# Base

> Base is a public blockchain network. Confidentiality on Base: Bubble live · enterprise-gated native option.

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: Bubble live · enterprise-gated native option
- Tags: Soda live, gated native privacy, agentic payments
- Canonical page: https://www.sodalabs.xyz/privacy-hub/chain-base

## Overview

Base is shipping Base Ledgers, a private settlement rail where balances stay off public explorers while funds settle on Base, currently in early access and operator run with its own KYC. Inco's TEE-based Lightning went live on Base mainnet in June 2026. Both are gated or hardware trusting rather than open cryptographic privacy. The gap that matters most here is agentic: x402 payments settle on Base by the tens of millions and embed resource, description and reason fields in plaintext, which is exactly the leak Bubble closes, since we support x402 with confidential amounts.

## Sources

- [Bubble and x402](https://www.sodalabs.xyz/solutions)
- [Base Ledgers](https://www.base.org/ledgers)

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- [Ethereum](https://www.sodalabs.xyz/privacy-hub/chain-ethereum): Bubble live · no native privacy
- [Polygon](https://www.sodalabs.xyz/privacy-hub/chain-polygon): Bubble live · third-party privacy
- [x402](https://www.sodalabs.xyz/privacy-hub/int-x402): Standards
- [Aptos](https://www.sodalabs.xyz/privacy-hub/chain-aptos): Native confidential assets