川普的新加密貨幣政策向前邁出了一步，但缺少一個關鍵要素

共和黨全國代表大會批准了唐納德·川普總統的共和黨新綱領。絕大多數是標準的共和黨票價

The Republican National Convention has approved former President Donald Trump's new platform for the Republican Party. The vast majority of the platform is standard Republican fare, with one big exception: a pro-innovation crypto policy.

共和黨全國代表大會批准了前總統川普的共和黨新綱領。該平台的絕大多數內容都是標準的共和黨票價，但有一個很大的例外：支持創新的加密貨幣政策。

Trump’s commitment to defend Americans’ rights to mine Bitcoin (BTC), self-custody digital assets, and transact freely are welcome additions to the platform. However, one piece was sorely missing: a commitment to protect the developers of decentralized projects from government interference and the threat of criminal prosecution.

川普承諾捍衛美國人開採比特幣（BTC）、自我託管數位資產和自由交易的權利，這是該平台值得歡迎的補充。然而，有一點卻嚴重缺失：保護去中心化計畫開發商免受政府乾預和刑事起訴威脅的承諾。

The Biden administration has been hostile to crypto companies like Ripple and Coinbase, but it has treated the developers of privacy-preserving technologies far worse. President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice has repeatedly prosecuted software developers for doing little more than building products that some malicious actors happened to use for nefarious purposes.

拜登政府一直對 Ripple 和 Coinbase 等加密貨幣公司懷有敵意，但對隱私保護技術開發人員的待遇卻差得多。喬·拜登總統的司法部曾多次起訴軟體開發商，因為他們只不過是開發了一些惡意行為者碰巧用於邪惡目的的產品。

Nowhere has this been more apparent than in the administration’s treatment of Roman Storm and Roman Semenov. The two are among the developers behind Tornado Cash, a fully decentralized protocol for private transactions on Ethereum (ETH).

這一點在政府對羅曼·斯托姆和羅曼·謝苗諾夫的處理中表現得最為明顯。兩人是 Tornado Cash 的開發者之一，Tornado Cash 是完全去中心化的以太坊 (ETH) 私人交易協議。

After the Tornado Cash protocol was used by bad actors — most notably the North Korean-backed Lazarus Group — to launder hundreds of millions of dollars worth of ETH, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the protocol.

在 Tornado Cash 協議被不良行為者（最著名的是北韓支持的 Lazarus Group）用來洗錢價值數億美元的 ETH 後，美國財政部批准了該協議。

While that decision was controversial, it was a far more reasonable response than what happened next. The Department of Justice indicted Storm and Semenov for conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit sanctions violations, and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business.

儘管這項決定有爭議，但這是一個比接下來發生的事情更合理的回應。司法部起訴斯托姆和謝苗諾夫串謀洗錢、串謀違反制裁規定以及串謀經營未經許可的匯款業務。

Semenov has yet to be brought into custody on these charges, but Storm is currently facing trial in New York.

謝苗諾夫尚未因這些指控而被拘留，但斯托姆目前正在紐約接受審判。

The prosecutions of Storm and Semenov are fraught on many levels. The prosecution inaccurately portrays the defendants' actions as executing transactions when Storm and Semenov only enabled individuals to execute their own transactions.

對斯托姆和謝苗諾夫的起訴涉及多個層面。當 Storm 和 Semenov 僅允許個人執行自己的交易時，檢方錯誤地將被告的行為描述為執行交易。

Also, as Coin Center explained in an amicus brief in defense of Storm, publishing open-source software is protected speech under the First Amendment, and sanctions law should not apply.

此外，正如 Coin Center 在 Storm 辯護之友陳述中所解釋的那樣，根據第一修正案，發布開源軟體是受保護的言論，制裁法不應適用。

On a more fundamental level, prosecuting developers like Storm and Semenov for when their tools are misused by others sets a dangerous precedent that could stifle innovation in the realm of privacy-preserving technologies.

從更根本的層面上來說，當 Storm 和 Semenov 等開發者的工具被他人濫用時對其進行起訴，開創了一個危險的先例，可能會扼殺隱私保護技術領域的創新。

Privacy-preserving tools like Tornado Cash are not inherently malicious; they can be used for both legitimate and illicit purposes. Punishing developers for potential misuse by others disregards the broader benefits these tools provide.

像 Tornado Cash 這樣的隱私保護工具本質上並不是惡意的。它們可用於合法和非法目的。懲罰開發人員可能被其他人濫用的行為忽略了這些工具提供的更廣泛的好處。

Technologies such as zero-knowledge proofs, secure multi-party computation, and homomorphic encryption provide robust methods to protect personal data without compromising functionality. These technologies ensure that sensitive information remains confidential, even in the face of sophisticated cyber threats.

零知識證明、安全多方計算和同態加密等技術提供了在不影響功能的情況下保護個人資料的強大方法。即使面對複雜的網路威脅，這些技術也能確保敏感資訊的機密性。

It is for these reasons that the U.S. government has supported the development of privacy-preserving technologies such as Tor and Signal for decades.

正是出於這些原因，美國政府幾十年來一直支持 Tor 和 Signal 等隱私權保護技術的發展。

By targeting individuals for the mere act of writing and publishing privacy-preserving, open-source software, the government is sending a chilling message to developers: innovation in privacy and security is a potential liability.

透過僅針對編寫和發布隱私保護開源軟體行為的個人，政府向開發者發出了令人心寒的信息：隱私和安全方面的創新是一種潛在的責任。

Developers may now hesitate to create tools that enhance privacy and security for fear of legal repercussions, stalling advancements in essential areas such as digital privacy and financial autonomy.

由於擔心法律後果，開發人員現在可能會猶豫是否創建增強隱私和安全的工具，從而阻礙數位隱私和財務自主等重要領域的進步。

With the addition of Ohio Senator J.D. Vance to the Republican ticket, it’s clear that the Trump campaign is casting itself as pro-innovation and pro-crypto.

隨著俄亥俄州參議員 JD Vance 加入共和黨候選人名單，川普競選團隊顯然正在將自己塑造成支持創新和支持加密貨幣的形象。

Trump has railed against the Biden administration’s handling of the crypto industry in recent months and is scheduled to address a Bitcoin conference in Nashville on July 29. For his part, Vance has not left his Silicon Valley days totally behind him.

川普近幾個月來一直批評拜登政府對加密產業的處理方式，並計劃於7 月29 日在納許維爾舉行的比特幣會議上發表演說。他在矽谷的日子。

He owns a substantial amount of Bitcoin and has worked on legislation during his time in the Senate that aims to bring regulatory clarity to the industry.

他擁有大量比特幣，並在參議院任職期間致力於立法，旨在使該行業的監管更加明確。

While nothing is certain, all signs seem to indicate that a second Trump administration would have far better crypto-related policy than the current Biden administration, which has failed to provide much certainty or assurance to the crypto industry.

儘管沒有什麼是確定的，但所有跡像似乎都表明，第二屆川普政府將擁有比現任拜登政府更好的加密貨幣相關政策，後者未能為加密貨幣行業提供太多確定性或保證。

It is great to see that a second Trump administration would champion innovation and provide a more welcoming environment for the crypto industry. A second Trump administration should certainly defend the rights of Bitcoin miners, self-custodians, and people wishing to transact freely.

很高興看到川普第二屆政府將支持創新並為加密貨幣產業提供更受歡迎的環境。第二屆川普政府當然應該捍衛比特幣礦工、自我託管人和希望自由交易的人的權利。

But, if a second Trump administration truly wants to champion innovation and “end Democrats’ unlawful and unAmerican Crypto crackdown,” it must also commit to defending the rights of the people building the tools that allow all of these things to happen.

但是，如果川普第二屆政府真正想要支持創新並“結束民主黨非法和非美國式的加密貨幣鎮壓”，它還必須致力於捍衛那些構建允許所有這些事情發生的工具的人們的權利。

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