Welcome to the Enclave Developer Docs!

Here you'll find guides, resources, and references to build with Enclave.

If you're looking to build secure, privacy-preserving applications that compute over encrypted data from multiple sources, you're in the right place. Enclave is an open-source protocol for Encrypted Execution Environments (E3), enabling secure and confidential computations without exposing sensitive data.

Why Use Enclave?

Enclave enables your application to perform computations on encrypted data, producing public results while preserving input and intermediate-state privacy. With strong cryptoeconomic guarantees, Enclave enables computations where sensitive inputs are never decrypted.

Key use cases include:

• Processing Sensitive Data: Handle personal, financial, or otherwise confidential data without taking custody of plaintext.
• Meeting Regulatory Requirements: Build applications compliant with data protection laws like HIPAA or GDPR.
• Eliminating Trust Issues: Minimized reliance on trusted parties or specialized hardware for securing sensitive data.

Enclave achieves this by providing a framework where data remains encrypted during computation, leveraging a combination of advanced cryptographic techniques: Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE), Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs), and Distributed Threshold Cryptography (DTC).

What You'll Learn

This documentation covers everything you need to get started with Enclave, including:

• Core concepts of Enclave and E3s.
• Building applications using the Enclave protocol.
• Step-by-step guides for setting up and executing computations.
• Code examples and best practices to streamline development.