ArchVM推出了其比特幣虛擬機的測試版本，籌集了1000萬美元的資金

虛擬機是智能合約中使用的一種軟件 - 滿足預定條件時執行協議條款的代碼集

Crypto startup Arch Labs, which is building a virtual machine for smart contracts on Bitcoin’s blockchain, has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Blockwall.

Crypto Startup Arch Labs正在為比特幣區塊鏈上建造虛擬機器的虛擬機器，已在Blockwall領導的B系列籌資回合中籌集了5000萬美元。

The startup, which is still in stealth mode, is aiming to make it easier to use crypto technology for new use cases, like property ownership in the metaverse or the trading of NFTs.

該初創公司仍處於隱形模式，旨在使在新用例中使用加密技術（例如Metaverse中的財產所有權或NFT的交易）更容易使用。

Smart contracts are sets of code that execute the terms of an agreement when predetermined conditions are met. They are used in many blockchains to create decentralized applications (dapps) and can be used for a variety of purposes, such as transferring cryptocurrency, registering property ownership, or managing the terms of an insurance policy.

智能合約是在滿足預定條件時執行協議條款的一組代碼。它們在許多區塊鏈中用於創建分散申請（DAPP），可用於各種目的，例如轉讓加密貨幣，註冊財產所有權或管理保險單的條款。

Other blockchains, including Polygon, Arbitrum, and Avalanche, have made use of the Ethereum Virtual Machine, and Solana has built its own virtual machine for smart contracts on its blockchain.

其他區塊鏈，包括Polygon，inotum和Avalanche，也利用了以太坊虛擬機，Solana已在其區塊鏈上建造了自己的虛擬機，用於智能合約。

But Bitcoin doesn’t have a virtual machine, making it harder to deploy Bitcoin-native applications and forcing Bitcoin holders to take their tokens elsewhere, Arch Labs founder and CEO Francesco Neretti, known as "Cisco" Mudano, told Fortune.

但是比特幣沒有虛擬機器，因此很難部署比特幣本地應用程序，並迫使比特幣持有人將其代幣帶到其他地方。

“You really don’t have the ability to build any type of native applications on Bitcoin,” Mudano said. “You can certainly take Bitcoin to other places and then make it play in some other ecosystem, but as far as on Bitcoin, it’s impossible.”

Mudano說：“您確實沒有能力在比特幣上構建任何類型的本機應用程序。” “您當然可以將比特幣帶到其他地方，然後在其他一些生態系統中發揮作用，但就比特幣而言，這是不可能的。”

Arch Labs, which was founded in 2023, launched a test version of its ArchVM in November. Since then, it has attracted more than 300,000 crypto wallets and multiple decentralized finance applications.

成立於2023年的Arch Labs於11月推出了其ArchVM的測試版本。從那時起，它吸引了300,000多個加密錢包和多個分散的金融應用。

The startup plans to launch ArchVM publicly in early May and will use the money raised in this latest funding round to expand his engineering team and accelerate the product’s deployment. It will also be used to support the development of the Arch Labs ecosystem.

該初創公司計劃在5月初公開啟動ArchVM，並將利用在最新資金回合中籌集的資金來擴展其工程團隊並加速產品的部署。它也將用於支持Arch Labs生態系統的開發。

ArchVM is not the first project to try to make building applications on Bitcoin’s blockchain easier. Two other companies, Rootstock and Stacks, already have products that let developers deploy smart contracts on Bitcoin’s blockchain. However, both companies’ products are still relatively limited in scope.

ArchVM不是第一個嘗試使比特幣區塊鏈上的構建應用程序更容易的項目。另外兩家公司，砧木和堆棧已經有了使開發人員在比特幣區塊鏈上部署智能合約的產品。但是，兩家公司的產品的範圍仍然相對有限。

Arch Labs is aiming to create a more complete and powerful virtual machine that will enable developers to build a wide range of dapps on Bitcoin.

Arch Labs的目標是創建一個更完整，更強大的虛擬機，該機器將使開發人員能夠在比特幣上構建各種各樣的DAPP。

This Series B funding follows a $25 million Series A round in November 2022. Previous investors in Arch Labs include 3M Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and Circle Ventures.

該系列B資金是在2022年11月的2500萬美元A系列之後進行的。先前在Arch Labs的投資者包括300萬企業，Bain Capital Ventures和Circle Ventures。

As part of the move to expand the engineering team, Arch Labs plans to reduce his team’s operational control over the product as it grows by establishing a foundation, similar to the Ethereum foundation that supports the network by distributing funds to development projects. The goal of creating a new foundation is to benefit the people who support the ArchVM ecosystem by volunteering to run computers and lock their assets on the network, he said.

作為擴大工程團隊的舉動的一部分，Arch Labs計劃通過建立基礎來減少其團隊對產品的運營控制，這類似於以太坊基金會通過向開發項目分配資金來支持網絡的基金會。他說，創建新基金會的目的是通過自願運行計算機並將其資產鎖定在網絡上來使支持ArchVM生態系統的人們受益。

“The ultimate goal of the network is to become decentralized in the same type of way that Ethereum, Solana and Bitcoin are. It’s more so to benefit the people that support the platform, not just the builders of it. Over time, we get removed from the situation and just become users of the platform like everybody else.”

“網絡的最終目標是以與以太坊，索拉納和比特幣相同的方式進行分散的方式。更是如此的是使支持平台的人們受益，而不僅僅是支持該平台的建築商。隨著時間的流逝，我們將從情況中刪除並像其他所有人一樣成為平台的用戶。”

Arch Labs will also be launching a token that will be used by customers to pay for transaction fees on the network. The investors in this round will be given those tokens in the future in lieu of company equity in what is known as a simple agreement for future tokens, or a SAFT—a common type of arrangement in the crypto space.

Arch Labs還將推出一個令牌，客戶將使用該代幣來支付網絡上的交易費用。將來，這一輪投資者將在未來代替公司權益，以代替公司權益，以實現未來代幣的簡單協議或SAFT的簡單協議，這是加密貨幣領域中常見的安排類型。