孙宇晨：参与 WBTC 是战略性举动，目的在于推动行业去中心化

链捕手Pubblicato 2024-08-12Pubblicato ultima volta 2024-08-12

近日，波场TRON创始人孙宇晨参与WBTC一事引发行业内广泛关注，孙宇晨在社交媒体平台表示，个人参与 WBTC 完全是战略性的，目标是推动致力于去中心化、安全协议和安全的项目。

他还指出，其个人并不控制 WBTC 储备的私钥，也不能移动任何 BTC 储备。对于WBTC的重要性，孙宇晨认为，它是 DeFi 生态系统的重要组成部分，将确保继续其继续如此。

WBTC（Wrapped BTC），也称为包装比特币，是由BitGo发行的一种在以太坊区块链上的 ERC-20 代币，由比特币1：1挂钩支持。自2019 年 1 月推出后，WBTC已是最大的比特币DeFi应用之一。目前WBTC合作方有74家，且已支持以太坊、波场TRON、Base、Kava、Osmosis。

而作为WBTC的托管方BitGo，自2019年成立后，一直担任其托管机构，负责保管所有底层比特币以及铸造WBTC代币的智能合约私钥。Bitgo 作为全球最大的数字资产独立托管机构，在行业具备很高的信誉，其股东包括高盛等知名机构

8月9日，BitGo发布推文称，通过与 BiT Global 建立独特的合作伙伴关系和合资企业，其 WBTC 业务将转向全球首个跨司法管辖区和跨机构托管。此次升级将在 60 天内进行，不会中断或中断服务。随后在其官网披露了相关合作方，其批露的个人合作者中提及孙宇晨，引发了加密社区的热烈讨论。

孙宇晨表示，WBTC与之前相比没有任何变化。审计是实时进行的，铸造过程完全由托管人Bitglobal 和BitGo按照之前的相同程序管理。据媒体报道，2017年，孙宇晨创办了公链平台波场TRON，致力于将互联网重新去中心化。2021年底，成为全球三大公链平台之一的波场TRON完成完全去中心化，成为社区治理的去中心化组织（DAO），目前，TRON DAO也是世界上最大的去中心化组织。

BitGo CEO Mike Belshe对推文引发的讨论回应称，“BiT Global作为一家持牌托管平台，有完整的团队运作体系通过多签机制管理托管的资产，他们也必须遵守监管要求，合規保管客户资产，不能违规随意转移资金。”

此前，加密用户中出现“MakerDao的所谓下架WBTC提议”，被证实只是个別不明WBTC运作机制的社区成员引起的Fud，Mike Belshe也进行了反驳。

Jupiter联合创始人meow在社交媒体平台发文评论时说，“不打算对Bitgo做出任何评判，他们确实迄今为止一直是出色的托管商，我相信他们有着最好的意图。”

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