Confidential Intents on NEAR

Confidential Intents (sometimes called Confidential NEAR) is a privacy-preserving mode of NEAR Intents that lets users settle cross chain swaps without publicly exposing swap details, while solvers still compete to fill the order.

How confidential differs from standard intents

A standard NEAR Intent is publicly observable on-chain. A confidential intent keeps sensitive details private, reducing information leakage and MEV exposure, while preserving the same chain-abstracted settlement.

The NEAR Confidential story so far

Confidential Intents launched on February 25, 2026, built by NEAR itself: confidential execution runs on a dedicated NEAR private shard connected to mainnet through a TEE-based bridge — no client-side ZK proofs, with selective disclosure for compliance. In July 2026 it reached general availability: any app on the NEAR Intents 1Click Swap API can enable confidential execution with a single parameter, and the first external integrations shipped within days — the Aurora Intents Swap API (July 13), LeoDex (July 16: confidential swaps, deposits, and Hyperliquid liquidity), and Infinex Confidential (July 18). Confidential TVL has climbed from single-digit millions at launch to the live figure above. This is NEAR's own confidential rail — distinct from (and complementary to) the Zcash flow tracked below.

Confidential value and Zcash flow

Zcash route volume, last 13 days

Daily Zcash route volume through NEAR Intents, finalized UTC days — same one-leg basis as the 30-day figure above. The full picture — in/out split, records, and rank against every other chain — is on the Zcash chain page.

Privacy-route signals come from privacy-asset routes or explicit confidential endpoint flags; they are not confirmed confidential transaction counts. The current live sample is below the display floor, so no sampled totals are quoted here.

Why private cross-chain swaps exist

Every standard on-chain swap leaks information: the amount, the counterparties, the timing, and — across chains — the full path of funds. For traders that leakage is MEV exposure (front-running, sandwiching); for treasuries and funds it is strategy disclosure; for ordinary users it is a permanent public financial record. Confidential Intents address the leak at the settlement layer: the swap still settles across chains through competing solvers, but its details are not published for anyone to index.

This is different from both mixers (which obfuscate after the fact and carry compliance baggage) and from privacy chains in isolation (which protect activity only inside their own network). A confidential intent connects between chains privately — for example shielded Zcash to a mainstream asset. NearStats can measure the surrounding demand with route-flow proxies and sampled privacy signals, but not every private swap detail itself.

How a confidential intent settles

The user expresses an intent — swap X for Y — through a supporting interface. Solvers compete to fill it exactly as with standard NEAR Intents, but execution runs on the confidential rail, so amounts and counterparties stay private while settlement remains cryptographically verifiable. No wrapped assets, no separate privacy token, no manual bridging. The trade-off is honesty in measurement: because details are private by design, public trackers (including NearStats) report separate observable signals — confidential TVL, endpoint flags, privacy-asset route flow, and sampled privacy-route activity — rather than a complete private ledger.

Confidential Intents in numbers

Three figures on this page are worth quoting — but they answer different questions. Confidential TVL is $31.1M — value parked in the confidential rail. Zcash routes moved $75.3M in the last 30 days — 8.6% of all tracked NEAR Intents volume, which is a privacy-asset flow proxy.

Related live data: all NEAR Intents stats, top routes, cross-protocol volume comparison. Background: what NEAR Intents is and how NearStats measures.

Frequently asked questions

Is NEAR Intents private or confidential?

NEAR Intents supports Confidential Intents — a mode that keeps swap details (such as amounts and counterparties) private while still settling cross chain. Standard intents remain publicly observable on-chain.

What are Confidential Intents on NEAR?

Confidential Intents extend NEAR Intents with privacy-preserving execution so that the details of a cross chain swap are not publicly exposed, while solvers still compete to fill the order.

How is confidential volume measured?

NearStats does not claim a complete private-volume ledger. Instead it shows three separate signals: protocol-level confidential TVL, 30-day privacy-asset route flow (such as Zcash), and privacy-route signals observed in the live sample. The sampled figure is directional context, not a full confidential-volume total.

How much value is locked in Confidential Intents?

Confidential TVL is $31.1M as of the latest refresh — the figure updates continuously on this page and on the live dashboard.

How do I make a confidential cross-chain swap?

Use an interface that supports Confidential Intents (LeoDex routes NEAR Intents, including private rails where available), pick your pair, and the solver settles it without publicly exposing the swap details. No separate account or token is required.

Is a confidential swap the same as using a mixer?

No. Mixers pool and obfuscate funds after the fact and have a fraught compliance history. Confidential Intents keep an individual swap's details private at the protocol level while settlement remains verifiable — privacy is a property of the swap itself, not a laundering layer bolted on.

Why does Zcash matter for NEAR Intents?

Zcash is the flagship privacy asset on NEAR Intents rails: $75.3M of ZEC moved through Intents routes in the last 30 days (8.6% of tracked volume). Shielded ZEC in and out of other chains is the clearest real-world demand signal for private cross-chain swaps.