Privacy in crypto has evolved through three phases.
First came privacy coins.
They delivered anonymity - hiding who transacted with whom.
Then came ZK proofs.
They brought secrecy of inputs - proving you know something without revealing it.
Now comes programmable privacy.
The ability to choose what stays private and what stays public, at the application layer.
This is the unlock. Because here's the thing: enterprises don't need everything hidden. They need selective confidentiality.
A trading desk wants to hide its strategy but prove compliance. A healthcare app needs private patient data but transparent audit trails.
That's what programmable privacy enables.
And that's what Garbled Circuits through @COTInetwork delivers.
Developers can now write privacy parameters directly into their Solidity code. Choose what to encrypt. Choose what to reveal and to who. All on-chain, all composable with the rest of DeFi.
We're moving from privacy or transparency to privacy AND transparency.
The next wave of applications won't be built on anonymity.
They'll be built on choice.
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