魯帕姆·賈恩（Rupam Jain）

不丹的喜馬拉雅國家正在探索使用水電來挖掘和利用綠色加密貨幣的方法，以增強其經濟並創造就業機會以減少大腦排水

The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is looking into ways to mine and leverage green cryptocurrencies using its hydropower in order to boost the economy and create jobs to reduce brain drain, the chief executive of its sovereign wealth fund said.

其主權財富基金的首席執行官說，不丹喜馬拉雅王國正在研究使用水力發電來挖掘和利用綠色加密貨幣的方法，以促進經濟並創造就業機會，以減少腦力消耗。

Sandwiched between Asian giants India and China, Bhutan has earned millions of dollars in recent years by investing in some of the world’s most popular cryptocurrencies and used some of its profit to pay government salaries for two years, two senior officials in Thimphu, the capital stated.

首都說，不丹夾在亞洲巨人印度和中國之間，近年來通過投資世界上一些最受歡迎的加密貨幣，賺了數百萬美元，並利用其一些利潤來支付政府薪水兩年，兩名高級官員在Thimphu表示。

"We are a nation that runs 100% on hydropower, and every digital coin we mine in Bhutan using hydropower offsets that coin which gets mined using fossil fuels," said Ujjwal Deep Dahal, the CEO of the fund, Druk Holding and Investments Ltd.

該基金DRUK Holding and Investments Ltdd的首席執行官Ujjjwal Deep Dahal表示：“我們是一個在水力發電上運行100％的國家，我們在不丹使用的每種數字硬幣都使用水力發電偏移來使用化石燃料來挖掘的水電偏移。”

"So a coin mined in Bhutan will contribute to the green economy," he told Reuters on Tuesday.

他週二對路透社說：“因此，在不丹開采的硬幣將為綠色經濟做出貢獻。”

Dahal said the fund, which controls the country’s only power generation utility, began adding cryptocurrencies to its portfolio in 2019, seeing virtual currencies as a tactical investment and a gamechanger for the country.

達哈爾（Dahal）表示，控制該國唯一的發電公用事業的基金開始在2019年增加加密貨幣，將虛擬貨幣視為一種戰術投資，並且是該國的gamechanger。

Bhutan is famed for its Gross National Happiness index, an economic gauge that incorporates factors ignored by the usual measures of gross domestic product, such as recreation, emotional well-being and sustainability.

不丹以其總的國民幸福指數而聞名，這是一種經濟規格，其中結合了因娛樂，情感幸福和可持續性等通常的國內生產總值措施而忽略的因素。

It uses hydropower to operate energy-guzzling supercomputers to create digital assets that can be added to the blockchain.

它使用水力發電來操作耗能的超級計算機來創建可以添加到區塊鏈中的數字資產。

Officials are exploring whether large conglomerates could buy Bhutan’s “green” coins to meet their targets on environmental, social and governance norms.

官員們正在探索大型企業集團是否可以購買不丹的“綠色”硬幣來滿足他們在環境，社會和治理規範方面的目標。

"Bitcoin has not just given more value to hydropower energy, it has also increased access to liquidity in foreign currency," said Dahal, who added that training Bhutan's young people in blockchain and AI techniques would fuel jobs.

達哈爾說：“比特幣不僅給水力發電能源提供了更多的價值，而且還增加了外幣流動性的機會。”

The nation of about 800,000 is battling an exodus of young, educated people. The government estimates that more than a tenth of its young people sought greener pastures between 2022 and 2023, taking unemployment in that age group to 16.5% in 2024.

大約80萬的國家正在與年輕，受過教育的人的出現作鬥爭。政府估計，在2022年至2023年之間，超過十分之一的年輕人尋求更綠色的牧場，使該年齡段的失業率在2024年達到16.5％。

Analysts said that Bhutan’s ambitious plan to become the capital of green digital currency depends on expanding its hydropower generation to a potential of 33 gigawatts versus existing capacity of about 3.5 gigawatts.

分析師說，不丹成為綠色數字貨幣首都的雄心勃勃的計劃取決於將其水力發電的生成擴大到33吉瓦的潛力，而現有能力約為3.5吉瓦。

"We have plans to generate 15 gigawatts in the next 10 to 15 years," Dahal added.

達哈爾補充說：“我們計劃在未來10至15年內產生15吉瓦。”