眾議員基思·阿蒙（Keith Ammon）試圖使新罕布什爾州成為第一個投資比特幣的州

週二，眾議員基思·阿蒙（Keith Ammon）向新罕布什爾州的眾議院法案（HB）302講話，這將使該州的財務主管投資比特幣。

On Tuesday, Rep. Keith Ammon addressed a New Hampshire House Ways and Means Committee on House Bill (HB) 302, which would permit the state’s treasurer to invest in bitcoin.

週二，眾議員基思·阿蒙（Keith Ammon）向新罕布什爾州的眾議院法案（HB）302講話，這將使該州的財務主管投資比特幣。

In speaking to the committee, he brought up the United States’ excessive debt and made the case for the state of New Hampshire to invest in bitcoin as a means to mitigate the ravaging effects of inflation.

在與委員會交談時，他提出了美國的過分債務，並為新罕布什爾州投資比特幣，以此作為減輕通貨膨脹影響的一種手段。

As I listened to his petition, I got the sense that Rep. Ammon was a dyed-in-the-wool Bitcoiner, someone inside of the system doing his best to get members of the legislature of the state he calls home to see in bitcoin what he likely saw in it many moons ago.

當我聽他的請願書時，我感覺到眾議員Ammon是一位染上了毛病的比特幣，系統內部的某人竭盡全力吸引他稱之為國家的立法機關的立法機關，他在比特幣中看到了他在很多月之前可能看到的東西。

After speaking with Rep. Ammon, I’ve learned that this is, in fact, the case.

與眾議員Ammon交談後，我了解到這實際上是這種情況。

The software developer and self-described “Bitcoin maxi” (who admits to also seeing some value in other blockchains and crypto projects) found Bitcoin two years after its inception and has been spreading the word about it in New Hampshire ever since.

軟件開發人員和自我描述的“比特幣Maxi”（承認在其他區塊鍊和加密項目中也看到了一些價值）在其成立兩年後發現了比特幣，此後一直在新罕布什爾州傳播有關它的信息。

As the founder of the New Hampshire Blockchain Council and a state representative who is the lead sponsor on the three current Bitcoin- and crypto-related bills in the state that are currently working their way through the legislative process, Rep. Ammon is perhaps the most notable Bitcoin advocate in The Granite State.

作為新罕布什爾州區塊鏈委員會的創始人和一位州代表，是該州目前正在通過立法過程中努力的州三個比特幣和加密相關法案的首席贊助商，代表Ammon也許是花崗岩州最著名的比特幣主張。

And the story of how he found Bitcoin is bad ass to boot.

以及他如何找到比特幣的故事是不好的屁股。

Based on how you spoke at Tuesday’s committee hearing about HB302, I got the impression that you’re a long-time Bitcoiner. Is this the case?

根據您在周二委員會關於HB302的聽證會上的講話，我的印像是您是長期的比特幣。是這樣嗎？

Yes, and I’ll start by going way back. I heard about something called the Free State Project in 2004, and I moved up to New Hampshire to be part of that. Years later, I attended an event called Liberty Forum, which is an annual event put on by the Free State Project. In 2011, there were a bunch of anarchists that didn’t like the agenda of the forum — it was too corporate for them. So, they rented a couple of rooms at the hotel where the event was held and they had their own event, which they called the “Alt Expo”. I wandered into it and just happened to sit in the room. There were maybe six people there. They had a slide projector and they were talking about the precursor to Ripple, or XRP, which was RipplePay. It was pre-blockchain, but it was some kind of system of nodes and you would lend people money and IOUs would flow back and forth. It just didn’t click for me, though. But I kept in touch with that small group of people, and, a few months later, the idea of Bitcoin popped out of another discussion with them. I remember being like, “Wow, this is amazing. This is the thing that is going to change the world.”

是的，我將首先回去。我聽說了2004年稱為“自由州”項目的東西，然後我搬到了新罕布什爾州，成為其中的一部分。多年後，我參加了一個名為“自由論壇”的活動，這是自由州項目舉辦的年度活動。在2011年，有很多無政府主義者不喜歡論壇的議程 - 對他們來說太公司了。因此，他們在舉行活動的酒店租了幾個房間，並舉辦了自己的活動，他們稱之為“ Alt Expo”。我徘徊在房間裡。那裡可能有六個人。他們有一個幻燈片的投影儀，他們在談論Ripplepay的Ripple或XRP的前體。這是預塊鏈，但這是某種節點系統，您會藉錢，而IOUS會來回流動。不過，它沒有為我點擊。但是我與那一小群人保持聯繫，幾個月後，比特幣與他們的另一個討論中出來的想法。我記得說：“哇，這太了不起了。這將改變世界。”

Did you grasp it right away?

你馬上把它掌握了嗎？

I come from a software development background, and I read books like The Creature From Jekyll Island in my early twenties, so my brain was primed to receive the concepts related to Bitcoin and the light bulb went off very early. I had a lot of understanding about big, abstract systems, which is basically what Bitcoin is. But then also the game theory behind it is just amazing. Bitcoin is like a virus that inhabits the human mind and spreads from person to person.

我來自軟件開發背景，我二十多歲時閱讀了傑基爾島（Jekyll Island）的生物，所以我的大腦已經準備好接收與比特幣有關的概念，燈泡很早就消失了。我對大型抽象系統有很多了解，這基本上就是比特幣。但是，背後的遊戲理論也真是太神奇了。比特幣就像一種病毒，居住在人類的思想中，並在人之間傳播。

What has it been like trying to spread it to other members of government?

試圖將其傳播給其他政府成員是什麼感覺？

So, fast forward to 2015 — I was elected to the state legislature. We tried proposing a few Bitcoin-related bills around that time, but nobody understood Bitcoin back then. However, I’ve kept with it, and now it’s at the point where I’m a subject matter expert within our legislature. I’m in my fifth term, and Bitcoin has become more mainstream. Other politicians in New Hampshire reach out to me whenever they hear something positive about Bitcoin. Well, they reach out with negative news, too, but lately, there’s been a lot of positive news. So, I’m finding it a little easier to bring the legislature up to speed.

因此，快進到2015年 - 我當選為州議會。我們嘗試在那個時候提出一些與比特幣相關的賬單，但是那時沒人能理解比特幣。但是，我一直堅持下去，現在正處於我的立法機關中的主題專家。我處於第五學期，比特幣變得更加主流。每當聽到對比特幣積極的東西時，新罕布什爾州的其他政客都會與我聯繫。好吧，他們也遇到了負面消息，但是最近，有很多積極的消息。因此，我發現使立法機關加快速度要容易一些。

You’ve done a lot of work shifting the Overton window regarding Bitcoin in New Hampshire. And, in the committee hearing on Tuesday, you talked about using bitcoin as a tool to hedge against U.S. dollar debasement. You mentioned that the U.S. federal government is $36 trillion dollars in debt and that it will have to print more money to meet its debt obligations. How do people in government react when you bring up tough truths like this and propose bitcoin as a solution?

您已經做了很多工作，將有關新罕布什爾州比特幣的Overton窗口轉移。而且，在周二的委員會聽證會上，您談到了使用比特幣作為對沖美元貶值的工具。您提到，美國聯邦政府的債務為36萬億美元，必須打印更多的錢才能履行其債務義務。當您提出這樣的艱難真理並提出比特幣作為解決方案時，政府中的人們會如何反應？

Our national debt is a very harsh reality that people often just overlook. However, there are quite a few gold bugs in our legislature, and they’re from the sound money school of thought. But the majority in the legislature, and just people in general, view the national debt like an asteroid that’s coming

我們的國債是一個非常嚴厲的現實，人們經常忽略。但是，我們的立法機關中有很多黃金蟲子，它們來自良好的思想學校。但是立法機關的大多數人，以及一般的人，都將國債視為即將來臨的小行星