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June 11, 2026·1:02:39

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

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