Privacy is finally being taken seriously this year. Every major primitive (ZK, FHE, MPC, TEE) shipped a real working product in the last 5 months.

The 2026 Privacy Landscape ↓
TEE
• @iEx_ec: Building TEE-based confidential computing since 2017. Shipped Confidential Token, turning any ERC20 into a confidential & auditable asset, along with Confidential Vault on Arbitrum Sepolia, a plug-in tool for onchain vaults to keep balances, LP positions, and strategies hidden.
• @PhalaNetwork: TEE network purpose-built for confidential AI agents. Powers private inference and agent workloads with attested execution off-chain.
• @OasisProtocol: First confidential EVM through its Sapphire runtime. Brings programmable privacy to standard Solidity, no new language required.
ZK
• @aztecnetwork: Alpha Network went live on March 31, 2026, the first Ethereum L2 with fully private smart contracts. Built around Noir, with client-side proving and dual public/private state.
• @RAILGUN_Project: Private and bridgeless DeFi using ZK proofs to shield balances and transactions. Integrates directly with major protocols, no wrapping required.
• @AleoHQ: First private programmable L1, built around offchain ZK execution with onchain verification. Designed for apps where the entire computation stays private by default.
• @namada: IBC-first shielded asset hub, with multichain expansion. It acts as a shared anonymity set for assets bridged from any connected chain.
FHE
• @zama: FHE tooling infra powering most encrypted compute on EVM today. GSR completed the first confidential OTC trade on Zama in March 2026.
• @fhenix: Encrypted computation rollup built on Zama's stack, bringing fully homomorphic privacy to L2 scale.
• @inconetwork: Full-stack privacy layer combining FHE with cross-chain modularity, offering confidential compute as a service to connected chains.
MPC
• @nillion: Decentralised blind compute network for private data and AI inference. Migrated to Ethereum in Jan 2026. for deeper composability with the EVM stack.
• @Arcium: MPC-based encrypted supercomputer. Mainnet Alpha live on Solana with 25+ projects actively building.
• @LitProtocol: Decentralized key management network for programmable signing and encryption.
Did I miss anything?