巴菲特解释为什么不投资比特币

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Bitcoin has steadily been gaining acceptance from the traditional finance and investment world in recent years but Warren Buffett is sticking to his skeptical stance on the cryptocurrency.

近年来，比特币逐渐得到传统金融和投资界的认可，但沃伦·巴菲特仍对加密货币持怀疑态度。

He said at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting Saturday that it’s not a productive asset and it doesn’t produce anything tangible. Despite a shift in public perception about bitcoin, Buffett still wouldn’t buy it.

他周六在伯克希尔哈撒韦公司年度股东大会上表示，这不是一项生产性资产，也不会产生任何有形的东西。尽管公众对比特币的看法发生了变化，但巴菲特仍然不会购买它。

Buffett elaborated on why he doesn’t see value in bitcoin, comparing it to things that generate other types of value.

巴菲特详细说明了他为什么不看好比特币的价值，并将比特币与其他能产生价值的东西进行了比较。

“If you said … for a 1% interest in all the farmland in the United States, pay our group $25 billion, I’ll write you a check this afternoon,” Buffett said. ”[For] $25 billion I now own 1% of the farmland. [If] you offer me 1% of all the apartment houses in the country and you want another $25 billion, I’ll write you a check, it’s very simple. Now if you told me you own all of the bitcoin in the world and you offered it to me for $25 I wouldn’t take it because what would I do with it? I’d have to sell it back to you one way or another. It isn’t going to do anything. The apartments are going to produce rent and the farms are going to produce food.”

“如果你说...为了获得美国所有农田1%的收益，要收取250亿美元，我今天下午会给你一张支票（付款），“巴菲特说，“（支付了）250亿美元，我现在拥有1%的农田。（如果）你给我提供全国所有公寓房的1%，你想要另外250亿美元，我也会给你一张支票，这很简单。现在，如果你告诉我你拥有世界上所有的比特币，你以25美元的价格把它卖给我，我不会接受，因为我能用它来做什么呢？我最终不得不通过各种方式再把它卖给你。我不能用它来做任何事情，但公寓能产生租金，农场会提供食物。”

Investors for years have been puzzled over how to value bitcoin in part because of its potential to serve different functions. In Western markets it has been established as an investment asset, particularly in the past year as rates and inflation have been on the rise. In other markets, people still see enormous potential for its use as digital cash.

多年来，投资者一直对如何对比特币进行估值感到困惑，部分原因是它具有提供不同功能的潜力。在西方市场，它已被确立为一种投资资产，特别是在过去的一年里，随着利率和通胀的上升。在其他市场，人们仍然看到它作为数字现金使用的巨大潜力。

Both Buffett and Charlie Munger have made hostile comments toward bitcoin in the past. Most famously, Buffett said bitcoin is “probably rat poison squared.”

巴菲特和查理·芒格过去都对比特币发表过敌对言论。最著名的是，巴菲特说比特币“可能是老鼠药的二次方”。

重点词汇

tangible /ˈtændʒəb(ə)l/ adj. 明确的，真实的；可触摸的，可感知的

tangible asset 有形资产

intangible /ɪnˈtændʒəbl/ adj. 不可捉摸的，难以确定的；（资产，利益）无形的

elaborate on 详细说明；阐明

puzzle over 苦思；困惑

hostile /ˈhɒstaɪl/ adj. 敌对的，怀敌意的