Post by Nethermind

For a regulated institution, privacy on a public chain only counts if what's hidden from the market stays open to auditors and regulators. Balances, flows, strategies and counterparties all have to be confidential and accountable at the same time. We build privacy-preserving systems with compliance controls across public chains, using different cryptographic tools and architectures: from application-layer privacy with shielded pools, to privacy-aware execution environments and confidential domains. This enables institutions to move onchain safely, without exposing sensitive activity or giving up regulatory oversight. The first article covers the shielded pool. Private transfers are practical today. They prove in seconds and settle for under a dollar. Before a bank can use them, the compliance controls have to be part of the design from the start. Across the series we'll show how that gets built.