星期五，馬里蘭州代表阿德里安·鮑阿福（D）和紐約議員克萊德·瓦內爾（Clyde Vanel）（D）向民主黨國會領導人發了一封聯合信，敦促他們在聯邦一級通過全面的加密立法。

在這封信中，民選官員認為紐約州是加密法規的領導者，並建議將紐約的比特義用作聯邦加密法規的模型。

On Friday, Maryland Delegate Adrian Boafo (D) and New York Assemblyman Clyde Vanel (D) sent a joint letter to Democratic Congressional leaders urging them to pass comprehensive crypto legislation at the federal level.

星期五，馬里蘭州代表阿德里安·鮑阿福（D）和紐約議員克萊德·瓦內爾（Clyde Vanel）（D）向民主黨國會領導人發了一封聯合信，敦促他們在聯邦一級通過全面的加密立法。

In the letter, the elected officials cited New York State as being a leader in crypto regulation and proposed that New York’s BitLicense be used as a model for what federal crypto regulation should look like. The letter’s authors also noted that New York State has placed a two-year moratorium on proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining that uses fossil fuels (seemingly citing this as something else the federal government might consider doing).

在這封信中，民選官員認為紐約州是加密法規的領導者，並建議將紐約的比特義用作聯邦加密法規的模型。這封信的作者還指出，紐約州對使用化石燃料的工作證明加密貨幣開採進行了為期兩年的暫停措施（似乎以聯邦政府可能會考慮這樣做的其他事情）。

It was upon reading these points in the letter that I realized that Democrats are capable of putting forward Bitcoin and crypto policy ideas stupider than what former Vice President Harris proposed in October 2024, which was “a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency and other digital assets [that protects] Black men who invest in and own these assets.”

正是通過在信中讀到這些觀點後，我意識到民主黨人能夠提出比特幣和加密政策的想法，而不是前副總統哈里斯於2024年10月提出的，這是“加密貨幣和其他數字資產的監管框架，[保護]投資並擁有這些資產的黑人。”

(Please note that I’m in favor of a regulatory framework that protects the right of Black men to invest in crypto assets. I’m also in favor of one that protects the right of Asian men, Hispanic men, White men, and Indigenous men to do the same. Oh, and I’d like for whatever Bitcoin and crypto policy we craft here in the U.S. to protect the right of women and transgender people of all races to invest in bitcoin and crypto, as well.)

（請注意，我贊成一個監管框架，該框架可以保護黑人投資於加密資產的權利。我也贊成保護亞洲男人，西班牙裔男人，白人男人，白人和土著人做同樣的權利的框架。哦，我希望在這里為自己的比特幣和加油而努力保護女性和跨性別的人，我希望在這里為您提供任何競爭者和跨性別的人。

With that said, let me break down why the U.S. federal government’s creating something comparable to New York’s BitLicense and putting a mining moratorium on Bitcoin miners that use any amount of fossil fuels would be a bad idea.

話雖如此，讓我打破為什麼美國聯邦政府創造了與紐約的比特萊森特相提並論的東西，並將使用任何數量化石燃料的比特幣礦工暫停採礦暫停是個壞主意。

And please forgive me in advance for being emotional at points. This issue is personal to me, as I’m a resident of New York State and have experienced firsthand the damage that politicians and bureaucrats have done to the Bitcoin and crypto industry in the state.

並請事先原諒我在某個點上情緒激動。這個問題對我來說是個人的，因為我是紐約州的居民，並且親身經歷了政客和官僚對該州比特幣和加密貨幣行業所造成的損害。

The BitLicense

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New York State requires that all virtual currency businesses that operate in the state obtain a BitLicense.

紐約州要求在該州運營的所有虛擬貨幣業務都會獲得比較。

At face value, obtaining a license to operate a business seems harmless enough. But once you learn that it takes months to years to complete all of the paperwork and to jump through all of the hoops required to obtain one and that it costs upward of $100,000 to go through this process, you quickly see why so many established companies in the space — never mind the early-stage start-ups — don’t even start the process.

從表面上看，獲得經營業務的許可似乎無害。但是，一旦您得知要完成所有文書工作並跳過獲得一個需要的所有籃球，並且要經歷這一過程的成本高達100,000美元，那麼您很快就會看到為什麼在該空間中如此眾多成熟的公司 - 不介意早期的初創企業 - 甚至不啟動這一過程。

Because of the BitLicense, New York State residents cannot use reputable platforms like Strike, River, Swan, and Kraken. Nor can they use Lightning on CashApp or the fiat-to-bitcoin exchange on Fold. This is only to name few of the Bitcoin/crypto products and services that we can’t use because of red tape.

由於有比較，紐約州居民無法使用罷工，河流，天鵝和克萊肯等知名平台。他們也不能在CashApp上使用Lightning或Fold的Fiat-to-Bitcoin交換。這僅舉幾個由於繁文tape節無法使用的比特幣/加密產品和服務。

But what’s perhaps more of a slap in the face is that when you attempt to use some of these platforms as a New York State resident, you’re presented with messages such as “This exchange doesn’t serve residents of jurisdictions including New York State, Iran, Syria and North Korea.”

但是，也許更多的是，當您嘗試將其中一些平台作為紐約州立居民時，您會收到諸如“這種交流不為紐約州，伊朗，敘利亞和朝鮮在內的司法管轄區居民服務的信息”。

TRULY FUCKING STAGGERING THE COMPANY THAT NEW YORK POLITICIANS AND BUREAUCRATS HAVE PUT NEW YORK RESIDENTS IN.

真正地使紐約政治家和官僚們把紐約居民加入的公司打破了這家公司。

If we were to apply the BitLicense on a federal level, we would deeply stifle innovation and entrepreneurship, as not only would we greatly hinder the Bitcoin and crypto companies that have the money and resources to go through the process of obtaining a federal BitLicense, but we’d create a moat around them while creating a scenario in which the start-ups that can’t afford to go through the process either close up shop or simply not serve U.S. citizens.

如果我們要在聯邦一級應用Bitlicensens，我們將深深地扼殺創新和企業家精神，因為我們不僅會阻礙擁有金錢和資源的比特幣和加密公司，而且要經歷聯邦政府的Bitlicense的過程，我們會在周圍創造一個場景的情況下，無法實現跨越群體的風景，或者不僅可以通過近距離地進行商店，也無法實現該風景。

A federal BitLicense would be a major hindrance to President Trump’s accomplishing his goal of making the United States the Bitcoin superpower and the crypto capital of the world. (Maybe that’s why these Democrats proposed it?)

聯邦比特萊也將是特朗普總統實現他的目標，即使美國成為世界上的超級大國和加密之都。 （也許這就是為什麼這些民主黨人提出的原因？）

The Mining Moratorium

採礦暫停

While I know that burning fossil fuels is detrimental to the environment and I believe that human-made climate change is a real thing, I’m also a proponent of people being gainfully employed and industries being able to flourish.

雖然我知道燃燒化石燃料對環境有害，而且我相信人為的氣候變化是真實的事情，但我也是人們被有錢的人民和行業能夠蓬勃發展的擁護者。

And in upstate New York, there’s been a notable lack of both since factories began closing down in the region after World War II.

在紐約北部，由於第二次世界大戰後該地區開始關閉工廠，這兩個都缺乏兩者。

What’s replaced gainful employment in factories in many parts of upstate New York are service-sector jobs that barely enable workers to make ends meet.

在紐約州北部許多地方，取代有酬工作的是服務部門的工作，幾乎使工人能夠維持生計。

The urban blight in most cities in upstate New York is so palpable that it’s nauseating.

紐約北部大多數城市的城市疫病是如此明顯，以至於令人作嘔。

What we could do to revive upstate New York is invite the Bitcoin mining industry in. Sure, Bitcoin mining companies might burn some fossil fuels to power their operations at first, but as Bitcoin mining incentivizes renewable energy production, they could move away from fossil fuels as their source of energy.

我們可以採取的措施來復興紐約上州的是邀請比特幣採礦業進入。當然，比特幣礦業公司一開始可能會燃燒一些化石燃料以為其運營提供動力，但是隨著比特幣挖掘激勵可再生能源的能源生產，他們可能會從化石燃料中移開作為能源的來源。

Also, if the likes of Assemblyman Vanel and

另外，如果像議員Vanel和