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Arc has announced plans for optin confidential transactions with view keys for authorized parties. I'd like to discuss what builders and businesses actually need from a privacy layer on a public chain.
Public blockchains make every balance and transfer visible. That is a problem for treasury management, payroll, supplier payments, and trading, where businesses can't expose amounts and counterparties to everyone. Per recent reports, Circle is working on confidential transactions and balances on Arc, with view keys so that authorized parties such as auditors or regulators can still see what they need. The feature is opt-in and, as far as I know, has not been released across the network yet. Separately, Arc already supports post-quantum wallet signatures.
Why this matters:
Treasury and payroll: companies can pay without revealing amounts publicly.
Compliance: selective disclosure through view keys could keep audits possible.
Institutional use: banks and asset managers typically need privacy before moving real workflows
Questions for the community:
Which should be private by default: amounts, balances, or counterparties?
Who should hold view keys the business, an auditor, a custodian and how should access be revoked?
Are there use cases where you would stay fully public even with privacy available?

Opt in privacy on Arc: what should confidential payments look like for real businesses?

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