- The developers will have the ability to include encrypted computation by using a well-known TypeScript library.
- A different strategy is being taken by Fhenix and Canopy, which is to maintain the network’s openness while ensuring that the data remains secured.
In order to provide developers with a direct method for developing sovereign onchain applications that maintain user data encrypted while it is being utilized, Fhenix and Canopy are incorporating confidential computation into the Canopy Stack. It is no longer necessary for teams to put together a separate cryptography stack or to employ cryptographers that specialize in the field before they are able to ship private application logic because of the integration.
Fhenix’s CoFHE coprocessor, which is designed for fully homomorphic encryption (FHE), is the engine that drives the new Canopy Confidential App template. The developers will have the ability to include encrypted computation by using a well-known TypeScript library. This will ensure that the app’s confidential nature is incorporated from the beginning, rather than being a feature that is introduced later. Canopy’s current platform paradigm is extended by this technique; the stack takes care of the underlying infrastructure, allowing builders to concentrate on the application and not the infrastructure.
In many onchain use cases, public-by-default infrastructure is effective; nevertheless, it fails to function well when apps deal with data that is either personally or strategically sensitive, or that is economically sensitive. Because of this, several teams have resorted to using closed networks. A different strategy is being taken by Fhenix and Canopy, which is to maintain the network’s openness while ensuring that the data remains secured.
How it works
Canopy’s plugin and runtime layer allows for the addition of confidential activities without imposing any changes to the network’s fundamental consensus. The information that a user provides is encrypted inside the Canopy wallet before being sent in as a regular transaction. Off-chain processing of the encrypted data is performed via CoFHE. When a result has to be published, a trust-minimized mechanism produces a signed value for Canopy to check before the state is resolved. Using tools that are already known to them, builders are able to access the flow without having to manage a separate privacy stack or encryption keys.
Plugin lifecycle hooks, the state bridge, plugin scaffolding, and the wallet runtime are some of the main components of Canopy that are now operational. At the moment, CoFHE is being implemented on Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Base. It is currently being worked on to complete the remaining components of the encrypted transaction.
What it makes possible
It is possible for a player’s hand, troops, and map information to stay encrypted whilst engaged in a onchain game. Players are able to submit their actions in confidential format and are only informed of the results of each fight, such as who emerged victorious, the amount of damage that was inflicted, or whose territory was transferred.
In the case of business processes, the same concept is applicable. During the deadline, a buyer has the ability to create a request for proposals (RFP), receive encrypted offers from several suppliers, and publish just the winning bid and the winning price. There is no need that the other participants be informed of the bids that were unsuccessful.
Adam Liposky, CEO of Canopy: “Every team we talk to hits the same wall. They have a real use case, and it requires not publishing their users’ data to the world. Until now the answer was to hire a cryptographer. Now it’s a plugin.”
Guy Itzhaki, CEO of Fhenix: “Open networks should not require open data. By bringing CoFHE into the Canopy Stack, developers can build sovereign apps that compute on sensitive information while it stays encrypted. Confidentiality becomes part of the application architecture, not a separate system teams have to build around it.”
Availability
In the fourth quarter of 2026, the Fhenix integration is expected to be released once it has been developed. Canopy is presently operating on the public testnet, consisting of more than 100,000 wallets that are active on a daily basis and 16.8 thousand forks.
Designed to facilitate the deployment of sovereign onchain applications, Canopy is an agent-native programming framework. Through the process of condensing complicated application infrastructure into understandable code, it enables non-technical founders and agents to develop, launch, and grow a whole onchain application in a single session. This solution ensures that the application is safe from block zero and does not need any infrastructure management. Canopy is now operating on the public testnet, and it has received backing from institutions such as Arrington Capital, Borderless Capital, and HashKey.
Website: canopynetwork.org
Public testnet: testnet.app.canopynetwork.org
Ecosystem rewards: rewards.canopynetwork.org
Docs: canopy-network.gitbook.io/docs
Fhenix is a protocol that is used for establishing a confidential computing infrastructure by using fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) for EVM compatible chains. Core technologies of the company, including as the CoFHE coprocessor and the FHERC-20 token standard, make it possible for smart contracts to perform computations directly on encrypted data. This allows for the confidentiality of balances, transfers, and contract status without ever having to decode the data on the blockchain. Solidity developers now have access to encrypted computing thanks to Fhenix, which requires only minor adjustments to the processes that are already in place. Go to www.fhenix.io to find out more.
