Silent Protocol: Privacy on Public Blockchains
summary
Silent Protocol is an application-layer middleware that provides a multi-asset shielded pool for ETH, ERC20, ERC721 and ERC1155, uses zk-SNARK proofs for deposits/transfers/withdrawals, and hides on-chain metadata via relayers. It adopts an account-based model to avoid ever-growing nullifier sets, integrates directly with Ave, Olympus, Banku, Trader Joe and Euler for composability, and adds a compliance voting mechanism of neutral advocates to reveal transaction details to regulators when consensus finds criminality; testnet live, mainnet targeted Q1–Q2.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction to Silent
- 1:08The problem of privacy
- 3:32Compliance and adoption
- 5:52Silent protocol architecture
- 10:48Compliance extension
- 12:19Technical design and outlook
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