宾夕法尼亚州共和党人希望通过直接购买比特币使该州成为数字投资的先驱

随着人们对加密货币的兴趣重燃，共和党众议院议员正在努力使宾夕法尼亚州成为数字投资的先驱

As interest in cryptocurrency reignites, Republican lawmakers in the Pennsylvania House are vying to position the state at the forefront of digital investments—a move that skeptics say could pose significant risks to state coffers.

随着人们对加密货币的兴趣重新燃起，宾夕法尼亚州众议院的共和党议员正在竞相将该州置于数字投资的最前沿，怀疑论者称此举可能会给国库带来重大风险。

Rep. Mike Cabell, R-Dallas, introduced House Bill 2664 last week that would make Pennsylvania one of the first states to purchase Bitcoin directly. The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act would permit the state treasurer to allocate up to 10% of the general fund, emergency savings account and state investment fund in cryptocurrency.

达拉斯共和党众议员迈克·卡贝尔 (Mike Cabell) 上周提出了众议院第 2664 号法案，该法案将使宾夕法尼亚州成为首批直接购买比特币的州之一。 《战略比特币储备法》将允许国家财政部长将最多 10% 的普通基金、紧急储蓄账户和国家投资基金分配为加密货币。

According to Cabell, investing in Bitcoin serves as a hedge “against inflation.” The cryptocurrency operates on a decentralized system called blockchain, rendering its value independent of traditional market fluctuations.

卡贝尔表示，投资比特币可以作为“对抗通胀”的对冲工具。加密货币在称为区块链的去中心化系统上运行，使其价值独立于传统市场波动。

However, despite currently riding a wave of enthusiasm following Donald Trump’s victory on a pro-crypto platform, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have a history of volatility that some investors find off-putting. Trump himself stated he was “not a fan” of cryptocurrencies, which he claimed were “based on thin air” in a 2019 tweet, before ultimately shifting his stance on the issue.

然而，尽管唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)在支持加密货币的平台上获胜后，目前掀起了一股热情，但比特币和其他加密货币的波动历史却让一些投资者感到不快。特朗普本人表示，他“不喜欢”加密货币，他在 2019 年的一条推文中声称加密货币“凭空而来”，但最终改变了他在这个问题上的立场。

At the time of this report, a single coin is valued at $92,406.06, and it has enjoyed a consistently upward trend, though day-to-day volatility is currently about double that of gold.

截至本报告发布时，一枚代币的价值为 92,406.06 美元，并且一直呈持续上涨趋势，尽管目前的日常波动性约为黄金的两倍。

There is already precedent for a Bitcoin reserve at the federal level. The U.S. government currently holds an estimated 210,000 Bitcoin, valued at over $19 billion at the time of this writing, which amounts to about 1% of the total Bitcoin in circulation worldwide.

联邦一级设立比特币储备已有先例。美国政府目前估计持有 210,000 个比特币，在撰写本文时价值超过 190 亿美元，约占全球比特币流通总量的 1%。

One major distinction between this stash and the investment being proposed in Pennsylvania is that the federal Bitcoin supply was largely confiscated in the course of prosecuting crime. Cryptocurrency enthusiasts are optimistic about the coin's future prospects under Trump. At the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville in July, the president-elect pledged his support for cryptocurrency, including a plan to create a Bitcoin and Crypto Presidential Advisory Council, build a strategic national Bitcoin stockpile around the existing supply and fire Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler “on day one.”

这一藏匿与宾夕法尼亚州提议的投资之间的一个主要区别是，联邦比特币供应大部分在起诉犯罪过程中被没收。加密货币爱好者对特朗普领导下加密货币的未来前景感到乐观。在 7 月于纳什维尔举行的比特币会议上，候任总统承诺支持加密货币，包括计划创建比特币和加密货币总统咨询委员会、围绕现有供应建立战略性国家比特币库存，并解雇证券交易委员会主席加里詹斯勒“第一天”。

“I will appoint a new SEC chairman who believes America should build the future, not block the future, which is what they’re doing,” Trump said at the event. Gensler has become a target of crypto enthusiasts following several commission lawsuits against major crypto exchanges. Under Gensler's leadership, the commission has maintained the stance that most cryptocurrencies – with the notable exception of Bitcoin itself – are securities, which are heavily regulated.

特朗普在活动中表示：“我将任命一位新的 SEC 主席，他相信美国应该建设未来，而不是阻碍未来，而这正是他们正在做的事情。”在针对主要加密货币交易所提起数起委员会诉讼后，Gensler 已成为加密货币爱好者的目标。在 Gensler 的领导下，该委员会一直坚持这样的立场：大多数加密货币（比特币本身除外）都是受到严格监管的证券。

“We are not afraid to litigate matters, whether against the best-resourced founders, the oldest firms, the newest industries, and yes, the largest crypto exchanges,” Gensler said in a speech last year. Cabell's legislation follows a bill proposed in May, House Bill 2481, that would create a framework for using blockchain and digital assets and bar the state from levying additional taxes on transactions conducted with crypto.

Gensler 在去年的一次演讲中表示：“我们并不害怕提起诉讼，无论是针对资源最丰富的创始人、最古老的公司、最新的行业，还是最大的加密货币交易所。” Cabell 的立法是在 5 月份提出的一项法案（众议院第 2481 号法案）之后进行的，该法案将创建一个使用区块链和数字资产的框架，并禁止国家对使用加密货币进行的交易征收额外税。

A lobbying group called the Satoshi Action Fund has been working with lawmakers across the country to advance Bitcoin-friendly agendas at the state level. The group anticipates that Cabell's legislation will be mirrored in several other states in the coming months, highlighting the economic and environmental benefits of Bitcoin mining.

一个名为“中本聪行动基金”的游说团体一直在与全国各地的立法者合作，在州一级推进比特币友好议程。该组织预计卡贝尔的立法将在未来几个月内推广到其他几个州，突显比特币挖矿的经济和环境效益。

Historically, the heavy energy use required by the computer systems used to mine Bitcoin, along with their production of electronic waste, has made it an environmentally costly currency, raising red flags and even leading to mining bans from state and national governments.

从历史上看，用于开采比特币的计算机系统需要大量消耗能源，并产生电子废物，这使得比特币成为一种环境代价高昂的货币，引发了危险信号，甚至导致州和国家政府颁布采矿禁令。

According to Satoshi, Bitcoin's decentralized nature allows mining operations to be set up anywhere, including locations where miners can capture methane gas to power their work. Advocates see this as an opportunity to partially address emissions from agriculture and the 300,000-700,000 orphan wells across the western half of the state.

中本聪表示，比特币的去中心化特性使得挖矿业务可以在任何地方设立，包括矿工可以捕获甲烷气体来为其工作提供动力的地方。倡导者认为这是一个机会，可以部分解决该州西半部农业和 300,000-700,000 个孤井的排放问题。