Helius launches Solana Privacy Rings with three integrations

The default ring hides the asset and amount involved in a transfer, but not the sender’s or recipient’s address. Depositing funds from a public wallet reveals the source, asset and amount; withdrawing to a public balance exposes the destination, asset and amount. Helius says users can decrypt their own balances with a viewing key. The key can stay on a user’s device or be shared with an authorized provider, which can view balances and transaction history but cannot spend funds.

Decrypt uses 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, according to Helius. The company said Backpack, DFlow, Jupiter, Squads and Titan are also working on integrations. Developers can connect through APIs, and the Solana Foundation’s documentation describes Privacy Rings as being in beta.

Helius says the system supports SOL, SPL tokens and Token-2022 tokens. It uses zero-knowledge proofs to verify transactions, with encrypted data stored on Solana’s ledger. Transfers execute on the network without a sequencer or sidechain, and movements between rings can settle in a single transaction.

Custom Rings, still under audit, are targeted for mainnet in the fourth quarter of 2026. Helius’s enterprise documentation describes configurable controls for approved participants, blocked recipients, spending freezes, extra signatures and emergency pauses. Auditor access would allow transaction visibility without spending authority. Helius says Certora, ZK Security and OtterSec have audited the core programs and zero-knowledge circuits; formal verification is expected to finish by the end of 2026.