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what's zama?

Zama is an open-source cryptography company specializing in Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) solutions tailored for blockchain applications. FHE enables computations on encrypted data without decryption, allowing for privacy-preserving smart contracts and transactions. Zama's technology addresses key challenges in blockchain privacy by integrating FHE into existing ecosystems, supporting confidential operations on Layer 1 and Layer 2 networks. The Zama Confidential Blockchain Protocol is their flagship offering, providing a framework for building end-to-end encrypted applications on public blockchains. It includes tools like the fhEVM for Ethereum-compatible confidential computing, enabling developers to create privacy-focused dApps such as confidential auctions, lending protocols, and stablecoins. Zama emphasizes open-source development and ecosystem partnerships to drive adoption of programmable privacy in decentralized finance and beyond.

Snapshot

Zama listed on HTX, Bybit, and OKX, with trading pools and open deposits.

1W ago
FINANCIAL EVENT

Offers a $5,000 grant for the best implementation of an onchain payroll solution built using the Zama Protocol, with core team support included.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Airdrop of 11 million ZAMA tokens available for claim through OKX, with registration ending on 2026-02-18 at 8 AM UTC and claims opening on 2026-02-18 at 12 PM UTC.

VISIBILITY EVENT

releases 2026 roadmap on February 19th

2W ago
ONCHAIN METRICS

Processed 2.4M encrypted transactions on testnet in 2024 and 6.7M encrypted transactions total to date.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Surpassed 4,000 token holders on Ethereum.

3W ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed on HTX exchange with ZAMA/INX futures trading pair and a $20,000 trading contest.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Offers an 18.7 million ZAMA Trade-and-Earn pool on OKX.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed on Bybit spot trading on February 2nd, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Deposits opened via ETH and SOL chains on Bybit.

1M ago
ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached $121M+ in Total Value Shielded.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Public sale starts on January 21, 2026 at 8:00 AM UTC

MARKET ACTIVITY

Launches $ZAMA token via a sealed-bid Dutch auction on 2026-01-21, with the auction mechanism built on the Zama Protocol.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Currently achieves 20 TPS per chain.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Hosting AMA on 2026-01-12 at 8 PM KST with founder Rand Hindi.

TEAM UPDATE

Transitioned from an R&D company to a blockchain protocol with assistance from investor Kyle Samani.

2M ago
VISIBILITY EVENT

Listed among 4 upcoming ICOs to watch alongside xmaquina, solsticefi, and ranger_finance in a daily crypto market roundup.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Nominated for Best In Privacy award at The Rollup awards ceremony scheduled for December 30, 2025.

The token sale starts with a floor FDV of $50-55mm, with the 10% allocation split into 8% for the sealed-bid Dutch auction and 2% for a fixed-price sale.

Conducted token public auction January 12-15 with claims January 20, allocating 10% of supply, receiving $118M commitments at a clearing price of $0.05. Token trades at $0.017, with utility for encryption/decryption fees, staking/delegation, and securing FHE nodes.

Developed ERC-7984 confidential token standard with Confidential Token Association, Inco, and OpenZeppelin, encrypting balances, transfers, and transaction details onchain. Featured on Ledger podcast discussing hardware security, FHE, and onchain confidentiality.

Deployed fhEVM on devnet with 8-second block times, enabling EVM-compatible smart contracts that process encrypted inputs. Features Confidential Contracts v0.3.0 with OpenZeppelin, FHE upgrade to fhevm/solidity 0.9.1, and new extensions across Omnibus, Observer Access, Restricted, Freezable, and RWA.

Season 5 of the Creator Program offers $53,000 shared among top 100 creators and distributes 1,006 Zama OG NFTs to top 1,006 creators.

A CoFHE Shop event in Buenos Aires featured discussions between Juan Benet and analog_kyle on FHE technology and decentralized computation applications.

Mainnet launches before the January 12 auction date, with purchased tokens usable immediately for encryption fees, staking, or delegation.

100% of purchased tokens unlock at TGE with no vesting schedule.

The auction runs January 12-15 with token claims on January 20. The project has raised $150M in total funding with a 100+ person technical team, and pre-registration is now open.

The token sale goes live via sealed-bid Dutch auction with 10% of supply allocated at a $55M FDV floor price ($0.005 increments, no upper limit), allowing up to 10 bids per transaction with FHE-encrypted quantities to prevent frontrunning and gas wars.

3M ago

Today is the final day of Season 4 and the last chance to win ZAMA OG NFT rewards.

The token lists on an upcoming pre-market.

The team conducts war games on the testnet, randomly inserting errors to test software resiliency, state resiliency, and operational resilience with the goal of identifying edge cases and establishing rapid remediation processes.

A fully unlocked auction is scheduled for January.

The project raised $150M in funding at a $1B valuation.

Season 4 program remains active with rewards of 53,000 USDC shared among top 100 participants and Zama OG NFTs distributed to top 1000 creators.

The token is now live on Ethereum mainnet with a total supply of 11 billion tokens.

Network operates with 18 operators under DPoS with token holder delegation capability, and implements a burn-and-mint tokenomics model where user fees are burned while operators earn new tokens as rewards.

Token Generation Event (TGE) scheduled for Q4 2025.

Fireblocks joins the network of operators running and securing the protocol.

Zama participates in OpenZeppelin's Convergence summit on November 21 at EFDevcon Buenos Aires, featuring alongside leaders from Ethereum Foundation, Uniswap, Circle, Chainlink, Arbitrum, and other major blockchain projects in 4 panels.

A partner joins as a Genesis Operator for Zama's private compute infrastructure.

Season 4 goes live featuring $53,000 USDC rewards distributed to Top 100 and OG NFT drops for Top 1000 creators.

Zama collaborates with OnchainCity to unveil the first implementation of FHE in a travel visa workflow at Devconnect Argentina in 10 days.

OrionFinanceAI, backed by Techstars, is building a vault infrastructure for privacy-preserving portfolio management on the protocol and has released a demo.

4M ago

Omakase Kudasai, a Japan-based Web3 infrastructure provider, joins as a new genesis operator to help secure the private FHE key. Another genesis operator reveal is scheduled for tomorrow.

Conduit joins as the second genesis operator and will serve as an MPC operator to help secure the private FHE key powering the protocol. Additional genesis operator reveals are scheduled for tomorrow.