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Privacy trends for 2026
Privacy is the one feature that’s critical for the world’s finance to move onchain. It’s also the one feature that almost every blockchain that exists today lacks. For most chains, privacy has been little more than an afterthought. But now, privacy by itself is sufficiently compelling to differentiate a chain from all the rest. Privacy also does something more important: It creates chain lock-in; a privacy network effect, if you will. Especially in a world where competing on performance is no longer enough. Thanks to bridging protocols, it’s trivial to move from one chain to another as long as everything is ... (full story)