比特幣質押平台 Babylon 將於本週開始分階段啟動主網

Babylon 嘗試引入 BTC 質押是近幾個月來為比特幣引入更多實用性的眾多進展之一

Bitcoin (BTC) staking platform Babylon is gearing up to launch the first phase of its main network this week, as per an announcement on Monday.

根據週一的公告，比特幣（BTC）質押平台 Babylon 正準備在本週推出主網路的第一階段。

The project, which is spearheaded by a Stanford University professor and has garnered attention as one of the promising new scaling endeavors for Bitcoin, will begin the phased mainnet launch on Aug. 22.

該計畫由史丹佛大學教授牽頭，作為比特幣最有前途的新擴容計畫之一而受到關注，將於 8 月 22 日開始分階段啟動主網。

Earlier this year, Babylon closed a $70 million funding round led by Paradigm. The project is headed by David Tse, a Stanford engineering professor renowned for his past research on information theory at the University of California, Berkeley.

今年早些時候，Babylon 完成了由 Paradigm 領投的 7,000 萬美元融資。該計畫由史丹佛大學工程學教授 David Tse 領導，他因過去在加州大學柏克萊分校的資訊理論研究而聞名。

During the first phase, BTC holders will be able to lock their tokens on the Bitcoin network, the emailed announcement stated.

電子郵件公告稱，在第一階段，比特幣持有者將能夠將其代幣鎖定在比特幣網路上。

For security, Babylon is enforcing a cap of 1,000 BTC (around $57.9 million at the time of writing) that users can stake in total.

為了安全起見，Babylon 強制規定使用者可以質押的總量上限為 1,000 BTC（在撰寫本文時約為 5,790 萬美元）。

Staking involves crypto holders offering their tokens to a network to help fund its continuous operation, usually in the hopes of getting rewards in return, much like putting money in a savings account to earn interest.

質押涉及加密貨幣持有者向網路提供代幣，以幫助為其持續營運提供資金，通常是希望獲得回報，就像將錢存入儲蓄帳戶以賺取利息一樣。

This system is integral to the functioning of most blockchains, but Bitcoin is not one of them, which is why staking is largely absent from the world’s largest cryptocurrency network.

該系統是大多數區塊鏈功能不可或缺的一部分，但比特幣不是其中之一，這就是為什麼世界上最大的加密貨幣網路基本上不存在質押。

Babylon's efforts to introduce BTC staking are part of a broader wave of developments in recent months that aim to introduce greater utility to Bitcoin.

Babylon 引入 BTC 質押的努力是近幾個月更廣泛發展浪潮的一部分，旨在為比特幣引入更多實用性。

The project is being supported by over 200 “finality providers,” who will approve transactions to maintain the network's protocol, much like the role of validators in proof-of-stake ecosystems, the announcement stated.

公告稱，該項目得到了 200 多個「最終確定性提供者」的支持，他們將批准交易以維護網路協議，就像權益證明生態系統中驗證者的角色一樣。

Allnodes, Figment and Galaxy Digital are among the finality providers, as per the release.

根據發布的信息，Allnodes、Figment 和 Galaxy Digital 均屬於最終確定性提供者。