Swan Bitcoin 起诉前高管和 Proton 管理层

天鹅比特币成立于2019年，为投资者提供金融服务。 2023年，推出Swan Mining并进军矿业。

Bitcoin financial services company Swan Bitcoin has sued several former workers from its mining division, alleging that they stole software code from the company, quit, and then used the code to launch their own mining operation.

比特币金融服务公司 Swan Bitcoin 起诉了其挖矿部门的几名前员工，指控他们窃取了该公司的软件代码，然后辞职，然后使用该代码启动了自己的挖矿业务。

The former employees, according to the complaint, founded Proton Management, a “counterfeit competitor,” and persuaded Tether, a stablecoin issuer, to sever connections with Swan and collaborate with them instead.

诉状称，这些前员工创立了“假冒竞争对手”Proton Management，并说服稳定币发行商 Tether 断绝与 Swan 的联系，转而与他们合作。

Earlier in July, Swan Bitcoin axed its managed mining unit and canceled its first public offering (IPO).

7 月初，Swan Bitcoin 削减了其托管挖矿部门，并取消了首次公开募股 (IPO)。

According to Swan Bitcoin lawyers, the court documents were filed on September 25. This was carried out with the aim of “unrecoverably damaging Swan’s market competitiveness.”

据Swan比特币律师称，法庭文件于9月25日提交。这样做的目的是“对Swan的市场竞争力造成不可挽回的损害”。

Cory Klippsten, Swan's CEO took to Twitter stating that the business has always operated its mining in a “distinct and isolated” manner. The most recent news, he said, has little bearing on Swan's main line of business.

Swan 首席执行官 Cory Klippsten 在 Twitter 上表示，该公司一直以“独特且孤立”的方式运营采矿业。他表示，最新消息对 Swan 的主营业务影响不大。

“+132% YoY. Swan financial services revenue is up big,” Klippsten wrote. “Been an awesome last 12 months of product launches (Swan IRA, Swan Vault), excited for more geo and product launches soon. Mining has always been separate and segregated. Recent news does not affect our core business.”

“同比增长 132%。天鹅金融服务收入大幅增长。”Klippsten 写道。 “过去 12 个月的产品发布（Swan IRA、Swan Vault）非常棒，我们对即将推出更多地理和产品感到兴奋。采矿业一直是分开和隔离的。最近的消息不会影响我们的核心业务。”

Swan Bitcoin Sues Former Execs And Proton Management

Swan Bitcoin 起诉前高管和 Proton 管理层

Swan Bitcoin was founded in 2019 and provides investors with financial services. In 2023, it launched Swan Mining and expanded into the mining industry. The defendants carried out a prearranged plot known as “rain and hellfire” to seize internal control of Swan's mining company, per the complaint.

Swan Bitcoin成立于2019年，为投资者提供金融服务。 2023年，推出Swan Mining并进军矿业。根据起诉书，被告实施了一项名为“雨与地狱火”的预先安排的阴谋，以夺取斯旺矿业公司的内部控制权。

Prior to their resignation between August 8 and August 9, the former workers took thousands of confidential papers as well as proprietary code for the company's mining monitoring software, Swan Bitcoin claims.

Swan Bitcoin 声称，在 8 月 8 日至 9 日辞职之前，这些前员工拿走了数千份机密文件以及该公司采矿监控软件的专有代码。

Moreover, the defendants are accused of poaching employees and swaying Swan's business partners, such as Tether, a provider of stablecoin. The lawsuit also added that the corporation behind USDT aimed at providing a “legal facade” of the “counterfeit firm’s” wrongdoings.

此外，被告还被指控挖角员工并影响 Swan 的商业合作伙伴，例如稳定币提供商 Tether。该诉讼还补充说，USDT 背后的公司旨在为“假冒公司”的不当行为提供“合法的幌子”。

Only a few days later, on August 12, after the defendants' resignation, a major financial partner, Tether, replaced Swan with Proton in the mining contract. Altogether, both had also launched a managed mining service for institutional investors, with aspirations of connecting 100 exahashes by 2026. The outcome of this litigation may affect these plans in the future.

仅仅几天后，即 8 月 12 日，在被告辞职后，主要金融合作伙伴 Tether 在挖矿合同中用 Proton 取代了 Swan。总之，两家公司还为机构投资者推出了托管挖矿服务，希望到 2026 年连接 100 exahash。这场诉讼的结果可能会影响未来的这些计划。

Swan Seeks Permanent Injunction And Return Of Materials

Swan 寻求永久禁令并返还材料

In addition to violating contractual secrecy, Swan claimed that this inappropriate conduct damages its operations immediately and irreversibly, resulting in lost commercial prospects and a damaged brand.

Swan 声称，除了违反合同保密外，这种不当行为会立即且不可逆转地损害其运营，导致商业前景丧失和品牌受损。

The civil complaint alleges that Tether and the former workers had a planned approach whereby they attempted to destroy Swan's mining company from the inside out.

民事起诉书称，Tether 和前工人有计划地试图从内到外摧毁 Swan 的矿业公司。

However, Swan has asked for the return of items taken without authorization and a permanent injunction against Proton. The verdict in this case may establish a standard for resolving IP conflicts in the cryptocurrency sector.

然而，Swan 要求归还未经授权拿走的物品，并对 Proton 发出永久禁令。本案的判决可能会为解决加密货币领域的知识产权冲突建立一个标准。