Tether CEO比特币大会演讲全文:我们不是印钞机,是去中介基础设施提供商

Odaily星球日报Published on 2025-05-30Last updated on 2025-05-30

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云不是我们的朋友。比特币,才是。

编译 | Odaily星球日报(@OdailyChina

译者 | Ethan(@ethanzhang_web3

译者按:在比特币 2025 大会上,Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino 的这场演讲或许不像传统Web3高管那样“数据轰炸”或“概念狂飙”,但却意外地真实、生动甚至带点黑色幽默。他将比特币比作童年偶像“悟空”,将黄金称为“自然界的比特币”,吐槽 API 密钥的同时,强调了点对点架构的美学,还顺手抛出一句:“我们是全球最大比特币矿工之一。” 这次 Paolo Ardoino 的主题演讲,与其说这是一场公司路演,不如说是一次技术信仰的表达——Tether 正在试图将稳定币的边界拓宽为一套去中介的基础设施系统,包括货币(USDT)、价值锚定(BTC)、通信(Keet)、智能平台(KUBA),乃至身份和主权的构建方式。

最后,引用他的一句话收尾再合适不过:“云不是我们的朋友。比特币,才是。”

注:在翻译这篇演讲时,我们尽力保留了其第一人称视角和原生语感,同时参考英文原稿对部分语句做了适当的润色和调整。

Tether CEO比特币大会演讲全文:我们不是印钞机,是去中介基础设施提供商

以下为Paolo Ardoino演讲全文:

支持比特币,真是一件令人振奋的事。我非常喜欢。请大家多多关注。

今天的演讲,我想从这张图说起。这是我最喜欢的一张图片。它展示了我对比特币的感受:比特币就像是悟空。我出生在 80 年代,《龙珠》是我童年记忆的一部分,而比特币就是那个强大的伙伴。而 Tether,则像是旅途中的另一位朋友——力量可能没那么强,但始终可靠、重要。

Tether 这家公司从 2014 年一无所有开始起步,创造了全球第一个稳定币——USDT。我们一直在努力创造人们真正需要的产品。刚刚,我更新了一张幻灯片数据,因为今天早上,我们的资产规模刚刚突破了 1530 亿美元。这是我们在两天前准备幻灯片时未曾预料的进展。

我想讲一个让我很感慨的节点,那是疫情发生的那一刻。在那之前,Tether 主要还是被用作加密货币交易的媒介。但从疫情开始,它迅速转变为全球数亿人使用的“数字美元”,成为他们生活中的一部分。

更重要的是,从 2022 年起,我们甚至没有一个正式的市场营销团队。所以我不能说这个增长是靠“运营得好”或“广告投放得巧”达成的。事实是:当你创造出人们真正需要的产品,它自然会增长,自然会通过口口相传传播开来。

一些数据大家可能感兴趣:去年我们实现了 130 亿美元的利润。目前我们持有超过 1200 亿美元的美国国债。此外,我们也已开始大量投资比特币。作为公司,我们已经拥有超过 10 万个比特币。

我们还持有约 50 吨黄金。是的,我知道很多比特币支持者不太喜欢黄金,甚至不愿谈论它,仿佛黄金会威胁到比特币的地位。但我不这么认为。比特币是完美的,而黄金则是不完美的,它并不与比特币竞争,它是在和法币竞争。

我个人觉得,黄金几乎可以被视为自然界中的“原始比特币”。而比特币,则是我们创造出来的“数字黄金”。我们在全球新兴市场和发展中国家拥有约 4.2 亿用户,占去中心化交易量的 62% 。更有意义的是,大约 35% 的 USDT 用户,将它当作储蓄账户使用——因为他们生活在像土耳其、阿根廷、越南这样的国家,本币贬值速度惊人,他们只能选择用美元进行储蓄,而 USDT 是他们最现实的选择。

我如何看待 Tether?我认为它是一家与传统科技公司和金融机构形成鲜明对比的公司。金融和大科技公司往往依靠层层中介存在:金融中介从我们的每笔交易中收取费用,科技巨头则掌控着我们的数据。这本质上是一回事:我们在金钱和数据上都失去了主权。

而 Tether 的目标就是用技术提供工具,帮助人们摆脱这些中介,实现真正的个体主权。

我们是一家从比特币中诞生的公司。公司内每个人都热爱比特币。我们的总部设在比特币之国——萨尔瓦多。这个国家经历了 20 年黑帮与暴力的困扰,如今在总统的勇气领导下,实现了转变。政治家真的可以做出改变,我们正在美国看到类似的转变:越来越多政界人士开始理解比特币对国家、对世界的重要性。

我们为自己感到骄傲的一件事是,我们不仅购买比特币,还自己参与挖矿。是的,到今年年底,我们可能会成为全球最大的比特币矿企——超过所有上市公司。

Tether CEO比特币大会演讲全文:我们不是印钞机,是去中介基础设施提供商

很多人会问:你们已经持有那么多比特币了,为什么还要挖矿?答案是:比特币挖矿就是我们自有资产的对冲手段。我们不仅是比特币的持有者,更是网络安全的参与者。我们用自己的算力,保护这个网络的安全。

我们也在推动基础设施建设,比如推出了 WDK(钱包开发工具包),帮助每一个公司、应用、网站、AI Agent 接入非托管比特币钱包。我不认为未来的 AI Agent 应该通过 API 接入托管服务,而是应拥有自己独立的钱包,能被赋予资产、为人类执行任务,而不是受限于某个公司的规则。

最近我们发布了自己的 AI 平台——KUBA,灵感来自阿西莫夫 1956 年的短篇小说《最后的问题》。我们想回答的问题是:“如何逆转宇宙的熵?”这个平台主打本地推理,适配任何设备:从非洲 30 美元的安卓机,到高性能服务器,全都支持。我们希望创造的 AI,是去中心化、为社会服务的智能,而不是用来榨取用户数据、为企业牟利的工具。

我们还投资了 Plan B 网络,是其最大支持者。虽然“Plan B”在美国有别的含义(笑),但我们赋予它全新内涵:在 Plan A 失败时,每个人都应该有自己的 Plan B——具备货币主权与通信技术主权的能力。

我们也通过 Tether 教育计划与全球大学合作,普及比特币教育;投资 BTC Pay Server 开源项目,推动比特币支付基础设施;与瑞士卢加诺市合作举办 Plan B 峰会,并赞助当地足球俱乐部,将比特币品牌带入欧洲球场;我们还与 Fulgur 联手创建了风险投资基金,投资比特币创业公司。

我们与视频平台 Rumble 合作,投资了 7.75 亿美元,他们也拥有自己的比特币金库。我们将推出一个以比特币为核心的钱包产品,让更多人可以轻松上手。

此外,我们还开发了一个点对点通信应用——Keet。它目前仍处于 alpha 测试阶段,但已支持高频语音、文字、视频、文件等内容的点对点分发,全程无中央服务器。我们要证明,“云”并不是我们的朋友,它只是一个被强加给我们的幻象,用于榨取我们数据的工具。

最后,非常感谢大家。我知道我讲得有点久,但能在这里、在美国、与各位同行一起分享这些内容,我感到无比荣幸。我们一起,为比特币的未来而努力。

谢谢大家!

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