On cryptography vs. quantum computers: FHE is already secure against quantum adversaries. Catch the full discussion between @randhindi and @P3b7_ on the @Ledger podcast ⬇️
We’re all mapping opportunities for 2026, and one shift feels increasingly obvious: privacy is becoming a first-order requirement in crypto.
Both retail and institutions are demanding it.
That’s why @zama looks uniquely well-positioned.
Blockchains are transparent by default, and that exposes users and institutions to value leakage, front-running and targeted attacks (eg. people being hunted on Hyperliquid).
With the Zama Protocol, onchain activity can be encrypted by design using FHE. And ERC-7984 (confidential tokens) lets anyone issue, trade, and manage assets confidentially on any blockchain, enabling private balances, private transfers, and real confidential on/off-ramps.
Several companies are rising to the challenge, building at the very bottom of the FHE stack: the acceleration layer that makes everything above it viable.
FHE has been getting ~10× faster per year over the past few years. Some of that comes from better cryptography, but most of the gains now are from hardware acceleration. Moving from CPU → GPU → FPGA → ASIC is basically how you go from ~10 confidential stablecoin transfers per second to ~100,000 confidential stablecoin transfers per second.
Announcing the Zama Public Auction.
We’re selling 10% of the $ZAMA supply via a sealed-bid Dutch auction on Ethereum, using the Zama Protocol itself to keep bids confidential with FHE.
Why this matters:
◼️ Fair distribution & real price discovery
◼️ No bot sniping or gas wars
◼️ Tokens are unlocked immediately
🗓️ Auction: Jan 12–15
🗓️ Claim: Jan 20
$ZAMA is the utility token of the Zama Protocol, a confidentiality layer for existing L1s/L2s:
◼️ Pay encryption & decryption fees
◼️ Stake or delegate to operators
◼️ Help secure FHE coprocessors & KMS nodes
Mainnet is expected to launch by year-end, with $ZAMA fully functional before the auction.
Get notified at launch: https://t.co/sOTkQX67Cl