Vitalik再度捐款,Juicebox还会带来新Meme吗?

Odaily星球日报Published on 2024-05-31Last updated on 2024-05-31

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这次Vitalik为Alexey和Roman共捐赠了42.6枚ETH,足以见其对Tornado Cash案件的重视。

原文作者:Luccy

Vitalik 又捐款了,这次他把 30 枚 ETH 捐给了 Juicebox 上一个名为「Free Alexey & Roman」的项目。这也是 Vitalik 第二次为之捐款的项目,此前 1 月 23 日曾捐赠过 12.6 ETH。

Vitalik再度捐款,Juicebox还会带来新Meme吗?

「Alexey & Roman」指的是 Tornado Cash 开发者 Alexey Pertsev 和 Roman Storm。

上一次让 Vitalik 出手的还是为 AssangeDAO,为解救维基解密创始人阿桑奇,Vitalik 捐献了 10 枚 ETH。而这次 Vitalik 为 Alexey 和 Roman 共捐赠了 42.6 枚 ETH,足以见其对 Tornado Cash 案件的重视。

自 2019 年上线以来,Tornado Cash 就因涉嫌洗钱案多次陷入监管危机。作为以太坊上需求最大的混币器,一直以来 Tornado Cash 案件在 DeFi 监管议题中都有一席之地。继 Roman Storm 去年被捕后,围绕其余创始人的判决话题仍在继续。

相关阅读:《被判有罪!Tornado Cash 案判决对 DeFi 监管意味着什么?

5 月 14 日,Alexey Pertsev 被正式宣判有罪,并被判处 64 个月监禁。加密社区特别是开发者群体的对 Pertsev 的被捕表示强烈抗议,他们担心对 Pertsev 的指控可能会为软件开发者定罪开创一个危险的先例。除了 Vitalik,Pertsev 赢得了各种支持,包括请愿书、律师筹款、以及来自被黑客入侵的协议声明他无罪的声明。

Roman Storm 的审判定于 9 月进行,而「Free Alexey & Roman」筹集的资金将用于支持二人的法律辩护基金,目前该项目已筹集 589 枚 ETH。

从拍卖宪法到释放罪人,新 meme 要来了吗?

作为一个自动化众筹平台,Juicebox 能够为其上的任何项目募集资金。某种意义上,Juicebox 可以说是 Alexey 和 Roman 的「救星」。

在 Juicebox 上线的项目多以 DAO 的形式呈现, 2021 年 11 月中旬,一个名为 ConstitutionDAO 的项目成功让 Juicebox 火出圈。

当时世界顶级拍卖行苏富比正在拍卖一份官方初版印刷的美国宪法,这也是现存唯一一份掌握在私人收藏家手中的副本,苏富比对其估值在 1500 万至 2000 万美元之间,而 ConstitutionDAO 正是为拍下这部宪法而生。短短 6 天内,ConstitutionDAO 通过 Juicebox 募资平台成功众筹到了超 1 万枚 ETH,约合 4300 万美元。

此次募捐获得了加密货币交易平台 Gemini、Coinbase、a16z 等知名机构宣传助威,且由于在苏富比的拍卖需要使用法币参与,FTX US 总裁 Brett Harrison 表示 FTX 也愿意为 ConstitutionDAO 提供加密货币与法币的兑换服务。

相关阅读:《他们 6 天里在全球筹集了 4000 万美元,就为了买下美国宪法

捐赠到 ConstitutionDAO 的 ETH 被兑换成了对应数量的 PEOPLE 代币,一时间,PEOPLE 的炒作引发了 meme+DAO 的魅力。人们开始寻找下一个同类项目,而 FreeRossDAO 恰到好处地出现了。

FreeRossDAO 的叙事正如其名,就是为了释放「丝绸之路」暗网电商平台的创始人 Ross Ulbricht。

在「丝绸之路」上,除了可以匿名购买铺满全平台的枪支、Drug 等违禁品,还可以支持比特币交易。彼时的比特币才刚刚出现一年,「丝绸之路」成为了全球第一家支持比特币交易的电商平台。可以说,Ross 对比特币的推广功不可没。

2013 年,创始人 Ross 被捕,并因共谋洗钱、计算机黑客、Drug 走私和经营犯罪企业而被定罪,需要在监狱里终身监禁,还要加上额外的 40 年。正是这样一个罪人,为了让其提前获释,FreeRossDAO 通过 Juicebox 筹集了 2836 枚 ETH 以拍下 Ross 的 NFT 收藏品 Ross Ulbricht Genesis Collection。

相关阅读:《FreeRossDAO 能复制 PEOPLE 的成功么?

FreeRossDAO 向捐赠者承诺 ROSS token,随后 ROSS 被更名为 FREE。而「free」这一更具 meme 属性的词也似乎成为了 Juicebox 上的一股新叙事。

其中,AssangeDAO 就是为「free 阿桑奇」而创建的 DAO。Julian Assange(朱利安·阿桑奇)因创办的 Wikileaks(维基解密)曝光了大量机密信息而被控 18 项罪名,并被判处 175 年的刑期。

AssangeDAO 于 2022 年春节期间创立便迅速蹿红,在短短数日之内募捐到约 14, 890 枚 ETH。该 DAO 旨在筹集 ETH 以换取 JUSTICE 治理代币,以竞标由数字艺术家 Pak 与 Julian Assange 合作制作的 1/1 NFT。

从 PEOPLE 到 FREE 再到 JUSTICE,每一次募捐的背后都伴随着一枚 meme 币的炒作,或许这次为支持 Alexey 和 Roman 而募捐的 ETH 也将带来下一个新的 meme 叙事。

值得注意的是,受美国大选影响,美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普先后表示过当选后可能将特赦 Ross 和阿桑奇,此番言论让 FREE 和 JUSTICE 代币相继拉盘,重回大众视野,而 Juicebox 这次新的捐款 DAO,看看能带来多大的影响力。

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