Live on mainnet
Confidential Balances
For token issuers
Encrypts amounts and balances on the token, with an auditor key.
Privacy by design
on Solana.
Confidential payments, private networks, and private apps on Solana, with compliance oversight built in.
Different use cases need different privacy.
Two questions decide the right tool: can outsiders see the amount, and can they see who paid whom?
Who paid whom: visible
Who paid whom: hidden
Amounts visible · Who paid whom: visible
Public
Everything is visible. Fine for retail payments and open markets.
Standard Solana transfers
Amounts visible · Who paid whom: hidden
Anonymous
Parties hidden, amounts visible.
Ecosystem shielded pools
Amounts hidden · Who paid whom: visible
Confidential
Parties known, amounts hidden. For payroll, suppliers, and treasury.
Confidential Balances · Solana Rings
Amounts hidden · Who paid whom: hidden
Fully private
Parties and amounts hidden. For interbank settlement and private networks.
Solana Private Channels · Custom Solana Rings
Three privacy solutions, built for different users.
Each one keeps a view for the auditor.
How it works
Mainnet · Open to beta users
Solana Private Channels
For institutions that want their own network
Your own network, with offchain execution and settlement on Solana.
Devnet · Accepting beta customers
Solana Rings
For institutions and retail apps
Executes and settles onchain on Solana, with customizable privacy and compliance rules.
Talk to us about privacy on Solana
Use them through the custody, wallet, and infrastructure providers you already work with.
Live on mainnet
Confidential Balances
Keep every payment amount confidential.
Confidential Balances encrypts amounts and balances. An auditor named by the issuer can see transfer amounts. Addresses stay visible for now, and address hiding is in development.
PayrollSupplier paymentsTreasuryTokenized funds
View as
- CompanyEmployee
- CompanySupplier
- Treasury balance
Amounts and balances stay encrypted to everyone else.
15 audits
By 10 security firms, including Trail of Bits and NCC Group
New tokens
Enabled when a token is created
<$0.01
Per confidential transfer
PayPal's PYUSD, Western Union's USDPT, and OUSD already have it configured.
Mainnet · Open to beta users
Solana Private Channels
Public liquidity. Private execution.
Solana Private Channels lets institutions run their own network offchain and settle on Solana. Payments are hidden from outsiders and other members, and the operator keeps visibility.
Tokenized depositsPrivate executionPrivate network
Move funds in
Lock tokens on Solana.
Settle privately
Members pay each other in about 0.1 seconds, with no fee.
Move funds out
Withdraw back to Solana at any time.
Devnet · Accepting beta customers
Solana Ringsby Helius
Configure privacy and business logic.
Solana Rings lets each Ring choose what is encrypted and which compliance rules apply. Each Ring can also name an optional auditor with full visibility.
PaymentsTrading without MEVPrivate on and off ramps
Compliance rules a Ring can set
- Auditor access
- Allowed assets
- Approved participants
- Blocked recipients
- Freeze
- Co-signing
- Recovery
- Transfer limits
- Deposit and withdrawal limits
- Deposit auditing
Auditors and regulators keep the view they need.
Each tool keeps a view for the people who need to see the data.
Auditor key
Issuers can name an auditor who sees transfer amounts.
Visible wallets
Wallet addresses stay visible to the auditor, so sanctions screening still works.
Verified credentials
Confirm a customer passed KYC without seeing personal data, through the Solana Attestation Service.
Travel Rule
Payments can carry a reference to Travel Rule data.
…this technology allows for privacy-preserving tools that the analog world could not provide, such as zero-knowledge proofs, selective disclosure, and wallet designs that allow users to prove compliance without handing over their entire financial history…
Solana at a glance.
100M+
Successful transactions a day, 6x the next-busiest chain
2.5+ years
Without a network outage
250ms
Block times, live today
~150ms
Finality with Alpenglow, now rolling out
$0.0006
Median fee per transaction, even at record load
#2
In monthly spot trading, behind only Binance
4x
Growth in tokenized real-world assets in a year, to $4.3B
~70%
Of xStocks tokenized equities are held on Solana
76%
Of all x402 AI agent payments run on Solana
7 G-SIBs
Including JPMorgan, Citi, BNY, and State Street
Building on Solana
- Visa
- Mastercard
- PayPal
- Stripe
- Western Union
- Fiserv
- BlackRock
- Franklin Templeton
- Apollo
- Hamilton Lane
- WisdomTree
- VanEck
- Fidelity
- Galaxy
- Ondo
- Kraken
- Baillie Gifford
- Google Cloud
Privacy infrastructure on Solana.
Teams building confidential compute, shielded payments, and private app state on Solana.
Token extension
Confidential Balances
Encrypted amounts and balances, with an optional auditor key.
solana.com/docsExplore privacy solutions from a simple dashboard.
Solana Developer Platform
One integration for issuance and payments, with custody, compliance, and RPC partners connected. Privacy solutions join once they are mainnet ready.
Open the Developer Platform- Developer Platformplatform.solana.com
- Confidential Balances docssolana.com/docs/tokens/extensions/confidential-transfer
- Private Channels docssolana.com/docs/tools/private-channels
- Solana Ringshelius.dev/privacy
- Solana Attestation Serviceattest.solana.com
- Compare privacy solutions in the docssolana.com/docs/finance/privacy
- Enterprise FAQsolana.com/solutions/enterprise/faq
- Security audit reportsgithub.com/anza-xyz/security-audits