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·马库斯 (Billy Markus) 于 2013 年与杰克逊·帕尔默 (Jackson Palmer) 合作创建了最初的受模因启发的加密货币狗狗币，他对埃隆·马斯克 (Elon Musk) 最近发布的一条推文做出了回应。

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

加密社区将马库斯的推文解读为对比特币挖矿设备的暗示。

"The new gold" Markus tweets to Musk

马库斯向马斯克发推文称“新黄金”

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.

今天早些时候，亿万富翁、Twitter/X 应用程序的所有者埃隆·马斯克 (Elon Musk) 在推特上发布了一条表情包，内容是一位骑士希望杀死一条龙并夺取他的黄金。与此同时，龙告诉骑士他并不拥有任何传统意义上的黄金。

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，龙向骑士表明，他守护着一台脱粒机，无需太多体力劳动即可将小麦与谷壳分离。龙向战士指出了新技术的好处，并告诉他他也有一台自动化棉织机。龙说：“国家的财富不在于黄金或硬币，而在于它们的生产能力。”他补充说，开采更多的黄金也会降低黄金的价值。

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

失望的骑士平静地离开了龙和他的洞穴。

the new gold pic.twitter.com/V5k8jWTi2E

新的黄金 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·马库斯 (Billy Markus) 发布了一个冷却器风扇的动画 GIF，表示支持马斯克及其关于新技术的信息，并表示这是“新黄金”。评论员指出，这非常类似于比特币和其他基于工作量证明共识算法（包括狗狗币）的加密货币的 ASIC 矿工。

图片来自 Twitter/X

Elon Musk and Bitcoin

埃隆·马斯克和比特币

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.

马斯克是众所周知的 DOGE 粉丝，也是马库斯的“笔友”。 2021 年，马斯克宣布特斯拉将开始接受比特币用于其电动汽车，同时购买价值 15 亿美元的旗舰加密货币——当时约为 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.

然而几个月后，出于环境问题，特斯拉放弃了接受比特币支付。当年 4 月，特斯拉比特币逆转发生时，BTC 飙升至当年首个历史新高，达到 63,500 美元。马斯克宣布，一旦矿工将 50% 的能源替换为可再生资源，特斯拉将恢复接受比特币支付。不过，特斯拉和 SpaceX 接受狗狗币。 DOGE 支付的登月任务预计将在可预见的将来进行。

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

然而，据《今日美国》最近报道，马斯克经营的这两家公司仍然持有 BTC。