特朗普承诺让比特币挖矿再次伟大：三种可能受益的加密货币

比特币（BTC -0.14%）的颜色可能会从橙色变​​为红色、白色和蓝色。这是因为唐纳德·特朗普承诺，如果他成为下一任总统，美国的比特币挖矿业务将大幅增加。

Donald Trump has pledged to increase Bitcoin mining operations in the U.S. if he becomes the next president, even suggesting that he wants all future Bitcoin to be mined domestically. As a crypto investor, here are three cryptocurrencies that could benefit beyond just investing in Bitcoin miners.

唐纳德·特朗普承诺，如果他成为下一任总统，将增加美国的比特币挖矿业务，甚至暗示他希望未来所有的比特币都在国内开采。作为加密货币投资者，以下三种加密货币不仅可以投资比特币矿机，还可以从中受益。

Bitcoin would be the most obvious beneficiary of Trump's support. One knock against this crypto has always been that Bitcoin mining is tremendously energy-inefficient. In September 2022, the Biden administration even issued a lengthy research report detailing all the ways that Bitcoin mining imposes significant strains on America's energy grid.

比特币将是特朗普支持的最明显受益者。对这种加密货币的一个打击一直是比特币挖矿的能源效率非常低。 2022 年 9 月，拜登政府甚至发布了一份冗长的研究报告，详细介绍了比特币挖矿对美国能源电网造成重大压力的所有方式。

So, at the very least, any type of nationwide "Make Bitcoin Mining Great Again" initiative would remove one of the key obstacles to Bitcoin's mainstream acceptance. Yes, environmental activists like Greenpeace will continue to put out reports about "energy guzzling Bitcoin mines," but more U.S. states would be likely to embrace Bitcoin mining. That's especially true for states with cheap sources of renewable energy, or states looking to revitalize certain economic regions.

因此，至少，任何类型的全国性“让比特币挖矿再次伟大”举措都将消除比特币被主流接受的关键障碍之一。是的，像绿色和平组织这样的环保活动人士将继续发布有关“消耗能源的比特币矿场”的报告，但更多的美国州可能会接受比特币挖矿。对于拥有廉价可再生能源的州或寻求振兴某些经济地区的州来说尤其如此。

The big question, of course, is whether any new Trump initiative to support domestic Bitcoin miners will actually have any economic impact at all. After all, the Bitcoin mining industry is relatively small, and if we're only talking about new jobs added at Bitcoin mining companies, then the impact might be negligible. Currently, there are approximately 60,000 people employed within the U.S. crypto industry, but only one-fifth of them are involved with crypto mining.

当然，最大的问题是，特朗普支持国内比特币矿商的任何新举措是否真的会产生任何经济影响。毕竟，比特币挖矿行业相对较小，如果我们只谈论比特币挖矿公司新增的就业岗位，那么影响可能可以忽略不计。目前，美国加密货币行业约有 6 万名员工，但其中只有五分之一参与加密货币挖矿。

Based on what we know from Trump's discussions with Bitcoin miners, the major focus appears to be the economic multiplier effect that might result from supporting the Bitcoin mining industry. For example, that would include jobs at renewable energy companies and at companies helping to update America's power grid and energy transmission lines. And, there has even been suggestion that supporting the Bitcoin mining industry might help to provide a boost for America's growing AI industry, given the tremendous energy needs of this industry as well.

根据我们从特朗普与比特币矿商的讨论中了解到的情况，主要焦点似乎是支持比特币采矿业可能产生的经济乘数效应。例如，这将包括可再生能源公司和帮助更新美国电网和能源传输线的公司的工作岗位。而且，甚至有人建议，考虑到该行业巨大的能源需求，支持比特币采矿业可能有助于推动美国不断发展的人工智能行业。

Litecoin, like Bitcoin, is a proof-of-work cryptocurrency, so it requires mining. It was created from the same source code as Bitcoin, so the two are similar in just about every regard. It too, has a halving event every four years, and just like Bitcoin, Litecoin is supported by an ecosystem of miners. So it's not too much of a stretch to assert that anything that benefits Bitcoin mining also benefits Litecoin mining.

莱特币和比特币一样，是一种工作量证明的加密货币，因此需要挖矿。它是由与比特币相同的源代码创建的，因此两者在几乎所有方面都很相似。它也每四年发生一次减半事件，就像比特币一样，莱特币也得到了矿工生态系统的支持。因此，可以毫不夸张地说，任何有利于比特币挖矿的事情也有利于莱特币挖矿。

My only caveat here is that Litecoin seems to have fallen out of favor with investors. While it still ranks among the top 20 cryptocurrencies in terms of market capitalization, it is down 2% year to date while Bitcoin is up 55%. Of even more concern, Litecoin's August 2023 halving did not lead to a higher price for the crypto.

我唯一需要注意的是，莱特币似乎已经不再受到投资者的青睐。尽管就市值而言，比特币仍跻身前 20 名加密货币之列，但今年迄今已下跌 2%，而比特币则上涨 55%。更令人担忧的是，莱特币 2023 年 8 月的减半并没有导致加密货币的价格上涨。

On the plus side, just about everyone agrees that Litecoin is a cryptocurrency and not a security. As a result, Litecoin has avoided any major regulatory fights with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That regularity clarity has opened the door for Litecoin to participate in financial projects that other top cryptocurrencies are excluded from. For example, when a group of Wall Street behemoths formed a new private trading platform last year to trade just four cryptocurrencies, Litecoin was one of them.

从好的方面来说，几乎每个人都同意莱特币是一种加密货币，而不是一种证券。因此，莱特币避免了与美国证券交易委员会的任何重大监管斗争。这种规律性的明确性为莱特币参与其他顶级加密货币被排除在外的金融项目打开了大门。例如，去年一群华尔街巨头组建了一个新的私人交易平台，仅交易四种加密货币，莱特币就是其中之一。

You didn't think I'd mention Dogecoin here, did you? Well, the list of top proof-of-work cryptocurrencies is a rather short one, and Dogecoin ranks second, behind only Bitcoin, in terms of market cap. Moreover, Dogecoin actually made it into the White House's 2022 environmental review of crypto-assets, so it too, would probably benefit from any broader national discussion about the environmental impact of cryptocurrency mining.

你以为我不会在这里提到狗狗币，是吗？好吧，顶级工作量证明加密货币的名单相当短，就市值而言，狗狗币排名第二，仅次于比特币。此外，狗狗币实际上已进入白宫 2022 年加密资产环境审查，因此它也可能会受益于有关加密货币采矿对环境影响的更广泛的全国性讨论。

Obviously, whatever Trump might decide to do to encourage Bitcoin mining to happen domestically, it won't change the fact that Dogecoin is a meme coin with no obvious utility. However, there is one outlandish scenario that could lead to Dogecoin skyrocketing in price: Trump could decide to become a public supporter of Dogecoin on social media in the same way that Elon Musk has used X (formerly Twitter) to promote it.

显然，无论特朗普决定采取什么措施来鼓励国内比特币挖矿，都不会改变狗狗币是一种没有明显效用的模因币的事实。然而，有一种奇怪的情况可能会导致狗狗币价格飙升：特朗普可能决定在社交媒体上成为狗狗币的公开支持者，就像埃隆·马斯克使用 X（以前称为 Twitter）宣传狗狗币一样。

Just imagine what would happen, for example, if Trump ever says that he plans to use Dogecoin to reduce the national debt. That concept might sound ludicrous at first, but Trump has already asked about the possibility of Bitcoin helping to pay down the national debt. And Elon Musk has already floated the idea of using Dogecoin to help pay for future space missions. As America's mountain of debt expands, we're going to need some creative, outside-the-box thinking. That might explain why former House Speaker Paul Ryan recently penned an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal on how crypto could stave off a U.S. debt crisis.

想象一下，例如，如果特朗普说他计划使用狗狗币来减少国家债务，会发生什么。这个概念乍一听可能很荒唐，但特朗普已经询问过比特币帮助偿还国家债务的可能性。埃隆·马斯克已经提出了使用狗狗币来帮助支付未来太空任务费用的想法。随着美国债务堆积如山，我们将需要一些创造性的、打破常规的思维。这或许可以解释为什么前众议院议长 Paul Ryan 最近为《华尔街日报》撰写了一篇关于加密货币如何避免美国债务危机的专栏文章。

That being said, I have no plans to invest in Dogecoin any time soon. While I can see a short-term case for buying the meme coin, its long-

话虽这么说，我短期内没有投资狗狗币的计划。虽然我可以看到购买模因币的短期理由，但它是长期的