Svmuu News One of the "Big Four" accounting firms, EY, has announced the launch of the EY Blockchain Privacy Sandbox. This is a web-based development environment designed to help businesses and developers experiment with privacy-preserving smart contracts on public chains compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine. It is reported that this sandbox environment is based on the open-source technology Starlight, allowing developers to transform standard Solidity smart contracts into applications with privacy-preserving features while retaining the original contract logic. It also provides example projects that can be explored, copied, and modified to accelerate proof-of-concept development.
Currently, the EY Blockchain Privacy Sandbox is primarily used for experimentation and validation, supporting enterprises in assessing the feasibility of privacy smart contracts, testing functionalities, and validating application scenarios, completing the verification process before formally integrating Starlight. EY stated that this tool lowers the technical barrier for conducting privacy experiments on public chains by providing an easy-to-use web environment. Starlight, as the underlying ZKP compiler, is already open-source, and developers can integrate privacy features through its GitHub repository. As enterprises' demand for protecting data privacy on public chains increases, attention on zero-knowledge proof technology continues to rise. Related reports indicate that the global ZKP market is expected to reach approximately $7.6 billion by 2033. (PRNewswire)