Solana Privacy Rings go live with 3 early integrations

Helius has launched Solana Privacy Rings on mainnet, giving users encrypted balances and confidential transfers while keeping wallet addresses visible in its first permissionless ring. Summary Mainnet transfers hide assets and amounts, while sender and recipient addresses remain publicly visible. Custom Rings with configurable compliance controls are scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2026. Decrypt, Ore, and Aurora Intents are among the first live integrations named by Helius. Helius announced the release on Nov. 10, with the Solana Foundation describing the approach as “Public by default, private by choice.” Developers can begin integrating the system through APIs, while the Foundation’s documentation describes Privacy Rings as being in beta. According to the company’s launch announcement, Decrypt is using confidential transfers for its money account, Ore has added them to its mining and staking app, and Aurora Intents supports moving assets across chains into confidential balances. Backpack, DFlow, Jupiter, Squads, and Titan are working on integrations, Helius said. Custom Rings remain under audit, with a mainnet release targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026. Solana Privacy Ri...