DarkZOR
Encrypted Orderflow. Zero MEV. Private Execution
Created on 4th December 2025
β’
DarkZOR
Encrypted Orderflow. Zero MEV. Private Execution
The problem DarkZOR solves
π DarkZOR β The FHE-Powered Private Darkpool with NEAR Intents
β The Problem
On-chain trading is fully transparent β every order reveals its price, size, and intent before execution. This makes traders vulnerable to MEV, front-running, and strategy leaks, preventing institutions, DAOs, and serious users from safely executing large trades. Because blockchains cannot compute on encrypted data, true private orderflow has never been possible.
β The Solution
DarkZOR introduces the first fully private on-chain darkpool by combining:
- Fhenix FHE for encrypted orderflow and private matching
- NEAR Intents for automated, trustless cross-chain execution
All order data β price, size, direction β is encrypted into Fhenix
euint
types.DarkZORβs matching engine performs comparisons while values remain encrypted, enabling a truly private orderbook with zero information leakage.
NEAR Intents acts as a secure automation layer to route, trigger, and settle trades across chains, allowing users to execute private orders without touching complex blockchain flows.
DarkZOR delivers MEV-proof, private, cross-chain trading β something no existing DEX architecture provides.
π Features
π Fully Encrypted Darkpool (Fhenix FHE)
- Orders (price, amount, direction) encrypted client-side
- Encrypted matching using FHE comparisons (
FHE.lt
,FHE.gt
) - No visible orderbook β no leaked strategies, no alpha extraction
π Cross-Chain Execution (NEAR Intents)
- Intents trigger settlement and execution across chains
- Works with Zcash, NEAR, EVM chains, and more
- Trustless routing without exposing orderflow
π‘οΈ MEV-Proof Trading
- No mempool exposure
- No front-running or sandwich attacks
- Ideal for institutions and high-volume execution
π End-to-End Privacy
- FHE protects data during submission, storage, and matching
- Contracts never see plaintext values
- Orderflow remains private even during cross-chain routing
π§ Why DarkZOR Matters
DarkZOR proves that FHE + NEAR Intents can bring a new class of privacy to DeFi:
- Fully private trading
- Encrypted orderbooks
- Cross-chain settlement
- Automated execution flows
It is one of the first systems where a user can submit an intent, have it executed without revealing anything β not to validators, not to the mempool, not even to the smart contract itself.
Challenges we ran into
One major challenge was the availability of Zcash testnet tokens. Most faucets were offline or unreliable, which slowed early testing and required us to manually hunt for alternate sources and run partial flows with mocked data. We also struggled with inefficient and outdated documentation, especially around the Zcash testnet setup and FHE contract patterns. This led to multiple dead ends, misconfigurations, and time spent reverse-engineering examples. We overcame these hurdles by digging into community forums, reading source code directly, and building our own minimal, well-documented scripts to stabilize our development workflow.
Tracks Applied (6)
Cross-Chain Privacy Solutions
Axelar Network
Cross-Chain Privacy Solutions
Osmosis
Private DeFi & Trading
Zcash Community Grants
Private DeFi & Trading
Unstoppable Wallet
Cross-Chain Privacy Solutions
NEAR Protocol
General Bounty
Project Tachyon
Cheer Project
Cheering for a project means supporting a project you like with as little as 0.0025 ETH. Right now, you can Cheer using ETH on Arbitrum, Optimism and Base.


