Bitcoin Rollup Citrea 筹集了 1400 万美元的 A 轮融资，通过 ZK 证明使 BTC 成为可编程资产

Citrea 表示，让比特币区块链发挥更大效用的目标几乎是生死存亡的重要目标之一。

Bitcoin project Citrea, which aims to expand the original cryptocurrency’s utility with zero-knowledge technology, said Thursday it raised $14 million in Series A funding.

比特币项目 Citrea 周四表示，其 A 轮融资筹集了 1400 万美元，该项目旨在通过零知识技术扩展原始加密货币的实用性。

The investment was led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and included contributions from angel investors Erik Voorhees and Balaji Srinivasan, according to an announcement shared with CoinDesk.

根据与 CoinDesk 分享的公告，这笔投资由 Peter Thiel 的创始人基金牵头，天使投资人 Erik Voorhees 和 Balaji Srinivasan 也参与了投资。

Citrea, which raised $2.7 million of seed funding in a Galaxy-led round in February, uses the BitVM computing paradigm that is designed to allow Ethereum-style smart contracts on Bitcoin.

Citrea 在 2 月份由 Galaxy 主导的一轮融资中筹集了 270 万美元的种子资金，它使用 BitVM 计算范式，旨在允许在比特币上使用以太坊式智能合约。

"Citrea is an EVM-compatible layer, meaning all the applications on Ethereum can simply deploy on Citrea without having to change anything," Orkun Mahir Kılıç, CEO of Citrea builder Chainway Labs, told CoinDesk in an interview last month.

“Citrea 是一个 EVM 兼容层，这意味着以太坊上的所有应用程序都可以简单地部署在 Citrea 上，而无需进行任何更改，”Citrea 构建者 Chainway Labs 的首席执行官 Orkun Mahir Kılıç 在上个月的一次采访中告诉 CoinDesk。

The project aims to transform the Bitcoin blockchain into a venue for smart contracts by making bitcoin (BTC) a programmable asset through the use of zero-knowledge (ZK) technology.

该项目旨在通过使用零知识（ZK）技术使比特币（BTC）成为可编程资产，从而将比特币区块链转变为智能合约的场所。

ZK technology allows data to be transferred securely between parties through the ability to demonstrate knowledge without actually revealing the data and without the prover and verifier interacting.

ZK 技术通过展示知识的能力，允许数据在各方之间安全地传输，而无需实际泄露数据，也无需证明者和验证者交互。

"Citrea enhances the capabilities of Bitcoin blockspace with ZK technology and enables the Bitcoin network to support diverse on-chain applications and platforms," Citrea said.

Citrea 表示：“Citrea 通过 ZK 技术增强了比特币区块空间的功能，并使比特币网络能够支持多样化的链上应用和平台。”

The goal of allowing greater utility is one of "critical" importance, according to Citrea. While BTC has served well as a form of digital gold, it risks being sidelined by users relying on intermediaries and external networks to provide scalability, Citrea said.

Citrea 表示，实现更大效用的目标是“至关重要”的目标之一。 Citrea 表示，虽然 BTC 作为数字黄金的一种形式表现良好，但它面临着被依赖中介机构和外部网络提供可扩展性的用户边缘化的风险。

Bitcoin is therefore being undermined by the absence of a "proper scalability solution," hindering its role in decentralized finance (DeFi), which means it "risks losing its relevance in DeFi and becoming obsolete as a network."

因此，比特币因缺乏“适当的可扩展性解决方案”而受到损害，阻碍了其在去中心化金融（DeFi）中的作用，这意味着它“有失去在 DeFi 中的相关性并作为网络被淘汰的风险”。

The use of intermediaries to expand Bitcoin's utility is being explored by projects like layer-2 BOB, which aims to create bridges to other networks like Ethereum for the execution of transactions that are ultimately anchored on Bitcoin.

Layer-2 BOB 等项目正在探索利用中介机构来扩展比特币的效用，该项目旨在建立与以太坊等其他网络的桥梁，以执行最终锚定在比特币上的交易。