Oasis Sapphire
Sapphire is the first and only confidential EVM that empowers Web3 & AI with Smart Privacy. Developers can build EVM-based on-chain dApps with smart contracts that are 100% confidential, 100% public, or anywhere in between.
Key Features
Private Storage
Sapphire offers end-to-end encryption and encrypted storage for executing contracts that include secret data. Sapphire also simplifies the technical workflow for building dApps that generate random numbers, sign or verify cryptographic signatures, and more.
EVM Compatibility
Applications built on any EVM network can be ported over to Sapphire without making any major changes if the developers build with tools like Hardhat or Ethers (with many more to come!). All dApps also remain compatible with MetaMask and other window.ethereum providers.
Encryption Precompiles
Precompiled contracts for random number generation, keypair generation, signing and verification, and more encrypted processes are available for all developers running dApps on Sapphire.
Free View Calls
Sapphire view functions are free. View calls also have access to private state information for contracts running on Sapphire. With free view calls, Sapphire offers important functionality to Web3 dApps that are not possible on transparent EVM networks – all without added costs to users.
Web2 Authentication
Web2 AuthenticationSapphire offers end-to-end encryption and encrypted storage for executing contracts that include secret data. Sapphire also simplifies the technical workflow for building dApps that generate random numbers, sign or verify cryptographic signatures, and more.
ROFL (Runtime OFf-chain Logic)
ROFL (Runtime OFf-chain Logic) is a framework that adds support for off-chain components to runtimes like Oasis Sapphire, enabling non-deterministic behavior and access to remote network resources. ROFL allows for off-chain components to seamlessly communicate with the on-chain realm, bringing about full composability across different blockchain platforms and off-chain computation stacks. These components are secured by the same Oasis TEEs, the consensus layer and its decentralized validator set, which can transparently run ROFL without the need to install anything besides the Oasis Core nodes and runtime bundles (that node operators currently run). With ROFL, Oasis Sapphire can be used to enabled decentralized, private AI.
Building better dApps starts with Sapphire
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function signTransaction(uint64 nonce, uint256 gasPrice)
internal returns (bytes memory)
{
(address signerAddr, bytes32 signerSecret) = EthereumUtils.generateKeypair();
payable(signerAddr).transfer(1 ether);
return EIP155Signer.sign(
signerAddr, signerSecret,
EIP155Signer.EthTx({
nonce: nonce,
gasPrice: gasPrice,
gasLimit: 250000,
to: address(this),
value: 0,
data: data,
chainId: block.chainid
}));
}
Use Cases
Be Compliant and Keep Information Safe
Keep sensitive information hidden from bad actors, spammers and phishers by encrypting it so only those who need to know can see it. Programmable privacy allows contracts to selectively reveal only what is required and necessary to abide by regulations in a way which is auditable and safe from abuse or dragnet surveillance. The range of cheap cryptographic primitives available on Sapphire EVM allows you to develop contracts which are end-to-end encrypted, compliant and safe.
TOTP 2-factor authentication
Transparent EVM chains are unable to use TOTP because the authentication requires a contract to know the secret seed that generates the familiar 6-digit code. But because many companies require a second factor authenticator, this is essential for Web3 mainstream adoption. Networks like the Sapphire runtime are able to support TOTP because of its confidential design. By protecting secret information managed by smart contracts, Sapphire empowers developers to build the apps they need with features users demand.
TouchID &
PasssKeys
Every recent Android and iPhone, and most web browsers, support WebAuthN / Passkeys. Sapphire fully supports the Ed25519 and EdDSA standards for signing and verification used by WebAuthN, meaning almost everybody on the planet can log-in and authorize actions in your application with a device-secured identity without the need for MetaMask, Web3 technologies, or costly intermediating third-parties.
End-to-End Encryption
Sapphire contracts with private storage can have their own secrets, and by using the Encryption, Decryption and Key Derivation operations for Solidity you can be assured that information passing through third-parties remains secure and tamper-free. Many valuable Web3 ideas can be radically simplified by making the trustless contract generate an encrypted token containing information that only it can see.
Keep Customer Information Safe
Transparent smart-contract blockchains such as Ethereum have been widely proposed as the enabler for next-generation industries, however they lack the privacy necessary for sensitive data and financial transactions to be used in-practice. The power of network effects and the limitation that only a select few can integrate with an ecosystem has often hindered widespread adoption of closed-source and ‘enterprise API’ systems. Oasis Sapphire and OPL brings confidential data with selective privacy to smart contracts to bridge the gap connecting the real-world with Web3 and Industry 4.0.
Full-Spectrum Data Privacy
Smart privacy technology will define the future of Web3. Transparency-first smart contract development must be balanced with adequate privacy protections for safeguarding sensitive on-chain data and financial transactions. Oasis is leading the industry toward smart privacy with an ecosystem that is unhindered by dangerously public systems. Oasis Sapphire and OPL bring confidential data with selective privacy features to smart contracts, bridging the gap between the mainstream and Web3.
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FAQs
When a dApp uses the Sapphire provider wrapper all transactions are end-to-end encrypted between the browser and the smart contract without any additional changes. However, signing encrypted transactions will look slightly different than normal in MetaMask due to EIP-712.
When the EVM is run inside a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) - in the case of Oasis Sapphire this is Intel SGX hardware isolation - the node operators cannot see transaction inputs, return values or smart contract state because all memory used by the enclave is encrypted. The EVM runs at nearly full speed in comparison to other privacy solutions such as ZK or FHE which are very computationally expensive.
The Sapphire ParaTime uses the Oasis Layer-1 BFT Proof-of-Stake consensus system, see the WhitePaper.
Yes, most applications can be ported over with no changes if they use Truffle or Hardhat. To take advantage of the full potential of confidential contracts dApps will need some minor changes.
Yes, dApps will remain compatible with MetaMask and other window.ethereum providers with or without the Sapphire encryption wrapper.
While OPL provides a bridge to many EVM chains via Celer IM, contracts on Sapphire can generate Ethereum and Bitcoin compatible keypairs, allowing them to conditionally sign their own transactions.
Yes, with support for EcDSA, EdDSA and confidential storage you can implement authentication using strong credentials present on every modern mobile device and browser.
Developing dApps for Oasis Sapphire has full support the two most popular smart contract development frameworks. Truffle works out of the box using the Sapphire wrapper.
For Hardhat there is an extra plugin you can use, just add this to the beginning of your hardhat.config.ts file:
import '@oasisprotocol/sapphire-hardhat';
Oasis Privacy Layer (OPL) is a message passing bridge and suite of utilities that enables you to easily access the confidentiality and encryption features of Sapphire from many other EVM compatible chains without your dApp users worrying about how to pay gas.
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