标题：温哥华市长肯·西姆（Ken Sim

SIM一直在一系列十字军东征，使人们理解他在许多复杂而神秘的概念背后的动机。

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.

市长肯·西姆（Ken Sim）说，他愿意在温哥华市接受比特币中的税收和费用的山丘上，因为他在等待市政工作人员报告中报告是否有一天可以将数字货币整合到市政政府的金融系统中。

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.

自从12月成功将其动议引入理事会以来，Sim一直在一系列十字军东征，这使人们了解他在许多人背后的动机，这是一个复杂而神秘的概念。

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.

他曾在播客上出现媒体巡回演出，参加了与加密货币行业的活动，并于4月4日在Sheraton Wall Center举行的处女座加密峰会的主题演讲者。

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

SIM的讲话恰好是4月5日理事会串联召集的前一天。

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.

市长的聚会ABC温哥华在宴会厅外面的大厅里设置了一张桌子，聚会的两个候选人Jaime Stein和Ralph Kaisers在比赛中有一些麦克风时间。

"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.

“如果这两个令人难以置信的人没有当选，那是世界末日吗？” Sim在介绍Stein和Kaisers作为加密社区的支持者之前说。

"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，但是我会告诉你什么危在旦夕：我们将行业落后至少一年半，正如我们在这个行业中所知道的，事情正在以光速发展。”

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.

这是一个奇怪的评论，来自一位市长，该政党在补选之前在理事会上担任了11个席位中的7个席位。一年半的参考是剩下的时间，直到2026年大选。

Accepting taxes, fees in bitcoin

接受税收，比特币的费用

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.

市长是一名特许会计师和前投资银行家，他说，无论报告中有什么建议，他都将确保在加密货币上做更多的工作。

"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.

他对人群说：“如果他们错过商标，如果他们提出了实际上不正确或基于错误的数据的建议，我将亲自提出一项修正案以纠正这些差异，然后我们也会对此进行投票，然后会通过。”

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.

至于Stein和Kaisers，他们没有当选。在Cope的Sean Orr和Onecity的Sean Orr赢得的一场比赛中，他们在13名候选人中排名第六和第七，他们相信Sim在负担得起的住房，无家可归和育儿时一直在浪费时间推动比特币，需要关注。

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.

市长的动议指示员工通过对将比特币整合到温哥华市的财务策略的潜力进行全面分析，从而探索使温哥华成为对比特币友好城市的选择。

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

这将包括但不限于接受比特币的税收和费用。

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."

市长还呼吁将一部分城市财务储备的潜在转换为比特币，以“保护购买力并防止传统货币的波动，贬低和通货膨胀压力”。

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

市长在动议中将比特币描述为一种分散的数字货币，“对集中货币体系的起伏不利”。

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.

他说，它已被金融专家和分析师认可为抵抗通货膨胀和货币贬值的潜在对冲，并且由于其在全球经济中的供应和收养不断增长而代表了可行的价值存储。

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

其他城市和国家也探索或采用了比特币，包括瑞士祖格；首尔，韩国；和El Salvador。

'Greatest store of value ever in human history'

“人类历史上有史以来最大的价值存储”

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.

在他的演讲中，Sim反驳了他所说的是关于比特币和加密货币行业的神话和错误信息，同时也了解有怀疑论者质疑他的动机。

"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."

他说：“即使这付出了巨大的代价，我们也有信托义务为温哥华市做正确的事，而且我们实际上愿意拍摄。” “这是我愿意死的山丘，因为这是正确的事情。从纯粹的自私的角度来看，我希望我的男孩们[继续]住在这里。”

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.

他的两个儿子有兴趣在市长所说的“分散财务”或Defi中从事职业。市长还拥有Coinbase Global Inc.的股票，该公司将自己描述为购买，销售，转让和存储加密货币的安全在线平台。

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

当他提出动议时，SIM答应将比特币捐赠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.

市长办公室在一封电子邮件声明中说，SIM咨询了独立律师，以确认与他的动议没有利益冲突。他的办公室说，根据律师的建议，市长能够桌子，参加会议并对其动议进行投票。

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.

市长关于将比特币集成到温哥华市的论点既简单又复杂，这取决于人们对金融市场的工作水平。

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

简单：“我们现在只想控制自己的金融所，我希望这是比特币，因为[我的办公室]做了很多工作[研究]，我