加密貨幣：只是硬幣的最新替代品

儘管加密貨幣的興起，但物理硬幣仍然活著且良好，在越來越痴迷數字交易的世界中具有價值和意義。

The rapid rise of cryptocurrency has led many to believe that it heralds the imminent death of physical coins. However, this couldn't be farther from the truth. As we navigate a world increasingly obsessed with digital transactions, physical coins continue to hold their value and meaning in ways that are more relevant than ever.

加密貨幣的迅速崛起使許多人認為這預示著物理硬幣的即將死亡。但是，這與事實不遠。隨著我們越來越沉迷於數字交易的世界，物理硬幣繼續以比以往任何時候都更相關的方式具有其價值和意義。

I’ve commented that I don’t think crypto money spells the end of the world for physical currency as we know it. Rather, cryptocurrency is yet the latest alternative to using coins and bank notes. It follows a long list of options necessitating the use of physical money, including checks, credit cards, debit cards, and various forms of automated electronic payments from one bank account to another.

我評論說，我不認為加密貨幣在我們所知道的實體貨幣上拼寫世界末日。相反，加密貨幣仍然是使用硬幣和鈔票的最新替代方法。它遵循了需要使用實體資金的一長串選項，包括支票，信用卡，借記卡以及從一個銀行帳戶到另一個銀行帳戶的各種形式的自動化電子付款。

To go even further back in time, what about promissory notes and even bank notes? Aren’t bank notes a substitute for carrying around huge amounts of coins? Bank notes originated as a way a bank could hold your precious metal coins, supposedly presenting that these coins were on hand to be redeemed for the bank’s note.

為了及時走更遠，期票甚至是鈔票呢？鈔票不是攜帶大量硬幣的替代品嗎？鈔票起源於銀行可以持有您的貴金屬硬幣的方式，據說這些硬幣可以兌換為銀行的筆記。

Despite all these “innovations,” physical coins, even in their present form as fiat money coinage, are still available and viable. Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy recently posted on X, "If the point of Bitcoin is to be independent of the U.S. dollar and non-regulated, why does it basically trade exactly like the U.S. stock market nowadays?" adding, "Market up, Bitcoin up. Market down, Bitcoin down."

儘管所有這些“創新”，但即使以法定貨幣造幣為目前的形式，身體硬幣仍然可以使用且可行。 Barstool Sports創始人Dave Portnoy最近在X上發布了“如果比特幣的目的要獨立於美元和不受監管，為什麼它基本上像如今的美國股票市場一樣交易？”補充說：“市場上，比特幣上漲。市場下降，比特幣下降。”

Gerber Kawasaki Chief Executive Officer Ross Gerber posted, "BTC price movements are related to sentiment. Risk on, up. Risk off, down." Portnoy and Gerber’s comments suggest cryptocurrency is not the decentralized alternative to traditional money that proponents claim.

Gerber Kawasaki首席執行官Ross Gerber發表說：“ BTC價格變動與情感有關。風險在，上升。風險下降，下降。” Portnoy和Gerber的評論表明，加密貨幣不是支持者聲稱的傳統資金的分散替代方案。

Coin collectors can collect the physical tokens that represent some of this cryptocurrency. Still, when you look at cryptocurrency from a macroscopic rather than microscopic economic viewpoint, it is simply the most recently invented substitute for physical currency, not the all-encompassing replacement for it promoted by the cashless society folks.

硬幣收集器可以收集代表某些加密貨幣的物理令牌。儘管如此，當您從宏觀的而不是微觀的經濟觀點看加密貨幣時，它只是最近發明的實物貨幣替代品，而不是無現金社會人們促進的全面替代品。

The Rise of Collecting Crypto

收集加密的興起

Coins, Corporations, and Collectors: The Hobby’s Expanding Empire

硬幣，公司和收藏家：業餘愛好不斷擴大的帝國

Is AI a Threat to the Future of Coins?

這是對硬幣未來的威脅嗎？