Nillion 2.0 marks a fundamental shift in how the Nillion network will operate, building towards decentralization, becoming permissionless, powered by $NIL. With the network transitioning into the hands of the community, and rewards flowing to those who run it, the next step is clear, extend this mission globally.
We’re migrating to Ethereum.
Ethereum is the gravitational centre of crypto’s open economy. Recently the Ethereum Foundation announced it’s doubling down on its privacy stance, supporting privacy products, infrastructure, and even potential protocol upgrades as core pillars of its future.
Nillion’s vision of a decentralized, privacy-first storage and compute layer aligns directly with that mission.
Aligned Values, Complementary Design
The Ethereum Foundation recently reaffirmed its position “Privacy is for everyone.” In a world where blockchain systems are becoming deeply integrated into everyday life, the foundation argues that “for privacy to remain credible, it must be part of the core.”
As Ethereum advances toward encrypted coordination and private execution, Nillion complements that vision by enabling blind compute and private data storage. Together, we move closer to a future where privacy and data protection are the default.
While the Ethereum ecosystem integrates MPC, FHE, ZKPs, and TEEs to enable privacy and composability onchain, Nillion utilizes these same technologies for private compute and storage allowing developers to create privacy-preserving applications, data markets, and AI systems that operate securely across networks.
Executing the Vision
Ethereum offers global accessibility, open coordination, and composability at scale. It’s where decentralized infrastructure is tested, trusted, and built in the open.
With Nillion 2.0, the network is evolving beyond its core-operated roots to become a decentralized, community-run Blind Computer, now powered by independent node operators and the community.
At the heart of this design lies $NIL. Now, with Nillion 2.0, embedded directly into the Nillion tech stack, $NIL powers execution, governs participation, and prices access to privacy-preserving compute. As we transition onto Ethereum, the token becomes more accessible, more composable, and more deeply integrated into the ecosystem that will use it.
As the first step in this migration, we’ll be moving our treasury and tokens from NilChain to Ethereum mainnet under a new ERC-20 token contract. This will mark the beginning of $NIL gaining utility directly within Ethereum’s economic layer, usable for participation in the network and coordination of Blind Compute.
We’ll be supporting on and off-ramps across both CeFi and DeFi ecosystems, making $NIL more accessible to users, developers, and partners. Over time, Nillion will begin to inherit Ethereum’s security for core economic and network coordination, embedding itself deeper into the Ethereum stack.
What’s Next
In February 2026, we will launch the public bridge to Ethereum mainnet, allowing anyone to move their Cosmos $NIL tokens to Ethereum $NIL and begin participating in the ecosystem directly on Ethereum.
Throughout 2026, we will roll out the Nillion L2 on Ethereum, built using native smart contracts and network tooling, enabling staking, onchain coordination, and seamless access to Nillion’s private compute and storage layer through wallets and infrastructure developers already use.