PRIVACY LAYER
Privacy is infrastructure.
User-controlled information disclosure: choosing what becomes public, what stays confidential, and who may verify it.
01 · WHAT PUBLIC CHAINS EXPOSE
What public chains expose
The Kronex testnet running today is one of them.
Public blockchains expose an enormous amount of information. For individuals this can reveal financial activity.
For a company, the same transparency reveals the operating detail a competitor would pay for. Every item below is readable from a public chain by anyone, without permission and without notice.
Readable by anyone
- suppliers
- customers
- transaction sizes
- infrastructure spending
- trading strategies
- business relationships
- computational workloads
02 · THREE DISCLOSURE MODES
Three disclosure modes
Protected hides the provider, the amount and the settlement. Resource and quantity stay visible, because the network still has to route the work.
- Public
- Standard transparent blockchain activity. Every field is readable.
- Protected
- Sensitive transaction information is hidden while validity remains verifiable — amounts and counterparty shielded, a VALID proof remains.
- Selective disclosure
- Users can selectively reveal information to counterparties, auditors or applications when necessary — shielded by default, chosen fields disclosed to a named role.
Standard transparent blockchain activity.
03 · PRIVACY BEYOND TRANSFERS
Privacy beyond transfers
Earlier privacy networks made payments confidential. Kronex plans to explore confidentiality for commerce.
- a token transfer · 1 of 3 hidden
- →
- a marketplace order · 5 of 8 hidden
Fig. 02 — transfers / commerce
A confidential payment hides one number. A confidential order has to hide the size, the resource, the price, the counterparty and the settlement — while still letting the network route and verify the work.
04 · POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS
Potential applications
- private AI compute orders
- private OTC trades
- private liquidity requests
- private infrastructure contracts
- confidential enterprise transactions
05 · WHAT KRONEX DOES NOT CLAIM
What Kronex does not claim
Privacy is not anonymity. Kronex aims for user-controlled information disclosure: the ability to choose what becomes public, what stays confidential, and who may verify it. Specific cryptographic mechanisms are under research and are not yet implemented.
The Kronex testnet running today is a fully public chain. Nothing described on this page is available on it.
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