協議：私下交易指控使加密貨幣風險投資成為人們關注的焦點

在本週的區塊鏈技術通訊中，我們重點介紹了 Polychain 公司對一名前普通合夥人涉嫌違反道德規範的指控

The Protocol: Side-Dealing Accusations Put Crypto VC Funding in Spotlight

協議：私下交易指控使加密貨幣風險投資成為人們關注的焦點

In this week's blockchain tech newsletter, we're highlighting the firm Polychain's accusation against a former general partner over an alleged ethics breach, along with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin's speech in Brussels and Bitcoin's Saxony problem.

在本週的區塊鏈技術通訊中，我們重點介紹了 Polychain 公司對前普通合夥人涉嫌違反道德規範的指控，以及以太坊聯合創始人 Vitalik Buterin 在布魯塞爾的演講以及比特幣的薩克森問題。

The Ethereum Foundation's Vitalik Buterin drew more than 1,000 people into a room in Brussels at the EthCC conference, and CoinDesk's Margaux Nijkerk was on the scene. We've got that story plus lots of announcements emanating from Europe's biggest Ethereum-focused conference.

以太坊基金會的 Vitalik Buterin 在 EthCC 會議上吸引了 1000 多人來到布魯塞爾的一個房間，CoinDesk 的 Margaux Nijkerk 也在現場。我們已經了解了這個故事以及歐洲最大的以太坊會議發布的許多公告。

But one of the biggest blockchain stories making waves is the revelation (scooped by CoinDesk's Sam Kessler) that a prominent builder in the space has been accused by his former employer, the prestigious crypto venture-capital firm Polychain, of violating ethics policies by taking an undisclosed personal allocation of tokens from a project that raised funds from the firm. Read on.

但引起轟動的最大區塊鏈故事之一是（由 CoinDesk 的 Sam Kessler 獨家報導），該領域的一位著名建築商被其前雇主、著名的加密風險投資公司 Polychain 指控違反道德政策，因為他從公司籌集資金的項目中未公開的個人代幣分配。請繼續閱讀。

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Polychain says Ritual co-founder Niraj Pant, an ex-general partner, broke its policies. (Ritual)

Polychain 表示，Ritual 聯合創始人、前普通合夥人 Niraj Pant 違反了其政策。 （儀式）

SIDE DEAL? Two months ago, the blockchain-development world was rocked by the news that Neel Somani, founder of the uber-modular blockchain project Eclipse, was stepping aside from his role in response to sexual misconduct allegations. Now, there's fresh accusations surrounding the project's fundraising. Crypto venture capital giant Polychain has accused Niraj Pant, a former general partner at the fund, of making a backroom deal with Eclipse that broke the fund's policies, a scoop by CoinDesk's Sam Kessler. According to three sources close to the situation and internal Eclipse documents reviewed by CoinDesk, Eclipse's Somani quietly allocated Pant 5% of a forthcoming Eclipse crypto token in September 2022 – just days after Pant directed Polychain to lead the company's $6 million pre-seed funding round. The allocation was eventually reduced to 1.33%, worth $13.3 million at the token's most recent fully diluted valuation in a private investment round. Pant insists the arrangement was completely kosher because it wasn't finalized until September 2022 – the month after Polychain had already invested in Eclipse. Under a copy of an agreement obtained by Kessler and signed by Somani, Pant's Psychological Operations Co. would receive a grant of Eclipse's tokens in exchange for "periodic teleconference sync meetings" as requested by Eclipse. Somani told his inner circle that the generous token grant was meant to incentivize Pant to secure Polychain's cash and the veteran VC's coveted endorsement, according to two people familiar with the matter. "Polychain's statement to CoinDesk grants a rare insight into the sausage-making process of the cozy world of crypto VC firms and the projects they fund," Kessler wrote. Snarky posters on the social-media platform X snickered ironically that they were "shocked" to learn that such practices might go on in the crypto fundraising scene.

私下交易？兩個月前，超級模組化區塊鏈項目 Eclipse 的創始人 Neel Somani 因性行為不端指控而辭職的消息震驚了區塊鏈開發界。現在，圍繞該項目的籌款活動出現了新的指控。加密貨幣創投巨頭 Polychain 指控該基金前普通合夥人 Niraj Pant 與 Eclipse 進行幕後交易，違反了該基金的政策，CoinDesk 的 Sam Kessler 獨家透露。根據三位知情人士和CoinDesk 查閱的Eclipse 內部文件，Eclipse 的Somani 於2022 年9 月悄悄向Pant 分配了即將推出的Eclipse 加密代幣的5%，就在Pant 指示Polychain 領導該公司600 萬美元種子前融資的幾天後。分配最終減少至 1.33%，以該代幣最近一次私人投資輪完全稀釋估值計算，價值 1330 萬美元。 Pant 堅稱這項安排是完全合理的，因為直到 2022 年 9 月（也就是 Polychain 投資 Eclipse 的一個月後）才最終確定。根據凱斯勒獲得並由索馬尼簽署的協議副本，潘特的心理行動公司將獲得 Eclipse 的代幣，以換取 Eclipse 要求的「定期電話會議同步會議」。據兩位知情人士透露，索馬尼告訴他的核心圈子，慷慨的代幣贈款是為了激勵 Pant 獲得 Polychain 的現金和資深風險投資人夢寐以求的認可。凱斯勒寫道：“Polychain 向 CoinDesk 發表的聲明讓我們對加密風險投資公司的舒適世界及其資助的項目的香腸製作過程有了罕見的了解。”社群媒體平台 X 上的尖酸刻薄的海報諷刺地嘲笑說，當他們得知這種做法可能會在加密籌款場景中發生時，他們感到「震驚」。

Former President Donald Trump's Republican Party has officially adopted a platform that would seek to support cryptocurrency innovation, according to the document released Monday by the Republican National Committee. Separately, Multicoin Capital, one of the largest U.S. investment firms focused on cryptocurrency, is pledging up to $1 million to support Senate candidates with favorable views of the industry.

根據共和黨全國委員會週一發布的文件，前總統川普的共和黨已正式採用一個尋求支持加密貨幣創新的平台。另外，美國最大的專注於加密貨幣的投資公司之一 Multicoin Capital 承諾提供高達 100 萬美元的資金支持對該行業持積極看法的參議院候選人。

Residents of the small city of Granbury, Texas, have complained of suffering physical symptoms due to a "dull aural hum" emanating from a nearby Bitcoin mining facility that was "exceeding legal noise ordinances on a daily basis," Time reported. "A representative for Marathon Digital Holdings, the company that owns the mine, did not answer questions about health impacts, but told Time that it is working to remove the noisy fans from the site."

據《時代》雜誌報道，德克薩斯州格蘭伯里小城市的居民抱怨，由於附近的比特幣採礦設施發出“沉悶的嗡嗡聲”，導致身體出現症狀，這種聲音“每天都超出了法定噪音條例」。 “擁有該礦的公司馬拉松數字控股公司的一位代表沒有回答有關健康影響的問題，但告訴《時代》雜誌，他們正在努力將吵鬧的粉絲從現場清除。”

Blockchain games are "now emerging fully-cooked," writes David Z. Morris in a guest column: "That is, many are at least as enjoyable as games that have nothing to do with crypto." Another CoinDesk contributor, Jeff Wilser, examined the success of the tap-to-earn darling Hamster Kombat, a game launched on TON blockchain that has become so popular in Iran that the country's deputy military chief described it as part of the West's "soft war."

David Z. Morris 在客座專欄中寫道，區塊鏈遊戲“現在已經成熟”：“也就是說，許多遊戲至少和與加密貨幣無關的遊戲一樣有趣。”另一位CoinDesk 撰稿人Jeff Wilser 考察了點擊賺錢遊戲《Hamster Kombat》的成功，這是一款在TON 區塊鏈上推出的遊戲，該遊戲在伊朗非常受歡迎，以至於該國副軍事首長將其描述為西方「軟戰爭」的一部分」。

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin gave a keynote talk about hardening the Ethereum blockchain as a base layer, in front of a packed room full of an estimated 1,100 attendees, at a developer conference in Brussels on Wednesday. Buterin spoke at length during his presentation at the Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC) about the strengths and weaknesses of the largest smart-contracts

週三，在布魯塞爾舉行的開發者大會上，以太坊聯合創始人 Vitalik Buterin 在擠滿了大約 1,100 名與會者的房間裡發表了關於強化以太坊區塊鏈作為基礎層的主題演講。 Buterin 在以太坊社區會議 (EthCC) 的演講中詳細介紹了最大的智能合約的優點和缺點