Common is a privacy layer designed for the entire Web3 ecosystem, while Zama focuses on Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) specifically for blockchain privacy. Common is best suited for projects seeking broad privacy integration across decentralized applications, whereas Zama is ideal for use cases requiring computation on encrypted data without decryption.
| Token Price | — | — |
| 24h Change | — | — |
| Market Cap | — | — |
| TVL | $1.4KDefiLlama | $42.7MDefiLlama |
| MCap Rank | #3292 | #283 |
| Total Raised | $23.2M | — |
| Founded | 2018 | 2020 |
| Stage | — | — |
| X / Twitter | 12K | 270K |
| GitHub Stars | 88 | 25K |
| Chains | arbitrumbasebnb-chain | bnb-chainethereumsolana |
| Tags | DEX, Privacy, DeFi | Privacy, Infra, FHE |
Common is a privacy layer for Web3 that combines a decentralized exchange, shielder contracts, and an MPC wallet to break the traceability of crypto activity without centralized exchanges. It uses zero-knowledge proofs to protect user privacy and mitigate MEV and frontrunning.
Zama is an open source cryptography company that develops Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) solutions for blockchain, enabling confidential on-chain transactions and smart contracts. Its technology is used by institutional partners like ApexGlobalGroup for tokenized assets, and it ranks among the top projects in Ethereum developer activity.