Friend.tech，与 BitClout 类似，曾经是 Coinbase 以太坊第 2 层上最受欢迎的应用程序，现已删除了更改智能合约代码的功能

迄今为止，其代币的市值已下降 96%，从 2.35 亿美元跌至不足 1000 万美元。其协议的锁定总价值也下降了类似的 93%。

Friend.tech, the most popular application on Coinbase’s layer 2 of Ethereum, has removed the ability to change the smart contract code.

Friend.tech 是 Coinbase 以太坊第 2 层上最受欢迎的应用程序，它取消了更改智能合约代码的功能。

Administrators transferred permission to edit its smart contract to Ethereum’s ‘burner’ null address this week, prompting critics to declare its network ‘effectively dead.’

本周，管理员将编辑其智能合约的权限转移到以太坊的“燃烧器”空地址，促使批评者宣布其网络“实际上已经死亡”。

The market capitalization of its token has declined 96% to less than $10 million and its protocol’s total value locked has declined 93%.

其代币的市值已下降 96% 至不足 1000 万美元，其协议的锁定总价值已下降 93%。

After processing tens of thousands of daily transactions during its launch in August and September 2023, use of Friend.tech on Coinbase’s Base dwindled to nearly zero by November.

Friend.tech 在 2023 年 8 月和 2023 年 9 月推出期间每天处理数万笔交易，到 11 月，Coinbase Base 上的 Friend.tech 使用量几乎为零。

Since then, users have continued to neglect the network, with August 2024 transactions totaling barely a few hundred per day.

从那时起，用户继续忽视该网络，截至 2024 年 8 月，每天的交易总数仅为几百笔。

In 2023, Ethereum layer 2s like Arbitrum and Optimism were one of the hottest new things in crypto.

2023 年，Arbitrum 和 Optimism 等以太坊第 2 层是加密领域最热门的新事物之一。

That year, Arbitrum was airdropping its highly-anticipated ARB token, and Optimism was launching its OP Mainnet.

那一年，Arbitrum 空投了备受期待的 ARB 代币，而 Optimism 则推出了 OP 主网。

Google queries for Arbitrum hit an all-time high in 2023 with over five times more queries than Google has received for that word at any other time.

2023 年，谷歌对 Arbitrum 的查询量创下历史新高，其查询量是谷歌在任何其他时间收到的对该词的查询量的五倍多。

Friend.tech: The flagship app on Base

Friend.tech：Base 上的旗舰应用

In the midst of this frenzy, Coinbase launched its own Ethereum layer 2, Base.

在这股狂热之中，Coinbase 推出了自己的以太坊第 2 层 Base。

Differentiated by its lack of a proprietary token, Coinbase advertised Base as a way to save time and fees for a cornucopia of use cases.

由于缺乏专有代币，Coinbase 将 Base 宣传为一种为大量用例节省时间和费用的方式。

In reality, a single application quickly gained traction and dwarfed all other activity on Base: Friend.tech, a copycat of BitClout.

事实上，单个应用程序很快就获得了关注，并使 Base 上的所有其他活动相形见绌：Friend.tech（BitClout 的模仿者）。

Just like BitClout, Friend.tech allowed users to buy tokens associated with Twitter influencers in order to speculate on their popularity.

就像 BitClout 一样，Friend.tech 允许用户购买与 Twitter 影响者相关的代币，以推测他们的受欢迎程度。

The DOJ and SEC eventually filed criminal and civil charges, respectively, against the founder of BitClout.

美国司法部和美国证券交易委员会最终分别对 BitClout 创始人提起刑事和民事指控。

Before law enforcement even published those charges, the market capitalization of BitClout had declined over 90%.

在执法部门公布这些指控之前，BitClout 的市值已经下降了 90% 以上。

It halved again after the charges – and has never recovered.

指控后，它再次减半——并且从未恢复。

So far, no charges are filed against the founders of Friend.tech.

到目前为止，尚未对 Friend.tech 的创始人提出任何指控。

If you make $40m on a product with a skeleton crew, you’ve got a moral obligation to at least try and deliver on that product.FriendTech made bank, and then basically never even tried to ship another upgrade.That’s pathetic.Funders probably got their 1x liquidation… https://t.co/xjLvuS2hqe

如果你在一个只有骨干人员的产品上赚了 4000 万美元，那么你就有道德义务至少尝试并交付该产品。FriendTech 赚了钱，然后基本上从未尝试过发布另一个升级。这太可悲了。资助者可能得到了 1 倍清算…… https://t.co/xjLvuS2hqe

Read more: Are Friend.tech keys securities?

了解更多：Friend.tech 是关键证券吗？

The protocol has generated approximately $40 million in fees since inception.

该协议自成立以来已产生约 4000 万美元的费用。

There is no full accounting from Friend.tech nor its founder Racer regarding those funds.

Friend.tech 及其创始人 Racer 都没有对这些资金进行完整的核算。

Friend.tech denies claims that it is discontinuing its service or web application.

Friend.tech 否认其将停止其服务或网络应用程序的说法。

It is simply guaranteeing that no one may change its smart contract on Base.

它只是保证没有人可以更改其在 Base 上的智能合约。

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