# What Makes Shade Different

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### Encrypted Mempool

No frontrunning. No MEV extraction. No order-flow leakage.

### Stealth Address Architecture

Every transfer uses one-time keys. No wallet graph. No linkability.

### Private EVM Execution

Contract logic, state, variables, and storage are completely invisible.

### ZK-Verified Settlement

Proofs reveal nothing — not balances, not operations, not flows.

> **In other words:** the chain verifies correctness with **ZK proofs**, while keeping execution details private.

### Private-Oriented Architecture (PXL)

A new execution category built for AI agents, institutions, traders, and real users.

Shade isn’t “more private.”\
Shade is **100% private**: by design, by default, at every layer.


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