波纹如何指挥比特币“中国FUD”

2018年的内部波纹电子邮件（在美国证券交易委员会（SEC）（SEC）诉讼中提交的有关未注册证券销售的诉讼已重新浮出水面。

Internal emails from 2018, submitted by Ripple in the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit over alleged unregistered securities sales, have resurfaced, offering a glimpse into how Ripple executives and staff actively discussed promoting the narrative that Bitcoin is “controlled by China.”

Ripple在美国证券交易委员会（SEC）提交的有关未注册证券销售的诉讼中提交的内部电子邮件已重新浮出水面，对Ripple的高管人员和员工进行了瞥见，如何积极地讨论如何促进比特币“由中国控制”的叙述。

One of the cited emails, labeled "4) China + Bitcoin," contains the following directive: "This feels similar to what Brad and [Redacted] already say publicly about Bitcoin being run by China."

一个被引用的电子邮件之一，标有“ 4）中国 +比特币”，其中包含以下指令：“这感觉与布拉德和[已编辑]已经公开发表了关于比特币由中国经营的内容相似。”

Another segment outlines a plan to produce an "insights post" contrasting XRP with other cryptocurrencies: "We could pitch this out as it would get a ton of play as ‘Ripple’s Response to [Redacted].’ Note: This feels like it would run opposite to our current promotion efforts around exchanges. As of right now, we have told all current or future exchanges that we are not able to provide promotion help."

另一个细分市场概述了制作“见解帖子”的计划，将XRP与其他加密货币进行了对比：“我们可以将其提出来，因为它将获得大量的游戏，因为'Ripple对[Reclacted]的回应'。注意：这感觉与我们目前围绕交流的促销工作相反，我们已经告诉所有当前或将来的交流，我们无法提供促销服务。”

In addition to these strategic notes, email exchanges among Ripple staff dated July 16, 2018, suggest a detailed, ongoing conversation about how best to frame Bitcoin’s perceived centralization issues. One staff member wrote: "How is the bitcoin/china story different than the one we are already working on with [Redacted]? Are we willing to put someone on the record now to specifically call out bitcoin and ethereum?"

除了这些战略笔记外，2018年7月16日的连锁反应人员之间的电子邮件交流还提出了一场详细的，持续的对话，内容涉及如何最好地构建比特币的感知集中化问题。一位工作人员写道：“比特币/中国的故事与我们已经与[编辑的]一起工作的故事有何不同？我们是否愿意将某人列入记录中，以专门召集比特币和以太坊？”

A [Redacted] staffer then proposed a meeting: "Can we all circle up sometime today to discuss next steps?" The emails underscore that "China + Bitcoin" was an internal talking point at Ripple, seemingly aimed at highlighting Bitcoin’s alleged vulnerabilities tied to Chinese mining pools in order to promote XRP as "decentralized".

然后，一名[已编辑]员工提出了一次会议：“我们今天可以在某个时候圈出来讨论下一步吗？”这些电子邮件强调了“中国 +比特币”是Ripple的内部谈话点，似乎旨在突出比特币所谓的与中国采矿池相关的漏洞，以推广XRP为“分散化”。

These newly surfaced emails come shortly after US President Donald Trump announced the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Notably, leaks have revealed that Ripple opposed a "Bitcoin-only" strategy, lobbying for a more diversified approach that would include XRP, Solana (SOL), and Cardano (ADA). Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse reportedly met with the Trump administration to advocate for broader inclusion of digital assets.

在美国总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）宣布美国战略比特币保护区之后，这些新浮出水面的电子邮件发出了不久。值得注意的是，泄漏表明，波纹反对“只有比特币”的策略，游说采用更多元化的方法，其中包括XRP，Solana（Sol）（Sol）和Cardano（ADA）。据报道，Ripple首席执行官布拉德·加林豪斯（Brad Garlinghouse）会见了特朗普政府，倡导更广泛地包括数字资产。

Publicly, Ripple’s lobbying efforts have been positioned as part of a campaign to shape crypto-friendly regulations. However, critics assert that Ripple’s behind-the-scenes work—evidenced by the leaked emails—took on a distinctly anti-Bitcoin tone.

公开场合，Ripple的游说工作被定位为塑造加密友好法规的运动的一部分。但是，批评家断言，Ripple的幕后作品（由泄漏的电子邮件都证明）以明显的反比位币音调。

Critics quickly seized upon an October 9, 2018 tweet from Ripple CTO David “JoelKatz” Schwartz (@JoelKatz), which stated: “A new study shows China controls 74% of bitcoin. Does that sound decentralized to you?” According to critics, this tweet closely aligns with the July 2018 email discussions, suggesting a concerted PR strategy to depict Bitcoin as centralized.

评论家迅速抓住了2018年10月9日的推文，来自Ripple CTO David“ Joelkatz” Schwartz（@Joelkatz），该推文说：“一项新的研究表明，中国控制了比特币的74％。这听起来对您分散了吗？”根据评论家的说法，这条推文与2018年7月的电子邮件讨论非常吻合，这表明将一致的公关策略描绘为将比特币描述为集中。

Longtime XRP skeptic Pierre Rochard, VP of Research at Riot Platforms, Inc., responded on X: “I don’t respect David Schwartz, Ripple, or XRP. For the past decade their marketing strategy to hype their pre-mined altcoin has been to buy and promote anti-bitcoin disinformation while pretending that banks want to use XRP (they don’t). They’ll say and do anything to advance their centralized garbage ‘technology’ that has zero utility.”

Riot Platforms，Inc。的研究副总裁Pierre Rochard长期XRP Pierre Rochard在X上做出了回应：“我不尊重David Schwartz，Ripple或XRP。在过去的十年中，他们的营销策略炒作了预定的Altcoin一直是在假装银行想使用XRP的同时购买和促进反比位币虚假信息（它们不）。他们会说并做任何事情来推进其集中式垃圾“技术”，该垃圾的实用性为零。”

Rochard also added: “Brad Garlinghouse did his best to smear Bitcoin as bad for the environment and controlled by China. Disinformation. The truth won, he lost.”

罗沙德还补充说：“布拉德·加林豪斯（Brad Garlinghouse）竭尽全力将比特币涂抹为对环境的不利，并由中国控制。虚假信息。真相赢了，他输了。”

Ripple’s Long History Of Anti-Bitcoin Marketing

Ripple悠久的反币币营销历史

Remarkably, Ripple has a long history of attacking Bitcoin. Ripple’s co-founder and executive chairman, Chris Larsen, has been a vocal advocate for shifting Bitcoin’s consensus mechanism from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS). In March 2022, Larsen personally funded a $5 million Greenpeace USA campaign called “Change the Code,” aimed at pressuring Bitcoin developers and prominent industry figures to alter Bitcoin’s mining protocol.

值得注意的是，Ripple具有较长的攻击比特币的历史。 Ripple的联合创始人兼执行董事长Chris Larsen一直是将比特币共识机制从工作证明（POW）转移到股份证明（POS）的声音倡导者。 2022年3月，拉尔森（Larsen）亲自资助了一项耗资500万美元的绿色和平组织，称为“ Change The Code”，旨在向比特币开发商和著名行业数字施加压力，以改变比特币的采矿协议。

Despite high-profile advertising and an attention-grabbing art installation by Benjamin Von Wong—the “Skull of Satoshi”—the campaign backfired spectacularly. Bitcoiners embraced it as “badass,” co-opting it as a mascot. On March 25, 2023, Von Wong posted a Twitter thread admitting he’d been “wrong” to view Bitcoin’s environmental impact as a “black-and-white issue.”

尽管备受瞩目的广告以及本杰明·冯·黄（Benjamin von Wong）（“萨托什（Satoshi）的头骨”）的诱人艺术装置，但这项运动非常壮观。比特币将其视为“坏蛋”，以吉祥物的身份选择它。 2023年3月25日，冯·王（Von Wong）发布了一个Twitter线程，他承认他“错误”将比特币的环境影响视为“黑白问题”。

After engaging with Bitcoin advocates online, he acknowledged that mining’s energy dynamics were complex—PoW could drive renewable adoption rather than just harm the planet. He shifted from advocating a code change to suggesting Bitcoiners “work within the system” to green the network, a notable pivot from the campaign’s original intent. Greenpeace, however, doubled down, continuing to tour the skull to push its message, despite Von Wong’s softened rhetoric.

在与比特币倡导者在线互动后，他承认采矿的能源动力很复杂 - 可以推动可再生的采用，而不仅仅是伤害地球。他从提倡的代码更改转变为建议比特币“在系统中工作”到绿色网络，这是广告系列原始意图的显着枢纽。然而，尽管冯·王（Von Wong）的言论软化，绿色和平组织（Green Pearce）加倍，继续游览头骨以推动其信息。

At press time, BTC traded at $81,593.

发稿时，BTC的交易价格为81,593美元。