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Enigma is building a privacy layer for the decentralized web. Our protocol enables scalable, end-to-end decentralized applications. Our testnet is now live.Blockchains are a revolutionary technology, but they are still held back by fundamental limitations. To build truly decentralized applications that can achieve global adoption, we need protocols like Enigma that solve these challenges.Data on the blockchain is accessible by anyone, making storing sensitive data impossible. This restricts the number of applications for blockchains.Computing on the blockchain is too slow and expensive. Storing and computing over very large amounts of data on the blockchain is not feasible.Enigma’s revolutionary technology protects the privacy of data while still allowing for computations to be run over that data.Enigma was first described in 2015 in our cofounder Guy Zyskind’s MIT thesis. His two groundbreaking papers on privacy and blockchains are some of the most highly cited in the space, with over 400 combined citations. With Enigma, "smart contracts" become "secret contracts", where input data is kept hidden from nodes in the Enigma network that execute code. Without adding this ability to protect data, blockchains are very limited in utility. Enigma’s technology is the missing piece to a decentralized future.