Стартап Chainbound закрыл посевной раунд на $4,6 млн

cryptonews.ruPublicado em 2023-11-26Última atualização em 2024-08-26

  • Студия-разработчик протокола Bolt отчиталась о завершении раунда начального финансирования.
  • Его возглавила компания Cyber Fund.
  • Запуск решения в мейннете Ethereum ожидается к концу 2024 года.

Компания Chainbound успешно закрыла раунд начального финансирования на $4,6 млн под руководством фирмы Cyber ​​Fund. Средства пойдут на доработку и запуск протокола Bolt.

Seed-Round Announcement

Following our Bolt Alpha release, we are excited to announce that Chainbound, the R&D organization behind bolt, has successfully raised $4.6M in funding to propel our next phase of growth. https://t.co/vD2D1iqXTo pic.twitter.com/D5LMhS7YT5

— Chainbound (@chainbound_) August 26, 2024

В раунде также приняли участие ряд контрагентов, включая Maven 11, Robot Ventures и Bankless Ventures. Кроме того, средства предоставили и бизнес-ангелы, в том числе: руководитель отдела стратегии под псевдонимом Hasu из Flashbot, соучредитель Titan Builder Куби Менсах и исследователь Ethereum Foundation Майк Нойдер.

Структура раунда не раскрывается. Средства команда проекта направит на финансирование своего основного продукта — протокол Bolt, альфа-версия которого вышла в релиз 20 августа 2024 года.

INTRODUCING BOLT: ALPHA RELEASE

Enabling Sub-second Preconfirmations with Trustless Proposer Commitments on Ethereum pic.twitter.com/t5AMNUAlHz

— bolt (@boltprotocol_) August 20, 2024

В основе этого протокола лежит концепция «предварительных подтверждений» (preconfs), представленная исследователем Ethereum Foundation Джастином Дрейком в конце 2023 года. Ее идея заключается в том, что предлагающие блоки Ethereum, известные как «preconfers», выдавали пользователям подписанные «обещания», гарантирующие, что их транзакции будут включены и выполнены в течение определенного периода времени.

В перспективе это позволит сократить время подтверждения транзакции в сети Ethereum до менее чем одной секунды. В Chainbound считают, что это существенно улучшит пользовательский опыт и позволит ускорить масштабирование всей экосистемы.

«Эта концепция дает пользователям возможность получать подтверждения транзакций до того, как они будут добавлены в блок Ethereum, что может занять от семи секунд до нескольких минут. Предварительные подтверждения гарантируют только включение траншей, что делает их полезными для переводов, чеканки и одобрений», — заявил основатель проекта Пол Берлаге.

Предполагается, что протокол будет запущен в мейннете Ethereum к концу 2024 года. Напомним, редакция Incrypted на постоянной основе обновляет дайджест по инвестиционным раундам. С последним его выпуском вы можете ознакомиться по ссылке.

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