“NFT 创建者马尔科姆”在 2024 年选举中成为加密货币的“水管工乔”

一位公开名为马尔科姆·德戈兹 (Malcolm DeGods) 的人问了一个简单的问题，他的真实姓名已在本文中得到验证，并同意保持匿名。

A person known publicly as Malcolm DeGods, whose real name was verified for this story with the agreement to keep his identity anonymous, asked a simple but pointed question on May 10th to Donald Trump about crypto that instantly elevated the issue of crypto to the Presidential election, revealed how Trump would be favorable to the crypto industry, and just last Tuesday started accepting crypto donations with a vow to build a ‘crypto army’.

一位公开名为 Malcolm DeGods 的人（其真实姓名已在本文中得到验证，并同意匿名）于 5 月 10 日向唐纳德·特朗普提出了一个关于加密货币的简单但尖锐的问题，这立即将加密货币问题提升到了总统选举的高度透露了特朗普将如何支持加密货币行业，并于上周二开始接受加密货币捐赠，并发誓要建立一支“加密货币军队”。

Right after the event at Mar-a-Lago, I had the opportunity to interview DeGods about his question and Trump’s answer, which one of his colleagues made a video of that quickly went viral on X. I found the interview with DeGods, who explained how he came to be at the event in the first place, why he was wearing pit viper sunglasses, and provided a glimpse into what crypto culture is all about.

海湖庄园的活动结束后，我有机会就他的问题和特朗普的回答采访了 DeGods，他的一位同事制作了一段视频，很快就在 X 上疯传。我找到了对 DeGods 的采访，他解释道他最初是如何参加这次活动的，为什么他戴着毒蛇太阳镜，并让我们了解了加密文化的全部内容。

DeGods explained how, “the collect Trump NFT trading cards sent us an invite [to Mar-a-Lago] to help build community and culture.” He shared that he and his team had VIP access, meaning he would be in a section during the event where he knew he would have a chance to ask Trump a question.

DeGods 解释道，“收集特朗普 NFT 交易卡向我们发出了[前往海湖庄园]的邀请，以帮助建立社区和文化。”他表示，他和他的团队有 VIP 访问权限，这意味着他知道活动期间他将身处一个区域，有机会向特朗普提问。

In the now famous exchange, Trump then called on DeGods by saying, “You in the goggles”. DeGods then asked, “...why a lot of the smartest people in crypto are moving their businesses out of the U.S. because of like the U.S.’s regulations.” Trump then responded, “Because of the hostility...Crypto is moving out of the U.S. because of hostility toward crypto”. DeGods stood his ground and asked, “So, what are you going to do to stop it?” Trump answered, “Well, we’ll stop it because I don’t want that...If we’re going to embrace it, we have to let them be here”.

在现在著名的对话中，特朗普随后对 DeGods 说：“你戴着护目镜”。 DeGods 随后问道：“......为什么许多加密货币领域最聪明的人都因为美国的法规而将他们的业务迁出美国。”特朗普随后回应道，“由于敌意......由于对加密货币的敌意，加密货币正在退出美国”。帝神坚持己见，问道：“那么，你打算怎么阻止呢？”特朗普回答说：“好吧，我们会阻止它，因为我不希望这样……如果我们要接受它，我们就必须让他们在这里”。

When asked about his pit viper sunglasses, DeGods revealed it was from the crypto coin Mog (MOG), a meme coin where a cat is wearing pit vipers. “Mog is about a tokenized crypto community of winning and domination, and Trump embodies tenets of domination in all realms and winning,” said DeGods.

当被问及他的毒蛇太阳镜时，DeGods 透露这是来自加密货币 Mog (MOG)，这是一种模因硬币，其中一只猫戴着毒蛇。 DeGods 表示：“Mog 是一个关于胜利和统治的代币化加密货币社区，而特朗普体现了在所有领域的统治和胜利的原则。”

As he was clearly excited at the success of his question in the video, he also realized how important this was to those in the cryptocurrency business. DeGods explained his involvement in the business where he started an early NFT collection on Solana before it became popular to do so. According to DeGods, the community that was built represents the most culturally relevant crypto community on crypto twitter. Describing his crypto community as having a ‘degenerate punk sort of vibe’, DeGods said, “We’re not building a typical business. This is about crypto culture and community building.”

由于他对视频中问题的成功显然感到兴奋，他也意识到这对于加密货币行业的人来说有多么重要。 DeGods 解释了他对这项业务的参与，在 Solana 流行之前，他在 Solana 上开始了早期的 NFT 收藏。据 DeGods 称，所建立的社区代表了加密推特上与文化最相关的加密社区。 DeGods 将他的加密货币社区描述为具有“堕落朋克氛围”，“我们不是在建立一个典型的业务。这是关于加密文化和社区建设的。”

I asked DeGods to help explain to my readers what it means to be a ‘degenerate’ in crypto. DeGods stated it is a philosophy that embodies, “...a willingness to make very large bets that to a normal person would seem ludicrous and then repeat these risky bets over and over again.”

我请 DeGods 帮助我的读者解释加密货币中的“堕落”意味着什么。 DeGods 表示，这是一种哲学，体现了“……愿意下很大的赌注，这对于普通人来说似乎是可笑的，然后一遍又一遍地重复这些冒险的赌注。”

When asked what the motivation was for him to ask the question, DeGods said, “...as a crypto-native, Gensler’s hawkish stance for crypto has been not encouraging to a lot of us. Biden appointed Gensler I believe as a proxy of his Administration, making Biden coming off as potentially anti-crypto.” DeGods further explained that for many in his community and in the broader crypto industry, “...crypto is their livelihood, their way of breaking out of the system and leading a prosperous life.”

当被问及他提出这个问题的动机是什么时，DeGods 表示：“……作为一名加密货币本地人，Gensler 对加密货币的鹰派立场并没有让我们很多人感到鼓舞。我相信拜登任命詹斯勒为他的政府的代理人，这让拜登看起来像是潜在的反加密货币。” DeGods 进一步解释说，对于他的社区和更广泛的加密行业中的许多人来说，“......加密是他们的生计，是他们突破系统并过上繁荣生活的方式。”

“Whether it’s Gensler, or Biden not knowing anything about crypto, or the general lack of clarity, it becomes very personal so when I went to go ask Trump about crypto businesses in America, I felt that I was voicing the opinion of a lot of us,” said DeGods. DeGods believes his community feels encouraged and accepted by the simple fact of hearing Trump talking about crypto. “Trump saying the word rallies the entire industry to back him,” said DeGods.

“无论是 Gensler，还是拜登对加密货币一无所知，还是普遍缺乏明确性，这都变得非常个人化，所以当我去向特朗普询问美国的加密货币业务时，我觉得我表达了很多人的观点我们，”DeGods 说道。 DeGods 认为，听到特朗普谈论加密货币这一简单事实，他的社区感到受到鼓舞和接受。德戈兹说：“特朗普说出这句话，整个行业都团结起来支持他。”

I asked DeGods if the answer he heard meant he personally would vote for Trump. DeGods said, “I don’t consider myself a single issue voter, but it will sway a lot of votes toward Trump.” DeGods said most politicians underestimate the deep pockets in crypto that will donate to politicians.

我问 DeGods，他听到的答案是否意味着他个人会投票给特朗普。 DeGods 表示，“我不认为自己是单一问题的选民，但这会让很多选票转向特朗普。” DeGods 表示，大多数政客低估了将捐赠给政客的加密货币资金。

DeGods then shared something a couple of weeks ago during this interview that turned out to be very prescient. “If Trump opens up a campaign donation wallet, it would immediately receive tens of millions of dollars of donations. That is going to create a lot of polarity between Democrats and Republicans, since Trump has been the first mover,” said DeGods. DeGods went on to say the industry should, “...expect a lot of slander against crypto as a result [of Trump accepting crypto donations].”

几周前，DeGods 在这次采访中分享了一些内容，结果证明这是非常有先见之明的。 “如果特朗普打开竞选捐款钱包，将立即收到数千万美元的捐款。这将在民主党和共和党之间造成很大的对立，因为特朗普是先行者，”德戈兹说。 DeGods 继续表示，该行业应该“……由于（特朗普接受加密货币捐赠），预计会出现很多针对加密货币的诽谤。”

As to why he is bullish on the space, DeGods said, “If you go to a crypto conference in the U.S., you will find a vast majority of the attendees are PhD.

至于他为什么看好这个领域，DeGods 表示，“如果你去美国参加一个加密货币会议，你会发现绝大多数与会者都是博士。