Pharos 筹集 800 万美元用于构建针对金融科技用例的 Layer 1 区块链网络

Pharos 是一家针对金融科技用例的 Layer 1 区块链开发商，已在种子轮融资中筹集了 800 万美元。

Blockchain startup Pharos has raised $8 million in a seed funding round to build a Layer 1 network for fintech use cases.

区块链初创公司 Pharos 在种子轮融资中筹集了 800 万美元，用于为金融科技用例构建第 1 层网络。

Lightspeed Faction and Hack VC co-led the round, with SNZ Capital joining as a strategic anchor investor, Pharos announced Friday. Reforge, Dispersion Capital, Hash Global, Generative Ventures, MH Ventures, Zion and Chorus One also participated.

Pharos 周五宣布，Lightspeed Faction 和 Hack VC 共同领投此轮融资，SNZ Capital 作为战略锚定投资者加入。 Reforge、Dispersion Capital、Hash Global、Generative Ventures、MH Ventures、Zion 和 Chorus One 也参与其中。

Pharos began raising for this round in July and closed it in September, co-founder and CEO Alex Zhang told The Block. The round was structured as a simple agreement for future equity (SAFE) with token warrants, said Zhang, who declined to disclose the post-round valuation.

Pharos 联合创始人兼首席执行官 Alex 张 告诉 The Block，该轮融资于 7 月开始筹集，并于 9 月结束。张表示，本轮融资的结构是一份带有代币认股权证的简单未来股权协议（SAFE），但他拒绝透露本轮融资后的估值。

What is Pharos?

法罗斯是什么？

Pharos is building a Layer 1 blockchain network to bridge traditional fintech services with web3 technologies. When asked why Pharos is creating a new Layer 1 blockchain and what limitations in existing Layer 1 and Layer 2 networks it aims to address, Zhang pointed to scalability as a core barrier to "true mass adoption" of web3.

Pharos 正在构建第 1 层区块链网络，以将传统金融科技服务与 Web3 技术联系起来。当被问及 Pharos 为什么要创建新的第 1 层区块链以及其旨在解决现有第 1 层和第 2 层网络的哪些限制时，张指出可扩展性是“真正大规模采用”web3 的核心障碍。

"Pharos network aims to establish a unique payment-grade web3 infrastructure," said Zhang, adding that the network would deliver "a web2-equivalent user experience at the scale of billions of user accounts globally."

张说：“Pharos 网络旨在建立一个独特的支付级 web3 基础设施。”他补充说，该网络将提供“在全球数十亿用户帐户规模上提供相当于 web2 的用户体验”。

Real-time payments and real-world assets (RWAs) are two primary use cases Pharos will prioritize, according to Zhang. To that end, Pharos has announced a strategic partnership with ZAN, the web3 brand of Ant Digital Technologies, a subsidiary of the Chinese fintech giant Ant Group. Together, they aim to develop web3 infrastructure focused on node services, security and hardware.

张表示，实时支付和现实世界资产（RWA）是 Pharos 优先考虑的两个主要用例。为此，Pharos 宣布与中国金融科技巨头蚂蚁集团旗下蚂蚁金服旗下的 web3 品牌 ZAN 建立战略合作伙伴关系。他们共同致力于开发专注于节点服务、安全性和硬件的 Web3 基础设施。

Zhang highlighted that the partnership with ZAN will concentrate on RWA use cases, while another partnership with Worldwide Stablecoin Payment Network (WSPN) will focus on stablecoin payment use cases. More partnerships are in the pipeline, he added.

张强调，与 ZAN 的合作将专注于 RWA 用例，而与全球稳定币支付网络（WSPN）的另一项合作将专注于稳定币支付用例。他补充说，更多的合作伙伴关系正在酝酿之中。

Pharos envisions an ecosystem of "web3 SuperApps" powered by "hyper-parallelism across consensus, execution, storage and heterogeneous hardware." In terms of scalability, Pharos seeks to support 50,000 transactions per second (TPS). For comparison, the theoretical maximum TPS for Solana and Ethereum Layer 2 network Arbitrum are 65,000 and 40,000, respectively, per Chainspect data.

Pharos 设想了一个由“跨共识、执行、存储和异构硬件的超并行性”提供支持的“web3 SuperApps”生态系统。在可扩展性方面，Pharos 力求支持每秒 50,000 笔交易（TPS）。为了进行比较，根据 Chainspect 数据，Solana 和以太坊第 2 层网络 Arbitrum 的理论最大 TPS 分别为 65,000 和 40,000。

Pharos launch timeline

法罗斯发射时间表

The Pharos network is currently in an internal development phase, with plans to launch a testnet in Q1 2025 and a mainnet later in the year, said Zhang. When asked about a potential network token launch, Zhang said, "A network utility token is an option."

张表示，Pharos 网络目前正处于内部开发阶段，计划于 2025 年第一季度推出测试网，并于今年晚些时候推出主网。当被问及潜在的网络代币发行时，张说：“网络实用代币是一种选择。”

Pharos operates with fewer than 10 employees across the U.S., Hong Kong and Singapore, and Zhang plans to expand the team to over 20 members, by hiring in cryptography, marketing and ecosystem development roles.

Pharos 在美国、香港和新加坡运营的员工人数不足 10 名，张计划通过招聘密码学、营销和生态系统开发职位，将团队规模扩大到 20 名以上。

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