比特币可以帮助民主党实现他们的目标

忽略当前市场周期的异常，长期持有比特币的人们绝对受益于购买力的增加。

The Democratic National Convention (DNC) took place recently, and I attended to encourage impartial coverage of politics as it relates to the election and Bitcoin at Bitcoin Magazine. Earlier this year, we were invited to the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the last minute after David Bailey’s coordination with the Trump campaign began preceding his speaking at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville in July.

民主党全国代表大会（DNC）最近举行，我出席是为了鼓励《比特币杂志》对与选举和比特币相关的政治进行公正的报道。今年早些时候，大卫·贝利 (David Bailey) 在 7 月于纳什维尔举行的比特币 2024 年会议上发表演讲之前，他开始与特朗普竞选团队进行协调，之后我们在最后一刻受邀参加共和党全国代表大会 (RNC)。

It bothered me to see people associated with this company taking such a one-sided stand with the Republican Party, despite the reality that in fact many more Republican politicians support Bitcoin compared to Democrats. The Republican Party even formally integrated Bitcoin into their public policy platform at the convention. The Democrats have not.

看到与这家公司相关的人对共和党采取如此片面的立场，让我感到困扰，尽管事实上与民主党相比，支持比特币的共和党政客要多得多。共和党甚至在大会上正式将比特币纳入其公共政策平台。民主党还没有。

That is not to say that no Democrats support Bitcoin. At the national level Representative Ro Khanna from California, Ritchie Torres from New York, and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand also from New York have been vocal supporters of Bitcoin in Congress. These politicians exist, they are vocal, but they do not seem to have the same resonance with the rest of the party or their voting base that exists in the Republican Party.

这并不是说没有民主党人支持比特币。在国家层面，来自加利福尼亚州的众议员罗·卡纳（Ro Khanna）、来自纽约的里奇·托雷斯（Ritchie Torres）和同样来自纽约的参议员克尔斯滕·吉利布兰德（Kirsten Gillibrand）一直是国会中比特币的直言不讳的支持者。这些政客确实存在，他们敢于发声，但他们似乎并没有与共和党其他成员或他们的投票基础产生同样的共鸣。

During the first day that I attended, Bitcoin was not mentioned a single time. It wasn’t a very prominent topic at the RNC, but it was mentioned. It was included in the party policy platform. No such inclusion took place at the DNC. The focus of the first day was on the coming election, Kamala versus Trump.

在我参加的第一天，没有一次提到比特币。这在共和党全国委员会并不是一个非常突出的话题，但还是被提及了。它被纳入党的政策平台。民主党全国委员会没有发生这样的情况。第一天的焦点是即将到来的选举，卡马拉与特朗普。

I do have to say that not much of the discussion centered around policy. It was mostly rhetorical, and focused on general issues concerning Democratic voters, interspersed with the type of rah-rah language one would expect at an event focused on candidate selection for the Democrat party this election cycle.

我确实不得不说，没有太多讨论围绕政策展开。它主要是修辞性的，重点是有关民主党选民的一般性问题，其中穿插着人们在本次选举周期的民主党候选人选举活动中所期望的那种激动人心的语言。

While no policies explicitly were touched on, many of the issues that Democrats find important were. Minority inclusion, women’s rights, well paying jobs and union security, healthcare (especially as it relates to Covid which is still circulating even though people don’t place the same focus on it), and the perceived attempt by Republicans to roll back progress from the point of view of Democrats on many of these issues.

虽然没有明确提及任何政策，但民主党认为重要的许多问题都被提及。少数族裔包容、妇女权利、高薪工作和工会保障、医疗保健（特别是与新冠病毒有关，尽管人们没有给予同样的关注，但它仍然在传播），以及共和党人认为是试图逆转进展的努力民主党人对其中许多问题的观点。

A number of union leaders spoke either in person or with recorded messages during the convention’s first day, the Arizona Pipefitters and Pumbers Union, the Communications Workers of America Union (CWA), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), the American Federation of State, County, and Munipical Employees (AFSCME). All of them had much to say on the topic of lost jobs during Covid, and the recovery of jobs that took place under the Biden Administration. Another big issue was union pension funds. Union jobs are generally sought, and coveted, due to the benefits and retirement security that comes along with them, not simply the good base pay.

在大会第一天，亚利桑那州管道安装工和管道工工会、美国通信工人工会 (CWA)、国际电气工人兄弟会 (IBEW)、美国国家联合会等众多工会领导人亲自发言或通过录音发言。 、县和市雇员 (AFSCME)。他们都对新冠疫情期间失业以及拜登政府领导下就业岗位的恢复等话题有很多话要说。另一个大问题是工会养老基金。工会工作普遍受到追捧和垂涎，因为随之而来的福利和退休保障，而不仅仅是良好的基本工资。

Is anything standing out to you? Maybe the fact that Bitcoin actually can synergize and help advance these goals that Democrats seem to care about?

有什么事情对你来说很突出吗？也许比特币实际上可以协同并帮助推进民主党似乎关心的这些目标？

Bitcoin can absolutely help minorities suffering economically, at least over long time horizons. Ignoring the aberration of this current market cycle, people holding bitcoin over long time periods have absolutely benefited from increased purchasing power. While obviously it takes money to make money, and people starting with less will realize less in terms of appreciation, anyone with money to save has historically in the long term wound up with more purchasing power. This won’t help people in poverty as much as those with a large surplus of money to invest, but it will help.

比特币绝对可以帮助遭受经济苦难的少数群体，至少从长远来看是这样。忽略当前市场周期的异常，长期持有比特币的人们绝对受益于购买力的增加。显然，赚钱需要钱，而且一开始钱少的人在升值方面会意识到更少，但从历史上看，任何有钱可以储蓄的人最终都会拥有更多的购买力。这对贫困人口的帮助不如那些拥有大量盈余资金进行投资的人，但它会有所帮助。

Bitcoin can also assist women in maintaining access to healthcare that is increasingly being banned in parts of the US. Financial institutions have increasingly been censoring financial transactions deemed troublesome culturally, despite their legal status. There is no reason to assume that this activity will continue only affecting people on the right side of the political spectrum. Bitcoin is an alternative to traditional financial institutions. And I shouldn’t need to tell people that it can function even for services that are outright deemed illegal.

比特币还可以帮助女性保持获得医疗保健的机会，而这在美国部分地区越来越被禁止。金融机构越来越多地审查在文化上被视为麻烦的金融交易，尽管它们具有合法地位。没有理由认为这项活动将继续只影响政治光谱右侧的人。比特币是传统金融机构的替代品。我不需要告诉人们它甚至可以用于那些完全被视为非法的服务。

Pension funds for workers have also recently started taking conservative exposure to bitcoin, which again looking at historical long term performance can be a huge benefit to solvency issues in the long term facing pensions all over the country.

工人养老基金最近也开始对比特币进行保守投资，再次审视历史长期表现，可能对全国养老金面临的长期偿付能力问题大有裨益。

Bitcoin can even be a massive boon to renewable energy, something liberals care very deeply about as it relates to mitigating the consequences of global climate change and maintaining our natural environment. Bitcoin miners are in a very unique position, with AI operators only recently starting to fill a similar niche, to be buyers of stranded renewable energy before it becomes connected to the grid. This allows revenue the instant these projects are finished, rather than having to wait to be connected to retail energy consumers on the grid.

比特币甚至可以成为可再生能源的巨大福音，自由主义者非常关心这一点，因为它关系到减轻全球气候变化的后果和维护我们的自然环境。比特币矿工处于非常独特的地位，人工智能运营商最近才开始填补类似的空白，成为搁浅的可再生能源在连接到电网之前的买家。这样可以在这些项目完成后立即获得收入，而不必等待连接到电网上的零售能源消费者。

That is to say nothing about the general open access nature of Bitcoin, and how it can advance the philosophy of freedom and inclusion globally by providing people with an option in the face of fighting and resisting totalitarian regimes worldwide. Bitcoin is a natural fit for many of the proclaimed beliefs and principles of Democrats.

也就是说，比特币的普遍开放性本质，以及它如何通过为人们提供面对全世界对抗和抵抗极权政权的选择，在全球范围内推进自由和包容的哲学。比特币非常适合民主党所宣称的许多信念和原则。

So why is there no attention from the Party at large? Why is there no mention

那么为什么没有得到全党的重视呢？为什么没有提及