Kestrel

Lead Developer & Security Researcher @Obscuradotrun

[Kestrel @FFKestrel]

We just released @obscuradotrun on @solana for devnet testing!

Feel free to try it for yourself 🎉🎉
https://t.co/e0ILvMzagq

Whitepaper can be found on the site

[Obscura.run @obscuradotrun]

New intern here 🟪

Hello privacy world 🎭

-Obscura

[Kestrel @FFKestrel]

@0xSimao @0xKaden Tried running it through GPT Pro and it had heavy trouble finding it unless prompted with sufficient guidance & hints. Thinking was even worse and hallucinated a good bit.

[Serpin Taxt @serpinxbt]

the privacy app on solana you should be watching? https://t.co/QHsDgvrqVa

[Kestrel @FFKestrel]

Great progress being made on Obscura’s governance structure and staking/liquidity incentives for the protocol.

Wen mainnet?

[Tera (🐳,🔮) @Tera_zerok]

Just finished writing a medium article exposing a recent scam privacy protocol @chapodotcash

Go read it and understand how to spot fake projects that scam you through a Memcoin or make their privacy system a honeypot where your SOL is drained.

https://t.co/UyaokEBwOP

[a16z crypto @a16zcrypto]

As crypto reaches more mainstream users, the need for privacy is more urgent than ever.

[Ian Miers @secparam]

Privacy is having a moment on crypto twitter.
Reminder: If your zkSNARK requires sending data to someone else's provers, it's neither zero-knowledge, non-interactive, nor yours.

[Obscura.run @obscuradotrun]

SOON! 👀👀

[Kestrel @FFKestrel]

@obscuradotrun Looking like privacy szn 🔜

[Kestrel @FFKestrel]

Obscura update 11/4/2025

Extensive internal auditing has been completed on circuit, smart contracts, and relayer code.

What’s left:
Front end code

[a16z crypto @a16zcrypto]

ZK proofs have become critical to blockchain privacy and scaling.

[Kestrel @FFKestrel]

@g__erald @speefxyz @obscuradotrun @Tera_eth Switch your phantom wallet to devnet

Fund your wallet via
https://t.co/MzasK3UaQM

Deposit into the pool and enjoy your devnet privacy

[𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒇 @speefxyz]

Privacy ≠ secrecy.

It’s protection

every transaction on Solana is public.
Anyone can paste your wallet on Solscan and see every move, payments, swaps, even your net worth.

transparency is great. But it also exposes you.

think about it.

A DAO pays contributors straight from its treasury. Within seconds, everyone can see who got paid, how much, and when.

A trader moves funds between wallets. One curious follower tracks it and copies their strategy.

A founder cashes out earnings. Scammers and fake accounts start sending messages within hours.

them avoiding such isn’t secrecy. It’s privacy.

And that’s exactly what @obscuradotrun fixes.

Obscura lets you move SOL without leaving visible trails.
You deposit SOL into the Obscura vault. later, you withdraw the same amount to another wallet.
On-chain, there’s no link between the deposit and the withdrawal.

That means:

➢ The DAO treasury looks untouched, even though payments were made.

➢ Traders can rebalance without revealing their moves.

➢ Founders can protect their main wallets from exposure.

Here’s how it works from your view:

➥ you visit the Obscura site. (It's on Devnet)...
https://obscura<.>run
➥ you connect your wallet and deposit a fixed amount of SOL, say 1 SOL.
➥ you get a private note that acts as your claim ticket. Keep it safe.

you wait. The more deposits in the pool, the stronger your privacy.

when you’re ready, you come back and withdraw the same amount to a new wallet.

you can use a Relayer, an automated helper that sends the withdrawal for you and pays the gas fee. You stay fully invisible.

That’s it. Your funds move, your identity stays yours.

No complex setup. No wrapped tokens. No bridges.
Native SOL, private and untraceable.

This is what privacy looks like when it’s done right, not hiding, but protecting..

@obscuradotrun gives you freedom to move without broadcasting your balance sheet to the entire chain.

For DAOs, traders, founders, and anyone who values digital sovereignty, it’s not about what you’re hiding.
It’s about what you’re choosing to keep yours.

Obscura is on Devnet at the time of this post, you can give it a try and drop feedback in the community...

[Kestrel @FFKestrel]

@DGuardian0 Fund it via a web browser, google, firefox, etc.

[Kestrel @FFKestrel]

While we test Obscura on devnet please make sure to set your phantom wallet to devnet mode under developer settings.

You can fund it via
https://t.co/MzasK3UaQM

[Kestrel @FFKestrel]

@obscuradotrun Obscure your transactions

[Kestrel @FFKestrel]

@obscuradotrun Everyone has the right to privacy

[Kestrel @FFKestrel]

Congrats 🎉🎉

[Kestrel @FFKestrel]

@sandypeng @obscuradotrun is solving part of the problem on @solana

[Kestrel @FFKestrel]

Pushed updates to https://t.co/L4WGIzcrlB

&gt; Fixed viewports across devices
&gt; Optimized compute unit usage for withdrawals

Whats next:

&gt; Extensive internal auditing
&gt; Mobile integration

Soon:

&gt; Roadmap