標題：溫哥華市長肯·西姆（Ken Sim

SIM一直在一系列十字軍東征，使人們理解他在許多複雜而神秘的概念背後的動機。

Mayor Ken Sim said he is willing to die on the hill of having the City of Vancouver accept taxes and fees in bitcoin as he awaits a city staff report on whether the digital currency could one day be integrated into the municipal government's financial systems.

市長肯·西姆（Ken Sim）說，他願意在溫哥華市接受比特幣中的稅收和費用的山丘上，因為他在等待市政工作人員報告中報告是否有一天可以將數字貨幣整合到市政政府的金融系統中。

Since successfully introducing his motion to council in December, Sim has been on a crusade of sorts in making people understand his motivation behind what for many is a complex and mystifying concept.

自從12月成功將其動議引入理事會以來，Sim一直在一系列十字軍東征，這使人們了解他在許多人背後的動機，這是一個複雜而神秘的概念。

He has done media rounds, appeared on podcasts, has attended events with the crypto industry and was the keynote speaker at the Virgo Crypto Summit on April 4 at the Sheraton Wall Centre.

他曾在播客上出現媒體巡迴演出，參加了與加密貨幣行業的活動，並於4月4日在Sheraton Wall Center舉行的處女座加密峰會的主題演講者。

Sim's speech happened to come the day before the April 5 council byelection.

SIM的講話恰好是4月5日理事會串聯召集的前一天。

The mayor's party, ABC Vancouver, had a table set up in the lobby outside the ballroom of the event and the party's two candidates — Jaime Stein and Ralph Kaisers — got some microphone time.

市長的聚會ABC溫哥華在宴會廳外面的大廳裡設置了一張桌子，聚會的兩個候選人Jaime Stein和Ralph Kaisers在比賽中有一些麥克風時間。

"Is it the end of the world if these two incredible individuals don't get elected?" Sim said before introducing Stein and Kaisers as supporters of the crypto community.

“如果這兩個令人難以置信的人沒有當選，那是世界末日嗎？” Sim在介紹Stein和Kaisers作為加密社區的支持者之前說。

"No, but I'll tell you what's at stake: We put the industry behind by at least a year-and-a-half, and as we know in this industry, things are moving at the speed of light."

“不，但是我會告訴你什麼危在旦夕：我們將行業落後至少一年半，正如我們在這個行業中所知道的，事情正在以光速發展。”

It was an odd comment coming from a mayor whose party had held seven of the 11 seats on council before the byelection. The year-and-half reference is the time left until the 2026 general civic election.

這是一個奇怪的評論，來自一位市長，該政黨在補選之前在理事會上擔任了11個席位中的7個席位。一年半的參考是剩下的時間，直到2026年大選。

Accepting taxes, fees in bitcoin

接受稅收，比特幣的費用

The mayor, who is a chartered accountant and former investment banker, said that no matter what staff recommends in the report he will ensure more work will be done on crypto.

市長是一名特許會計師和前投資銀行家，他說，無論報告中有什麼建議，他都將確保在加密貨幣上做更多的工作。

"If they miss the mark, if they come up with recommendations that are factually incorrect or based on the wrong data, I will be personally filing an amendment to correct those discrepancies, and then we'll vote on that as well, and then it will pass," he told the crowd.

他對人群說：“如果他們錯過商標，如果他們提出了實際上不正確或基於錯誤的數據的建議，我將親自提出一項修正案以糾正這些差異，然後我們也會對此進行投票，然後會通過。”

As for Stein and Kaisers, they did not get elected. They finished sixth and seventh among 13 candidates in a race won by Sean Orr of COPE and Lucy Maloney of OneCity, who believe Sim has been wasting time on pushing bitcoin when affordable housing, homelessness and childcare need attention.

至於Stein和Kaisers，他們沒有當選。在Cope的Sean Orr和Onecity的Sean Orr贏得的一場比賽中，他們在13名候選人中排名第六和第七，他們相信Sim在負擔得起的住房，無家可歸和育兒時一直在浪費時間推動比特幣，需要關注。

The mayor's motion from December directs staff to explore options to make Vancouver a bitcoin-friendly city by undertaking a comprehensive analysis of the potential to integrate bitcoin into the City of Vancouver's financial strategies.

市長的動議指示員工通過對將比特幣整合到溫哥華市的財務策略的潛力進行全面分析，從而探索使溫哥華成為對比特幣友好城市的選擇。

That would include, but not be limited to, accepting taxes and fees in bitcoin.

這將包括但不限於接受比特幣的稅收和費用。

The mayor has also called for the potential conversion of a portion of the city's financial reserves into bitcoin "to preserve purchasing power and guard against the volatility, debasement and inflationary pressures of traditional currencies."

市長還呼籲將一部分城市財務儲備的潛在轉換為比特幣，以“保護購買力並防止傳統貨幣的波動，貶低和通貨膨脹壓力”。

The mayor described bitcoin in his motion as a decentralized, digital currency "impervious to the ups and downs of centralized monetary systems."

市長在動議中將比特幣描述為一種分散的數字貨幣，“對集中貨幣體系的起伏不利”。

He said it has been recognized by financial experts and analysts as a potential hedge against inflation and currency debasement and represents a viable store of value due to its capped supply and growing adoption in the global economy.

他說，它已被金融專家和分析師認可為抵抗通貨膨脹和貨幣貶值的潛在對沖，並且由於其在全球經濟中的供應和收養不斷增長而代表了可行的價值存儲。

Other cities and countries have explored or adopted bitcoin, including Zug, Switzerland; Seoul, South Korea; and El Salvador.

其他城市和國家也探索或採用了比特幣，包括瑞士祖格；首爾，韓國；和El Salvador。

'Greatest store of value ever in human history'

“人類歷史上有史以來最大的價值存儲”

Throughout his speech, Sim countered what he said were myths and misinformation about bitcoin and the cryptocurrency industry, while also understanding there are skeptics who question his motivation.

在他的演講中，Sim反駁了他所說的是關於比特幣和加密貨幣行業的神話和錯誤信息，同時也了解有懷疑論者質疑他的動機。

"We have a fiduciary duty to do what's right for the City of Vancouver, even if it comes at great expense — and we're actually willing to take shots," he said. "This is a hill that I'm willing to die on because it's the right thing to do. And from a purely selfish perspective, I want my boys to [continue to] live here."

他說：“即使這付出了巨大的代價，我們也有信託義務為溫哥華市做正確的事，而且我們實際上願意拍攝。” “這是我願意死的山丘，因為這是正確的事情。從純粹的自私的角度來看，我希望我的男孩們[繼續]住在這裡。”

Two of his sons are interested in pursuing careers in "decentralized finance," or DeFi, as the mayor called it. The mayor also has shares in Coinbase Global Inc., a company that describes itself as a secure online platform for buying, selling, transferring and storing cryptocurrency.

他的兩個兒子有興趣在市長所說的“分散財務”或Defi中從事職業。市長還擁有Coinbase Global Inc.的股票，該公司將自己描述為購買，銷售，轉讓和存儲加密貨幣的安全在線平台。

When he introduced his motion, Sim promised to donate $10,000 in bitcoin to the city.

當他提出動議時，SIM答應將比特幣捐贈10,000美元。

The mayor's office said in an emailed statement that Sim consulted with an independent lawyer to confirm there was no conflict of interest related to his motion. Based on the lawyer's advice, the mayor was able to table, attend the meeting and vote on his motion, his office said.

市長辦公室在一封電子郵件聲明中說，SIM諮詢了獨立律師，以確認與他的動議沒有利益衝突。他的辦公室說，根據律師的建議，市長能夠桌子，參加會議並對其動議進行投票。

The mayor's argument for integrating bitcoin into the City of Vancouver is both simple and complex, depending on a person's level of understanding of how financial markets work.

市長關於將比特幣集成到溫哥華市的論點既簡單又復雜，這取決於人們對金融市場的工作水平。

The simple: "We just want to take control of our own financial house right now, and I hope it's bitcoin because [my office has] done a lot of work [studying it], and I

簡單：“我們現在只想控制自己的金融所，我希望這是比特幣，因為[我的辦公室]做了很多工作[研究]，我