Mind Network

We recently announced the arrival of x402z. This infrastructure resolves the critical conflict between blockchain transparency and the strategic needs of AI Agents.
Now, let’s take a closer look at how it works.
Developed in deep collaboration with our FHE technology partner ZAMA, x402z leverages Fully Homomorphic Encryption and the ERC-7984 standard. It enables AI Agents to execute autonomous payments while strictly protecting their commercial intent.

The Transparency Paradox: Escaping the Digital Panopticon
The "Panopticon" allows a single watchman to observe every inmate unseen. We have inadvertently rebuilt this architecture for the AI economy. We expect AI Agents to act as autonomous strategists. However, we force them to operate on public ledgers. This creates a digital Panopticon where every financial movement remains permanently visible.
This creates a fundamental contradiction. In high-frequency markets, visibility equals vulnerability. If an Agent exposes its cost structure, liquidity sources, and purchasing intent on a public ledger, its competitive advantage evaporates before the transaction confirm.

True autonomy requires privacy. We cannot build a functional machine economy inside a transparent environment.
x402z allows us to solve this problem. We are transforming the exposed nature of public blockchains into a secure terrain where Agents can operate strategically.
A Convergence of Ideologies
Technological breakthroughs often emerge from a shared vision. As our FHE technology partner, ZAMA recognized early on that Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) represents the prerequisite for a free digital society. x402z stands as the realization of that shared foresight.
We integrated the ZAMA technology stack at the primitive level and anchored our architecture on the ERC-7984 Confidential Token Standard. This shifts the paradigm of value itself. Traditional tokens function like exposed currency. They remain visible to any observer. In contrast, x402z assets use encrypted data types. Under this new standard, network validators verify proofs of interaction without ever viewing the raw numbers. The ledger records the truth of the transaction while the value remains a secret shared only between the machine and its owner.
Solving the Payment Deadlock
The necessity of this infrastructure becomes clear in machine-to-machine transactions. Consider an Agent seeking proprietary financial data. In the current architecture, purchasing a specific dataset reveals the trading strategy to the entire market.
With x402z and the x402 protocol, this dynamic changes. The workflow proceeds as follows:
The Agent encounters a 402 Payment Required gateway.It autonomously generates a ZAMA-encrypted payment instruction.Mind Network’s FHE Validation Network executes the calculation in a Zero Trust environment.The payment settles and the data flows.

The market observes that a transaction occurred, but the specific value and intent remain hidden. This mechanism ensures the interaction remains effective and private.
Zero Trust: From "Don't Be Evil" to "Can't Be Evil"
Cryptography depends entirely on the security of its execution environment. Mind Network provides the Zero Trust Layer that operationalizes ZAMA’s encryption standards.
We have moved beyond the old internet maxim of "Don't be evil." In a decentralized autonomous economy, we must rely on systems that "Can't be evil." Our FHE Validation Network ensures that the consensus process itself respects the privacy of the data it secures. Developers can now adopt a trust model based on invisible interaction. You focus on the intelligence of your agents. We handle cryptographic security.
We stand at the threshold of a new epoch where AI Agents will act as the primary economic operators. They deserve an infrastructure that honors their strategic intent. With ZAMA’s foundational support and the architecture of x402z, we do more than simply hide transactions. We secure the underlying logic of the future digital economy.
About Mind Network
Mind Network pioneers quantum-resistant Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) infrastructure, powering a fully encrypted internet through secure data and AI computation. In collaboration with industry leaders, Mind Network is establishing HTTPZ — a Zero Trust Internet Protocol — to set new standards for trusted AI and encrypted on-chain data processing in Web3 and AI ecosystems.
Mind Network is backed by notable investors including Binance Labs, Cogitent, Hashkey, Animoca Brands, Chainlink, and has received two Ethereum Foundation Grants for its FHE research. Partnering with industry leaders like Zama, Mind Network is building a fully encrypted infrastructure, committed to realizing the vision of HTTPZ for the next generation internet.

Mind Network community,
As we head into 2026, the backdrop is unusually strong for what we are building: cryptography-native infrastructure that makes onchain commerce usable for institutions and safe for autonomous agents.
Why the macro setup looks good
Global capital is still expanding, and allocating into new rails.
Stable coins drive capital into crypto. The total crypto market cap is roughly $3.08T, and stablecoins are about $312B of that, and may approach triple digit growth in 2026.Privacy is no longer optional. It is becoming a budget line. The Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) market is estimated at $4.97B in 2025, forecast to $12.26B by 2030 (about 19.8% CAGR), with regulated sectors leading demand.
This is exactly the environment where “zero trust” primitives win, because they let markets scale without turning transparency into a liability.
Additional macro tailwinds to watch in 2026
ISM surveys are quietly turning constructive.
Recent ISM Manufacturing and Services data show easing contraction and improving new orders expectations, a pattern that historically precedes liquidity expansion and risk asset reflation. When ISM bottoms and reaccelerates, crypto tends to outperform as forward-looking capital prices in growth before it shows up in GDP prints.
US debt maturity is an underappreciated catalyst
A large portion of US Treasury issuance from the Biden administration matures in late 2025 and 2026. As highlighted by Raoul Pal, refinancing this debt at higher rates materially tightens fiscal conditions, increasing pressure for renewed liquidity measures. Historically, periods of refinancing stress and balance sheet expansion have coincided with higher nominal prices for scarce, global assets like crypto.
x402 is real momentum, and it is pointing straight at x402z
Coinbase's x402 is explicitly designed as an open, HTTP-native payment protocol enabling automatic stablecoin payments over HTTP, including for AI agents paying for services programmatically.
That matters because it sets a new default: machine-to-machine commerce as a first-class internet primitive.
But the moment you move from humans to agents, transparency assumptions break. If every agent payment is fully observable, strategy leakage becomes systemic.
That is why we built x402z, the confidential payment layer for agents: verifiable settlement onchain, without exposing the commercial intent, cost structure, or tactics that agents rely on to compete. This is the core thesis we laid out publicly in our x402z manifesto.
What we are confident about in 2026
Agents will pay for data, compute, and APIs like they rent electricity. x402 makes the payment path simple.The next constraint becomes privacy and compliance, not payment rails. PETs growth signals that the market is already budgeting for cryptographically enforced privacy.Mind Network is positioned as the zero-trust layer for this transition, spanning data privacy, transaction privacy, and asset privacy, with infrastructure designed for commercial-grade security.
Our focus for the year
In 2026, we will push x402z from “new product” to “default requirement” for serious agent commerce. That means tighter integrations, clearer developer workflows, and partnerships that put confidential A2A payments into real production paths.
Thank you for building with us, shipping with us, and holding the line on what matters: privacy as a prerequisite for functional markets.
Christian Pusateri @TheTAOofData
CEO, Mind Network

A shared judgment on the future of Web3 is evolving into a technological fusion that defines next-generation infrastructure.
This article will frame the journey of Mind Network and Chainlink for the Mind Network community.
The starting point of this story is a profound insight: If ZKP (Zero-Knowledge Proofs) solved the problem of verifiability for Web3, then FHE (Fully Homomorphic Encryption) will solve the problem of confidential computing.
This journey demonstrates how a shared commitment evolves into a deep engineering implementation based on FHE.
Phase 1: Starting with Strategic Trust and Ecosystem Building (Build)
“If we want a civilization with privacy, we have to make it. We have to be computers, cryptographers, and… build the systems that give us the privacy we want.”—Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon
This call to action from Cryptonomicon is the spiritual core of Mind Network. Privacy is not the default; it must be actively built.
When Mind Network announced its first $2.5 million seed round, Chainlink was already listed as a “key strategic partner.” Mind Network shares a common goal with institutions like Binance Labs and Consensys: “to enhance the security and data privacy of the entire Web3 ecosystem.”
This strategic alignment materialized in January 2023: Mind Network officially joined the Chainlink Build program.

Joining Build was a public declaration of commitment. The goal was clear: to accelerate the adoption of the “decentralized privacy-preserving data lake.” Through this program, Mind Network gained expert technical guidance and vast ecosystem resources from the Chainlink Labs team.
To achieve deep ecosystem alignment, Mind Network committed 3% of its total native token supply to Chainlink service providers (including stakers).
This commitment has recently begun to be actualized through Chainlink Rewards Season 1.
In this program, Mind Network’s native token (FHE) will be claimable by eligible LINK token stakers. This not only strengthens the economic security of the Chainlink network but also allows Mind Network’s token to be deeply integrated into Chainlink’s ecosystem.
Learn more here: https://blog.chain.link/chainlink-rewards-season-1
Phase 2: From “HTTP” to “HTTPZ”
“Privacy is not secrecy… Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world.”Bruce Schneier, renowned cryptographer and security thinker
Bruce Schneier provides the best technical definition of “privacy”: it is about “control.” FHE (Fully Homomorphic Encryption) is the ultimate technology for achieving this control.
This collaboration quickly pivoted to core technology integration to solve one of the industry’s most difficult challenges: cross-chain security and privacy.
Web2’s HTTPS protocol only encrypts data “in transit.”
Web3 needs a protocol that encrypts data “in transit, at rest, and in use.” This is HTTPZ, a true Zero-Trust Network.
In May 2024, FHE engineering breakthroughs led to the FHE Bridge, an institutional-level product developed by Mind Network using Chainlink CCIP.

This revolutionary solution is the first to simultaneously solve the dual challenges of cross-chain security and computational privacy:
The Quantum-Resistant Encryption Layer (FHE): The FHE algorithms are based on lattice cryptography, making them inherently resistant to quantum computing attacks. It allows computation and validation directly on encrypted data, which is the key to achieving a true “HTTPZ.”The Interoperability Standard (CCIP): As the industry-standard cross-chain solution, Chainlink CCIP provides the FHE Bridge with an unparalleled foundation of security and messaging capabilities.
In simple terms: When a user interacts with the FHE Bridge, MindSAP (FHE stealth address protocol) encrypts the user’s transactional intent and addresses. The FHE validation nodes can then compute the validity of the transaction without ever decrypting this information. Finally, the instructions and assets are securely transmitted to the destination chain via CCIP.
This marks the evolution of the collaboration from “ecosystem building” to “technical building.”
Advancing Together: Empowering Agentic AI and the “Autonomous Intelligent Economy”
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”Alan Kay, computer science pioneer, Turing Award winner

The story of Mind Network and Chainlink is one of commitment and evolution.
Strategic Trust: Chainlink as a key strategic partner.Ecological Commitment: Joining Build and launching Rewards Season 1, deeply participating in Chainlink’s ecosystem.Technological Fusion: Developing the FHE Bridge, merging FHE’s quantum-resistant encrypted computation with CCIP’s secure cross-chain messaging.
This story proves the Mind Network philosophy: True builders find each other.
The FHE Bridge is not just built for token transfers; it is building critical infrastructure for the next wave of Web3.
The essence of AI is processing data, yet the essence of blockchain is public transparency. A fully transparent AI agent cannot protect trade secrets, hold an edge in financial markets, or protect user privacy. The rise of Agentic AI will transform confidential computing from a “nice-to-have” into a “must-have.”
This is where FHE becomes essential. FHE allows an AI agent to perform computation and reasoning on encrypted data, giving it the most critical capability: “The Ability to Think Confidentially.”
But an agent that only “thinks” is not enough; it must “act.” In a multi-chain universe, an agent that cannot move cross-chain is crippled. Chainlink CCIP, as the industry standard interoperability protocol, provides its second critical capability: “The Ability to Act Securely.”
Therefore, the FHE Bridge is the prototype of a complete infrastructure stack:
Mind Network (FHE) provides the “Confidential Brain.”Chainlink (CCIP) provides the “Secure Nervous System.”
Whether it’s the x402 protocol for AI agent micropayments or sensitive transactions involving RWAs (Real-World Assets) by institutions, FHE will play an indispensable role in protecting commercial secrets and transactional privacy.
When AI agents or institutions need to execute complex, cross-chain tasks involving confidential data, they will require a channel that is both secure (powered by CCIP) and private (guaranteed by FHE). This is the future Mind Network and Chainlink are building together.
This journey is just beginning.

Mind Network正在将其FHE（完全同态加密）驱动的安全智能体生态系统部署到BytePlus云基础设施上，实现AI智能体的隐私保护和可验证的跨平台执行。
如今，AI与智能体正在成为下一个“应用商店”，变革我们生活和工作的方式。像ChatGPT、DeepSeek及其插件等工具，已经成为我们日常的一部分。
毫无疑问，AI Agent的时代已经到来，并且增长速度迅猛。
但这种快速扩张同时也带来了三个根本性挑战：
我们如何信任这些智能体？它们足够可靠吗？它们是否足够灵活，能够被现实世界应用？
作为面向企业客户的全球云平台，BytePlus提供强大的AI能力和成熟的服务架构，为智能体部署奠定了坚实基础。结合Mind Network的隐私计算与可验证性特性，开发者可在BytePlus平台上提升AI应用的可信度与自治性。这一集成展示了创新区块链-AI解决方案如何在BytePlus上独立落地，以满足对安全、可靠AI不断增长的需求。
面向信任与可验证性的挑战，Mind Network推出FHE驱动的MCP协议
该协议现已作为可插拔工具向BytePlus开放。MCP可集成进多种智能体平台，这些模块让开发者和用户能够部署具备加密验证、链上共识机制和隐私优先保障的AI Agent，为日益壮大的Agentic生态构建稳固安全基石。
核心解决方案
Mind Network为AI Agent引入了FHE加密验证能力。
由于每个Agent可能运行不同的后端模型，该方案采用FHE对模型声明进行验证和确认，建立信任。
工作原理：
节点提供商可Fork验证模版，用自定义逻辑部署为独立的验证节点到BytePlus。每个节点用FHE方式加密验证结果，并将密文提交到验证中心，通过链上FHE加密共识算法决策。FHE验证MCP协议负责在智能体间进行链上通信。
此方案模块化、可插拔，既能适配消费级AI Agent，也对社区贡献开放，实现去中心化、可信、可靠的智能体验证。
用户体验
一旦在BytePlus上线，用户和消费级智能体可连接Web3钱包，启动基于区块链保障的FHE验证。
MCP是什么
MCP（模型上下文协议，Model Context Protocol）插件由Mind Network开发，建立在通用MCP框架基础之上，专为桥接AI模型与区块链基础设施设计。它允许外部系统以安全方式查询AI模型，保证请求经加密和验证，兼顾隐私。MCP致力于最小化敏感用户数据泄露风险，为AI智能体交互提供防篡改通道，适用于DApp和企业级场景。
Mind Network开发MCP的初衷
Mind Network开发MCP，旨在让AI Agent能够以链上可验证的方式助力用户自然语言复杂交互。用户无需手动操作区块链界面，直接通过钱包与Llama等大语言模型互动，安全完成如争取FHE奖励等操作。
MCP设计保证用户的私钥始终留在钱包内，不会在消息签名或交易过程中暴露给AI Agent。而且，MCP还采用了多节点FHE投票机制，认证与验证AI模型及其运行环境，确保数据和交互真实不可篡改，有效解决去中心化场景下的信任与验证难题。
MCP插件主要服务开发者，使其更直观地开发区块链集成应用，无缝接入FHE驱动的Agentic World生态。
四大优势
无缝自动化：用户可通过自然语言指令完成链上操作，无需繁琐步骤。FHE加持可信：所有模型调用均通过多节点FHE投票认证，确保AI和数据的完整性。数据隐私：后续功能将支持用户用FHE加密会话请求，自主保护敏感细节。可扩展智能体整合：MCP为未来多DApp一体化AI助手提供基础，实现低门槛任务优化与奖励最大化。
Agent Workspace中MCP插件的操作指南
使用步骤如下：
进入工作区登录Agent工作区：https://www.coze.com/space进入“资源库”，新建插件插件设置填写插件名称和简介创建方式选择“云端插件——基于已有服务”插件URL填写：https://mcp-api.mindnetwork.io.点击“创建工具”配置工具填写Tool Name和Tool DescriptionTool Path填：https://mcp-api.mindnetwork.io/ai/deepseek/chat配置输入输出参数测试试运行点击右上方“Test Run”填写参数：wallet（钱包地址）signature（在 https://app.mycrypto.com/sign-message 签“Sign to confirm your DeepSeek query. No gas or fee required.” 得到）可选使用MyCrypto签名，BytePlus不为第三方工具背书发布插件试运行通过后，点击“Publish”创建并集成AI Agent侧栏点“项目开发” → “创建” → “创建AI Agent”创建后添加刚发布的MCP插件交互调试上线“预览与调试”页输入钱包和签名即可互动完成后点击“Publish”上线Agent
FHE验证节点在BytePlus函数服务开发指引
开发可参考Mind Network开源代码库：https://github.com/mind-network/mind-fhe-zk-voting-paillier-ts本地测试通过后，按BytePlus FaaS指引上线：https://www.byteplus.com/en/product/faas之后需要选定注册一个FHE Validation Hub：https://agent.mindnetwork.xyz/agenticworld完成上线、注册，节点即可参与AI Agent的验证

Mind Network是“全同态加密”（Fully Homomorphic Encryption, FHE）和“去中心化隐私计算”（Decentralized Confidential Computing, DeCC）领域的创新先锋，已与BytePlus签署谅解备忘录（MOU），将共同推动安全AI基础设施建设，并为隐私保护型智能服务奠定基础。
此次合作将Mind Network在加密数据保护方面的专长，与BytePlus在AI模型部署和函数计算云服务上的能力结合起来。通过技术融合，双方将加速构建和推广可扩展且安全的智能体生态系统。
合作重点包含两个核心方向：
技术集成
BytePlus将在其ModelArk平台通过标准化API提供DeepSeek模型。整个涉及DeepSeek的推理过程，将由Mind Network自主研发的FHE模块（如Mind FHE Rust SDK）进行加密保护。
这保证了数据在用户输入、模型调用、到最终输出的全流程中都保持加密与隐私状态。所有验证与计算任务，均由BytePlus的函数计算架构（Function Compute）执行，确保高性能与强安全性。
基于FHE的智能体在BytePlus平台的落地
作为以 全同态加密（FHE）为核心的基础设施服务商，Mind Network正在通过MCP（Model Context Protocol，模型上下文协议）将自身核心能力集成到主流云环境。借助BytePlus的函数计算、模型部署能力和标准化API，MCP可为AI智能体带来加密验证流、端到端数据隐私和链上可验证性特性。
BytePlus开放的架构让MCP能灵活对接多种智能体平台，支持开发者与企业构建安全、可信、可扩展的智能体应用。此次合作推动了Mind Network长期“为智能体式AI未来打造加密基础层”的愿景。

“这份谅解备忘录反映了我们共同的愿景，即打造尊重用户隐私和促进运行信任的智能系统。将我们的FHE技术部署在BytePlus强大的基础设施上，使可信智能体生态加速落地。”——Christian，Mind Network创始人兼CEO