众议员基思·阿蒙（Keith Ammon）试图使新罕布什尔州成为第一个投资比特币的州

周二，众议员基思·阿蒙（Keith Ammon）向新罕布什尔州的众议院法案（HB）302讲话，这将使该州的财务主管投资比特币。

On Tuesday, Rep. Keith Ammon addressed a New Hampshire House Ways and Means Committee on House Bill (HB) 302, which would permit the state’s treasurer to invest in bitcoin.

周二，众议员基思·阿蒙（Keith Ammon）向新罕布什尔州的众议院法案（HB）302讲话，这将使该州的财务主管投资比特币。

In speaking to the committee, he brought up the United States’ excessive debt and made the case for the state of New Hampshire to invest in bitcoin as a means to mitigate the ravaging effects of inflation.

在与委员会交谈时，他提出了美国的过分债务，并为新罕布什尔州投资比特币，以此作为减轻通货膨胀影响的一种手段。

As I listened to his petition, I got the sense that Rep. Ammon was a dyed-in-the-wool Bitcoiner, someone inside of the system doing his best to get members of the legislature of the state he calls home to see in bitcoin what he likely saw in it many moons ago.

当我听他的请愿书时，我感觉到众议员Ammon是一位染上了毛病的比特币，系统内部的某人竭尽全力吸引他称之为国家的立法机关的立法机关，他在比特币中看到了他在很多月之前可能看到的东西。

After speaking with Rep. Ammon, I’ve learned that this is, in fact, the case.

与众议员Ammon交谈后，我了解到这实际上是这种情况。

The software developer and self-described “Bitcoin maxi” (who admits to also seeing some value in other blockchains and crypto projects) found Bitcoin two years after its inception and has been spreading the word about it in New Hampshire ever since.

软件开发人员和自我描述的“比特币Maxi”（承认在其他区块链和加密项目中也看到了一些价值）在其成立两年后发现了比特币，此后一直在新罕布什尔州传播有关它的信息。

As the founder of the New Hampshire Blockchain Council and a state representative who is the lead sponsor on the three current Bitcoin- and crypto-related bills in the state that are currently working their way through the legislative process, Rep. Ammon is perhaps the most notable Bitcoin advocate in The Granite State.

作为新罕布什尔州区块链委员会的创始人和一位州代表，是该州目前正在通过立法过程中努力的州三个比特币和加密相关法案的首席赞助商，代表Ammon也许是花岗岩州最著名的比特币主张。

And the story of how he found Bitcoin is bad ass to boot.

以及他如何找到比特币的故事是不好的屁股。

Based on how you spoke at Tuesday’s committee hearing about HB302, I got the impression that you’re a long-time Bitcoiner. Is this the case?

根据您在周二委员会关于HB302的听证会上的讲话，我的印象是您是长期的比特币。是这样吗？

Yes, and I’ll start by going way back. I heard about something called the Free State Project in 2004, and I moved up to New Hampshire to be part of that. Years later, I attended an event called Liberty Forum, which is an annual event put on by the Free State Project. In 2011, there were a bunch of anarchists that didn’t like the agenda of the forum — it was too corporate for them. So, they rented a couple of rooms at the hotel where the event was held and they had their own event, which they called the “Alt Expo”. I wandered into it and just happened to sit in the room. There were maybe six people there. They had a slide projector and they were talking about the precursor to Ripple, or XRP, which was RipplePay. It was pre-blockchain, but it was some kind of system of nodes and you would lend people money and IOUs would flow back and forth. It just didn’t click for me, though. But I kept in touch with that small group of people, and, a few months later, the idea of Bitcoin popped out of another discussion with them. I remember being like, “Wow, this is amazing. This is the thing that is going to change the world.”

是的，我将首先回去。我听说了2004年称为“自由州”项目的东西，然后我搬到了新罕布什尔州，成为其中的一部分。多年后，我参加了一个名为“自由论坛”的活动，这是自由州项目举办的年度活动。在2011年，有很多无政府主义者不喜欢论坛的议程 - 对他们来说太公司了。因此，他们在举行活动的酒店租了几个房间，并举办了自己的活动，他们称之为“ Alt Expo”。我徘徊在房间里。那里可能有六个人。他们有一个幻灯片的投影仪，他们在谈论Ripplepay的Ripple或XRP的前体。这是预块链，但这是某种节点系统，您会借钱，而IOUS会来回流动。不过，它没有为我点击。但是我与那一小群人保持联系，几个月后，比特币与他们的另一个讨论中出来的想法。我记得说：“哇，这太了不起了。这将改变世界。”

Did you grasp it right away?

你马上把它掌握了吗？

I come from a software development background, and I read books like The Creature From Jekyll Island in my early twenties, so my brain was primed to receive the concepts related to Bitcoin and the light bulb went off very early. I had a lot of understanding about big, abstract systems, which is basically what Bitcoin is. But then also the game theory behind it is just amazing. Bitcoin is like a virus that inhabits the human mind and spreads from person to person.

我来自软件开发背景，我二十多岁时阅读了杰基尔岛（Jekyll Island）的生物，所以我的大脑已经准备好接收与比特币有关的概念，灯泡很早就消失了。我对大型抽象系统有很多了解，这基本上就是比特币。但是，背后的游戏理论也真是太神奇了。比特币就像一种病毒，居住在人类的思想中，并在人之间传播。

What has it been like trying to spread it to other members of government?

试图将其传播给其他政府成员是什么感觉？

So, fast forward to 2015 — I was elected to the state legislature. We tried proposing a few Bitcoin-related bills around that time, but nobody understood Bitcoin back then. However, I’ve kept with it, and now it’s at the point where I’m a subject matter expert within our legislature. I’m in my fifth term, and Bitcoin has become more mainstream. Other politicians in New Hampshire reach out to me whenever they hear something positive about Bitcoin. Well, they reach out with negative news, too, but lately, there’s been a lot of positive news. So, I’m finding it a little easier to bring the legislature up to speed.

因此，快进到2015年 - 我当选为州议会。我们尝试在那个时候提出一些与比特币相关的账单，但是那时没人能理解比特币。但是，我一直坚持下去，现在正处于我的立法机关中的主题专家。我处于第五学期，比特币变得更加主流。每当听到对比特币积极的东西时，新罕布什尔州的其他政客都会与我联系。好吧，他们也遇到了负面消息，但是最近，有很多积极的消息。因此，我发现使立法机关加快速度要容易一些。

You’ve done a lot of work shifting the Overton window regarding Bitcoin in New Hampshire. And, in the committee hearing on Tuesday, you talked about using bitcoin as a tool to hedge against U.S. dollar debasement. You mentioned that the U.S. federal government is $36 trillion dollars in debt and that it will have to print more money to meet its debt obligations. How do people in government react when you bring up tough truths like this and propose bitcoin as a solution?

您已经做了很多工作，将有关新罕布什尔州比特币的Overton窗口转移。而且，在周二的委员会听证会上，您谈到了使用比特币作为对冲美元贬值的工具。您提到，美国联邦政府的债务为36万亿美元，必须打印更多的钱才能履行其债务义务。当您提出这样的艰难真理并提出比特币作为解决方案时，政府中的人们会如何反应？

Our national debt is a very harsh reality that people often just overlook. However, there are quite a few gold bugs in our legislature, and they’re from the sound money school of thought. But the majority in the legislature, and just people in general, view the national debt like an asteroid that’s coming

我们的国债是一个非常严厉的现实，人们经常忽略。但是，我们的立法机关中有很多黄金虫子，它们来自良好的思想学校。但是立法机关的大多数人，以及一般的人，都将国债视为即将来临的小行星