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Confidential Assets: Private Tokens by Design

Confidential Assets in TOS Network represent a revolutionary approach to token creation and management. Unlike traditional blockchain tokens that are merely smart contract variables, TOS Confidential Assets are native blockchain assets that inherit the complete privacy, security, and scalability features of the TOS ecosystem.

What are Confidential Assets?

Confidential Assets are first-class blockchain citizens in TOS Network that provide:

  • Complete Privacy: All balances and transaction amounts are encrypted by default
  • Native Integration: No smart contract overhead or gas complexity
  • Full Compatibility: Work seamlessly with all TOS features and services
  • Mathematical Security: Protected by the same cryptographic guarantees as TOS
  • Scalable Performance: Benefit from TOS’s 2,500+ TPS capabilities

Traditional Tokens vs TOS Confidential Assets

Traditional Blockchain Tokens (ERC-20 Style)

// Traditional approach - everything is public contract Token { mapping(address => uint256) public balances; // ❌ Public balances function transfer(address to, uint256 amount) public { require(balances[msg.sender] >= amount); // ❌ Public amounts balances[msg.sender] -= amount; // ❌ Public operations balances[to] += amount; // ❌ All visible on-chain } }

Problems with Traditional Tokens:

  • ❌ All balances visible to everyone
  • ❌ All transaction amounts public
  • ❌ High gas fees for operations
  • ❌ Complex smart contract dependencies
  • ❌ Limited privacy options
  • ❌ Vulnerable to front-running

TOS Confidential Assets

// TOS native asset - everything is private by default struct ConfidentialAsset { asset_id: Hash, encrypted_supply: ElGamalCiphertext, // ✅ Hidden total supply encrypted_balances: Map<Address, ElGamalCiphertext>, // ✅ Hidden balances privacy_settings: PrivacyConfiguration // ✅ Configurable privacy } // Transfer operation fn transfer(from: Address, to: Address, encrypted_amount: ElGamalCiphertext) { // ✅ Amount remains encrypted throughout // ✅ Zero-knowledge proof validates without revealing // ✅ Homomorphic operations preserve privacy // ✅ Native blockchain execution (no smart contract) }

Benefits of TOS Confidential Assets:

  • ✅ Complete privacy by default
  • ✅ Zero knowledge required from users
  • ✅ Native blockchain integration
  • ✅ Minimal transaction fees
  • ✅ Full ecosystem compatibility
  • ✅ Mathematical security guarantees

Key Features

1. Native Privacy Integration

Confidential Assets automatically inherit TOS Network’s privacy features:

Privacy Features Applied to Every Asset: ├── Homomorphic Encryption: Encrypted balances and amounts ├── Zero-Knowledge Proofs: Transaction validity without revelation ├── Range Proofs: Prevent negative amounts and overflow ├── Balance Proofs: Ensure sufficient funds without disclosure └── Bulletproof Optimization: Fast verification and small proofs

2. Multi-Asset Privacy

TOS supports private transactions across multiple assets simultaneously:

Single Transaction Example: - Send 100 USDT (encrypted) → Alice - Send 50 TOS (encrypted) → Bob - Send 25 GOLD tokens (encrypted) → Charlie All amounts remain completely private

3. Atomic Operations

All multi-asset operations are atomic - they either all succeed or all fail:

// Atomic multi-asset transfer Transaction { transfers: vec![ Transfer { asset: USDT, from: user, to: alice, amount: Encrypt(100) }, Transfer { asset: TOS, from: user, to: bob, amount: Encrypt(50) }, Transfer { asset: GOLD, from: user, to: charlie, amount: Encrypt(25) } ], // Single zero-knowledge proof validates all transfers proof: MultiAssetZKProof::generate(transfers) }

Asset Creation Process

1. Asset Registration

// Create a new confidential asset const assetConfig = { name: "Privacy Coin", symbol: "PRIV", decimals: 8, totalSupply: 1000000, // Will be encrypted privacyLevel: "Maximum", governance: { canMint: true, canBurn: true, canFreeze: false } } const asset = await tosNetwork.createConfidentialAsset(assetConfig)

2. Privacy Configuration

Assets can be configured with different privacy levels:

Privacy LevelBalance PrivacyAmount PrivacySupply PrivacyMetadata Privacy
Maximum✅ Full✅ Full✅ Full✅ Full
High✅ Full✅ Full✅ Full❌ Public
Medium✅ Full✅ Full❌ Public❌ Public
Selective⚙️ Configurable⚙️ Configurable⚙️ Configurable⚙️ Configurable

3. Asset Distribution

// Private asset distribution const distribution = await asset.distributeTokens({ recipients: [ { address: "tos1abc...", amount: 10000 }, // Amount encrypted automatically { address: "tos1def...", amount: 15000 }, // Recipient only knows their amount { address: "tos1ghi...", amount: 25000 } // Network verifies without seeing amounts ], proof: await generateDistributionProof(recipients) })

Use Cases and Applications

1. Privacy-Preserving Stablecoins

// Create a private USDT equivalent const privateUSDT = await tosNetwork.createConfidentialAsset({ name: "Private USD Tether", symbol: "pUSDT", decimals: 6, privacyLevel: "Maximum", oracle: "chainlink-usd", compliance: { kycRequired: false, geographicRestrictions: [], reportingLevel: "privacy-preserving" } })

Benefits:

  • ✅ Private transaction amounts
  • ✅ Hidden wallet balances
  • ✅ Confidential business transactions
  • ✅ Regulatory compliance through ZK proofs
  • ✅ Cross-border privacy

2. Corporate Tokens

// Company equity tokens with complete privacy const equityToken = await tosNetwork.createConfidentialAsset({ name: "TechCorp Equity", symbol: "TECH", decimals: 0, // Whole shares only privacyLevel: "Maximum", governance: { votingRights: true, dividendRights: true, transferRestrictions: "accredited-investors-only" } })

Benefits:

  • ✅ Private shareholding amounts
  • ✅ Confidential dividend distributions
  • ✅ Anonymous voting (with proof of holdings)
  • ✅ Private secondary market trading

3. Gaming and NFT Tokens

// Gaming currency with privacy const gameToken = await tosNetwork.createConfidentialAsset({ name: "Game Gold", symbol: "GGOLD", decimals: 2, privacyLevel: "High", gaming: { inGameUtility: true, crossGameCompatible: true, antiBot: true } })

Benefits:

  • ✅ Private in-game wealth
  • ✅ Hidden trading strategies
  • ✅ Anti-bot protection through privacy
  • ✅ Cross-game asset portability

4. Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)

// Privacy-preserving CBDC const digitalEuro = await tosNetwork.createConfidentialAsset({ name: "Digital Euro", symbol: "DEUR", decimals: 2, privacyLevel: "Selective", governance: { centralBankControl: true, programmableMoney: true, complianceIntegration: true }, privacy: { citizenPrivacy: "maximum", governmentVisibility: "compliance-only", auditTrail: "encrypted" } })

Benefits:

  • ✅ Citizen financial privacy
  • ✅ Regulatory compliance capability
  • ✅ Programmable monetary policy
  • ✅ Anti-money laundering through ZK proofs

Technical Implementation

Asset Storage Structure

pub struct ConfidentialAsset { // Asset identification pub asset_id: Hash, pub name: String, pub symbol: String, pub decimals: u8, // Privacy-preserving supply management pub encrypted_total_supply: ElGamalCiphertext, pub supply_proof: SupplyZKProof, // Account balances (all encrypted) pub balances: BTreeMap<PublicKey, ElGamalCiphertext>, // Governance and permissions pub creator: PublicKey, pub governance_rules: GovernanceConfiguration, pub privacy_settings: PrivacyConfiguration, // Metadata (can be encrypted based on privacy level) pub metadata: AssetMetadata, }

Transaction Processing

// Multi-asset transaction processing pub fn process_confidential_transfer( transaction: MultiAssetTransaction ) -> Result<(), TransactionError> { // Verify zero-knowledge proofs for all assets for transfer in &transaction.transfers { verify_asset_transfer_proof( &transfer.asset_id, &transfer.encrypted_amount, &transfer.balance_proof, &transfer.range_proof )?; } // Update all balances atomically for transfer in transaction.transfers { update_encrypted_balance( &transfer.asset_id, &transfer.from, &transfer.to, &transfer.encrypted_amount )?; } Ok(()) }

Cross-Asset Operations

// Atomic cross-asset swaps pub struct ConfidentialSwap { pub asset_a: Hash, pub asset_b: Hash, pub encrypted_amount_a: ElGamalCiphertext, pub encrypted_amount_b: ElGamalCiphertext, pub swap_proof: CrossAssetZKProof, // Proves fair exchange without revealing amounts }

Privacy Guarantees

What Remains Private:

Individual Balances: Your asset holdings are never visible to others ✅ Transaction Amounts: Transfer amounts remain encrypted ✅ Trading Patterns: No correlation analysis possible ✅ Asset Accumulation: Portfolio building remains confidential ✅ Business Operations: Commercial asset flows stay private

What Can Be Verified:

Transaction Validity: All transfers are cryptographically proven valid ✅ Supply Integrity: Total supply constraints are mathematically enforced ✅ No Double Spending: Prevents invalid transactions without revealing amounts ✅ Compliance: Regulatory requirements can be proven without privacy loss ✅ Audit Capability: Selective disclosure for authorized parties

Compliance and Regulatory Features

Selective Disclosure

Asset creators and users can provide compliance information without compromising privacy:

// Generate compliance proof without revealing amounts const complianceProof = await asset.generateComplianceProof({ transactionId: "tx123", regulatoryFramework: "EU-MiCA", disclosureLevel: "transaction-validity-only", authorizedParty: "financial-intelligence-unit" }) // Proof demonstrates: // ✅ Transaction follows all rules // ✅ No money laundering patterns // ✅ Proper KYC/AML compliance // ❌ Does not reveal actual amounts // ❌ Does not expose trading patterns

Audit Trails

// Encrypted audit trail for regulatory review const auditTrail = await asset.generateAuditTrail({ timeRange: { start: "2024-01-01", end: "2024-12-31" }, scope: "all-transactions", encryption: "regulator-public-key", proofLevel: "zero-knowledge" })

Performance and Scalability

Benchmarks

OperationTOS Confidential AssetsTraditional TokensImprovement
Transfer Speed0.4ms verification100-1000ms250-2500x faster
Transaction Size~1KB~200 bytes5x larger (privacy cost)
Privacy LevelCompleteNoneInfinite improvement
Gas FeesNative (minimal)Smart contract (high)10-100x cheaper
Throughput2,500+ TPS15 TPS165x more scalable

Storage Efficiency

Storage per Asset: ├── Asset Definition: ~1KB ├── Per-Account Balance: ~64 bytes (encrypted) ├── Transaction History: ~1KB per transaction └── Total Overhead: Minimal compared to smart contracts

Developer Integration

Creating Confidential Assets

const TOS = require('@tos-network/sdk') // Initialize TOS Network connection const tos = new TOS.Network('mainnet') // Create asset with full privacy const myAsset = await tos.assets.create({ name: "My Private Token", symbol: "MPT", decimals: 8, initialSupply: 1000000, privacyLevel: "maximum", distributionStrategy: "private-sale" }) console.log(`Asset created: ${myAsset.id}`)

Working with Confidential Assets

// Get encrypted balance (only visible to owner) const encryptedBalance = await myAsset.getBalance(userAddress) const actualBalance = await tos.crypto.decrypt(encryptedBalance, privateKey) // Send private transaction const transaction = await myAsset.transfer({ from: senderAddress, to: recipientAddress, amount: 100, // Will be encrypted automatically privacy: "maximum" }) // Verify transaction without seeing amounts const isValid = await tos.verify.transaction(transaction)

Multi-Asset Operations

// Atomic multi-asset transfer const multiTransfer = await tos.assets.atomicTransfer([ { asset: "TOS", to: alice, amount: 50 }, { asset: "USDT", to: bob, amount: 100 }, { asset: "GOLD", to: charlie, amount: 25 } ]) // All transfers execute together or none execute await multiTransfer.execute()

Future Enhancements

Upcoming Features

  • Cross-Chain Confidential Assets: Private tokens across multiple blockchains
  • Confidential DeFi: Private lending, borrowing, and trading protocols
  • Smart Contract Integration: Confidential assets with RVM programmability
  • Mobile Optimization: Lightweight privacy for mobile applications

Research Areas

  • Post-Quantum Security: Quantum-resistant confidential assets
  • Regulatory Innovation: Advanced compliance frameworks
  • Privacy-Preserving Analytics: Insights without compromising privacy
  • Interoperability Protocols: Cross-chain privacy preservation

Comparison with Other Privacy Tokens

FeatureTOS Confidential AssetsMoneroZcash ShieldedEthereum Privacy Tokens
Privacy by Default✅ Always✅ Always❌ Optional❌ Requires setup
Multi-Asset Support✅ Native❌ Single❌ Single✅ Contract-based
Transaction Speed⚡ 2500+ TPS🐌 1.7 TPS🐌 6 TPS🐌 15 TPS
Smart Contracts✅ RVM❌ Limited❌ Limited✅ EVM
Regulatory Compliance✅ Selective disclosure❌ Difficult⚠️ Limited⚠️ Depends
Trusted Setup❌ None❌ None⚠️ Required❌ None

Conclusion

TOS Confidential Assets represent the next evolution of digital tokens, combining complete privacy, regulatory compliance, and enterprise scalability in a single solution. By making privacy the default rather than an option, TOS enables the creation of truly confidential economies that respect user privacy while maintaining system integrity.

Whether you’re building a privacy-preserving stablecoin, corporate equity tokens, or the next generation of gaming currencies, TOS Confidential Assets provide the foundation for trustless, private, and scalable digital assets.

“Don’t Trust, Verify it” - Your financial privacy is protected by mathematics, not promises.

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