The blockchain has always struggled with confidentiality. Public blockchains were designed so people don’t have to trust any middleman. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺. This is the gap the @Zama is built to close. -------------------------------- 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐬 𝐙𝐀𝐌𝐀? No, Zama Protocol isn’t another L1 or L2. It functions on existing chains and provides the confidentiality layer they truly need. You don’t have to add a new network to your wallet. The confidential layer just works in the backend, ensuring your privacy. Developers can deploy private logic without rewriting their stack too. In practice, it feels like blockchains finally get the equivalent of the jump from HTTP to HTTPS, but for computation. ---------------------------------- 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 Zama has raised more than $150M at a billion-dollar valuation, backed by investors like @Multicoin, @PanteraCapital, Blockchange, Protocol Labs, and others. 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘑𝘶𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘐𝘗𝘍𝘚 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯, 𝘎𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘵, 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘠𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘬𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘕𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘨𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘵𝘤., 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. Here’s the whole idea of the protocol: People want the transparency feature of blockchains but also want to keep sensitive information private. Hence, Zama uses one of the best privacy stack models to achieve this, FHE. ----------------------------------------- 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐅𝐇𝐄) FHE allows encrypted inputs to be processed without decrypting them. That is, the chain can enforce rules while never exposing raw data. It gives confidentiality and verifiability at the same time. ...