Billy Markus, who created the original meme-inspired cryptocurrency Dogecoin in 2013 in collaboration with Jackson Palmer, has responded to a recent tweet published by Elon Musk.

比利·馬庫斯(Billy Markus) 於2013 年與傑克遜·帕爾默(Jackson Palmer) 合作創建了最初的受模因啟發的加密貨幣狗狗幣，他對埃隆·馬斯克(Elon Musk)最近發布的一條推文做出了回應。

The crypto community interpreted Markus’s tweet as a hint at Bitcoin mining equipment.

加密社群將馬庫斯的推文解讀為對比特幣挖礦設備的暗示。

"The new gold" Markus tweets to Musk

馬庫斯向馬斯克發推文稱“新黃金”

Earlier today, centibillionaire, owner of the Twitter/X app Elon Musk tweeted a meme about a knight who wishes to kill a dragon and take his gold. Meanwhile, the dragon tells the knight that he does not own any gold in the traditional sense of the word.

今天早些時候，億萬富翁、Twitter/X 應用程式的所有者 Elon Musk 在推特上發布了一條表情包，內容是一位騎士希望殺死一條龍並奪取他的黃金。同時，龍告訴騎士他並不擁有任何傳統意義上的黃金。

Instead, the dragon shows the knight that he guards a thresher that separates the wheat from the chaff without much manual labor necessary. The dragon points out the benefits of new technologies to the warrior and tells him that he also has an automated cotton loom. “The wealth of nations lies not in gold or coins but in their productive capacity,” the dragon says, adding that mining more gold that there is now will also make gold less valuable.

相反，龍向騎士表明，他守護著一台脫粒機，無需太多體力勞動即可將小麥與穀殼分離。龍向戰士指出了新技術的好處，並告訴他他也有一台自動化棉織機。龍說：「國家的財富不在於黃金或硬幣，而在於它們的生產能力。」他補充說，開採更多的黃金也會降低黃金的價值。

The disappointed knight leaves the dragon and his cave in peace.

失望的騎士平靜地離開了龍和他的洞穴。

the new gold pic.twitter.com/V5k8jWTi2E

新的黃金 pic.twitter.com/V5k8jWTi2E

— Shibetoshi Nakamoto (@BillyM2k) March 11, 2024

— Shibetoshi Nakamoto (@BillyM2k) 2024 年 3 月 11 日

Supporting Musk and his message on new technologies, Billy Markus posted an animated GIF of a cooler fan, stating that this is “the new gold.” Commentators pointed out that this very much resembles part of ASIC miners for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies based on the Proof-of-Work consensus algorithm, including Dogecoin.

比利馬庫斯 (Billy Markus) 發布了一個冷卻器風扇的動畫 GIF，表示支持馬斯克及其關於新技術的信息，並表示這是“新黃金”。評論員指出，這非常類似於比特幣和其他基於工作量證明共識演算法（包括狗狗幣）的加密貨幣的 ASIC 礦工。

圖片來自 Twitter/X

Elon Musk and Bitcoin

馬斯克和比特幣

Musk is a well-known fan of DOGE and a “pen pal” of Markus. In 2021, Musk announced that Tesla would begin accepting Bitcoin for its e-cars, along with buying a massive $1.5 billion worth of the flagship cryptocurrency – approximately 43,000 BTC back then.

馬斯克是眾所周知的 DOGE 粉絲，也是馬庫斯的「筆友」。 2021 年，馬斯克宣布特斯拉將開始接受比特幣用於電動車，同時購買價值 15 億美元的旗艦加密貨幣——當時約為 43,000 BTC。

However, a few months later, Tesla backed out of taking Bitcoin payments out of environmental concerns. In April that year, when this Tesla Bitcoin reverse happened, BTC soared to its first all-time high that year, reaching $63,500. Musk announced that Tesla would resume accepting Bitcoin payments once miners replace 50% of their energy to renewable resources. Tesla and SpaceX accept Dogecoin, though. A lunar mission paid for in DOGE is expected to take place in the foreseeable future.

然而幾個月後，出於環境問題，特斯拉放棄了接受比特幣支付。當年 4 月，特斯拉比特幣逆轉發生時，BTC 飆升至當年首個歷史新高，達到 63,500 美元。馬斯克宣布，一旦礦工將 50% 的能源替換為再生資源，特斯拉將恢復接受比特幣支付。不過，特斯拉和 SpaceX 接受狗狗幣。 DOGE 支付的登月任務預計將在可預見的將來進行。

However, both these companies run by Musk still hold BTC, as reported by U.Today recently.

然而，根據《今日美國》最近報道，馬斯克經營的這兩家公司仍然持有 BTC。