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Does data have to be exposed before it becomes useful? That’s the question that makes Hedger from @Dusk_Foundation interesting to me. Hedger combines homomorphic encryption and zero-knowledge proofs for workflows that require confidentiality. Together, they open a different way to handle data than the familiar public-by-default model.
The less obvious part is homomorphic encryption: computation can happen while data remains encrypted. Zero-knowledge proofs add the ability to prove what is necessary without revealing all the underlying information. Data no longer has to face a simple trade-off: be public to be useful, or stay private and locked away.
That matters for regulated finance. Financial workflows may need to process sensitive information while still producing results that can be verified. Hedger targets that intersection: confidentiality doesn’t have to turn computation into a blind spot, and verification doesn’t automatically require making every piece of data public.
That’s what makes Hedger more interesting to me than a conventional privacy layer. Protected doesn’t have to mean unusable.
$AKE $BEAT
Does data have to be exposed before it becomes useful? That’s the question that makes Hedger from @Dusk_Foundation interesting to me. Hedger combines homomorphic encryption and zero-knowledge proofs for workflows that require confidentiality. Together, they open a different way to handle data than the familiar public-by-default model.
The less obvious part is homomorphic encryption: computation can happen while data remains encrypted. Zero-knowledge proofs add the ability to prove what is necessary without revealing all the underlying information. Data no longer has to face a simple trade-off: be public to be useful, or stay private and locked away.
That matters for regulated finance. Financial workflows may need to process sensitive information while still producing results that can be verified. Hedger targets that intersection: confidentiality doesn’t have to turn computation into a blind spot, and verification doesn’t automatically require making every piece of data public.
That’s what makes Hedger more interesting to me than a conventional privacy layer. Protected doesn’t have to mean unusable.
$AKE $BEAT