The confidentiality layer
Privacy infrastructure for onchain agents
A public chain front-runs your strategy. This is how agents act without showing their hand.
22 resources · 12 chains
A fully transparent chain is a liability for any agent with a strategy worth protecting. If every position, prompt, and payment is public, agents get front-run, copied, and de-anonymized. Privacy infrastructure lets them act without broadcasting everything they do.
The toolkit is real but early: zero-knowledge proofs, confidential compute (TEEs, garbled circuits, FHE-style schemes), private inference, and shielded settlement. Much of it is unaudited — we describe the cryptographic approach plainly and never imply a guarantee that hasn't been independently verified.
The privacy stack
Confidential compute
TEEs, garbled circuits, and encrypted execution that hide an agent's inputs and logic.
Zero-knowledge proofs
Prove a fact or a computation without revealing the data behind it.
Private inference
Run model inference over data the operator never sees in the clear.
Shielded payments
Settlement that doesn't broadcast amounts or counterparties onchain.
Privacy stack
Explore in directory →World AgentKit
BetaSDK from World (Tools for Humanity) that lets AI agents present a zero-knowledge proof a verified human authorized them, combined with x402 payments.
Turnkey
ActiveSecure key management infrastructure with policy controls, commonly used for agent wallets.
COTI
ActivePrivacy infrastructure that gives MCP-compatible agents private wallets, encrypted messaging, and confidential smart contracts using Garbled Circuits.
Warden Protocol
ActiveA Cosmos SDK Layer 1 with EVM compatibility positioned as a settlement and distribution layer for AI agents.
Venice AI
ActivePrivate, uncensored AI inference platform with an OpenAI-compatible API used by agent builders.
Cybercentry
ActivePay-per-use security verification endpoints for AI agents, billed via x402 micropayments.
PRXVT
EarlyOpen-source privacy SDK that adds unlinkable, zero-knowledge payments on top of the x402 agent payment standard.
Carbon DeFi
ActiveAn on-chain trading protocol for automated, adjustable limit, range, and recurring orders that execute fully on-chain and non-custodially.
AgenC
ActiveA Solana coordination protocol and marketplace where agents claim escrowed tasks, prove completion with ZK proofs, and settle payment on-chain.
Paradex
ActivePerpetuals (and options) DEX built as a Starknet appchain with REST/WebSocket APIs and SDK tooling.
VeilNet
BetaPrivacy-preserving x402 payments for agents on Base, with stealth addresses and TEE-encrypted inference, no accounts or API keys.
Alchemy AgentPay
BetaAlchemy's payment proxy for AI agents — every API request is authenticated, metered, and settled automatically, so agents pay per call without keys or subscriptions.
OpenZeppelin MCP
ActiveOfficial OpenZeppelin MCP for generating template-based smart contracts in Solidity, Cairo, Stylus, and Stellar.
Mina MCP Server
ActiveOfficial Mina Protocol MCP server for Mina blockchain tooling and developer workflows.
Insumer MCP Server
ActiveMCP for condition-based access checks: signed boolean attestations across 37 chains without exposing balances.
Robinhood Chain
EarlyRobinhood's permissionless, EVM-compatible Arbitrum L2 for tokenized real-world assets and 24/7 onchain markets.
Self Protocol
ActiveOpen-source zero-knowledge identity protocol (passport-based proof of personhood) used to gate agent access to onchain services.
ETHSKILLS
Unknown24 modular markdown skill guides teaching AI agents production Ethereum development, from wallets to security.
Alby MCP
ActiveOfficial Alby MCP connecting Bitcoin Lightning wallets to agents via Nostr Wallet Connect.
ERC-8126: AI Agent Verification
ActiveEthereum standard for verifying ERC-8004 agents across five categories with a unified 0-100 risk score.
MegaETH
ActiveReal-time Ethereum L2 (~10ms blocks) with a native agent stack: the MOSS embedded wallet lets agents act under scoped, revocable permission policies — spend caps, contract allowlists, and expiry — without ever touching your keys.
Allora Network
ActiveDecentralized ML-inference network aggregating community models into price/volatility forecasts agents can query.
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What Are Onchain Agents?
Onchain agents are autonomous AI agents that can interact with blockchain systems, holding wallets, signing transactions, reading chain data, and executing workflows across protocols without constant human input.
How Agents Use Wallets
Agent wallets are key-management systems that let an AI agent sign transactions programmatically, ideally with policies, spend limits, and approval flows that constrain what the agent can do.
Related use cases
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