WaveTek
Private Solana DeFi with a Zcash & Starknet bridge
Created on 2nd December 2025
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WaveTek
Private Solana DeFi with a Zcash & Starknet bridge
The problem WaveTek solves
WaveTek solves the problem of full transparency on Solana, where swaps, bridges, and staking reveal user identities, strategies, and cross-chain activity. We address this by integrating Encifher’s encrypted routing with Jupiter for private, MEV-resistant swaps; using NEAR Intents and StarkGate for secure Solana ↔ Zcash ↔ Starknet transfers; and introducing private staking (post-audit) through encrypted stake commitments. WaveTek delivers a unified encrypted liquidity layer that lets users trade, move assets, and earn without exposing balances or behavior, while preserving Solana’s speed and UX. Interoperable, decentralized, and connected to leading quantum-secure chains, WaveTek stands at the frontier of innovation with product-market fit for a zillion-dollar industry.
[Deeper insights] WaveTek: Solution Summary
Public blockchains leak sensitive metadata by default. Wallet histories, swap routes, bridge flows, and staking patterns are fully transparent, enabling frontrunning, targeted surveillance, strategy extraction, and cross-chain identity linkage. Solana currently lacks a fast, developer-friendly, privacy-focused liquidity layer that protects users while maintaining the network’s performance advantages.
WaveTek solves this by engineering Solana’s encrypted liquidity layer — built on audited primitives and modern cryptographic tooling.
WaveSwap (Encifher + Jupiter Integration) — Private Swaps on Solana
Problem:
Swaps on Solana expose wallet addresses, token balances, transaction patterns, and price-impact signaling. This creates MEV vectors and reveals trading behavior.
Solution:
WaveSwap integrates Encifher’s encrypted routing SDK with Jupiter’s aggregation engine.
This enables:
private swap execution paths
encrypted route selection
suppressed metadata leakage
MEV-resistant flow
best-price execution via Jupiter’s routing
WaveSwap preserves Solana’s UX and speed while adding a cryptographic privacy layer built using Encifhers encrypt SDK.
WavePortal (NEAR Intents + StarkGate) — Secure, Intent-Based Cross-Chain Transfers
Problem:
Cross-chain movement between Solana, Zcash, and Starknet currently exposes source/destination addresses, allowing watchers to correlate identities and track flows across ecosystems.
Solution:
WavePortal uses NEAR Intents for intent-based cross-chain settlement and StarkGate for validity-proven bridging into Starknet’s STARK-secured environment.
This provides:
secure bridging without custom trust assumptions
intent-driven execution (no fragile manual routing)
integration with Zcash for shielded value movement
unified interface for Solana ↔ Zcash ↔ Starknet flows
WavePortal does not yet provide full confidentiality, but establishes the secure interoperability foundation for private bridging in future versions.
WaveStake (Post-Audit) — Private Yield Layer for Solana
Problem:
Staking on public chains exposes user balances, reward histories, and accumulation strategies, which can be used for profiling or targeted attacks.
Solution:
WaveStake (launching post-Zokyo audit) introduces:
encrypted stake commitments
private reward accumulation
optional lock-based yield boosts
no on-chain exposure of staking patterns
WaveStake extends WaveTek’s privacy guarantees into the yield layer, enabling safe, non-observable earning. We aim to do this with Arcium dark pools.
In Summary
WaveTek provides Solana with:
private swaps via Encifher + Jupiter
secure cross-chain settlement via NEAR Intents + StarkGate
future private yield via audited staking
an encrypted liquidity layer engineered by Arcium-trained cryptography expertise. In addition to his Arcium fellowship, Vivek has also spent 2023 working on ZCash and Filecoin.
This unified flow gives users the ability to trade, move, and earn without exposing their strategies, balances, or identities — while preserving Solana’s hallmark of speed, usability, and scalability.
How We Built It
WaveTek was built as a unified encrypted liquidity layer on Solana by combining modern cryptography, cross-chain intent systems, and high-performance DeFi tooling.
We integrated Encifher’s encrypted routing directly into the Jupiter aggregator to enable private, MEV-resistant swaps without sacrificing speed. For interoperability, we implemented NEAR Intents and StarkGate, allowing secure Solana ↔ Zcash ↔ Starknet transfers with validity proofs and standardized asset identifiers.
WaveStake is designed with encrypted stake commitments, where confidential balances and yield calculations run through MPC-backed logic (future integration with Arcium dark pools). We built chain adapters for Solana, Starknet, and NEAR wallets; unified signature handling; multi-route bridging; and a privacy-first UX optimized for simplicity.
Our stack includes Rust, Next.js, Solana SDK, Starknet tooling, NEAR Intents, Encifher, and custom bridge/orchestration services developed by an Arcium-trained cryptographer.
Challenges we ran into
Challenges Faced
- Cross-Chain Bridge Integration (WavePortal)
Challenge: Unifying Solana, Starknet, NEAR, and Zcash—each with different token standards and consensus models.
Progress:
Solana → Starknet: Implemented via StarkGate + NEAR Intents
Starknet → Solana: Reverse bridge produced unknown errors
Solution: Built a multi-provider BridgeService with unified asset ID system (1cs_v1).
- Arcium Confidential Token Integration
Challenge: Arcium SDK is immature, making encrypted pools difficult.
Constraints: Performance cost + incomplete confidentiality guarantees.
Solution: Integrated Encifher SDK as interim privacy layer; partial MPC support added.
- Multi-Wallet Compatibility Across Chains
Challenge: Signature formats and provider APIs differ across Solana, Starknet, and NEAR.
Solution: Built adapter layer for cross-chain wallet management + signature normalization.
- Dark Pool Implementation for WaveStake
Challenge: Encrypted amounts + yield logic with evolving Arcium tooling.
Solution: Private staking contract prototype (APR 8–28% + Secure Bag bonus), confidentiality toggle, encrypted amounts.
- State Synchronization Across Blockchains
Challenge: Realtime balance updates with differing fee models and transaction guarantees.
Solution: Multi-chain monitoring system with chain-specific recovery logic.
- Authentication for Private Balances
Challenge: Double-signing required for confidential balance access.
Solution: Streamlined Encifher message signing → single authentication flow.
What’s Next for WaveTek
Our next focus is bringing full confidentiality to cross-chain flows by integrating shielded Zcash pools and Arcium-powered private routing. We are expanding WaveSwap with additional encrypted liquidity sources, deeper Encifher integrations, and automated privacy-preserving strategies.
WavePortal will evolve into a trust-minimized private bridge, enabling confidential transfers between Solana, Zcash, and Starknet with reduced metadata exposure. WaveStake will launch after audit, adding private rewards, flexible lockups, and enhanced MPC-based security. You can bridge from ZCash to stake ZEC on Solana and earn yield, then send it back through WavePortal to shield on ZCash, keeping assets private, secure while compounding gains. Eventually we aim to add support for STRK as well.
We are already working on building our v3 as a Solana Mobile app for the Seeker dapp store and offer a developer-facing privacy SDK, while continue refining WaveTek as the foundational encrypted DeFi layer for the Solana ecosystem. We are aware that privacy is and has always been the essence of crypto, and now we are preparing to optimize the most quantum secure interoperable platform for DeFi.
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