> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.shadenetwork.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.shadenetwork.io/shade-network-the-private-l2-home.md).

# Shade Network — The Private L2 (Home)

Introducing **Shade Network** — a fully private execution layer where every transaction, contract, and agent action disappears. Privacy isn’t a feature here; it’s the foundation — by design, by default, at every layer.

Public blockchains turned freedom into exposure: identity, strategies, flows, and timing recorded forever.

Shade fixes the root problem. With an **encrypted mempool**, **stealth addresses**, and a **private EVM**, you can transact and build without surveillance, frontrunning, or chain analysis.

This isn’t an L2 with privacy options.\
**Shade is your private L2 — privacy by default, for everything you do.**

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### Quick links

* [The Problem](https://docs.shadenetwork.io/the-problem)
* [What Makes Shade Different](https://docs.shadenetwork.io/what-makes-shade-different)
* [Official Links & Anti-Phishing](https://docs.shadenetwork.io/official-links-and-anti-phishing)