𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐲: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 Your bank doesn't broadcast your salary to the world, but public blockchains do. Every transaction, balance, and contract term lives permanently on-chain for anyone to see, which is a fundamental barrier to institutional adoption. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬: - Corporations expose confidential payment terms - Institutions violate GDPR by publishing client data - DAOs can't pay contractors without broadcasting everyone's compensation 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Verifiable privacy through zero-knowledge proofs. - Prove transactions are valid without exposing underlying data - DAOs execute payroll privately but verifiably - Institutional vaults show auditors NAV proofs without revealing holdings This is selective disclosure, in which data can be shielded from public view but auditable when required through viewing keys and permissioned endpoints. This is a perfect fit for Starknet if you hadn’t already connected the dots already. Starknet’s creator, StarkWare, are the pioneers of STARK proofs, and their co-founder and CEO, Eli Ben-Sasson, also co-founded Zcash, the leading privacy blockchain. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭? Starknet inherits both legacies, evolving beyond single-asset mixing into programmable, composable privacy at the application layer. As surveillance tightens, privacy becomes essential infrastructure, a requirement for legitimacy and sector growth. @Starknet delivers what traditional finance already has: confidentiality without sacrificing verification. Privacy AND accountability. Not privacy OR accountability.