索尼拥抱区块链，与模因作战

拥有 78 年历史的日本电子巨头索尼是最新一家探索区块链技术的传统巨头。

This week in The Protocol: Sony launches its own blockchain, slamming the brakes on memecoin trading. Bubblemaps announces plans to launch a token and a new "Intel Desk" to involve the community in driving investigations. Babylon Labs is building a trust-minimized Bitcoin bridge with the Cosmos network, paving the way for greater interoperability. Finally, U.S. prosecutors are seeking to return nearly 80% of the 119,754 bitcoins stolen in the 2016 Bitfinex hack to the crypto exchange. Plus, a look at how Bitcoin ETFs performed in 2024 and the growing number of U.S.-listed companies adding bitcoin to their treasuries.

本周《协议》：索尼推出自己的区块链，为模因币交易踩下刹车。 Bubblemaps 宣布计划推出代币和新的“Intel Desk”，让社区参与推动调查。 Babylon Labs 正在与 Cosmos 网络建立一座信任最小化的比特币桥梁，为更大的互操作性铺平道路。最后，美国检察官正在寻求将 2016 年 Bitfinex 黑客攻击中被盗的 119,754 枚比特币中的近 80% 归还给加密货币交易所。另外，我们还可以看看比特币 ETF 在 2024 年的表现以及越来越多的美国上市公司将比特币添加到其金库中。

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Sony embraces blockchain, battles memes

索尼拥抱区块链，与迷因作斗争

Sony, the 78-year-old Japanese electronics giant, has joined the ranks of legacy megacorps exploring blockchain technology. On Tuesday, the company announced the official launch of "Soneium," its general-purpose blockchain platform built on Optimism's OP Stack. The chain is designed to "bridge the gap between Web2 and Web3 audiences, especially for the creators, fans and community,” the network team told CoinDesk's Margaux Nijkerk in a statement. Like similar general-purpose blockchains, the network is built to support a wide variety of use cases, from decentralized finance apps to entertainment and gaming services. While Sony's blockchain tech has attracted attention this week, not all the spotlight has been positive. Within the first couple of hours of Soneium's launch, some X users complained that the network was blocking memecoin trading, leading to allegations that the (ostensibly decentralized) network was "censoring" certain kinds of transactions, a major faux pas for some crypto adherents. The controversy highlighted the inherent tension between hardline blockchain ideals and traditional corporate interests. But the incident also showcased crypto's resilience: Some savvy blockchain users discovered a workaround that allowed them to "force through" transactions to the base Ethereum network, rendering moot Sony's alleged transaction-blocking. Read more.

拥有 78 年历史的日本电子巨头索尼已加入探索区块链技术的传统巨头行列。周二，该公司宣布正式推出“Soneium”，这是其基于 Optimism OP Stack 构建的通用区块链平台。该网络团队在一份声明中告诉 CoinDesk 的 Margaux Nijkerk，该链旨在“弥合 Web2 和 Web3 受众之间的差距，特别是对于创作者、粉丝和社区”。与类似的通用区块链一样，该网络的构建是为了支持从去中心化金融应用程序到娱乐和游戏服务，尽管索尼的区块链技术本周引起了人们的关注，但在 Soneium 推出的最初几个小时内，并非所有的关注都是积极的。用户抱怨该网络阻止了 memecoin 交易，导致有人指控该（表面上是去中心化的）网络正在“审查”某些类型的交易，这对一些加密货币追随者来说是一个重大失礼行为，这一争议凸显了强硬的区块链理想与传统之间的内在紧张关系。但该事件也展示了加密货币的弹性：一些精明的区块链用户发现了一种解决方法，允许他们将交易“强制通过”基础以太坊网络，从而使索尼所谓的交易阻塞变得毫无意义。阅读更多。

Bubblemaps wants more crypto sleuths

Bubblemaps 需要更多的加密侦探

Bubblemaps, the blockchain analytics service, announced on X this week that it will be launching a token, BMT, and a new "Intel Desk" that will give holders a voice in driving investigations. Bubblemaps recently introduced the V2 of its platform, which helps crypto sleuths suss out who really owns the supply of a given token. The platform sorts closely related blockchain addresses into clusters, and its easy-to-read visuals have become a common sight on crypto Twitter, where they've been used to demonstrate suspicious supply patterns among popular memecoins and DeFi tokens. Bubblemaps V2, which started rolling out to users in November, added new AI-clustering features and made it easier to examine token distributions over time. Bubblemaps' just-announced token, BMT, will be airdropped to users of the V2 platform. Holders will be given a role in the platform's "Intel Desk," where community members can propose investigations and vote on how Bubblemaps allocates in-house investigators and resources.

区块链分析服务 Bubblemaps 本周在 X 上宣布，将推出代币 BMT 和新的“Intel Desk”，让持有者在推动调查中拥有发言权。 Bubblemaps 最近推出了其平台的 V2，该平台可帮助加密货币侦探查明谁真正拥有给定代币的供应。该平台将密切相关的区块链地址分类为集群，其易于阅读的视觉效果已成为加密 Twitter 上的常见景象，它们被用来展示流行的 memecoin 和 DeFi 代币之间的可疑供应模式。 Bubblemaps V2 于 11 月开始向用户推出，添加了新的 AI 集群功能，并且可以更轻松地检查代币随时间的分布。 Bubblemaps 刚刚宣布的代币 BMT 将空投给 V2 平台的用户。持有者将在该平台的“Intel Desk”中发挥作用，社区成员可以在其中提出调查建议，并就 Bubblemaps 如何分配内部调查人员和资源进行投票。

Babylon brings ZK momentum

巴比伦带来ZK势头

Babylon Labs, developer of the largest BTC staking protocol, is building a trust-minimized Bitcoin bridge with the Cosmos network to enhance the world's oldest blockchain's interoperability. In partnership with developers Fiamma, Babylon is using the BitVM2 computing paradigm, which is designed to allow Ethereum-style smart contracts on Bitcoin, which then paves the way for zero-knowledge (ZK) technology. ZK computations allow different parties to verify that information is accurate without actually revealing to each other what the information is. In this sense, it is foundational to bridging digital assets between different blockchains. Developers like Babylon Labs and Fiamma are aiming to unlock the deep wells of value stored in BTC to finance other ecosystems and allow it to be transacted on blockchains that are free of some of Bitcoin's limitations of speed and scale. Read more.

Babylon Labs 是最大的 BTC 质押协议的开发商，正在与 Cosmos 网络建立一座信任最小化的比特币桥梁，以增强世界上最古老的区块链的互操作性。 Babylon 与开发商 Fiamma 合作，使用 BitVM2 计算范式，该范式旨在允许在比特币上使用以太坊式智能合约，从而为零知识 (ZK) 技术铺平道路。 ZK 计算允许各方验证信息是否准确，而无需实际向对方透露信息是什么。从这个意义上说，它是在不同区块链之间桥接数字资产的基础。 Babylon Labs 和 Fiamma 等开发商的目标是释放 BTC 中存储的价值深井，为其他生态系统提供资金，并允许在区块链上进行交易，而不受比特币速度和规模的一些限制。阅读更多。

Bitfinex: U.S. prosecutors have asked a federal judge to green-light the return of nearly 80% of the 119,754 bitcoins stolen in the 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex. In a Tuesday court filing, prosecutors said the 94,643 bitcoins recovered by the government from the original wallet used by the hacker, Ilya Lichtenstein, can be paid to Bitfinex as restitution in-kind once the court gives the go-ahead. The Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin Satoshi Vision and Bitcoin Gold generated via several hard forks following the hack will also be sent to Bitfinex. Last November, Lichtenstein was sentenced to 5 years in

Bitfinex：美国检察官已要求联邦法官批准归还 2016 年加密货币交易所 Bitfinex 黑客攻击中被盗的 119,754 枚比特币中的近 80%。在周二的法庭文件中，检察官表示，一旦法院批准，政府可以从黑客 Ilya Lichtenstein 使用的原始钱包中收回 94,643 枚比特币，作为实物赔偿支付给 Bitfinex。黑客攻击后通过几次硬分叉生成的比特币现金、比特币中本聪愿景和比特币黄金也将被发送到 Bitfinex。去年11月，利希滕斯坦被判处5年徒刑