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.
Zama achieves 20 TPS per chain; an AMA with founder Rand Hindi on 2026-01-12.
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x.com/zamaCurrently achieves 20 TPS per chain.
Hosting AMA on 2026-01-12 at 8 PM KST with founder Rand Hindi.
Transitioned from an R&D company to a blockchain protocol with assistance from investor Kyle Samani.
Listed among 4 upcoming ICOs to watch alongside xmaquina, solsticefi, and ranger_finance in a daily crypto market roundup.
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.
Token public auction scheduled for January 12-15 with claims on January 20, allocating 10% of supply through a sealed-bid Dutch auction mechanism featuring instant unlock and no vesting. Token utility includes encryption/decryption fees, staking and delegation, and securing FHE nodes.
ERC-7984 confidential token standard EIP involves collaboration between Confidential Token Association, Inco, OpenZeppelin, and Zama. A Ledger podcast featuring Zama team members goes live discussing hardware security, FHE, and onchain confidentiality.
Confidential Contracts v0.3.0 ships with OpenZeppelin collaboration, featuring 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.
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.