The new Vana App is now live.
It sits behind the apps you use. When one of them asks for your data, you see exactly what it wants and decide. Say yes and the data moves with your permission, and the move is recorded.
See it work in OpenPet: connect an Oura Ring, get a pet that reads your sleep back to you.
Trying it this week earns XP.
Full write up: vana.org/blog/vana-is-stripe…
AI agents can only help you if they know about you. And what they know is your data.
So who moves it, and who decides? That was the question at Builder Nights Seoul with @MetaMask, @lfdecentralized and @0xTicker.
@juliangordonhk8 opened on who is already building this. LF Decentralized Trust counts ten central banks among its members, including the Bank of Korea. It also hosts the standard Vana wrote for how personal data moves.
On the first panel, @francescoswiss and the MetaMask team talked about agents moving from trading to doing everyday things for you. For that, an agent needs your data, and you need to stay in charge of it.
On the second, @sheila_warren and the panel made a harder point. Regulators everywhere are talking about digital public infrastructure and decentralization. It’s a natural fit for Web3, but very few Web3 projects are in the room.
Web3 doesn’t need to invent new use cases. It needs to meet the ones that already exist.
Which projects do you see showing up for this work?
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How we use Zama ?
→ Every NFT mints sealed and is encrypted onchain using Zama’s FHE.
→ The contract computes on data it can never read.
→ Its look and essence are determined by FHE randomness. Nobody gets to choose. Not even us.
🟨 Built with FHE on @zama.
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Bitget AI Hackathon S2 is open now!
Backed by @bitget @Alibaba_Qwen @alibaba_cloud
Tokenized US stocks don't sleep. Build an agent for the hours humans sleep.
$50,000 USDT prize pool · Submit by Sep 21
Submit your project = you're in. 👉bitget.com/activity-hub/hack…
Introducing the Binance Agent OS Mini Hackathon.
$60,000 USDC Prize Pool.
Just 7 days to build and submit your entry.
Two ways to win:
🛠️ Track A: Build an AI agent with Agent OS (20K USDC)
⚡ Track B: Connect your MCPs and trade (40K USDC)
Pick your track. Build your workflow.
You’ve got until Sept 8, 2026, at 23:59 UTC.
How to enter:
→ Follow @Binance & repost this post
→ Reply or quote repost with your submission (Track A only: video/demo + GitHub, if applicable)
→ Complete the survey: app.binance.com/uni-qr/user-…
We built Agent OS. You build what's next. 🫡
Disclaimer: This is not an offer or solicitation to trade any financial product. Not available to users in jurisdictions including: US, UK, EEA, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the jurisdictions on Binance's prohibited list (see binance.com/en/about-legal/l… for details)
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Giveaway: 1 month of Claude Pro ($20) for 5 people.
Ends 11:59 PM, 17 August 2026
How to enter:
1. Go to patinadata.xyz/connect
2. Click Connect and enter your username to connect all your socials without needing to log in [Mobile/desktop friendly]
3. Sign in with Google and pick a username
4. Tap "Share your card" under your score and copy your link
5. Repost this post
6. Paste your link in the comments
5 winners picked at random from the comments.
While you're in there: Patina now runs an MCP server. Any agent can query it for a score, live at patinadata.xyz/api/mcp built on @vana
Not affiliated with X or Anthropic or Vana. No purchase necessary.
It pays to be a team player on Vana.
Second place has more goals, but the leader is crushing it on assists: data their app brought to the network that other apps read. Nice work @ram_krish2000
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Arc Spotlight #004 — Aruvi
Whenever I get the chance, I'll be testing and sharing projects from my builder friends in DC. Today: Aruvi, a USDC payment app built on @arc Testnet.
Instant payments, payment requests, subscriptions, batch transfers, and gas paid directly in USDC all designed to make stablecoin payments simple and seamless.
Clean build, smooth experience. Good work my friend @ram_krish2000 💙
Check it out: aruvi-on-arc.vercel.app
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Staking is now live on mainnet! This allows anyone who buys tokens in the auction to stake them immediately and help secure the network: staking.zama.org/
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Introducing "Aruvi" where privacy flows freely - payment gatway for confidential tokens(ERC7984)
"Integrate Aruvi gateway on any website to accept confidential tokens"
- Built on top of @zama's fhEVM and @OpenZeppelin support
- Wrap/Shield @circle Official $USDC on Aruvi ( currently on sepolia ) to use it as payment
- Designed to handle ERC7984 send, request, subscription and refund
> P2P for encrypted payments
> Request for Request money with shareable links/QR codes
> Multi-Send for Batch payments to up to 10 recipients
> Subscriptions for Recurring payments with encrypted amounts
> Refunds for Recipients can refund payments
- like paypal/stripe but for privacy
Live @ aruvi-dapp.vercel.app/
aruvi/sdk @ npmjs.com/package/@aruvi/sdk
Repo @ github.com/ramakrishnanhulk2…
Took me months but finally happy to introduce it, still some functions in contracts are yet to be implemented on frontend.
Feedbacks are really appreciated.🫡 @randhindi
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Join us this Thursday for the next Zama Ecosystem Builder Demo, featuring the great @realchriswilder. He’s building Legacy Vault: a secure digital vault using the Zama Protocol to protect sensitive files with time-locked access for heirs.
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This is what you probably overlook and it will be a shocker..
Plan accordingly. The best thing you can give to your Heirs is the sweat you have been working for.. your legacy should NOT be a ghost 👻 the moment you say goodbye to this world.
Legacy Vault is here to help you.
Recovery phrases, legal documents, contracts, wills. Secure anything digitally with time-locked access. More than just crypto.
👉🏻Password systems: You forget, you're locked out. 👉🏻Multi-sig: Requires coordination.
👉🏻LegacyVault: Time-locked, automatic, wallet-based
@zama has given us the tools to create what was not possible a year ago.. it is our time to SHIP amazing products. FHE is not "SLOW" in 2025.. Get up from your sleep
beta is live. Link in comments
Follow @fhevault
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You have $50K in crypto. You die tomorrow. Your family has no idea it exists. Your digital wealth dies with you. This is reality.
@fhevault is what you need for self custody inheritnce!
Secure your Afterlife onchain with @zama and @ethereum
check comments for beta access link
Self custody inheritance for your generation. Secure your future for any emergency situations. Legacy Vault got you covered..
Powered by @zama .
Follow @fhevault for future updates..
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Zashapon: Digital theme park for Zama Protocol
<Turn FHE usage into games, rewards, and status>
@zashapon is a digital theme park where you earn tickets by using confidential apps on @zama, then spend them on gashapon machines for NFT rewards. It's the gamification layer that makes FHE adoption fun instead of technical. Live on testnet now.
The insight: users don't adopt protocols, they adopt experiences. Zashapon makes FHE participation feel like entertainment, not work.
The flywheel: use confidential apps → earn tickets → play gashapon → get rewards → flex/trade → invite friends → repeat
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How It Works
Use confidential apps: make FHE transactions on apps like confidentialtoken.com
Earn tickets: every transaction gives you tickets for participation
Spend in Zashapon: use tickets on gashapon machines (digital vending machines)
Get rewards: win NFTs, then later: whitelists, perks, access, real-world benefits
Collect and flex: build your collection, trade with others, show status
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Physical theme parks: ride → collect → show → return with friends
Zashapon: use confidential apps → earn tickets → draw → flex/trade → return with crew
Launching with confidentialtoken.com machine, expanding to every Zama app
Live on Zama testnet: zashapon.com
This is how you make privacy tech adoption feel like entertainment, not homework 🎰
Users come for the gashapon, stay for the confidential computing
#ZamaCreatorProgram
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HCU: Zama's gas meter for encrypted computation
<Privacy costs computing power, HCU tracks the bill>
TLDR: HCU (Homomorphic Complexity Units) is like gas fees but for encrypted math on @zama.
Simple encrypted addition costs 84,000 HCU
complex multiplication costs 696,000 HCU.
Transaction limit: 20 million HCU, or it reverts.
Let me explain:
Think of HCU like electricity bills: running your air conditioner costs more than a lightbulb, right?
Encrypted math is expensive: adding two private numbers takes way more computing power than adding regular numbers
HCU measures the cost: simple operations like addition = 84,000 HCU, complex ones like multiplication = 696,000 HCU
Transaction has a limit: 20 million HCU per transaction or it fails
Why it exists: prevents people from crashing the network with infinite encrypted calculations
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The Cost Breakdown
Cheap operations (under 100k HCU):
Addition/subtraction on encrypted numbers: 84k-172k HCU
Bitwise operations (and/or/xor): 30k-39k HCU
Equality checks: 55k-118k HCU
Expensive operations (over 500k HCU):
Multiplication on 64-bit encrypted numbers: 365k-596k HCU
Division: 715k HCU
Remainder: 1.15 million HCU
128-bit multiplication: up to 1.7 million HCU
Bigger numbers = more cost: 8-bit addition costs 84k HCU, 128-bit addition costs 172k HCU
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Why This Matters?
Privacy isn't free: keeping data encrypted while computing costs real hardware resources
Developers must optimize: can't just spam encrypted operations, need to design efficiently
HCU limit forces choices: either refactor code to use fewer operations or split across multiple transactions
Different from normal gas: regular Ethereum operations cost pennies, FHE operations cost way more because hardware is crunching encrypted data
Trade-off for privacy: you pay higher computational cost to keep everything encrypted end-to-end
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Real World Analogy
Normal blockchain: like doing math on a whiteboard (everyone sees, super fast, super cheap)
Zama with HCU: like doing math inside a locked safe without opening it (private, slower, more expensive)
HCU is the safe-cracking cost: simple operations crack easier (lower HCU), complex operations need more work (higher HCU)
20 million HCU limit: you can only crack so many safes per transaction before network says "stop"
It's the price of end-to-end encryption on public blockchains
#ZamaCreatorProgram
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OpenZeppelin x @zama Confidential Contracts v0.3.0 shipped
<Production-ready FHE extensions for private smart contracts>
@OpenZeppelin just dropped v0.3.0 of Confidential Contracts library with FHEVM 0.9.1 upgrade + ERC-165 + new extensions for real-world assets, access control, and freezable tokens
Major upgrade: @fhevm/solidity 0.9.1 brings latest Zama TFHE optimizations and User Decryption patterns
Why this matters: developers get battle-tested OpenZeppelin security patterns but for encrypted data onchain
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What's New ?
FHEVM 0.9.1 integration: latest Zama FHE library with improved performance and ACL patterns
ERC-165 support: standard interface detection works with confidential contracts now
Omnibus extension: batch operations on encrypted data for gas efficiency
Observer Access: granular permissions for who can view encrypted state
Restricted extension: programmable transfer restrictions on confidential tokens
Freezable: pause/unpause functionality that works on encrypted balances
RWA ready: real-world asset tokenization with privacy built in
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Use Cases Unlocked
Private stablecoins: encrypted balances with freezable/restricted transfers for compliance
Confidential RWAs: tokenize real assets with privacy-preserving ownership
Private DAOs: voting and treasury with encrypted proposals and balances
DeFi with privacy: confidential swaps, lending, derivatives using standard interfaces
Enterprise onchain: businesses can finally use public chains with private data
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The Bottom Line:
OpenZeppelin bringing institutional-grade security patterns to Zama FHE
v0.3.0 = developers can build confidential apps with familiar OZ tooling
RWA, access control, freezable extensions = real use cases not just demos
GitHub: github.com/OpenZeppelin/open…
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