不丹采用加密货币储备战略，为小国树立榜样

Bhutan, a small country in South Asia, is making big waves in the crypto world. The Kingdom, which populates roughly 770,000 people and lies between India, China and Nepal, just made headlines after one of its cities adopted a crypto reserve strategy. This includes bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), and Binance’s BNB token (BNB).

不丹，一个南亚小国，正在加密世界掀起波澜。这个拥有约 77 万人口、位于印度、中国和尼泊尔之间的王国在其一个城市采取加密货币储备战略后刚刚成为头条新闻。这包括比特币 (BTC)、以太坊 (ETH) 和币安的 BNB 代币 (BNB)。

El Salvador has previously made bitcoin part of the country’s national reserve and several other countries, including the United States, are considering taking similar measures to strengthen its already robust economy.

萨尔瓦多此前已将比特币纳入该国国家储备，包括美国在内的其他几个国家正在考虑采取类似措施来加强其本已强劲的经济。

But Bhutan could set an example for smaller countries, where making crypto part of their national reserve strategy could have an enormous economic impact.

但不丹可以为小国树立榜样，将加密货币纳入其国家储备战略可能会产生巨大的经济影响。

“They are coming out guns loaded to show the world what’s possible in the digital asset space by bringing in foreign companies to help take advantage of the growing global interest in crypto as a whole,” said Phillip Shoemaker, executive director of Identity.com, a non-profit organization providing decentralized identity verification.

Identity.com 执行董事 Phillip Shoemaker 表示：“他们正拿出枪来，向世界展示数字资产领域的可能性，通过引入外国公司来帮助利用全球对加密货币日益增长的兴趣。”提供去中心化身份验证的非营利组织。

“I see this move as potentially triggering similar actions among other governments around the world, especially in smaller countries that are subject to the whims of foreign-exchange volatility and geo-political uncertainty,” he said.

他表示：“我认为此举可能会引发世界其他国家政府采取类似行动，特别是那些受到外汇波动和地缘政治不确定性影响的小国。”

According to a report by the World Bank in May this year, although Bhutan does have a fairly robust economy, downside risks persist as the country’s fiscal deficit is expected to widen. To ensure economic growth, it needs to attract more foreign investments, the report suggested.

世界银行今年5月的一份报告显示，尽管不丹经济确实相当强劲，但由于该国财政赤字预计将扩大，下行风险依然存在。报告建议，为了确保经济增长，需要吸引更多外国投资。

Bhutan listened and acted by creating Gelephu Mindfulness City, the region that is adopting crypto as part of its goal of “mindfulness, sustainability, and innovation.”

不丹倾听并采取行动，创建了 Gelephu 正念城市，该地区正在采用加密货币作为其“正念、可持续发展和创新”目标的一部分。

“The special economic zone being created helps to attract foreign investment, so its accumulation of digital assets more generally could be really compelling at the international level,” Shoemaker said.

“正在创建的经济特区有助于吸引外国投资，因此其数字资产的积累在更广泛的范围内可能在国际层面上真正引人注目，”舒梅克说。

Bhutan was already well positioned for this move. The country has an estimated 24,000 megawatts of technically feasible hydropower potential, of which it has so far only developed about 7%.

不丹已经为这一举措做好了充分准备。该国估计拥有 24,000 兆瓦技术上可行的水电潜力，但迄今为止仅开发了约 7%。

“It gets so much electricity from hydro sources, after all, and it makes sense for them to lean into the mining aspect of it,” said Shoemaker.

舒梅克说：“毕竟，它从水力资源中获得了如此多的电力，他们转向采矿方面是有道理的。”

Bitcoin mining requires enormous energy which has sparked concerns about the negative environmental impact of crypto mining. However, use of hydropower solves that problem as it is much more cost efficient and reduces miners’ carbon footprint.

比特币挖矿需要巨大的能源，这引发了人们对加密货币挖矿对环境造成负面影响的担忧。然而，使用水力发电解决了这个问题，因为它更具成本效益并减少了矿工的碳足迹。

In April 2019, the country started using its massive amounts of hydropower to start mining bitcoin, according to an article by Forbes. Today, the country owns over 11,000 bitcoin, according to data on Arkham. This puts Bhutan among the top five countries to hold bitcoin in its reserves, according to BitcoinTreasuries data.

据福布斯报道，2019 年 4 月，该国开始利用大量水力发电来开采比特币。根据 Arkham 的数据，如今该国拥有超过 11,000 枚比特币。根据 BitcoinTreasuries 的数据，这使得不丹成为持有比特币储备最多的五个国家之一。

“Bitcoin mining, in particular, is such a good tool for leveraging various forms of renewable and stranded energy,” said Jagdeep Sidhu, Core Developer at Syscoin and President of the Syscoin Foundation. “I imagine that other governments are increasingly looking at Bhutan as an example of how to launch their own Bitcoin reserves, especially countries that have abundant sources of energy that could otherwise be wasted.”

Syscoin 核心开发人员兼 Syscoin 基金会主席 Jagdeep Sidhu 表示：“尤其是比特币挖矿，它是利用各种形式的可再生能源和搁浅能源的一个很好的工具。” “我想其他国家的政府越来越多地将不丹视为如何启动自己的比特币储备的例子，特别是那些拥有丰富能源的国家，否则这些能源可能会被浪费。”