专访特朗普用比特币购买汉堡的酒吧老板：从富达“黑手党”到比特币汉堡

链捕手Published on 2024-09-23Last updated on 2024-09-23

作者：Leo Schwartz, Fortune

编译：Felix, PANews

 

9月19日，特朗普在纽约市的比特币主题酒吧PubKey为支持者购买汉堡，并使用比特币支付。特朗普通过Strike支付应用使用比特币支付了998.7美元，该应用基于闪电网络构建。酒吧使用Zaprite应用接收比特币。

PubKey是曼哈顿知名的比特币酒吧，以比特币支付为特色，成为该领域爱好者的聚集地。《Fortune》对PubKey老板Thomas Pacchia进行了专访，带你深入了解特朗普使用比特币购买的背后故事。以下为内容详情。

专访特朗普用比特币购买汉堡的酒吧老板：从富达“黑手党”到比特币汉堡

当Pacchia第一次向特朗普团队提议将PubKey作为竞选站点时，竞选团队的反应和他所预料的一样：“比特币酒吧是什么？”当地时间9月18日，全世界（或者至少是那些沉迷于Twitter的人）都有机会一探究竟。当时，特朗普在前往长岛参加集会的途中路过PubKey，在这家酒吧购买汉堡，这被称为现任或前任总统使用比特币完成的第一笔交易。

Pacchia两年前开了酒吧PubKey，他设想将这家位于华盛顿广场公园附近的西村酒吧打造成市民酒馆。他把他的酒吧视为一个人们可以停下来边喝啤酒边讨论货币政策和政治伦理的地方，就像250年前的开国之父们所做的那样（PubKey的菜单是由米其林三星餐厅Eleven Madison park培训的厨师设计，不过也无伤大雅）。

PubKey过去曾接待过像参议员Kirsten Gillibrand这样的政客，而Pacchia也邀请过包括哈里斯在内的每一位候选人。因此，一位“未来总统”（特朗普）突然造访并不令Pacchia感到惊讶。

然而，特朗普来访的细节却更令人震惊。Pacchia在这位前总统来访前一周才得知这一消息，他每天与特勤局协作四个小时制定计划，包括关闭天窗并在附近安排狙击手。“这太疯狂了，”Pacchia表示，当时酒吧工作人员正在努力恢复正常营业。“这就像一场旋风。”

从富达“黑手党”到比特币汉堡

Pacchia不是传统的曼哈顿酒吧老板。他曾是一名律师，2015年，金融服务巨头富达聘请他加入公司，成为富达第一位拥有比特币专业知识的外部员工。在首席执行官Abigail Johnson的领导下，富达进一步进军加密货币领域，Pacchia帮助构建了其数字资产业务的架构，包括其托管和交易平台以及早期的挖矿业务。

虽然Pacchia目前的主要事业是酒吧PubKey，包括即将在华盛顿特区扩张，并在Winklevoss双胞胎的资金支持下很快将扩张到其他城市，但他仍然活跃在加密行业，包括担任Stronghold Digital Mining的董事会成员，并为另一家比特币挖矿公司Luxor提供咨询服务。

Pacchia曾经住在离PubKey几个街区远的地方，PubKey当时是一家名为Formerly Crow’s的酒吧，用他的话说，“是一个史诗般的、典型的纽约潜水酒吧”。他会和朋友们一起欢聚一堂，谈论比特币，亲切地将聚会称为“Crypto at the Crow”。当Formerly Crow’s在疫情期间关闭时，Pacchia受到Paul Revere和Thomas Paine的启发，决定接手并创立PubKey。

Pacchia在接受《Fortune》杂志采访时表示：“比特币需要有自己的酒馆和会议室，来促进一些革命性、文化性、经济性和技术性的变革，而比特币一直是这些变革的催化剂。”

他与两位经验丰富的餐馆老板以及前Eleven Madison Park厨师合作，设计了一份兼容并包的菜单，包括汉堡、热狗和鸡尾酒，既能吸引村庄居民，也能吸引加密信徒。

尽管PubKey的装饰以比特币为主题，但它仍然吸引了多元化的客户群体。去年11月，Pacchia注意到酒吧一角有一对夫妇，他们似乎刚刚结束了长时间的工作。Pacchia过去和他们攀谈，这对夫妇问起酒吧主题这个奇怪的话题。当Pacchia告诉这对夫妇PubKey的比特币精神时，这对夫妇看起来很震惊。“你在跟我们开玩笑吗？”这对夫妇问道。原来，他们是《纽约邮报》的摄影师，负责拍摄Caroline Ellison（Alameda Research前CEO），她恰好住在附近，在SBF的审判中作证。这对夫妇是偶然进来的。

总统访问

特朗普第一次接触加密货币是在2022年，当时特朗普推出了一个NFT系列，并获得了适度的回报。不过，他对加密货币的总体态度仍然是试探性的，但随着该行业成为2024年选举中最大的赞助者之一，这种态度发生了变化。如今，特朗普热情地拥抱区块链，宣称上任后会处理阻碍加密行业发展的重要事宜，包括释放丝绸之路创始人Ross Ulbricht和解雇SEC主席Gary Gensler等。

尽管特朗普一直在重复党派路线，但他并没有赢得所有人的支持，因为一些人仍然对他几年前给比特币贴上“骗局”的标签持怀疑态度。与此同时，他最近宣布了一项由特朗普家族运营的所谓DeFi协议World Liberty Financial，批评人士抨击他是为了捞钱，而不是真正致力于创造一款去中心化的产品。

在特朗普到访PubKey期间，特朗普仍然没有掌握“早已流行”的加密术语，将酒吧出售的食物称为“加密汉堡”，尽管有一位顾客试图纠正他为比特币——这一区别对比特币的忠实拥护者来说很重要，因为他们将其他代币视为“垃圾币”。与此同时，这一历史性汉堡交易的视频最初显示交易失败，Pacchia将其归因于相机闪光灯导致二维码扫描困难。（Pacchia补充说，PubKey约5%的销售额是用比特币支付的）

但Pacchia在接受《财富》杂志采访时表示：要理解（比特币和加密货币）之间的区别，是一个漫长的学习过程。“指望这些政客成为比特币专家是不现实的。”

特朗普的出现印证了Pacchia创办PubKey的决定。Pacchia送给特朗普两件礼物。第一件是著名的“购买比特币”标语的复制品，2017年国会听证会期间，PubKey的一位创始合伙人在当时的美联储主席珍妮特·耶伦身后举着这块标语。第二个是美国国旗，这是参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦为了纪念比特币创始人中本聪，委托另一位PubKey赞助人在美国国会大厦上空悬挂的美国国旗（恶作剧）。

专访特朗普用比特币购买汉堡的酒吧老板：从富达“黑手党”到比特币汉堡

尽管如此大张旗鼓（到访+送礼物），Pacchia坚称PubKey不会支持哪方总统候选人，他还抱着哈里斯会过来的希望。“比特币不应该成为一个党派问题，它属于所有人。”

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