Privacy layer on steroids—that's how Zama's approach to confidential computing is reshaping blockchain infrastructure. Think of it as upgrading from HTTP to HTTPS, but for on-chain data handling.

Here's what makes it different: traditional encryption forces you to decrypt everything before running computations. Tedious, right? Fully Homomorphic Encryption flips the script. With FHE, you compute directly on encrypted data without ever exposing the plaintext. Your data stays locked while the math happens.

Zama is essentially building that privacy layer to sit atop existing blockchains, giving protocols a native confidentiality option without rebuilding from scratch. Could be a game-changer for DeFi, identity solutions, and any application where data sensitivity matters.