Solana Founder Drops Truth Bomb: Privacy Isn’t the Key to Mass Crypto Adoption

Solana's architect just shattered a crypto sacred cow—privacy isn’t what drives mainstream adoption. In an ecosystem obsessed with anonymity coins and stealth addresses, the revelation cuts like a chainsaw through butter.

Speed, scalability, and stupid-simple UX? That’s the real product-market fit. Meanwhile, privacy maximalists are seething into their Monero wallets.

Funny how the chains that solve real problems—not theoretical ones—keep printing those eye-watering TVL numbers. But sure, keep arguing about cryptographic purity while retail investors flock to whatever lets them trade cat memes fastest.

How does Solana’s privacy stack up against other chains?

Solana offers native privacy features through its Token-2022 standard, which supports confidential transfers, encrypted balances, and optional auditor keys. However, these features are opt-in and require token migration.

Solana also hosts early-stage privacy projects that employ zero-knowledge proofs, such as Elusiv, Arcium, and Light Protocol.

Compared to other leading chains in privacy, Solana is pushing innovative native and app-layer privacy. However, it is still behind ethereum (ETH) in terms of institution-grade privacy infrastructure and ecosystem maturity.

Ethereum doesn’t offer privacy at the base layer. Instead, it relies on a mature LAYER 2 ecosystem zk-Rollups, zkEVMs, and protocols like Tornado Cash for privacy tooling.