ArchVM推出了其比特币虚拟机的测试版本，筹集了1000万美元的资金

虚拟机是智能合约中使用的一种软件 - 满足预定条件时执行协议条款的代码集

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正在为比特币区块链上建造虚拟机器的虚拟机器，已在Blockwall领导的B系列筹资回合中筹集了5000万美元。

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.

该初创公司仍处于隐形模式，旨在使在新用例中使用加密技术（例如Metaverse中的财产所有权或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.

智能合约是在满足预定条件时执行协议条款的一组代码。它们在许多区块链中用于创建分散申请（DAPP），可用于各种目的，例如转让加密货币，注册财产所有权或管理保险单的条款。

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.

其他区块链，包括Polygon，inotum和Avalanche，也利用了以太坊虚拟机，Solana已在其区块链上建造了自己的虚拟机，用于智能合约。

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.

但是比特币没有虚拟机器，因此很难部署比特币本地应用程序，并迫使比特币持有人将其代币带到其他地方。

“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说：“您确实没有能力在比特币上构建任何类型的本机应用程序。” “您当然可以将比特币带到其他地方，然后在其他一些生态系统中发挥作用，但就比特币而言，这是不可能的。”

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.

成立于2023年的Arch Labs于11月推出了其ArchVM的测试版本。从那时起，它吸引了300,000多个加密钱包和多个分散的金融应用。

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.

该初创公司计划在5月初公开启动ArchVM，并将利用在最新资金回合中筹集的资金来扩展其工程团队并加速产品的部署。它也将用于支持Arch Labs生态系统的开发。

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不是第一个尝试使比特币区块链上的构建应用程序更容易的项目。另外两家公司，砧木和堆栈已经有了使开发人员在比特币区块链上部署智能合约的产品。但是，两家公司的产品的范围仍然相对有限。

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的目标是创建一个更完整，更强大的虚拟机，该机器将使开发人员能够在比特币上构建各种各样的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.

该系列B资金是在2022年11月的2500万美元A系列之后进行的。先前在Arch Labs的投资者包括300万企业，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.

作为扩大工程团队的举动的一部分，Arch Labs计划通过建立基金会来减少其团队对产品的运营控制，这类似于以太坊基金会通过向开发项目分配资金来支持网络的基金会。他说，创建新基金会的目的是通过自愿运行计算机并将其资产锁定在网络上来使支持ArchVM生态系统的人们受益。

“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.”

“网络的最终目标是以与以太坊，索拉纳和比特币相同的方式进行分散的方式。更是如此的是使支持平台的人们受益，而不仅仅是支持该平台的建筑商。随着时间的流逝，我们将从情况中删除并像其他所有人一样成为平台的用户。”

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还将推出一个令牌，客户将使用该代币来支付网络上的交易费用。将来，这一轮投资者将在未来代替公司权益，以代替公司权益，以实现未来代币的简单协议或SAFT的简单协议，这是加密货币领域中常见的安排类型。