This is a great question, and one we get asked a lot.

Sapphire enables developers to build smart contracts that keep private aspects of state. Depending on which aspects a developer chooses to keep private, the contracts can be built to range the entire spectrum of confidentiality, from fully public to fully confidential. Sapphire is a potent new tool for Solidity developers and can greatly expand what kinds of Web3 DApps can be built.

The potential use cases for confidential DApps are still being discovered, and we are just scratching the surface. What is clear is there is a real need for confidentiality in Web3 technology. The current state of public blockchains, especially EVM chains where many developers build, does not lend itself to Web3.

With Sapphire, we are opening up a new world of possibilities for blockchain to scale to Web3, but we are doing it with the backing of Solidity developers. If you would like to be one of the first to build a confidential DApp in Solidity, head over to our Keep it Confidential Hackathon page here!