波紋如何指揮比特幣“中國FUD”

2018年的內部波紋電子郵件（在美國證券交易委員會（SEC）（SEC）訴訟中提交的有關未註冊證券銷售的訴訟已重新浮出水面。

Internal emails from 2018, submitted by Ripple in the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit over alleged unregistered securities sales, have resurfaced, offering a glimpse into how Ripple executives and staff actively discussed promoting the narrative that Bitcoin is “controlled by China.”

Ripple在美國證券交易委員會（SEC）提交的有關未註冊證券銷售的訴訟中提交的內部電子郵件已重新浮出水面，對Ripple的高管人員和員工進行了瞥見，如何積極地討論如何促進比特幣“由中國控制”的敘述。

One of the cited emails, labeled "4) China + Bitcoin," contains the following directive: "This feels similar to what Brad and [Redacted] already say publicly about Bitcoin being run by China."

一個被引用的電子郵件之一，標有“ 4）中國 +比特幣”，其中包含以下指令：“這感覺與布拉德和[已編輯]已經公開發表了關於比特幣由中國經營的內容相似。”

Another segment outlines a plan to produce an "insights post" contrasting XRP with other cryptocurrencies: "We could pitch this out as it would get a ton of play as ‘Ripple’s Response to [Redacted].’ Note: This feels like it would run opposite to our current promotion efforts around exchanges. As of right now, we have told all current or future exchanges that we are not able to provide promotion help."

另一個細分市場概述了製作“見解帖子”的計劃，將XRP與其他加密貨幣進行了對比：“我們可以將其提出來，因為它將獲得大量的遊戲，因為'Ripple對[Reclacted]的回應'。注意：這感覺與我們目前圍繞交流的促銷工作相反，我們已經告訴所有當前或將來的交流，我們無法提供促銷服務。”

In addition to these strategic notes, email exchanges among Ripple staff dated July 16, 2018, suggest a detailed, ongoing conversation about how best to frame Bitcoin’s perceived centralization issues. One staff member wrote: "How is the bitcoin/china story different than the one we are already working on with [Redacted]? Are we willing to put someone on the record now to specifically call out bitcoin and ethereum?"

除了這些戰略筆記外，2018年7月16日的連鎖反應人員之間的電子郵件交流還提出了一場詳細的，持續的對話，內容涉及如何最好地構建比特幣的感知集中化問題。一位工作人員寫道：“比特幣/中國的故事與我們已經與[編輯的]一起工作的故事有何不同？我們是否願意將某人列入記錄中，以專門召集比特幣和以太坊？”

A [Redacted] staffer then proposed a meeting: "Can we all circle up sometime today to discuss next steps?" The emails underscore that "China + Bitcoin" was an internal talking point at Ripple, seemingly aimed at highlighting Bitcoin’s alleged vulnerabilities tied to Chinese mining pools in order to promote XRP as "decentralized".

然後，一名[已編輯]員工提出了一次會議：“我們今天可以在某個時候圈出來討論下一步嗎？”這些電子郵件強調了“中國 +比特幣”是Ripple的內部談話點，似乎旨在突出比特幣所謂的與中國採礦池相關的漏洞，以推廣XRP為“分散化”。

These newly surfaced emails come shortly after US President Donald Trump announced the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Notably, leaks have revealed that Ripple opposed a "Bitcoin-only" strategy, lobbying for a more diversified approach that would include XRP, Solana (SOL), and Cardano (ADA). Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse reportedly met with the Trump administration to advocate for broader inclusion of digital assets.

在美國總統唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）宣布美國戰略比特幣保護區之後，這些新浮出水面的電子郵件發出了不久。值得注意的是，洩漏表明，波紋反對“只有比特幣”的策略，遊說採用更多元化的方法，其中包括XRP，Solana（Sol）（Sol）和Cardano（ADA）。據報導，Ripple首席執行官布拉德·加林豪斯（Brad Garlinghouse）會見了特朗普政府，倡導更廣泛地包括數字資產。

Publicly, Ripple’s lobbying efforts have been positioned as part of a campaign to shape crypto-friendly regulations. However, critics assert that Ripple’s behind-the-scenes work—evidenced by the leaked emails—took on a distinctly anti-Bitcoin tone.

公開場合，Ripple的遊說工作被定位為塑造加密友好法規的運動的一部分。但是，批評家斷言，Ripple的幕後作品（由洩漏的電子郵件都證明）以明顯的反比位幣音調。

Critics quickly seized upon an October 9, 2018 tweet from Ripple CTO David “JoelKatz” Schwartz (@JoelKatz), which stated: “A new study shows China controls 74% of bitcoin. Does that sound decentralized to you?” According to critics, this tweet closely aligns with the July 2018 email discussions, suggesting a concerted PR strategy to depict Bitcoin as centralized.

評論家迅速抓住了2018年10月9日的推文，來自Ripple CTO David“ Joelkatz” Schwartz（@Joelkatz），該推文說：“一項新的研究表明，中國控制了比特幣的74％。這聽起來對您分散了嗎？”根據評論家的說法，這條推文與2018年7月的電子郵件討論非常吻合，這表明將一致的公關策略描繪為將比特幣描述為集中。

Longtime XRP skeptic Pierre Rochard, VP of Research at Riot Platforms, Inc., responded on X: “I don’t respect David Schwartz, Ripple, or XRP. For the past decade their marketing strategy to hype their pre-mined altcoin has been to buy and promote anti-bitcoin disinformation while pretending that banks want to use XRP (they don’t). They’ll say and do anything to advance their centralized garbage ‘technology’ that has zero utility.”

Riot Platforms，Inc。的研究副總裁Pierre Rochard長期XRP Pierre Rochard在X上做出了回應：“我不尊重David Schwartz，Ripple或XRP。在過去的十年中，他們的營銷策略炒作了預定的Altcoin一直是在假裝銀行想使用XRP的同時購買和促進反比位幣虛假信息（它們不）。他們會說並做任何事情來推進其集中式垃圾“技術”，該垃圾的實用性為零。”

Rochard also added: “Brad Garlinghouse did his best to smear Bitcoin as bad for the environment and controlled by China. Disinformation. The truth won, he lost.”

羅沙德還補充說：“布拉德·加林豪斯（Brad Garlinghouse）竭盡全力將比特幣塗抹為對環境的不利，並由中國控制。虛假信息。真相贏了，他輸了。”

Ripple’s Long History Of Anti-Bitcoin Marketing

Ripple悠久的反幣幣營銷歷史

Remarkably, Ripple has a long history of attacking Bitcoin. Ripple’s co-founder and executive chairman, Chris Larsen, has been a vocal advocate for shifting Bitcoin’s consensus mechanism from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS). In March 2022, Larsen personally funded a $5 million Greenpeace USA campaign called “Change the Code,” aimed at pressuring Bitcoin developers and prominent industry figures to alter Bitcoin’s mining protocol.

值得注意的是，Ripple具有較長的攻擊比特幣的歷史。 Ripple的聯合創始人兼執行董事長Chris Larsen一直是將比特幣共識機制從工作證明（POW）轉移到股份證明（POS）的聲音倡導者。 2022年3月，拉爾森（Larsen）親自資助了一項耗資500萬美元的綠色和平組織，稱為“ Change The Code”，旨在向比特幣開發商和著名行業數字施加壓力，以改變比特幣的採礦協議。

Despite high-profile advertising and an attention-grabbing art installation by Benjamin Von Wong—the “Skull of Satoshi”—the campaign backfired spectacularly. Bitcoiners embraced it as “badass,” co-opting it as a mascot. On March 25, 2023, Von Wong posted a Twitter thread admitting he’d been “wrong” to view Bitcoin’s environmental impact as a “black-and-white issue.”

儘管備受矚目的廣告以及本傑明·馮·黃（Benjamin von Wong）（“薩托什（Satoshi）的頭骨”）的誘人藝術裝置，但這項運動非常壯觀。比特幣將其視為“壞蛋”，以吉祥物的身份選擇它。 2023年3月25日，馮·王（Von Wong）發布了一個Twitter線程，他承認他“錯誤”將比特幣的環境影響視為“黑白問題”。

After engaging with Bitcoin advocates online, he acknowledged that mining’s energy dynamics were complex—PoW could drive renewable adoption rather than just harm the planet. He shifted from advocating a code change to suggesting Bitcoiners “work within the system” to green the network, a notable pivot from the campaign’s original intent. Greenpeace, however, doubled down, continuing to tour the skull to push its message, despite Von Wong’s softened rhetoric.

在與比特幣倡導者在線互動後，他承認採礦的能源動力很複雜 - 可以推動可再生的採用，而不僅僅是傷害地球。他從提倡的代碼更改轉變為建議比特幣“在系統中工作”到綠色網絡，這是廣告系列原始意圖的顯著樞紐。然而，儘管馮·王（Von Wong）的言論軟化，綠色和平組織（Green Pearce）加倍，繼續遊覽頭骨以推動其信息。

At press time, BTC traded at $81,593.

發稿時，BTC的交易價格為81,593美元。