Every blockchain gives you privacy OR compliance Obscura does both.
ZK proofs shield your transactions from public view while proving OFAC compliance to regulators — without revealing amounts, addresses, or counterparties.
Most privacy projects ship only a protocol. Obscura ships the full stack: rollup + bridge + dApp + compliance oracle + SDK. One integration. Everything included.
Perfect privacy, zero compliance. OFAC-sanctioned in 2022. Unusable by any regulated entity.
RISKY
Aztec / Manta
Privacy without compliance guarantees. Regulators have no way to verify you're not evading sanctions.
COMPLIANT
Obscura
Privacy + ZK compliance proofs. Every transfer proves OFAC non-membership. Legally defensible.
How ZKCompliance Works
Four steps. Every step generates a cryptographic proof.
01
Shield
Bridge USDC into Obscura. Funds enter the shielded pool — your balance becomes a ZK note (commitment + nullifier), invisible on-chain.
02
Transfer Privately
Send shielded notes to any recipient. The OFAC oracle checks both addresses against the SDN list and attaches a non-membership proof to every transfer.
03
Compliance Proof
SP1 Groth16 proof certifies: transfer happened, parties are not sanctioned, amount is within limits. No raw data revealed — just the proof.
04
Unshield / Withdraw
Recipient unshields funds back to Ethereum. Bridge verifies the ZK proof on-chain. Full audit trail available — but only to authorized viewers.
Enterprise Use Cases
Built for teams that need both financial privacy and regulatory standing.
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Private Payroll
For crypto-native companies
Pay salaries in stablecoins without exposing amounts on-chain. Each payment generates a ZK compliance proof: regulator sees that salary ≤ threshold — without seeing the actual number or recipient.
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DAO Treasury
Private vendor & contractor payments
Treasury decisions shouldn't front-run your token price. Pay contractors privately. Auditors receive ZK compliance proofs, not raw transaction data.
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M&A & Investments
Confidential on-chain deals
Crypto fund investments visible on-chain move markets. With Obscura, transfer funds privately. Generate proof of transaction post-close when disclosure is required.
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Institutional DeFi
Regulatory-friendly participation
Banks and regulated entities can't touch Tornado Cash. Obscura's compliance oracle provides non-membership proofs against OFAC SDN list — every transfer is provably clean.
Feature Comparison
Feature
Obscura
Aztec
Tornado
Manta
Private by default
✓
✓
✓
✓
OFAC compliance proof
✓
✗
✗
✗
ZK non-membership proof
✓
✗
✗
✗
Viewing keys (auditor)
✓
✓
✗
✗
Full-stack (rollup+bridge+dApp+SDK)
✓
✗
✗
✗
DA on Celestia
✓
✗
✗
✗
Legally usable (not OFAC-blocked)
✓
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✗
✓
One integration. The entire stack.
Most privacy projects ship only a protocol. You build the rest. Obscura ships everything — connect once, get it all.
Share with regulators or auditors. They see whether you're compliant — not your amounts or counterparties.
Based on your TX history in this browser. Individual amounts are never included in the report.
For Grantors & Investors
Obscura is the first privacy rollup on Celestia with protocol-native compliance. Actively seeking grants from Celestia Foundation and Succinct Labs. All code is open source.