Core Concepts
Comparison
How Cipher relates to existing privacy systems.
Matrix
| Cipher | Mixers | Privacy L1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Settlement | Base L2 | Single contract on host chain | Own L1 |
| Validation hardware | Commodity CPU | n/a | Specialised |
| Fee destination | Validators | Operator / treasury | Stakers |
| Trusted setup | Public MPC | Varies | Varies |
| Compute | WASM, encrypted I/O | — | Varies |
| License | MIT | Mixed | Mixed |