Enables viral social applications that onboard non-DeFi users while protecting social graphs, content, and user interactions from public surveillance.
FURPS+
Ai generated
This section was generated by an LLM and has not yet been human-reviewed.
Functionality
- Support private social trading (follow traders, copy trades, private leaderboards with ZK proofs)
- Enable encrypted social networks (messaging, group chats, shielded social graphs, anonymous posts with optional reputation)
- Provide creator monetization (private subscriptions, shielded content access tokens, anonymous tipping)
- Support social tokens (private community tokens, shielded creator content access)
- Enable private prediction markets (forecast events without revealing bets)
- Support anonymous forums & communities (token-gated access, reputation without identity)
Usability
- Web2-level UX with Web3 privacy
- Gasless transactions (subsidized or batched)
- Fast, real-time interactions
- Mobile-first design
- Social recovery for key management
Performance
- Scalability for social-scale traffic (1000s TPS)
+ (Privacy, Anonymity, Censorship-Resistance)
- Protect social graphs (connections and followers remain private)
- Shield financial activity (purchases, tips, trades not exposed)
- Prevent surveillance (platform cannot build user dossiers)
- Enable authentic expression (post without permanent public record)
- Protect influencers (high-value accounts not targeted based on earnings)
Demand Validation
Potential Users: Social media users, content creators, traders, community members, prediction market participants
Use Cases:
- Private social trading and copy trading
- Anonymous community participation
- Creator monetization without exposing earnings
- Private messaging and social networking
- Token-gated communities without revealing holdings
- Anonymous prediction markets and reputation building
Possible Implementation
- Encrypted messaging: End-to-end encrypted communications
- Private social graph: Connections not stored publicly
- Anonymous reputation: Prove reputation without revealing identity via ZK
- Shielded micropayments: Tips and subscriptions without exposure
- Private content access: Token-gated content with hidden ownership
- Private referral programs: Prove referrals via ZK
- Anonymous leaderboards: Achievements without identity exposure
Technical Validation
Risks & Challenges:
- Scalability for social-scale traffic (1000s TPS)
- UX complexity of key management
- Preventing Sybil attacks without KYC
- Content moderation without centralized visibility
- Building initial network effects (cold start problem)
- Balancing privacy with discoverability
- Preventing abuse (spam, harassment) while preserving anonymity
- Mechanism design to incentivize genuine engagement
- Integration with existing social platforms for onboarding