At this year's Bitcoin conference, Vance made a very interesting statement:

"Cryptocurrency is right-wing technology, while artificial intelligence is left-wing technology."

At first glance, it seems a bit arbitrary, but upon closer reflection, it is indeed thought-provoking.

Bitcoin advocates decentralization, personal freedom, and censorship resistance, attracting a large group of conservative tech idealists;

whereas AI tends to concentrate power, emphasize efficiency, and manage boundaries, making it naturally more favored by authoritarian systems.

This is certainly a rough classification, but it reveals the cultural tendencies behind the technology:

one side is the decentralized "engine of freedom," and the other is the centralized "scepter of computing power."

Vance also mentioned that the next stage for Bitcoin is to become a strategic asset for the United States.

In his view, Bitcoin is not just "financial innovation," but a shield against the trend of centralization in the digital age.

This divergence in technological paths is worth our long-term attention.

Especially when AI and Crypto are no longer parallel but begin to collide head-on.

Future technological choices may indeed be choices of values.