Nillion Alpha Mainnet is officially launched, and $NIL is live. Today marks a major step in our mission to create a world where privacy is simple, seamless, and accessible to all. Starting now, users can engage with the Nillion Network, and interact with the $NIL token.
A Purpose-Built Blind Compute
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into our daily lives, we need to reimagine the internet. We need a new digital landscape where privacy isn’t a luxury but a fundamental right, where users can trust their data is protected, an AI internet built on security and trust.
Blind Computers will deliver.
Nillion emerges as the first champion of Blind Compute, a network where data remains secure during storage and processing, invisible even to computing nodes. A network that makes working with valuable data and secure computation accessible to the next generation of builders.
Nillion’s Ecosystem
Nillion’s Blind Compute allows users to benefit from the next generation of security and privacy while retaining full control over their data, unlocking new opportunities across our ecosystem. Unlike traditional systems where big corporations exploit and benefit from user data without consent, Nillion shifts the power back to individuals. Users determine what data they share, how it is utilized, and how they benefit from it – a step towards a better internet.
From HealthBlocks, which lets users manage and leverage their health data securely, to MonadicDNA, which ensures encrypted ownership and private use of genetic data, projects across industries are tapping into the Blind Computer. Among them, Stadium Science is becoming the prediction market for the next evolution – private data. Soarchain is leading the future of smart mobility with a decentralized real time vehicle data network, while Mighty Network is introducing a next gen permission layer for agentic applications, enabling secure access to the private data.
Furthermore, platform integrations with AI frameworks like Eliza, Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP), Near.ai, and a range of blockchains will enable developers to seamlessly integrate blind storage and computation into their applications, breaking down barriers to leverage privacy in their stack.
The Nillion ecosystem is rapidly evolving with a wide range of applications and infrastructure partners, spanning AI, DeSci, Finance, Healthcare and beyond. This is just the beginning of the breakthrough. Soon, many more applications will join the blind revolution – building on the foundation of privacy.
What can you do on Nillion Today
Users and developers can build on and use the growing ecosystem of apps leveraging the Blind Compute.
Developers:
- Deploy apps and agents: Follow our quickstart guide to build privacy preserving blind apps and AI agents.
- Start building with SecretVault: Store and retrieve encrypted data across distributed nodes where no single node can access the original data.
- Implement SecretLLM: Run AI models within a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) using OpenAI-compatible APIs to keep user prompts and data private.
- Utilize SecretSigner: Enable secure transaction and message signing while keeping private keys protected through threshold ECDSA technology.
- Leverage our libraries: Use nilQL for encryption/decryption operations and nilRAG to connect private data with LLM processing.
- Explore open source blind modules: Explore and contribute to our fully open sourced code for nilDB, nilAI, and nilVM repositories.
Users:
- Set up a Nillion Wallet: Create a Nillion wallet to connect to the Nillion Network and access your $NIL.
- Send $NIL tokens: Follow this guide to send $NIL tokens from one Nillion wallet to another and find the transaction on a block explorer.
- Stake your $NIL: Contribute to the network’s security by staking your $NIL token with our Genesis Validators.
First Wave of $NIL Distribution
Following the alpha mainnet launch, the eligible participants who claimed their $NIL through our official claims portal will find their tokens in the registered wallet. This Airdrop is a celebration of all those who built, supported, and believed from the very beginning.
The Privacy Renaissance is Here
The launch of Nillion Mainnet is not the final destination, it’s the first step toward a privacy-first future.
This milestone is a testament to the core contributors who worked relentlessly, builders who pushed the boundaries of what’s possible, and community members who helped us in making this a reality. We envisioned a world where data privacy isn’t a luxury but a basic right. With mainnet live, that future is no longer in theory, it’s already here.
For more information on Nillion read through the docs or browse the litepaper.