# Aptos

> Aptos is a public blockchain network. Confidentiality on Aptos: Native confidential assets.

Part of the Soda Labs Privacy Hub, a neutral directory of the on-chain privacy
landscape: https://www.sodalabs.xyz/privacy-hub

## Key facts

- Entry type: Privacy on this network
- Category: Native confidential assets
- Tags: native privacy, ZK, confidential tokens
- Canonical page: https://www.sodalabs.xyz/privacy-hub/chain-aptos

## Overview

Aptos shipped its Confidential Asset framework and a confidential APT to mainnet in April 2026 after a near unanimous governance vote, built on twisted ElGamal encryption with governance-controlled auditor keys. Amounts are encrypted, sender and receiver addresses are not, so transaction-graph analysis still works. It is opt in and only months old, so shielded supply remains small.

## Sources

- [Aptos docs](https://aptos.dev/build/smart-contracts/confidential-asset)

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