{"id":94389,"date":"2026-02-17T19:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=94389"},"modified":"2026-02-17T19:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:55:19","slug":"starknet-to-integrate-eys-nightfall-privacy-protocol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/starknet-to-integrate-eys-nightfall-privacy-protocol\/","title":{"rendered":"Starknet to Integrate EY&#8217;s Nightfall Privacy Protocol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>StarkWare has announced the integration of the Nightfall privacy layer from the Big Four auditing firm Ernst &#038; Young (EY) into its <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">L2<\/a> network, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-starknets-blockchain-and-cryptocurrency\">Starknet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/ The Starknet stack now enables confidential payments &#038; DeFi for institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we\u2019re bringing Nightfall, EY\u2019s ZK privacy layer, to Starknet.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum-secured rails, now ready for enterprise scale \ud83e\uddf5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/irme37L276\">pic.twitter.com\/irme37L276<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StarkWare (BTCFi arc) \ud83e\udd77 (@StarkWareLtd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StarkWareLtd\/status\/2023781524382867469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cFor major players, the issue is simple: public blockchains offer scalability, liquidity, and global reach, but full transparency reveals balances, counterparties, and strategies. Institutions cannot operate this way,\u201d the developers noted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the statement, Nightfall \u201cbridges this gap.\u201d The protocol uses <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-zero-knowledge-proof\">zero-knowledge proofs<\/a> and functions as a <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer-3-l3-solution\">third layer<\/a> on top of Starknet. The network serves as a layer for <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/starkware-introduces-proof-verifier-for-l3-networks\">verification<\/a> and settlements.<\/p>\n<p>Nightfall aims to retain the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/starkware-co-founder-predicts-demise-of-corporate-blockchains\">advantages of a public blockchain<\/a> while offering capabilities such as:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>maintaining transaction privacy;<\/li>\n<li>conducting audits;<\/li>\n<li>complying with regulatory requirements, including <span data-descr=\"Know Your Customer \u2014 know your client\" class=\"old_tooltip\">KYC<\/span> procedures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to the StarkWare team, the protocol integration allows institutional players to selectively disclose information about their on-chain financial activities. This opens up numerous use cases for corporations using Starknet, such as:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>private <span data-descr=\"business-to-business\" class=\"old_tooltip\">B2B<\/span> payments and cross-border transfers;<\/li>\n<li>treasury management with confidential balances;<\/li>\n<li>24\/7 transactions with tokenized assets;<\/li>\n<li>non-public DeFi operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWith Starknet, you get all this with Ethereum security, high throughput, composability, and access to broad liquidity in the ecosystem,\u201d the developers emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>EY introduced the first version of Nightfall back in 2018. The company later released the solution&#8217;s source code.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/cz-attributes-slow-crypto-payment-adoption-to-lack-of-privacy\">linked<\/a> the slow adoption of crypto payments to a lack of privacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>StarkWare has announced the integration of the Nightfall privacy layer from the Big Four auditing firm Ernst &#038; Young (EY) into its L2 network, Starknet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"StarkWare integrates EY's Nightfall privacy protocol into Starknet.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1861,1179,1256,1177,1374],"class_list":["post-94389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ernst-young","tag-layer-2-solutions","tag-privacy-and-personal-data","tag-starknet","tag-starkware"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"190","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"StarkWare integrates EY's Nightfall privacy protocol into Starknet.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94391,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94389\/revisions\/94391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}