不丹希望以新的方式使用水力發電來促進國民經濟

這項倡議不是喜馬拉雅國家對加密貨幣的首次冒險，因為它已經從相關投資中賺了數百萬美元。

Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom known for its Gross National Happiness Index, is also setting its sights on becoming a green digital currency leader.

不丹，以其總體幸福指數而聞名的喜馬拉雅王國，也將目光投向了成為綠色的數字貨幣領導者。

This initiative is part of a broader strategy to create jobs and keep more talent in the country, which is suffering from a massive drain of young and educated professionals.

這項倡議是創造就業機會並保持更多人才的更廣泛戰略的一部分，該戰略遭受了年輕和受過教育的專業人士的大量損失。

"We are a nation that runs 100% on hydropower. And every digital coin we mine in Bhutan using hydropower offsets that coin which gets mined using fossil fuels,” said Ujjwal Deep Dahal, CEO of the fund Druk Holding and Investments Ltd., at the World Economic Forum’s Sustainable Development Impact Summit in September.

“我們是一個在水力發電上運行100％的國家。以及我們在不丹使用的每種數字硬幣都使用使用化石燃料來開采的水力發電，”基金Druk Holding and Investments Ltd.的首席執行官Ujjwal Deep Dahal說，在世界經濟論壇的9月份在9月份的可持續性Forum Forum Formable Ltd。

The goal is to expand its current capacity of 3.5 gigawatts to 15 gigawatts within 15 years, which would put it close to half of what some analysts predict would be necessary to meet the country’s goal.

目的是將目前的3.5吉瓦人的能力擴大到15年內的15吉瓦，這將使它接近某些分析師預測的要實現該國目標所需的一半。

The initiative comes as stakeholders look for more solutions to reduce the digital currency’s potential for environmental damage.

該計劃是隨著利益相關者尋求更多解決方案來減少數字貨幣對環境損害的潛力的發展。

It’s an understatement to say that crypto assets are energy-hungry—it would take three years for the average person in a country such as Ghana or Pakistan to use as much electricity as a single bitcoin transaction does, per the International Monetary Fund.

據說，加密資產是渴望能源的，這是一種輕描淡寫的說法 - 根據國際貨幣基金，加納或巴基斯坦等國家的普通人需要三年的時間才能使用與單個比特幣交易一樣多的電力。

Because it uses so much energy, digital currency can strain area grids—regardless of power source—creating more risk for power outages.

由於它使用瞭如此多的能源，因此數字貨幣可以將面積網格（無電源的不額外）限制，從而產生了更多的停電風險。

During extreme weather events like heat waves, this can be life-threatening, which is all the more concerning given that extreme conditions have grown more frequent and severe due to the accelerated rising of global temperatures fueled by pollution from dirty energy.

在熱浪等極端天氣事件中，這可能是威脅生命的，這更令人擔憂，因為由於骯髒能量受到污染的污染，由於極端條件變得更加頻繁和嚴重。

Per United Nations University, the global bitcoin mining carbon footprint equals burning 84 billion pounds of coal, which would take planting 3.9 billion trees to offset. The water waste is just as bad, as the industry uses enough to fill over 660,000 Olympic-sized pools.

根據聯合國大學，全球比特幣採礦碳足蹟等於燃燒840億磅的煤炭，這將需要種植39億棵樹才能抵消。水垃圾也是如此糟糕，因為該行業用來填充超過660,000個奧林匹克大小的游泳池。

While encouraging more renewable power use could be enough for some miners to limit planet-warming pollution from the sector, issuing more tax regulations may also help.

儘管鼓勵更多可再生能源使用可能足以讓某些礦工限制該行業的污染，但發出更多的稅收法規也可能有所幫助。

IMF data projects that a direct corrective tax of $0.047 per kilowatt-hour could influence miners to make more efforts to reduce pollution.

國際貨幣基金組織的數據項目直接糾正稅為每千瓦時0.047美元，可能會影響礦工，以減少污染。

Like the nation of Bhutan, others are following the green crypto wave. The GRASS coin—short for Green Asset Solutions and Sustainability—funds eco-friendly projects. Plus, there are crypto cards that use significantly less energy than traditional ones.

像不丹國家一樣，其他人也跟隨綠色加密浪潮。 Grass Coin（用於綠色資產解決方案和可持續性的股份）資金友好的項目。另外，有些加密卡比傳統卡使用明顯少得多。