next five years,” she announced.

「該法案規定我們將建立比特幣戰略儲備。 […] 此儲備金最初將儲存 210,000 BTC。該法律還授權在未來五年內購買 100 萬比特幣，」她宣布。

Cynthia Lummis stated that this reserve must be held for at least 20 years. The ambition is to “reduce the U.S. national debt by half by 2045.”

Cynthia Lummis 表示，這筆儲備必須持有至少 20 年。其目標是「到 2045 年將美國國債減半」。

Your faithful servant doubts such an outcome. That said, acquiring a substantial amount of bitcoins before other nations will surely be a profitable strategy.

您忠實的僕人對這樣的結果表示懷疑。也就是說，在其他國家之前獲取大量比特幣肯定是一個有利可圖的策略。

If, as D. Trump predicts, Bitcoin’s market capitalization surpasses that of gold, this million BTC will be worth (at current prices) around $1 trillion. That’s roughly 1/35 of the U.S. national debt…

如果真如 D. Trump 預測的那樣，比特幣的市值超過黃金，那麼這 100 萬枚 BTC 的價值（以當前價格）將約為 1 兆美元。這大約是美國公債的 1/35…

Bitcoin is not really the silver bullet that will erase the debt or replace the fiat system. However, it can become the international, censorship-resistant store of value the world craves.

比特幣並不是真正能夠消除債務或取代法定係統的靈丹妙藥。然而，它可以成為世界渴望的國際化、抗審查的價值儲存手段。

For Donald Trump, “it's not Bitcoin that threatens the dollar, but the fiscal policy of this government.”

對唐納德·川普來說，“威脅美元的不是比特幣，而是本屆政府的財政政策。”

It's a nice statement. Unfortunately, the fiat system is a Ponzi scheme that by definition requires perpetual monetary expansion. The probability that Donald Trump will reduce the budget deficit is close to zero…

這是一個很好的聲明。不幸的是，法定係統是一個龐氏騙局，根據定義，它需要永久的貨幣擴張。唐納德·特朗普削減預算赤字的可能性接近於零…

Bitcoin is not a magic currency. Nevertheless, setting aside bitcoins in reserve is a positive signal in the eyes of nations increasingly reluctant to place their reserves in treasury bonds.

比特幣不是一種神奇的貨幣。儘管如此，在越來越不願意將儲備投資於國債的國家看來，將比特幣作為儲備是一個正面的訊號。

The BRICS no longer want to trade in dollars and have been accumulating gold for years with a view to restoring the Gold Standard. A bitcoin reserve can be seen as a step in that direction.

金磚國家不再希望以美元進行交易，多年來一直在累積黃金，以恢復金本位。比特幣儲備可以被視為朝這個方向邁出的一步。

Donald Trump knows that a good part of the international tensions are linked to the petrodollar that offers the United States the privilege of a chronically deficit trade balance.

唐納德·川普知道，國際緊張局勢很大一部分與石油美元有關，石油美元為美國提供了長期貿易逆差的特權。

Russia is fully aware of this. Detailing the roadmap for easing international relations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned this month “that there can be no monetary monopoly in a multipolar world.”

俄羅斯對此深有體會。俄羅斯外交部長謝爾蓋·拉夫羅夫在詳細闡述緩和國際關係的路線圖時警告稱，“多極世界中不可能存在貨幣壟斷。”

In this regard, don't miss our article: Russia pleads in New York for the end of the dollar monopoly.

在這方面，請不要錯過我們的文章：俄羅斯在紐約懇求結束美元壟斷。

If Donald Trump is sincere when he says he wants to “end the Third World War,” we will have to agree on a new international reserve currency and reduce the gargantuan U.S. trade deficit.

如果唐納德·川普在表示想要「結束第三次世界大戰」時是真誠的，我們就必須就新的國際儲備貨幣達成一致，並減少美國巨額貿易逆差。

The fact that he expects “stablecoins to extend the dollar’s dominance worldwide” suggests we're not there yet… However, his ambition to reindustrialize the country is a step in the right direction.

事實上，他預計“穩定幣將擴大美元在全球的主導地位”，這表明我們還沒有達到這一目標……然而，他實現國家再工業化的雄心壯志是朝著正確方向邁出的一步。

The day will come when nations will request payment for their exports in gold or bitcoin. By daring to create a national bitcoin reserve before everyone else, the United States will buy themselves some respite.

有一天，各國將要求以黃金或比特幣支付出口費用。透過敢於先於其他國家建立國家比特幣儲備，美國將為自己贏得一些喘息的機會。