Reimagining Web3: A Vision of Privacy, Interoperability, and Real Adoption

Reimagining Web3: A Vision of Privacy, Interoperability, and Real Adoption

Web3 is widely described as the next evolution of the internet, a decentralized, user-centric ecosystem where individuals control their digital assets and data. 

Yet, while blockchain technology delivers transparency and asset ownership, true data control remains elusive. People may hold and control their assets on-chain, but they generally lack privacy over how their personal information is stored, shared, and monetized. 

At Partisia Blockchain, we fix this. Our mission is to embed privacy and data ownership in Web3 through Multiparty Computation (MPC)—a powerful cryptographic technology that enables secure, centralized privacy-preserving computations.

This is why we say: “We do for data what Bitcoin did for money.”

Our vision is clear: build a decentralized network that is both transparent and confidential, enabling users and organizations to interact freely without losing control of their data. 

Achieving this requires removing friction, enabling seamless interoperability, and delivering a practical path for both native web3 projects and traditional enterprises to build on or with Partisia Blockchain. 

A Strategy Focused on Real Adoption

To bring this vision to life, our strategic priorities focus on two key areas:

1. Expanding the Web3 Ecosystem

Despite remarkable strides in the blockchain industry, widespread adoption is still hindered by fragmentation, inefficiencies, and insufficient confidentiality. 

Partisia Blockchain tackles these challenges in several ways:

User-centric confidentiality and data control:

  • All-purpose privacy-preserving computation readily available.
  • Interoperable and accessible across web3 ecosystems.
  • Enables secure AI-driven computations without exposing your sensitive data.

Cross-chain interoperability:

  • Bring Your Own Coin (BYOC) – MPC secured bringing of native coins in and out of Partisia Blockchain.
  • Bring Your Own Nodes (BYON) – Allowing users to bring in their own ZK nodes to run MPC.
  • Data Interoperability – MPC secured data interoperability fully elaborated with the GODS Network. 

Scalability and stable fees:

  • Unlimited scalability through independent shards
  • The scalability model removes surge pricing and fluctuation fees

Which enables many new and novel use cases such as:

Bringing Privacy to DID and AI: 

  • Enables secure AI-driven computations without exposing your sensitive data.
  • Enables general and privacy-preserving use of credentials across chains and providers of verifiable credentials. 

Providing Cross-Chain MPC Security: 

  • Offers decentralized backup for cryptographic keys across multiple networks, eliminating single points of failure.
  • This provides stronger key management features benefitting individuals and the entire network. If one node or user is compromised, the entire system remains secure.

Enhancing Cross-Chain DeFi: 

  • DeFi applications benefit from frontrunning protection and multi-chain liquidity, enabled by MPC-driven privacy solutions.
  • This benefits the web3 ecosystem through enhanced liquidity and reduced risk of exploitative practices like sandwich attacks.
  • Making staking more accessible, increasing flexibility and therefore participation.

Although Partisia Blockchain is a best practice L1 it does not compete with other L1 or L2 projects; instead, we complement them. We do so by providing privacy, security, and cross-chain functionality that makes web3 more scalable, user-friendly and secure.

2. Helping Enterprises Transition to Web3

For enterprises, the leap into decentralized technology can be often seen as too daunting, complex and disruptive. Many factors may contribute to this, including concerns around security, scalability, privacy, control, and regulatory compliance. 

Partisia Blockchain simplifies this process by providing a step-by-step migration path that allows businesses to transition from private networks to public blockchain ecosystems at their own pace.

There is a natural supply chain perspective in moving web2 companies to web3. While industry collaboration typically happens in private enterprise controlled networks, web3 offers a superior way to enhance the collaboration with end users of a product or service. 

Two core properties of Partisia Blockchain makes it a pathway to web3:

  • Confidentiality allows for confidential activation of first level data to be used for identity, access control and data driven services in general.
  • Interoperability allows web2 companies to tap into the entire web3 ecosystem as opposed to selecting a single blockchain ecosystem.

Examples of enterprise adoption use cases include:

  • Decentralized Identity (DID) for seamless authentication across multiple blockchain networks, protecting user credentials.
  • Real World Assets (RWA) & Data Activation: Harness blockchain for broader user engagement, data monetization, and transparent asset representation. 
  • MPC-Powered AI Agents: Deployment of privacy-preserving AI applications that maintain compliance and safeguard proprietary data. 

By minimizing adoption hurdles, we empower enterprises to capitalize on blockchain core benefits – transparency, interoperability, and privacy – without disrupting their existing operations.

Roadmap: What’s Coming Next?

This strategy is already reflected in our six-month technical roadmap for Partisia Blockchain, merging technical advancements with ecosystem expansion plans.

Key Objectives:

Strengthening the Developer Ecosystem: 

  • Improved onboarding, enriched documentation, and robust API integrations.

Improved User Onboarding: 

  • Improving visibility and access to tokens and wallets, plus user-friendly user interfaces and experience for easier adoption.

Expanding BYOC (Bring Your Own Coin) Solutions: 

  • Broader cross-chain asset support and enhanced security layers. 

Expanding BYON (Bring Your Own (zk) Nodes)

  • Enable MPC security models for critical infrastructure across web3.

Utilizing GODS.Network 

  • A cross-chain data subscription layer that seamlessly connects web3 applications fragmented across different blockchains.

A more detailed roadmap update will be shared in June, outlining the next evolution of the project.

GODS Network: A Leap in Interoperability

One of the most significant innovations in the ecosystem is the launch of GODS Network, a revolutionary interoperability layer built on Partisia Blockchain. 

Leveraging MPC and secure cryptographic techniques, GODS Network enables any smart contract to seamlessly access and process data across multiple blockchains—turning fragmented ecosystems into a unified digital infrastructure.

  • For Developers: It provides high-throughput interoperability by distributing workloads. This ensures efficient handling of large-scale data requests without sacrificing privacy or performance. Simply plug in, with minimal overhead, to leverage a unified approach to cross-chain data.
  • For Enterprises: GODS Network delivers a seamless solution to connect private solutions to all supported public blockchains. By maintaining confidentiality and security through advanced privacy measures, organizations can adopt decentralized technology at their own pace. No large-scale overhauls needed.
  • For Partisia Blockchain: Every interaction on GODS Network triggers on-chain transactions, fueling network growth and sustainability.

In essence, GODS Network addresses one of web3’s biggest barriers—true interoperability—while amplifying Partisia Blockchain’s vision of a privacy-focused, scalable, and decentralized future. 

It is worth noting that GODS Network is funded independently from the Partisia Blockchain Foundation, hence, the Partisia Blockchain benefits from additional throughput and activity without extra cost to the ecosystem.

Learn more via our dedicated introductory article or through the GODS.Network website.

Sustainability & Long-Term Viability

A public blockchain’s long-term success is measured by real-usage, not short-term speculation. Our strategy is designed to drive 3 core pillars:

  1. Increased On-Chain Transactions – Through enterprise involvement, web3 integrations, and more adoption from developers, builders, and through interoperability.
  2. Scalable Network Growth – Emphasizing practical privacy and interoperability for both developers and enterprises.
  3. Token Utility & Ecosystem Incentives – Prioritizing genuine adoption over hype-driven token incentives. 

While we offer grants to builders, we do not rely on them to attract enterprises. They join us for ROI and a robust technical foundation with proven technical expertise to take on this challenge. 

Our sustainability model focuses on consistent ecosystem involvement – real transactions, ongoing integrations, and enduring partnerships, rather than token-driven boom and busts.

Governance: The Path to Greater Decentralization

Decentralized governance is key to fulfilling our long-term vision. The Partisia Blockchain Foundation (PBF) is a Swiss-regulated non-profit, operating under strict oversight to ensure funds are used solely to develop and promote the public blockchain.

Over time, as we evolve, we will implement governance improvements to further align with community participation and transparency. Discussions and updates around governance changes will be conducted through blog posts, social channels, community channels and other avenues we’re working on. 

You can join us across any of these channels, available via our linktree.

Key Governance Initiatives

  • Expanding Community Participation – New frameworks for structured collaboration with ecosystem stakeholders.
  • Exploring a DAO Model – If and when the community determines a clear benefit, we will explore a DAO-driven governance structure, ensuring it is implemented when there is strong demand and readiness.

Our goal is not just decentralization for the sake of optics, but real, functional governance that supports the long-term success of the network.

Governance improvements will be introduced gradually, ensuring that shifts toward decentralization are well-planned and beneficial to the network.

Final Thoughts: A Stronger, More Connected Future

Partisia Blockchain is a key enabler of a truly decentralized web3. By combining MPC-powered privacy, interoperability, and real enterprise adoption, we are setting the stage for a more secure, scalable, and inclusive digital economy.

We are at a pivotal moment in our journey. With a refined strategy, an expanding ecosystem, and clear governance direction, we are ready to take web3 to the next level.

Expect to see major developments in the coming months, including new technical rollouts, ecosystem partnerships, and deeper community engagement.

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Reimagining Web3: A Connected Vision for Privacy, Interoperability, and Real Adoption

Reimagining Web3: A Connected Vision for Privacy, Interoperability, and Real Adoption

Web3 promises a decentralized internet built around transparency, true digital ownership and user empowerment. Yet, despite significant innovation, widespread adoption remains slow and elusive. 

This is primarily due to ongoing challenges like fragmented blockchain ecosystems, inadequate data privacy, and the complexity enterprises face when integrating blockchain into their existing infrastructures – Partisia has been built to solve these problems. 

This blog provides an overview of the solutions we’ve built to address these critical barriers:

  • Our vision
  • The entities that make up the Partisia ecosystem
  • Introducing the GODS (Global Omnichain Data Service) Network
  • Why enterprises need hybrid blockchain solutions

Privacy and Interoperability: The Cornerstones of Our Vision

Blockchain technology has empowered users with asset ownership and control. Yet genuine privacy—control over personal data storage, sharing, and usage— remains limited.

We tackle this head-on with our core innovation: Multi-party Computation (MPC), allowing secure computation without exposing underlying data.

Our vision goes beyond individual empowerment. It’s equally about providing enterprises with secure, compliant, and scalable tools. Enterprises transitioning from web2 to web3 can confidently adopt blockchain technology, leveraging MPC to maintain confidentiality, comply with strict regulations, and gradually integrate public blockchains at their pace.

Here are some of the ways we’re achieving this vision:

  • Innovative Privacy Applications: MPC powering use cases in AI and Decentralized Identity (DID), essential for modern digital ecosystems.
  • BYOC (Bring Your Own Coin): Integration of native coins from other chains, which can be used to pay transaction fees, reducing friction to onboard.
  • BYON (Bring Your Own Nodes): Enhances decentralization and network security by allowing easy integration of user-run nodes.
  • Stable Transaction Costs: Our scalable sharded network architecture ensures stable fees, avoiding congestion-driven fee volatility.
  • GODS Network: Provides seamless cross-chain interoperability, enabling secure, MPC-powered data exchange across blockchain ecosystems.

Read more about our Vision →

The Partisia Ecosystem Structure

The Partisia Blockchain ecosystem is strategically structured to maximise efficiency, collaboration, and effectiveness towards our vision.

At the core of the ecosystem is the Partisia Blockchain Foundation (PBF), a Swiss non-profit organisation responsible for ecosystem governance and adoption.

Surrounding PBF are independent, yet, strategically aligned entities:

  • Partisia Infrastructure (PI): Core technical developers ensuring blockchain robustness, security, and scalability.
  • GODS Network (GN Solutions AG): Operates the GODS Network, directly enhancing blockchain interoperability and adoption.
  • PBC Apps: Independently develops essential blockchain tools like wallets and explorers, promoting broader user adoption and decentralisation.

This structure, common in mature blockchain ecosystems, enhances collaboration, leverages specialized expertise, and maximizes ecosystem synergy, ultimately fostering a stronger, decentralized ecosystem.

Explore the Entities in our Ecosystem →

Introducing GODS Network

Blockchain fragmentation creates unnecessary complexity for developers, enterprises, and end-users. To overcome this challenge, we’re thrilled to introduce GODS Network—a pioneering cross-chain interoperability solution.

GODS Network, developed independently but closely aligned with Partisia Blockchain, provides an intuitive subscription-based data layer, allowing seamless cross-chain communication.

Rather than juggling multiple SDKs and protocols, developers can leverage this simple, subscription-based model to access data across blockchains, including both EVM-compatible and non-EVM chains.

Why GODS Network is a Game-Changer:

  • Effortless Integration: Single-interface access dramatically reduces complexity.
  • Universal Compatibility: Easily connects Ethereum-based blockchains with non-EVM chains, removing the complexity developers typically face.
  • Enhanced Security: MPC-based, decentralized key management significantly reduces security risks associated with traditional interoperability solutions.

Critically, by simplifying and securing cross-chain interactions, GODS Network’s adoption will generate meaningful transaction activity on the public Partisia Blockchain.

Explore the GODS Network in more detail →

Why Enterprises Need Hybrid Blockchain Models

Enterprise adoption of blockchain technologies has been slower than anticipated. While regulatory concerns plays a role, businesses often hesitate to embrace public blockchains due to real concerns around exposing sensitive processes or transactional data—even in encrypted forms.

Our hybrid blockchain model offers a pragmatic solution, blending private and public blockchain strengths:

  • Controlled Confidentiality: Enterprises retain complete privacy and control over sensitive data within their local private blockchain environment.
  • Public Trust & Transparency: Non-sensitive transactional outputs are published transparently on public blockchains, enhancing auditability.
  • Incremental Integration: Enterprises can gradually integrate public blockchain use, starting from low-risk, public-facing processes and expanding over time as confidence and comfort grow.

Industry sectors like automotive, finance, and supply chain logistics are already using this hybrid approach in legacy systems. With solutions like GODS Network, combined with private and public solutions bridging these two worlds, enterprises can confidently explore blockchain’s potential while maintaining control over their critical data and processes.

Learn why Hybrid Models are crucial for enterprise adoption →

Moving Forward, Together.

Our strategy blends powerful innovations in MPC-driven privacy, practical hybrid blockchain solutions, robust cross-chain interoperability via the GODS Network, and a carefully structured, collaborative ecosystem.

As we navigate the next stage of growth, our commitment remains to drive meaningful adoption, not mere speculation—building genuine use cases and providing secure, scalable, and accessible blockchain solutions for everyone.

We invite you to join us on this exciting journey towards a unified, secure, and truly decentralized future.

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Advancing Partisia Blockchain: Four Upgrades Enhancing the Ecosystem

Advancing Partisia Blockchain: Four Upgrades Enhancing the Ecosystem

At Partisia Blockchain, our commitment to continuous innovation drives us to enhance usability, security, and adoption. Our latest technical update delivers four key upgrades outlined in our H1 2025 technical roadmap, reinforcing the foundation for greater scalability, developer flexibility, and a seamless user experience. 

These upgrades enhance transparency, efficiency, and developer tooling, strengthening DeFi, enterprise adoption, and beyond. 

Read on to learn more about these upgrades, along with some additional exciting elements of our roadmap planned for the coming months.

4 Key Upgrades Now Live

As part of our H1 2025 Technical Roadmap, the following upgrades have now been completed:

  1. Enabling bridge and MPC movements visibility in the Browser
  2. Add fiat onramp to Partisia’s explorer (Browser) via Transak
  3. Upgradeable smart contracts
  4. Initial contracts for liquid staking.

 

Let’s dive into each of these to understand what they mean for users and developers.

Bridge & MPC Movements Now Visible in Browser

Status: Live in Phase 1
Why It Matters: Enhanced transparency & usability

One of the biggest UX improvements for Partisia Blockchain users is the ability to track BYOC (Bring Your Own Coin) movements directly in the Browser.

Key Benefits:

  • Complete Visibility: Users can now track BYOC activities on their accounts, improving transparency.
  • Single Asset View: A unified BYOC view is available for all coins, making asset tracking easier.
  • Detailed Transaction Insights: Clicking on any asset reveals granular insights into transaction history and movements.

Explore the Update:

What’s Next?

  • Further UI/UX improvements for smoother navigation and visibility.
  • Integration of gas and transaction details for added transparency.
  • Tracking of MPC token and some additional categories of BYOC movements, including fees earned by node operators, will also be added soon.

Transak Fiat Onramp Now Integrated into Browser

Status: Fully integrated with API Key support
Why It Matters: Seamless fiat-to-crypto access

The integration of Transak into Partisia’s Browser Explorer is a big step toward simplifying onboarding into the Partisia Blockchain ecosystem. Users can now buy MPC directly with fiat, without needing external tools!

How It Works:

  • Buy MPC via the Browser, with network & wallet address auto-filled (when logged in).
  • Minimal manual entry – users complete purchases and are redirected back to the Browser.

Try it out here: 

  1. Go to https://browser.partisiablockchain.com/ and sign in with your wallet.
  2. Click ‘GET MPC’ at the top right of the navigation bar
  3. Select ‘Transak’

 

What’s Next?

  • Refining the onramp flow for a frictionless one-click fiat-to-MPC experience.

Liquid Staking Smart Contracts

Status: Open-sourced for the ecosystem
Why It Matters: Flexible staking, improved liquidity

Liquid staking allows users to stake their assets while maintaining liquidity, a feature that has become a standard in DeFi. With this open-source release, developers and ecosystem contributors can now integrate liquid staking into their applications! 

Key Benefits:

  • Flexible Staking: Users stake tokens while receiving a receipt token (eg. sMPC), allowing for further use across DeFi applications
  • More Liquidity: Unlike traditional staking, funds are not locked.
  • Ecosystem Expansion: Sceptre is already using this contract as the foundation for its liquid staking solution.

Want to view the Liquid Staking Contracts? Click here to check out the repo.

What’s Next?

  • The open-source nature means other teams can also build on top of it, increasing adoption within the Partisia ecosystem through expanded DeFi applications.
  • Future iterations could explore multi-party computation (MPC) privacy enhancements for staking.

Upgradeable Smart Contracts Now Supported

Status: Implemented
Why It Matters: Security, flexibility and long-term usability

While upgradable smart contracts have become an industry standard and critical component in modern blockchains, their addition to Partisia Blockchain unlocks significant improvements for developers and enterprises. 

Key Benefits:

  • Bug Fixes & Security Patches: Contracts can now be updated without disrupting users.
  • Feature Enhancements: New functionalities can be added seamlessly without requiring a complete redeployment of the contract.
  • Regulatory Compliance: Enables adaption to regulatory changes without forcing users to migrate.
  • Cost Efficiency: Eliminates the need for fees associated with deploying new contracts.
  • Improved UX: Users continue interacting with the same contract address, even after updates, preventing fragmentation or confusion.

What’s Next?

  • Expanded use cases, including DeFi applications, staking solutions, and enterprise integrations.
  • Further improvements to developer tooling to maximize flexibility and adoption.

Looking Ahead: More Upgrades Coming SOON!

These four enhancements mark a key leap forward in making the Partisia Blockchain ecosystem more accessible, transparent and developer-friendly. 

But, this is just the start. In the coming months, we’re rolling out even more game-changing upgrades to push privacy, performance, and usability to the next level:

Keys & Signing in MPC: Enhancing Security & Privacy

  • Enables secure cryptographic signing using MPC – removing reliance on a single private key.
  • Protects transactions, wallet security, and privacy-preserving smart contracts from exposure.

Gas & Transaction Details: Greater Transparency for Users and Node Operators

  • Track gas fees in real-time to understand transaction costs.
  • Node operators can see detailed earnings breakdowns, improving visibility into rewards.

Smart Contract Staking: Unlocking New DeFi Possibilities

  • Enables staking logic to be built directly into smart contracts.
  • Opens up auto-compounding, reward customization, and new DeFi models.

But, there’s more. Below are a few more items on the roadmap that we’re extremely excited about:

Real MPC Arithmetic: Enhancing Precision and Performance

What is it?

Traditional privacy solutions slow things down – but with Real MPC Arithmetic, speed and privacy no longer need to be a trade-off. Building upon our core MPC technology, this advancement enables faster and more efficient secure computations.

Why you should be paying attention!

  • Up to 1000x faster secure computations, enabling real-time private transactions.
  • Removes delays in privacy-preserving DeFi, allowing for instant confidential transactions.
  • Optimized for high-speed AI models, private financial analysis, and large-scale encrypted data processing.

Think real-time encrypted DeFi, faster private swaps, and scalable enterprise blockchain solutions – all without sacrificing privacy.

Privacy-Preserving AI: Secure AI Without Exposure

What is it?

What if AI could analyze your sensitive data – without ever exposing it? This component of the roadmap will integrate privacy-enhancing mechanisms into AI, allowing for applications that conduct data analysis and machine learning without compromising data confidentiality.

Why you should be paying attention!

  • AI can process financial, medical, and personal data without actually accessing raw information.
  • Enables privacy-first AI models for loan approvals, risk assessments, and medical research
  • Unlocks decentralized AI decision-making without compromising security or compliance.

Get ready for AI with trustless privacy – keeping data confidential while still allowing AI-powered automation.

Decentralized Identity (DID) and Secure Key Management

What is it?

Imagine a world where you control your identity – without centralized databases tracking your data. DID empowers users with self-sovereign identity solutions and secure key management, enhancing privacy, security and usability.

Why you should be paying attention!

  • Full user control over identity, authentication, and credential verification.
  • Secure logins for Web3 applications—without passwords or personal data exposure.
  • Verifiable credentials (eg. proving your age, occupational status or creditworthiness) without sharing extra details.

Privacy-preserving, flexible, and built for a decentralized internet. Exciting!

A Privacy-First Future is Coming

These upcoming features will redefine blockchain privacy, security, and AI-driven trustless automation.

Join us on this journey – make sure to follow us on social platforms and join our extremely passionate community over on Telegram and Discord.

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Advancing Partisia Blockchain: Four Upgrades Enhancing the Ecosystem

Advancing Partisia Blockchain: Four Upgrades Enhancing the Ecosystem

At Partisia Blockchain, our commitment to continuous innovation drives us to enhance usability, security, and adoption. Our latest technical update delivers four key upgrades outlined in our H1 2025 technical roadmap, reinforcing the foundation for greater scalability, developer flexibility, and a seamless user experience. 

These upgrades enhance transparency, efficiency, and developer tooling, strengthening DeFi, enterprise adoption, and beyond. 

Read on to learn more about these upgrades, along with some additional exciting elements of our roadmap planned for the coming months.

4 Key Upgrades Now Live

As part of our H1 2025 Technical Roadmap, the following upgrades have now been completed:

  1. Enabling bridge and MPC movements visibility in the Browser
  2. Add fiat onramp to Partisia’s explorer (Browser) via Transak
  3. Upgradeable smart contracts
  4. Initial contracts for liquid staking.

 

Let’s dive into each of these to understand what they mean for users and developers.

Bridge & MPC Movements Now Visible in Browser

Status: Live in Phase 1
Why It Matters: Enhanced transparency & usability

One of the biggest UX improvements for Partisia Blockchain users is the ability to track BYOC (Bring Your Own Coin) movements directly in the Browser.

Key Benefits:

  • Complete Visibility: Users can now track BYOC activities on their accounts, improving transparency.
  • Single Asset View: A unified BYOC view is available for all coins, making asset tracking easier.
  • Detailed Transaction Insights: Clicking on any asset reveals granular insights into transaction history and movements.

Explore the Update:

What’s Next?

  • Further UI/UX improvements for smoother navigation and visibility.
  • Integration of gas and transaction details for added transparency.
  • Tracking of MPC token and some additional categories of BYOC movements, including fees earned by node operators, will also be added soon.

Transak Fiat Onramp Now Integrated into Browser

Status: Fully integrated with API Key support
Why It Matters: Seamless fiat-to-crypto access

The integration of Transak into Partisia’s Browser Explorer is a big step toward simplifying onboarding into the Partisia Blockchain ecosystem. Users can now buy MPC directly with fiat, without needing external tools!

How It Works:

  • Buy MPC via the Browser, with network & wallet address auto-filled (when logged in).
  • Minimal manual entry – users complete purchases and are redirected back to the Browser.

Try it out here: 

  1. Go to https://browser.partisiablockchain.com/ and sign in with your wallet.
  2. Click ‘GET MPC’ at the top right of the navigation bar
  3. Select ‘Transak’

 

What’s Next?

  • Refining the onramp flow for a frictionless one-click fiat-to-MPC experience.

Liquid Staking Smart Contracts

Status: Open-sourced for the ecosystem
Why It Matters: Flexible staking, improved liquidity

Liquid staking allows users to stake their assets while maintaining liquidity, a feature that has become a standard in DeFi. With this open-source release, developers and ecosystem contributors can now integrate liquid staking into their applications! 

Key Benefits:

  • Flexible Staking: Users stake tokens while receiving a receipt token (eg. sMPC), allowing for further use across DeFi applications
  • More Liquidity: Unlike traditional staking, funds are not locked.
  • Ecosystem Expansion: Sceptre is already using this contract as the foundation for its liquid staking solution.

Want to view the Liquid Staking Contracts? Click here to check out the repo.

What’s Next?

  • The open-source nature means other teams can also build on top of it, increasing adoption within the Partisia ecosystem through expanded DeFi applications.
  • Future iterations could explore multi-party computation (MPC) privacy enhancements for staking.

Upgradeable Smart Contracts Now Supported

Status: Implemented
Why It Matters: Security, flexibility and long-term usability

While upgradable smart contracts have become an industry standard and critical component in modern blockchains, their addition to Partisia Blockchain unlocks significant improvements for developers and enterprises. 

Key Benefits:

  • Bug Fixes & Security Patches: Contracts can now be updated without disrupting users.
  • Feature Enhancements: New functionalities can be added seamlessly without requiring a complete redeployment of the contract.
  • Regulatory Compliance: Enables adaption to regulatory changes without forcing users to migrate.
  • Cost Efficiency: Eliminates the need for fees associated with deploying new contracts.
  • Improved UX: Users continue interacting with the same contract address, even after updates, preventing fragmentation or confusion.

What’s Next?

  • Expanded use cases, including DeFi applications, staking solutions, and enterprise integrations.
  • Further improvements to developer tooling to maximize flexibility and adoption.

Looking Ahead: More Upgrades Coming SOON!

These four enhancements mark a key leap forward in making the Partisia Blockchain ecosystem more accessible, transparent and developer-friendly. 

But, this is just the start. In the coming months, we’re rolling out even more game-changing upgrades to push privacy, performance, and usability to the next level:

Keys & Signing in MPC: Enhancing Security & Privacy

  • Enables secure cryptographic signing using MPC – removing reliance on a single private key.
  • Protects transactions, wallet security, and privacy-preserving smart contracts from exposure.

Gas & Transaction Details: Greater Transparency for Users and Node Operators

  • Track gas fees in real-time to understand transaction costs.
  • Node operators can see detailed earnings breakdowns, improving visibility into rewards.

Smart Contract Staking: Unlocking New DeFi Possibilities

  • Enables staking logic to be built directly into smart contracts.
  • Opens up auto-compounding, reward customization, and new DeFi models.

But, there’s more. Below are a few more items on the roadmap that we’re extremely excited about:

Real MPC Arithmetic: Enhancing Precision and Performance

What is it?

Traditional privacy solutions slow things down – but with Real MPC Arithmetic, speed and privacy no longer need to be a trade-off. Building upon our core MPC technology, this advancement enables faster and more efficient secure computations.

Why you should be paying attention!

  • Up to 1000x faster secure computations, enabling real-time private transactions.
  • Removes delays in privacy-preserving DeFi, allowing for instant confidential transactions.
  • Optimized for high-speed AI models, private financial analysis, and large-scale encrypted data processing.

Think real-time encrypted DeFi, faster private swaps, and scalable enterprise blockchain solutions – all without sacrificing privacy.

Privacy-Preserving AI: Secure AI Without Exposure

What is it?

What if AI could analyze your sensitive data – without ever exposing it? This component of the roadmap will integrate privacy-enhancing mechanisms into AI, allowing for applications that conduct data analysis and machine learning without compromising data confidentiality.

Why you should be paying attention!

  • AI can process financial, medical, and personal data without actually accessing raw information.
  • Enables privacy-first AI models for loan approvals, risk assessments, and medical research
  • Unlocks decentralized AI decision-making without compromising security or compliance.

Get ready for AI with trustless privacy – keeping data confidential while still allowing AI-powered automation.

Decentralized Identity (DID) and Secure Key Management

What is it?

Imagine a world where you control your identity – without centralized databases tracking your data. DID empowers users with self-sovereign identity solutions and secure key management, enhancing privacy, security and usability.

Why you should be paying attention!

  • Full user control over identity, authentication, and credential verification.
  • Secure logins for Web3 applications—without passwords or personal data exposure.
  • Verifiable credentials (eg. proving your age, occupational status or creditworthiness) without sharing extra details.

Privacy-preserving, flexible, and built for a decentralized internet. Exciting!

A Privacy-First Future is Coming

These upcoming features will redefine blockchain privacy, security, and AI-driven trustless automation.

Join us on this journey – make sure to follow us on social platforms and join our extremely passionate community over on Telegram and Discord.

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January 2025 update

January 2025 update

Welcome to the first progress report of 2025. As we build on the success of 2024, this update provides an in-depth look at our ongoing initiatives and forward-looking projects.

We invite you to revisit last year’s achievements in our 2024 Recap and see how we’re setting the stage for a transformative year ahead.

Key Highlights:

  • 12 Days of Shipmas: A 12-day festive initiative showcasing daily highlights – including four major grant announcements and a bonus project.
  • Technical Roadmap: Unveiling our H1 2025 roadmap focused on advanced MPC and privacy-preserving AI.
  • Davos 2025: Kurt Nielsen shares his visionary insights on the transformative potential of Real-World Assets (RWAs).
  • Global Engagement: Updates from our recent visits to Davos and Japan, including meetings with potential partners and contributors.
  • Community Calls & X Spaces: In-depth discussions and live Q&A sessions with partners like Synaps and Sceptre. 
  • Additional Updates & Collaboration: Insights from our Betts (Head of DevRel), alongside impactful collaborations with partners like Secret Network.

12 Days of Shipmas

From late December into early January, our “12 Days of Shipmas” initiative set the tempo for 2025 by showcasing a series of key ecosystem developments. Beyond the four grant announcements, the initiative highlighted several strategic updates – including the integration of wMPC and wBTC into our BYOC portfolio.

Here’s an overview:

  • CryptoFactor’s Interchain Gateway: Awarded a Fast Track Grant for developing an interchain gateway leveraging our MPC technology to connect DeFiChain and Polygon.
  • wBTC Added to BYOC: Announced support for wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) as a gas token, enabling Bitcoin holders to leverage their assets within our ecosystem.
  • Koala Wallet Integration: Enabled seamless access to the Partisia browser and upcoming apps via Koala Wallet’s multi-chain mobile platform – with future plans for enhanced key management and security.
  • Transak Supports MPC: Transak’s fiat-to-crypto gateway now supports $MPC purchases via various payment methods (bank transfers, Visa, Google Pay, and Apple Pay), lowering the barrier to entry for new users to onboard into Partisia’s Blockchain ecosystem.
  • Privacy-Enhanced Lending with Boosty Labs: Boosty Labs is developing a privacy-first money market protocol on Partisia Blockchain, starting with assets in the BYOC portfolio and later growing the supported assets while integrating MPC for enhanced privacy in borrowing and lending. Expected to launch in late Q2 2025.
  • Liquid Staking with Sceptre: Introduced a liquid staking protocol, developed by Sceptre – set for release in Q2 – allowing users to stake $MPC while retaining liquidity with $sMPC tokens, and incorporating BYOC rewards.
  • zkCross First Native DEX on Partisia: Announcing the much anticipated upcoming launch of zkCross, a native decentralized exchange built for cross-chain lock swaps, featuring initial trading pairs such as MPC/USDT, ETH/USDT, and MPC/ETH.
  • TrustSwap Launchpad Partnership: We partnered with TrustSwap to launch our first token launchpad, empowering projects with the essential tools and support needed to scale.
  • WalletConnect (ReOwn) Integration: This integration simplifies wallet connectivity to foster broader adoption of upcoming applications launching on Partisia Blockchain.
  • Private Auctions with VarMeta: VarMeta is developing a blockchain-powered private auction system for NFTs on Binance Smart Chain, ensuring bid privacy and preventing auction manipulation using Partisia’s MPC technology.
  • Wrapped MPC as Gas: Introduction of wrapped MPC (wMPC) to the BYOC portfolio as a gas payment option, alongside wBTC, simplifying transactions and improving the user experience.
  • Major Grant Announcements: We closed the campaign with three major grants shared that focused on privacy-enhanced KYC with Synaps, secure document sharing with Filedgr and privacy-focused real estate marketplace with ProprHome.

As a special bonus announcement, we revealed our partnership with Katara, an AI-powered workflow automation platform that will enhance developer documentation and explore confidential data handling using MPC.

You can check out our 12 Days of Shipmas Recap here and the subsequent follow-up article providing greater insights into the 4 Grants here (link to tweet with an article at the end of the thread).

Technical Roadmap for H1 2025:

On January 16, we released an article on X providing further insights into our updated technical roadmap for the first half of 2025. This roadmap is packed with features, with two of the most transformative components being:

  • Advanced MPC Arithmetic: Delivering faster computations with uncompromised security and privacy.
  • Privacy-Preserving AI: Paving the way for next-generation applications that seamlessly blends intelligence with confidentiality.

These innovations not only meet the growing demand for privacy-first solutions but also open new avenues in sectors such as finance, healthcare, and beyond. 

For the full details, please review the article with the roadmap here.

Global Engagement – Events

Davos

At Davos 2025, our co-founder Kurt Nielsen illuminates how Real-World Assets (RWAs) are reshaping industries by highlighting three critical enablers:

  • Digital Identifiers (DIDs): Establishing secure, trusted identities for both people and assets.
  • Financial Integration: Merging stablecoins with traditional money systems for seamless transactions.
  • Data-Driven Insights: Leveraging confidential computing to unlock compliant, tailored insights (such as vehicle and mobility data in the automotive industry).

As Kurt remarked in the video, “More is happening under the hood than meets the eye.” 

At Partisia, we are proud to drive this change and empower industries to harness the full potential of decentralized technologies. You can watch the video of Kurt outlining these insights, shared on X, by clicking here.

In addition to Kurt’s feature, Alex was also invited to speak at a Roundtable organized by the Health Innovation Exchange (HIEX) within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Tent. 

Japan event

We attended an event in Japan that was organised by one of the validators in our ecosystem. It attracted over 400 attendees, with approximately 80% being token holders. We hugely valued the opportunity to engage with so many of our contributors. 

However, following the event, certain allegations came to light about the organisers and the marketing practices that may have enabled them to build such a sizable community. In response, we have removed the original tweet and will issue a statement in Japanese clarifying that there is no formal affiliation. 

We acknowledge the positive aspects of the event and the lessons learned as we continue to refine our global engagements.

Community Calls & X Spaces

This month, our Twitter Spaces featured in-depth discussions on blockchain innovation, liquid staking, AI, and more, bringing insights from industry leaders and our team at Partisia Blockchain. 

Here’s a look back at the conversations with links for you to listen to the recordings:

Community Call (9th Jan) with Synaps

Our first community call of the month focused on roadmap updates, ongoing priorities, and what’s ahead. We were also joined by Florian Le Goff, CEO of Synaps, for a grant spotlight segment, followed by a live Q&A that included insights into our technical roadmap for H1 2025. Replay available here.

Community Call (23rd Jan) with Sceptre:

In the recent X Spaces session, Alexander Elhorst from Sceptre spoke about their upcoming liquid staking solution for the Partisia Blockchain ecosystem. Key topics included earning staking rewards while maintaining liquidity with $sMPC tokens, security measures through smart contract audits, and managing challenges such as the 7-day cooldown period within our 1 entity = 1 node policy.

Curious about how Sceptre is shaping the future of staking on Partisia Blockchain? Listen to the recording of Spaces by clicking here to dive deeper into the technical details and the exciting potential of liquid staking!

Web3 Global Talks:

In Web3 Global Talks – Powered by PAW Chain, Bettina Sosa (Betts), our Head of Developer Relations, explored the evolution of trust in blockchain, touching on the role of Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs), digital identities, and trustful systems. Listen to the full discussion here.

AI x Web3 Discussion:

A thought-provoking conversation on how pervasive AI will shape the future, including reflections on how the next generation will grow up with AI as a constant companion, featuring insights from our CEO – listen to the space here.

Additional Updates and Collaboration

January was filled with various exciting updates, content, initiatives and ecosystem collaborations with key partners:

Insights from Betts, Our Head of DevRel

Betts has been busy building AI solutions from scratch and sharing her experiences in our ecosystem. Her recent pieces on the journey toward Agentic Trust offer a deeper look into our approach to integrating AI with blockchain.

Discover Betts’ insights on building AI solutions from scratch and her perspective on Agentic Trust.

AI Agents in Web3:

In a blog post, shared on X, we explored the rise of AI agents in decentralized systems, discussing both the challenges and innovations that they bring – check it out here.

Partisia Blockchain x Secret Network

In a notable presentation, our CEO Adrienne and CPO Martin Bundgaard attended Secret Network’s recent event to discuss integrating privacy into Web3. As captured in our remark, “TEE 🤝 MPC = Privacy Szn,” this collaboration underscores our commitment to secure, privacy-preserving blockchain solutions. Click here to watch the presentation.

Koala Wallet Update

With the V2.9.1 release, Koala Wallet now supports bridging and wrapping with both $MPC and $wMPC, enhancing seamless onboarding and interoperability with Partisia Blockchain. See Koala Wallet’s tweet here.

zkCross DEX Soft Launch

On the last day of the month, zkCross – the first native DEX on Partisia Blockchain – launched in Phase 1 (soft launch). This limited beta release is designed for testing and refining the platform ahead of full-scale trading. Check out the official announcement in our Telegram group for further details on what this launch consists of and what you can expect. There is also a 25,000 bug bounty program for this initial phase. 

Phase 2 will result in wider marketing to increase usage of the DEX, alongside various UI/UX improvements and the introduction of the “Lock Swap” functionality!

Final Thoughts

Thank you for your continued support as we drive forward the future of privacy-first blockchain innovation. Together, we’re building a scalable, interconnected, and transformative Web3 ecosystem for 2025 and beyond.

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Updated Technical Roadmap for H1 2025: Scaling Privacy and Usability in Web3

Updated Technical Roadmap for H1 2025: Scaling Privacy and Usability in Web3

Last week, we shared our updated technical roadmap update on X. As we kick off 2025, Partisia Blockchain is reaffirming its mission to redefine data privacy, scalability, and usability in the Web3 ecosystem.

The upcoming months are packed with transformative advancements aimed at solving real-world challenges and bringing us closer to a scalable, privacy-centric blockchain future. 

Today, we’re excited to present a detailed look at the key updates shaping H1 2025 and their impact on our community and beyond.

Key Developments to Watch in H1 2025

Real MPC Arithmetic: Pushing Precision and Performance

At the heart of Partisia Blockchain is Multi-Party Computation (MPC), and with real MPC arithmetic, we’re delivering faster and more efficient secure computations for real-world applications like AI and DeFi. This critical update brings:

  • Faster execution of secure computations in areas like decentralized finance (DeFi), AI, and healthcare.
  • Significant efficiency improvements, enabling tasks like running AI models on sensitive healthcare data to provide real-time insights while ensuring privacy.

By leveraging arithmetic computations alongside binary computations, Partisia Blockchain offers optimal performance tailored to diverse use cases. This opens up broader possibilities, including near-real-time applications in healthcare and finance.

Privacy-Preserving AI: Expanding AI’s Potential on Partisia Blockchain

The integration of privacy-preserving AI into the Partisia Blockchain is a transformative step for AI-driven web3 applications. By leveraging MPC, we’re enabling:

  • AI inference on private data without exposing it, preserving privacy while generating actionable insights.
  • Cross-industry use cases, such as a bank assessing loan risks securely or healthcare organizations analyzing patient data while protecting sensitive information.

This advancement expands AI’s role in sensitive sectors, providing a secure foundation for innovation where data privacy is paramount.

Fiat Onramps: Simplifying Access

To simplify onboarding, we’re introducing fiat onramps via the Partisia Browser. This feature addresses key user pain points by enabling:

  • Users to convert fiat currencies into crypto assets seamlessly within the ecosystem.
  • Easier access for non-technical users to engage with blockchain services, such as staking or performing transactions within the ecosystem.

This improvement opens up Partisia Blockchain to a broader audience, encouraging more individuals and businesses to participate in the network.

Improved Staking Tools: Transparent and User-Friendly

The updated staking framework simplifies stake management. Key improvements include:

  • Dynamic staking rewards that incentivize long-term participation and engagement.
  • Enhanced transparency tools for delegating and managing stakes, empowering users with more control and insights into their performance.

By making staking easier and more efficient, these updates strengthen the Partisia community and encourage active participation in the governance and security of the network.

Decentralized Identity (DID) and Key Management

As we enhance privacy and usability, Decentralized Identity (DID) and secure key management are critical components of our roadmap. These tools empower users and businesses with:

  • Self-sovereign identity solutions where individuals and organizations can control their digital identities without reliance on centralized intermediaries.
  • Simplified access control and secure authentication, ensuring high levels of usability and security for blockchain applications and beyond.

Partisia Blockchain will take the existing DID and key management solutions and go beyond what current solutions provide using MPC. From customizable presentation using multiple verified credential issuers to flexible key management solutions to provide auditability and robust governance tools, we will aim to bring solutions that truly can tackle real world problems in industries such as healthcare, finance, and supply chain management.

Upgradable Smart Contracts: Building for Longevity

We’re introducing upgradable smart contracts to provide flexibility and adaptability for developers. These contracts will allow:

  • Real-time updates and fixes without disrupting the existing ecosystem.
  • Compliance with evolving technical and regulatory requirements, ensuring long-term sustainability.

This development ensures that applications on Partisia Blockchain remain adaptable, reliable, and future-proof, even as industry demands evolve.

Why These Updates Matter

Solving the Privacy vs. Collaboration Paradox

Traditionally, businesses and individuals have had to choose between collaboration and privacy. Partisia Blockchain’s advancements eliminate this trade-off by enabling:

  • Secure data sharing in collaborative environments without exposing sensitive details.
  • Seamless integration of blockchain and AI, unlocking transformative potential while safeguarding data integrity.

These updates collectively ensure that industries, entities and individuals can operate with both security and transparency, creating trust while fostering innovation

Enabling Real-World Applications

Each update plays a vital role in driving impactful use cases across industries, such as:

  • Healthcare: Securely analyze patient data for diagnostics and research, meeting stringent privacy requirements.
  • AI: Enable faster and more efficient inference models while maintaining strict privacy controls, laying the groundwork for responsible AI adoption.
  • Supply Chain: Improve transparency and efficiency in tracking goods while protecting proprietary data.
  • User Experience: Fiat onramps and improved staking tools simplify onboarding by lowering barriers for non-technical users.

Strengthening Core Infrastructure

With the inclusion of DID and key management, Partisia Blockchain strengthens its ecosystem by empowering users to:

  • Take control of their digital identities without centralized dependencies.
  • Authenticate securely and manage access to sensitive systems.
  • Build trust in decentralized ecosystems with privacy and usability at their core.

Looking Ahead

H1 2025 is just the beginning. These advancements address many immediate challenges whilst also laying the groundwork for broader, long-term goals in H2 2025, including:

  • Expanded privacy-preserving integrations across industries.
  • New tools to enhance both developer and user experiences.
  • Further innovations in blockchain scalability and usability.

Stay tuned as we work toward building a scalable, secure, and privacy-first future where you own your data and make the rules.

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The Rise of AI Agents in Web3: Challenges, Innovations, and Partisia Blockchain’s Pioneering Role

The Rise of AI Agents in Web3: Challenges, Innovations, and Partisia Blockchain’s Pioneering Role

AI and blockchain – two of the most transformative technologies of our time – are converging to reshape how we interact with digital systems. At the forefront of this are AI agents: autonomous entities capable of performing actions in both Web2 and Web3 ecosystems without human intervention. Together, they can rewrite the rules of what’s possible.

Imagine this: An AI agent autonomously moderating content on decentralized social platforms, or collaborating with researchers globally, securely training on anonymized medical data to uncover patterns and suggest treatments for rare diseases – all while keeping patient privacy intact. Or an agent in DeFi, working tirelessly to rebalance portfolios and optimize liquidity based on real-time market trends. These are some of the realities that AI agents are beginning to make possible.

But these breakthroughs don’t come without challenges. Privacy concerns, computational limitations, and trust issues loom large before greater adoption of AI agents. Partisia Blockchain is tackling these obstacles head-on, using its cutting-edge Secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC) technology to pave the way for secure, scalable, and private AI agents.

The Promise of AI Agents

AI agents are uniquely suited to Web3, where they can act autonomously within decentralized, trustless ecosystems to deliver transformative benefits. Here are some of them:

Privacy-Preserving Data Training

AI agents can securely train on encrypted datasets without revealing sensitive information. This capability supports applications like:

  • In DeFi: Agents optimize strategies without exposing user data, ensuring financial privacy.
  • In healthcare: Secure collaboration enables agents to analyze anonymized data for global health trends while protecting patient confidentiality.

Autonomous DeFi Operations

AI agents can monitor market trends, execute trades, and manage liquidity pools—operating 24/7 to maximize efficiency without human oversight.

Content Moderation and Curation

AI agents autonomously moderate content and curate user experiences in decentralized communities. For example, an AI agent identifies and flags harmful content for community review, ensuring fair moderation without centralized oversight.

Decentralized Content Moderation and Curation

AI agents autonomously moderate content and curate user experiences on decentralized social platforms. For example, an AI agent identifies and flags harmful content for community review, ensuring fair moderation without centralized oversight.

Personalized DAO Participation

DAO participation is often a challenge as significant amounts of users fail to participate in the governance of projects. AI agents can act as intelligent advisors or representatives in DAOs, simplifying governance. For example, an agent summarizes DAO proposals and recommends votes based on a member’s goals and historical decisions.

Dynamic Experiences in Gaming

In Web3 gaming, AI agents enhance user experiences by acting as intelligent NPCs or personalized assistants, tailoring gameplay to individual preferences.

Key Challenges Facing AI Agents in Web3

These opportunities highlight the transformative potential of AI agents. But their success depends on solving critical challenges:

  • Data Privacy During Training and Operation

To function effectively, AI agents require access to large datasets, which raises privacy concerns around sensitive information like financial records or medical histories. Robust privacy-enhancing technologies are essential.

  • Centralized Dependencies

Many current AI systems rely on centralized infrastructures, introducing single points of failure and security vulnerabilities.

  • Scalability Constraints

AI computations are resource-intensive, and traditional blockchain networks often struggle to handle these workloads efficiently, resulting in high costs and congestion.

  • Trust and Transparency

Users need confidence that AI agents are operating fairly and securely. Transparency is key, but it must coexist with strong privacy protections.

How Partisia Blockchain is Solving These Challenges

Partisia Blockchain is pioneering solutions that address these challenges, leveraging its privacy-first infrastructure and cutting-edge MPC technology to enable AI agents to thrive in Web3 ecosystems:

  • Privacy-Preserving AI Agent Training

Partisia’s MPC technology allows AI agents to train on encrypted datasets without ever exposing sensitive data.

  • Decentralized Infrastructure for AI Computations

Partisia Blockchain’s decentralized node network eliminates reliance on centralized servers, ensuring AI agents operate autonomously within trustless environments.

  • Scalable Performance for Intensive Tasks

Advanced sharding and real-time finalization enable Partisia Blockchain to handle even the most resource-intensive AI computations. 

  • Trust Through Transparency

Partisia’s cryptographic protocols ensure that AI agents operate without bias while maintaining data confidentiality, building trust among users and developers.

Why Partisia Blockchain Stands Apart

Partisia Blockchain offers a uniquely robust foundation for AI agents in Web3:

  • Privacy by Design: Partisia’s architecture ensures data privacy is foundational, not optional or an afterthought.
  • Decentralized Autonomy: AI agents powered by Partisia operate independently of centralized infrastructures.
  • Scalable, Software-Driven AI Solutions: Unlike hardware-heavy alternatives, Partisia’s MPC framework enables scalable and cost-effective AI computations.

The Future of AI Agents in Web3

AI agents are poised to redefine decentralized systems, bringing intelligence, automation, and adaptability to Web3. Their success, however, depends on the right infrastructure – one that prioritizes privacy, scalability, and trust.

With its innovative Secure MPC technology, Partisia Blockchain is building this foundation. Together, we can realize the promise of AI agents: smarter systems that respect privacy, foster collaboration, and empower innovation.

Be part of this journey – join our community on Telegram and help shape the future of AI agents in web3.

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