Bringing privacy to everything on Solana: Arcium
Arcium lets a network run computations on data that stays encrypted from start to finish. The nodes never see what they are processing, not even the operators. Milian, marketing manager at Arcium, joins Steve to explain how that works and what it unlocks. In this episode:
The limit of zero knowledge: you can prove you are over 18, but you cannot compute across several parties' data
The dishonest majority model, where privacy holds as long as one node stays honest
Why TEEs keep getting broken, and where FHE fits next to MPC
Training AI on private hospital data without exposing it
cSPL, confidential SPL tokens that hide your balance and transfer amounts
Why has fully public on-chain wealth become a physical safety problem
Try Triton: https://triton.one/pricing Arcium: https://x.com/Arcium Milian: https://x.com/milianstx
Bringing privacy to everything on Solana: Arcium
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