泰國將使用比特幣（BTC）促進外國遊客在普吉島購屋

1月初，泰國總理皮查伊·春哈瓦吉拉(Pichai Chunhavajira)宣布了一項試點計劃，允許外國遊客在普吉島使用數位貨幣進行支付。

Thailand is set to begin a pilot program that will allow foreign tourists in Phuket to use digital currencies for payments.

泰國將啟動一項試點計劃，允許普吉島的外國遊客使用數位貨幣進行支付。

The program was announced by Deputy PM Pichai Chunhavajira at a seminar organized by the Marketing Association of Thailand on Monday. It aims to make paying for large purchases like houses easier and boost the local economy.

該計劃是副總理皮查伊·春哈瓦吉拉 (Pichai Chunhavajira) 週一在泰國行銷協會組織的研討會上宣布的。它的目的是讓支付房屋等大宗商品的費用變得更容易，並促進當地經濟。

Chunhavajira specifically mentioned how those who fled the war in Ukraine and settled in Phuket could use BTC to buy a house. The process would involve registering with an approved Thai exchange, verifying their identity, and then moving the digital currency to a clearing house for conversion into Thai Baht.

Chunhavajira 特別提到了那些逃離烏克蘭戰爭並在普吉島定居的人如何使用 BTC 買房。該過程將涉及在經批准的泰國交易所註冊，驗證其身份，然後將數位貨幣轉移到清算所以轉換為泰銖。

“Those who fled the Russia-Ukraine war and settled in Phuket might find it difficult to obtain 50 million baht to purchase a house. However, paying with Bitcoin could be a much simpler process,” Chunhavajira said.

「那些逃離俄羅斯和烏克蘭戰爭並定居在普吉島的人可能會發現很難獲得5000萬泰銖買房。然而，用比特幣支付可能是一個更簡單的過程，」Chunhavajira 說。

No new laws will be required before the pilot launches. Everything will operate within the existing legal framework, making it simple and easy to use Bitcoin and other digital currencies as cash in Phuket.

在試點啟動之前不需要製定新的法律。一切都將在現有的法律框架內運作，使得在普吉島使用比特幣和其他數位貨幣作為現金變得簡單和容易。

Those who have been involved in Bitcoin for a long time will know that the digital gold narrative is relatively new. Bitcoin was always supposed to be a peer-to-peer electronic cash system, as the excerpt of the white paper makes abundantly clear.

長期接觸比特幣的人都會知道，數位黃金的敘事相對較新。正如白皮書的摘錄所表明的那樣，比特幣一直被認為是一種點對點電子現金系統。

Of course, thanks to the radical and irreversible changes made to BTC by Blockstream, BTC transactions are now limited to the type of large purchases mentioned by the Thai Deputy PM. Phuket tourists will be unlikely to pay for meals out and beers with BTC unless they know how to navigate the convoluted mess that is the Lightning Network.

當然，由於Blockstream對BTC進行了徹底且不可逆轉的改變，BTC交易現在僅限於泰國副總理提到的大筆購買類型。普吉島遊客不太可能用比特幣支付外出用餐和啤酒的費用，除非他們知道如何應對閃電網路這一錯綜複雜的混亂局面。

While BTC will do fine for large purchases like houses, the Thai government should also pilot BSV, making small, casual transactions like paying for a beer or a meal out possible. Thai citizens would also benefit from using a powerful micropayment system.

雖然 BTC 對於房屋等大額購買來說效果很好，但泰國政府也應該試用 BSV，使小額、隨意的交易成為可能，例如支付啤酒或外出就餐的費用。泰國公民也將受益於使用強大的小額支付系統。

In any case, it’s great to see Bitcoin being used for its original purpose—payments. If the Phuket pilot is successful, hopefully, it will be rolled out nationwide and further afield across Southeast Asia and elsewhere. As the idea of using digital currencies rather than holding them for fiat gains takes root, the most efficient systems will begin to shine.

無論如何，很高興看到比特幣被用於其最初的目的——支付。如果普吉島試點成功，預計在全國推廣到東南亞和其他地區。隨著使用數位貨幣而不是持有數位貨幣以獲得法定收益的想法深入人心，最高效的系統將開始大放異彩。

Sooner or later, governments and their citizens will discover how transparent, low-fee peer-to-peer payments can boost their economies, reduce fraud, and unleash new business models and possibilities. Pilots like these will get us there, one at a time!

政府及其公民遲早會發現透明、低費用的點對點支付如何促進經濟發展、減少詐欺並釋放新的商業模式和可能性。像這樣的飛行員會把我們帶到那裡，一次一個！

Watch: New age of payment solutions

觀看：支付解決方案的新時代