zama-protocol

Programmable privacy with Fully Homomorphic Encryption applied to smart contracts. 🔐 Zama Protocol

Zama is building the future of Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) in Web3: A new way to bring confidentiality and privacy-preserving smart contracts directly on-chain.

✨ What is Zama?

Zama is the team behind the FHEVM, the first EVM-compatible runtime that allows developers to:

🔒 Encrypt user data and still compute on it

📜 Write confidential smart contracts in Solidity

🌐 Deploy dApps that are private by default, without sacrificing decentralization

This means dApps can process sensitive information (finance, identity, health, gaming, AI) without ever exposing raw data.

🎯 Who is it for?

Builders → Develop next-gen privacy-preserving dApps with Solidity + FHE

Researchers → Explore applied cryptography in a live EVM environment

Communities → Access protocols where data confidentiality is guaranteed

🚀 Vision

Zama’s mission is simple: Bring privacy to Web3 through the first real-world implementation of FHE at scale. The goal: enable a new wave of applications where confidential computing is the norm, not the exception.

🛠 Get Started

Read the docs and learn how FHEVM works

Join the Creator Program to earn rewards by sharing your content

Experiment on the Zama Testnet with the latest FHEVM versions

🎉 Community & Rewards

💎 Participate in the monthly Creator Program to win rewards & OG NFTs

🧑‍💻 Join discussions and get support on Zama Discord.

📢 Follow @zama_fhe for updates.

💡 The future of Web3 is encrypted. Build with Zama today and shape the next era of decentralized privacy.

🗺 Roadmap

Here are the upcoming milestones for the Zama Protocol and its FHEVM Testnet:

• Q4 2025 → Zama Mainnet launch + $ZAMA TGE 🎉
• October 6–10, 2025 → Testnet upgrade to FHEVM v0.9
  • Distributed keygen
  • Coprocessors & relayers
  • Contracts refresh
• October 13–17, 2025 → Migration period (all dApps need to redeploy)
• October 20, 2025 → Old Testnet deprecated

👉 Note: With FHEVM v0.9, all state will be reset. Developers will need to redeploy contracts and reconfigure their dApps.

Stay updated on the Zama Protocol Version Dashboard.

⏭️ Upcoming (October 2025)

• FHEVM v0.9 Deployment (Oct 6–10)

  • Distributed keygen
  • New contracts & coprocessors
  • Improved decryption workflow

• Migration Period (Oct 13–17)

  • dApps & contracts must be redeployed
  • Old state will not be preserved

• Old Testnet Deprecation (Oct 20)

  • Previous infrastructure fully retired

✨ What’s New in v0.9

• On-chain FHE key & CRS generation
• Dynamic coprocessor management
• New PauserSet contract for added flexibility
• Simplified user decryption request verification
• Optimized event handling for scalability

📖 Full details → Zama Protocol Version Dashboard