Chainlink Launches Confidential Compute to Enable Private Institutional Smart Contracts
Chainlink Launches Confidential Compute to Enable Private Institutional Smart Contracts
🔐 Privacy's Missing Piece
Chainlink has introduced Confidential Compute, a new service designed to bring privacy to public blockchain smart contracts.
The solution addresses a critical gap in onchain finance:
- Private data protection - Prevents exposure of sensitive information
- Cross-chain workflow privacy - Enables confidential operations across multiple blockchains
- Counterparty management - Allows private handling of roles and permissions
According to Chainlink Labs' Head of Research Lorenz Breidenbach, privacy is essential for institutional adoption. Over 80% of global financial activity happens off-exchange, relying on confidential identity checks and private transactions.
Key capabilities include:
- Private smart contracts with built-in verification
- Confidential access to data and APIs
- Privacy-preserving tokenization for real-world assets
- Secure cross-chain settlement
The service aims to match institutional expectations by providing the confidentiality standards that traditional capital markets require.
"If we want to bring banking and capital markets onchain, we need to solve privacy ... This is where our newest building block comes into the picture, Chainlink Confidential Compute." At SmartCon 2025, Lorenz Breidenbach, Head of Research at Chainlink Labs, introduces Chainlink
If you can’t avoid exposing private data. If you can’t privately run workflows across chains. If you can’t privately manage counterparties, roles, and permissions. You can't have onchain capital markets. Chainlink Confidential Compute is the missing piece.
Over 80% of global financial activity happens OTC and off-exchange. So why does this matter? Because capital markets run on confidentiality—identity, counterparties, and deal terms are rarely public. To match what institutions expect, onchain finance needs: 1) Confidential
A new privacy standard for onchain finance. What Chainlink Confidential Compute unlocks: blog.chain.link/chainlink-conf… • Private smart contracts, verifiable by default. • Private access to data, APIs, and identity providers. • Private tokens, transactions, and cross-chain
Every pillar of the global financial system depends on privacy as a core principle. Without privacy, institutional-grade smart contracts simply aren't possible. That's why this week we announced Chainlink Confidential Compute, a breakthrough service that unlocks new onchain
"Privacy is the final big unlock that #crypto needs to go to true mainstream adoption." - Chainlink Co-Founder
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