نحن الآن في عمق فبراير، ويمكنك أن تشعر بالطاقة تتزايد مرة أخرى.
بعد بضعة أسابيع أكثر هدوءًا في بداية العام، تتحرك الأمور في اتجاهات مختلفة تمامًا في آن واحد. هذا الأسبوع، تبحث أبحاث البروتوكول في السنوات المقبلة، متسائلة عما يعنيه إعداد تيزوس لعالم ما بعد الكم. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، يقوم النظام البيئي بحزم حقائبه من أجل ETHDenver، مستعدًا للمصافحات، واللقاءات على فنجان قهوة، والمحادثات الحقيقية مع المجتمع وجهًا لوجه.
وفيما بين ذلك، نشهد إطلاق مبادرات جديدة تمامًا، مثل بودكاست يركز على اليورانيوم الذي يبتعد عن الرسوم البيانية والتوكنز للحديث عن سياسة الطاقة العالمية والإمدادات على المدى الطويل.
يمكن أن يبدو الإنترنت مكانًا أكثر ظلمة مع مرور كل عام، لكن هناك لحظات عندما تتيح التكنولوجيا حدوث أشياء جيدة حقًا. أوقات يكشف فيها ميزة عن حالة استخدام ذات مغزى. والأهم من ذلك، هناك لحظات تمكّن فيها التكنولوجيا الناس لمساعدة الناس.
كشخص تعرض للاستغلال في كثير من الأحيان بسبب كوني "طيبًا جدًا"، على مر السنين، كلفتني هذه الميول، لكنها أيضًا علمتني أن أكون حذرًا من الأنظمة والسرديات والمساحات التي تكافئ القيم الأداء أكثر من القيم الحقيقية. لهذا السبب لا يزال نظام Tezos يبدو وكأنه وطن لي.
ملخص سريع لأحدث الأحداث والمعالم الهامة داخل نظام Tezos البيئي لشهر يناير 2026.
مرحبًا بكم في أحدث إصدار لدينا، نظرة سريعة على الشهر (يناير 2026)، حيث نقدم ملخصًا سريعًا لأحدث الأحداث والمعالم الهامة في نظام Tezos البيئي بشكل شهري.
كان يناير يحمل شعورًا قويًا بنضوج البنية التحتية عبر النظام البيئي. اتجه الشهر نحو تقدم البروتوكول الأساسي، وأسس التوسع الأعمق، واستمرت التحسينات في الأداء وبيئات المطورين. إلى جانب ذلك، أشارت الحركة المستمرة عبر الأدوات والتكاملات والبحث إلى نظام بيئي مستمر في البناء برؤية طويلة الأمد، مع التركيز أقل على الضوضاء وأكثر على تقوية الأسس التي يعتمد عليها النمو المستقبلي.
When I was in Miami for Art Basel 2025, I was overwhelmed by a unique sense of hope, but it wasn’t the art on the main Art Basel floor that sparked those emotions. In fact, I spent nearly a full week in Miami before even stepping onto the official fairgrounds. That time was filled with conversations, introductions, and unexpected moments of connection. I was meeting new people at a pace I had not experienced since my freshman year of college.
Parts of that journey were covered in a recent article, yet there was still more from Miami Art Week I wanted to share. One encounter, in particular, set the tone for the rest of the week. It was my introduction to a DAO-based artist community that immediately felt familiar, almost inevitable. It felt like crossing paths with people I was always meant to find.
That feeling began the moment I walked into the Gates Hotel. Before a single formal event or panel, I was greeted by digital and physical artworks spread throughout the lobby. The space felt alive. A central wall featured dozens of Metasil digital art frames, each displaying a carefully curated selection of work. The presentation was immersive without being overwhelming, intentional without feeling rigid. A key theme ran through it all, one that felt deeply familiar to me: One Love. One HeArt.
As both a journalist and an artist, my curiosity was instantly activated. The lobby itself had become a gallery, reassuring that art, community, and presence were central to the week ahead. The digital works radiated positive, uplifting energy into a very real physical space.
Finding Immediate Alignment
Shortly after exploring the lobby, I was introduced to the founder of One Love DAO, Jenifer, also known by her artist name SirenAI. From the first conversation, there was an easy sense of relatability. Our dialogue moved naturally between art, technology, community building, and even anatomical hearts in artwork. There was no pitch and no pretense, only a shared language rooted in experience and intention.
What stood out most was how grounded those conversations felt. Through the event, Jenifer articulated ideas clearly under pressure while calmly taking action whenever something needed attention. It was an immediate impression of thoughtful leadership backed by real execution. After spending even a short amount of time around her and the surrounding artists, it became clear that One Love Art DAO is not an abstract idea. This is an organized, active community already inspiring the people it touches and achieving its goals. Naturally, I wanted to know more and felt a genuine pull to get involved.
The Origins and Mission of One Love Art DAO
One Love Art DAO emerged from a simple but powerful idea. Artists thrive when they are supported, seen, and connected in meaningful ways. The DAO was built to foster collaboration and shared growth, while encouraging artists to explore across mediums, platforms, and innovative new paths.
At its core, the mission centers on unity, creative freedom, and collective progress. Governance and decentralization matter here, but they never overshadow the human element. The DAO exists to serve its artists, not the other way around. That balance is reflected throughout both its structure and culture. As a nonprofit dedicated to empowering artists and building community, One Love Art DAO offers a grounded example of what a Web3-based organization can become when creativity, innovation, and collaboration are treated as shared values rather than buzzwords.
Today, the DAO facilitates exhibitions, residencies, workshops, and even scholarships. It stands as a rare and valuable example of what decentralized, democratic communities can look like when aligned around care, intention, and long-term thinking.
Artists, Exhibits, and Collective Energy
Now back to the storytelling. Throughout the week, I had the opportunity to experience the work of artists within the One Love Art DAO. The diversity of styles, disciplines, and perspectives was immediately apparent. Digital art, physical pieces, installations, and collaborative works all coexisted naturally, without hierarchy or separation.
What made the experience especially compelling was the dynamic between the artists themselves. Support was visible, genuine, and constant. They gravitated toward shared momentum. Accomplishments were treated as collective wins, reinforcing the idea that progress within the DAO lifts everyone involved.
One moment in particular caught me off guard. I opened my laptop to collect Me Time by DAO member and painter MykNash. The room erupted in cheers as I clicked collect, not because of the price, but because the work was seen, valued, and clearly moving people, myself included, in real life. That shared acknowledgment, that digital art mattered in that moment, lit up the entire space and etched itself into memory.
Following Up and Staying Tuned Into One Love DAO
The One Love Art DAO website serves as a clear entry point into the community. It outlines the DAO’s values, mission, and opportunities for artists to participate, while highlighting past exhibitions, partnerships, and cultural activations. Rather than acting as a static promotional page, the site functions more like a map, helping newcomers understand how the DAO operates and where they can plug in. It also includes an application for artists interested in becoming members.
For active participants, however, the true heartbeat of One Love Art DAO lives inside its Discord server. This is where artists communicate daily, share works in progress, announce open calls, coordinate exhibitions, and support one another in real time. The Discord functions as both a studio and a town hall, reinforcing the DAO’s emphasis on accessibility, transparency, and collective momentum. While the server is open to the public, members gain access to additional resources and private channels.
Open Calls, Events, and Ongoing Initiatives
One Love Art DAO consistently creates opportunities for artists to show up, contribute, and be seen, bringing real-world presence to a growing digital art movement. Open calls circulate regularly across social channels, the DAO’s Discord, and platforms like Webbie Social, inviting members to participate in curated drops, themed exhibitions, and collaborative showcases, both online and in person, including the Miami exhibition I experienced firsthand.
The DAO has built a strong presence at real-world events by investing in thoughtful, impactful ways to present digital art. From Miami Art Week activations to major Web3 conferences, One Love Art DAO continues to prioritize physical gathering alongside on-chain expression. Upcoming initiatives such as Zen Zone at ETHDenver reflect this approach, blending art, mindfulness, and community within high-energy environments.
The One Love Art Gallery on OBJKT
A cornerstone of One Love Art DAO is the One Love Art Gallery on OBJKT. Built on the Tezos blockchain, the gallery functions as a living exhibition space rather than a single moment in time. It allows the DAO to present its artists inclusively, while preserving individual works and showcasing the One Love story as it unfolds.
OBJKT’s dedicated gallery structure plays an important role in this. It gives One Love Art DAO a persistent, discoverable home where exhibitions can live beyond a single drop window. That permanence matters. It allows artists to be contextualized alongside one another, reinforcing collective identity while honoring individual voices. Over time, the gallery becomes an archive of growth, collaboration, and shared milestones.
Tezos may have its technical benefits, but the activity here is likely based on an aligned foundation. The broader Tezos art ecosystem has long emphasized sustainability, accessibility, and artist-first values. That ethos mirrors the principles at the heart of One Love Art DAO, where community, respect, and long-term thinking consistently outweigh short-term hype.
Exhibitions hosted through the gallery reflect that alignment. A wide range of artistic styles and perspectives come together under a cohesive curatorial thread rooted in unity and shared expression. For collectors, curators, and artists exploring the Tezos ecosystem, The One Love Art Gallery offers a clear window into what happens when infrastructure, values, and community genuinely move in sync. You can also find the works shown at the Gates Hotel exhibition, “Listen To Your Heart”, here.
Before You Dive Deeper Into One Love
My introduction to One Love Art DAO during Miami Art Week felt like one of the defining highlights of 2025 for me. It served as a reminder of why these spaces matter and why I continue to believe in the potential of Web3. When artists are enabled, empowered, and supported with care, they come together around shared values and mutual respect. When you give them tools to organize fairly, collaborate openly, and lead with heart, something rare and powerful emerges: art that transcends.
One Love Art DAO represents a version of Web3 that prioritizes people, creativity, and connection. It is a community built with intention, and one I look forward to continuing to learn from and grow alongside. I hope anyone reading this will feel inspired to join that journey too.
One Love DAO was originally published in Tezos Commons on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.
منذ البداية، تم تصميم خبز تيزوس ليكون مفتوحًا ومرنًا. يمكن لأي شخص يمتلك تيز مثبتًا والإعداد الصحيح المشاركة في المساعدة على تأمين الشبكة. على مر الزمن، أدى ذلك إلى فصل واضح للمسؤوليات: كومة الخبز والموقع.
تشمل كومة الخبز العقدة، وdaemon الخباز، والمُتهم. معًا، يحافظون على حالة سلسلة الكتل، يقترحون كتلًا، ينتجون شهادات، ويراقبون السلوك غير الصحيح. لقد كانت هذه الجهة دائمًا مرنة، تعمل على كل شيء من Raspberry Pis إلى VMs سحابية إلى خوادم مخصصة.
مع إغلاق المزيد من أسواق NFT، تستمر الفنون على Tezos في تقديمها. هذه المثابرة ليست مصادفة. إنها تعكس التزامًا أعمق ببناء منظومة تركز على الفن تعطي الأولوية للفائدة والوصول. في لحظات مثل هذه، تصبح قوة الفن على Tezos أكثر وضوحًا من أي وقت مضى.
بينما يعيد السوق الأوسع ضبط نفسه، ظلت منظومة Tezos مركزة على البنية التحتية، والتجريب، والاستدامة على المدى الطويل. يستمر الفنانون في الإبداع. يستمر البناة في الابتكار. يستمر البروتوكول في الترقية، مع شراكات جديدة تجلب انتباهًا جديدًا للفنون.
هناك نوع معين من أدوات تيزوس التي لا تأتي مع الألعاب النارية. لا يوجد موضوع إطلاق كبير، لا دورة ترويجية، لا "انظر إلينا". إنها تظهر ببساطة، وتقوم بعملها بهدوء بشكل جيد للغاية، ثم يضع شخص ما الرابط في رد كما لو أنه ليس بالأمر الكبير.
هذا هو السبب الرئيسي لوجود هذه السلسلة.
بالنسبة للجزء الرابع، لقد جمعت خمسة أدوات أخرى مبنية بواسطة المجتمع والتي هي مفيدة حقًا في حياة تيزوس اليومية. أدوات للحفاظ على فنك بشكل صحيح، ووضع نشاط Objkt على شاشة حية، ومنح الفنانين تحكمًا أفضل عند إعداد الرسوم المتحركة لصنعها على السلسلة (بصرف النظر عن الإعداد المعتاد "التكرار إلى الأبد")، وحتى لاعب إذاعي مناسب لموسيقى تيزوس NFTs. دعنا نبدأ في ذلك!
يسعدنا أن نعلن عن الفائزين ببرنامج “جوائز المجتمع” CRP لشهر ديسمبر 2025!
لمزيد من التفاصيل حول الفئات المختلفة، يرجى الرجوع إلى صفحة الجوائز على موقع تيزوس كومونز.
برنامج جوائز المجتمع هو مبادرة من مؤسسة تيزوس كومونز تهدف إلى تعزيز التبني ودعم نظام تيزوس البيئي. يتم مكافأة ما يصل إلى 5,000 tez كل شهر لأولئك الذين يبرزون في الجدارة ويتصرفون في مصلحة نظام تيزوس البيئي ككل.
بعد كتابة عدة مقالات تعبر عن كيف أرى العديد من الأشياء كفن، وهو أي شيء مصنوع من القلب، حان الوقت لإجراء تمييز مهم. ليس كل فن له قيمة متساوية. قد تعيش الجمال في عيون الناظر. يمكن أن يتم العثور عليه بشكل عضوي ويمكن تعلمه مع مرور الوقت. ومع ذلك، يبقى السؤال: ما الذي يجعل العمل الفني يجذب الناظرين الذين يمكنهم تغيير الحياة؟
في فن الطهي، لدينا عروض كاملة مخصصة لكيفية رفع مستوى الطعام، وكيف تتبعها بطاقات الأسعار والمكانة. في الفن التقليدي، تساعد مؤسسات مثل آرت بازل والمعارض مثل Sotheby’s في تشكيل الحوار حول الفن الراقي. اليوم، نشهد ظهور شكل جديد من الفن الرقمي، غير مألوف للجماهير وداخل مجتمعات الفن التقليدي. نحن فقط بدأنا نرى أولى لمحات ما ستكسبه أشكال الفن الرقمي من تقدير أولئك الذين لديهم أكبر قوة أو تأثير.
كيف أصبحت EVM الخاصة بتزوس واحدة من قصص النجاح لعام 2025
سيتم تذكر عام 2025 كفصل حاسم لحلول الطبقة الثانية. مع استمرار الشبكة الرئيسية لإيثريوم في مواجهة الازدحام والرسوم المرتفعة، زادت المنافسة لبناء بنية تحتية L2 قابلة للتوسع وفعالة من حيث التكلفة. في وسط هذا المشهد المزدحم، برز مشروع واحد بهدوء كقصة نجاح: إيثيرلينك، الطبقة الثانية المتوافقة مع EVM المدعومة بتقنية SmartRollUp الخاصة بتزوس.
ما يميز إيثيرلينك عن القائمة المتزايدة من الحلول هو الأداء، بل هي العمارة. تعمل إيثيرلينك كحل غير وصائي، مما يعني أن المستخدمين يحتفظون بالتحكم الكامل في أصولهم دون الاعتماد على وسطاء موثوقين. تعمل السلسلة كامتداد مباشر لطبقة تزوس 1، وراثة ضمانات الأمان الخاصة بها بدلاً من بناء نموذج ثقة منفصل. بالنسبة للمستخدمين الذين يشعرون بالقلق من الاستغلال والمخاطر الوصائية التي عانت منها الحلول الأخرى عبر L2 على مدار العام، فإن هذا التمييز مهم.
تصل ورقة الخبز لهذا الأسبوع بنبرة مختلفة عن المعتاد. يناير لا يزال في بدايته. من جهة، عاد البناؤون إلى مكاتبهم، والأدوات تُعاد صياغتها، وخيوط العمل الطويلة تستأنف مرة أخرى بعد العطلات. من جهة أخرى، يتم تذكيرنا بأن هذا النظام البيئي يتكون من أشخاص حقيقيين، وأماكن حقيقية، ومجتمعات تمتد بعيدًا عن الشفرات ولوحات البيانات.
تعكس هذه الطبعة هذا التوازن. نقضي وقتًا في تسليط الضوء على الأدوات العملية التي تحافظ بهدوء على إمكانية استخدام Tezos وقربها من المستخدمين كل يوم، بفضل غوص عميق منسق بواسطة Cryptonio. ونحن أيضًا نتوقف لنقف مع أعضاء مجتمع الفن الذين يواجهون خسارة حقيقية، حيث تكون التضامن أكثر أهمية من العناوين.
مع اقتراب انتهاء عام 2025، أجد نفسي أقل اهتمامًا بتعريف السنة من خلال المعالم، وأكثر انجذابًا إلى الأثر والزخم الذي تم إحداثه على طول الطريق. ومع استمراري في النمو، فإن تيوزس ومجتمعها ينموان معًا أيضًا. لا أحد يتوقف عن التقدم لأن الجميع يفعل ما يحب، موجهين بدوافع أعمق من الجوائز أو المكاسب الشخصية.
شبكة من الفنانين، والجمعين، والمبنيين، والذين ينظرون إلى المستقبل تتطور إلى قوى إبداعية منظمة ومستقرة للخير. بدلًا من أن تصبح أكثر صخبًا أو بروزًا، نمت المجتمع أكثر حكمة، وقوة، واستمرارية. أصبح التعاون أكثر قصدًا. شعرت التجربة أقل تقمصًا وآداءً، وأكثر شغفًا.
غالبًا ما يأتي نهاية العام مع شعور بالعاطفة. تتقاطع الديناميات الأسرية، والتوقعات الاجتماعية، والتأمل، والإفراج في وقت واحد. يعالج الجميع تلك الطاقة بشكل مختلف. بالنسبة للفنانين، غالبًا ما تجد طريقها إلى العمل.
تجلب العطلات البهجة، لكنها أيضًا تخلق مساحة للتباطؤ. مساحة لملاحظة الطرافة، والزخرفي، والتفاصيل الفنية الصغيرة التي تعطي الموسم قوامه. يتم تبادل الهدايا، ولكن أيضًا النية. بالنسبة للعديد من الفنانين، يصبح هذه اللحظة أقل عن الإنتاج وأكثر عن التعبير.
التخطيط لكيفية البناء من خلال أمثلة في صيغة المقال، الجزء 1
في مقالاتي الأخيرة، لقد قمت بتكرار مدى إيماني بأن الحضور في التجمعات الجسدية مهم أكثر من أي وقت مضى. على مدار السنوات القليلة الماضية، أثبتت Tezos شيئًا بصمت ولكن باستمرار. عندما يظهر المجتمع في العالم المادي، يحدث السحر. تنتقل الأفكار بشكل أسرع. تتعمق العلاقات. يتوقف الفنانون والبناؤون عن الشعور وكأنهم شخصيات ويبدؤون في الشعور وكأنهم أصدقاء ومتعاونين.
إذا كانت Tezos جادة بشأن الأهمية طويلة الأجل، فإن الحضور المتكرر والمستدام والمتعمد في الشخص ليس خيارًا. إنه أساسي.
بينما نخطو إلى الأيام الأولى من يناير، أردنا أن نبدأ عام 2026 بتمنياتنا للجميع عبر نظام تيزوس البيئي بسنة جديدة دافئة وصادقة. سواء كنت تخرج من العطلات أو تعود ببطء إلى إيقاع العمل، نأمل أن يجلب العام القادم وضوحًا وإبداعًا وزخمًا ثابتًا.
هذا العدد من ورقة الخبز هو تكريم لمجتمع تيزوس نفسه. قام البناة والفنانون والخبازون والباحثون واللاعبون والمشغلون والمستخدمون العاديون جميعًا بدور في تشكيل السنة التي أغلقناها للتو. لم تكن كل لحظة تصنع العناوين، لكن الثبات والرعاية والتفكير بعيد المدى الذي يحدد هذا النظام البيئي كان ظاهرًا طوال العام.
Shield Bridge: إضافة الخصوصية إلى معاملات Tezos اليومية
دليل عملي لحماية tez والرموز على Tezos باستخدام منصة Shield Bridge
في مقال حديث، نظرنا في كيفية إضافة محفظة Umami دعمًا للمعاملات المحمية بـ tez، مما جعل ميزة بروتوكول Tezos الطويلة الأمد أسهل بكثير في الاستخدام العملي. كما ذكرنا بإيجاز شيئًا مهمًا: الحماية على Tezos ليست محدودة بالـ tez وحده. من خلال Shield Bridge، يمكن للمستخدمين أيضًا حماية رموز FA2 (مثل USDT و tzBTC وغيرها).
في هذه المقالة، نلقي نظرة أقرب على Shield Bridge نفسه. سنستعرض ما هو، وكيف يتم استخدامه في الممارسة العملية، وكيف يتناسب مع نهج Tezos نحو الخصوصية عند نقل tez أو الرموز بين الاستخدام العام والمحمى. لكن أولاً، دعنا نضيف بعض السياق.
إنه موسم العطلات، وهذه الأسبوع يبدو كأنه اللحظة المناسبة للتراجع عن الإيقاع المعتاد والتحدث ببساطة مع بعضنا البعض.
عند النظر إلى العام الماضي من خلال عدسة صينية الخبز، ما يبرز أكثر هو ليس أي إعلان واحد، ولكن الطريقة الثابتة التي واصلت بها Tezos التقدم. ليس بصوت عالٍ. ليس بفوضى. فقط بشكل مستمر، مع العناية والدقة والنية.
على جانب البروتوكول، ذكرنا هذا العام لماذا تعتبر حوكمة Tezos مهمة. رأينا ترقيات مثل ريو تجعل المشاركة اليومية أكثر سلاسة، مما يقلل من الدورات ويقلل من الاحتكاك للخبازين والمندوبين على حد سواء. بدأت سيول في تنفيذ تغييرات حسنت بهدوء الأمان وسهولة الاستخدام، من التوقيعات المتعددة الأصلية إلى سحب أبسط. ومع انتهاء العام، تحركت تالين من خلال الحوكمة بمشاركة قوية، مما يظهر مرة أخرى أن هذا المجتمع لا يتحدث فقط عن اللامركزية، بل يمارسها.
Umami adds shielded tez transactions and makes a long-standing protocol feature easier to explore
Privacy on Tezos isn’t new, but it hasn’t always been easy to use. While the protocol has supported shielded transactions for some time, they’ve largely stayed out of sight for most everyday users.
With a recent update, Umami Wallet brought support for shielded tez transactions directly into the wallet. It’s not a brand-new concept, and it’s not the first time this functionality appears on Tezos, but it does make privacy more accessible and easier to use in practice.
To understand why this matters, it helps to step back and look at what shielded transactions actually are, and why privacy looks very different on a public blockchain than it does in everyday finance.
Why Privacy Matters on a Public Blockchain
Most people don’t think much about blockchain privacy until they imagine using it in a normal, everyday setting.
Take a simple example: paying for a coffee using a public blockchain. The payment itself might be small, but the person receiving it can see far more than just the price of the coffee. They can see the address the payment came from, how much it holds, and every other transaction associated with it. That information is public by default and remains so indefinitely.
In traditional finance, this would feel unusual. Paying someone doesn’t give them access to your full bank account history. Yet on most blockchains, that level of exposure is the norm.
Privacy in this context isn’t about secrecy or avoiding responsibility. It’s about basic financial boundaries, not publishing more information than necessary just to make a payment. For individuals, this can mean reducing risks like profiling or doxxing. For businesses, it can mean protecting counterparties, strategies, or cash flows that don’t need to be public.
Shielded transactions exist to bring blockchain usage closer to these everyday expectations.
What “Shielded Tez” Actually Means
On Tezos, privacy is achieved using Sapling, a privacy technology originally developed in the Zcash ecosystem and later integrated into Tezos in 2021. Shielded transactions are handled through smart contract systems supported by the protocol. Each system manages its own set of private transactions, which we can refer to as a shielded set.
You can think of a shielded set as a part of the chain where transactions are still validated and enforced, but their details are private. Amounts and counterparties don’t appear on block explorers, even though the network can still confirm that all the rules are being followed. The chain still enforces correctness and prevents double-spending.
Like with any blockchain using Sapling technology, the privacy a shielded transaction provides depends on the size and activity of the shielded set. The larger and more active the set, the stronger the privacy.
In practical terms, shielded tez can allow users to transact on Tezos without publishing their full financial history to the public by default. That’s the core idea, and it’s enough to understand why this feature exists.
How Shielded Transactions Work in Umami
Umami makes shielded transactions easy to use with a familiar wallet interface. The process works in three main steps:
Shield your tezFrom your normal account, you can move funds into a separate shielded address (they start with “zet…”) using the “Shield” button. This transfers your tez into the shielded set, where transaction details are private.
Transact privatelyOnce your tez is in the shielded set, you can send shielded transactions between shielded addresses within the same set. These transfers do not appear on block explorers, keeping amounts and counterparties private within the shielded set.
Unshield when neededIf you need to interact with dApps or services, you can move your funds back to a normal address using the “Unshield” button. The unshielding action is visible on-chain, but the activity inside the shielded set remains private.
To further protect privacy, Umami handles the fees required for shielded transactions through a dedicated account. This means you don’t need to pay those fees from your normal address, which could otherwise make it easier to correlate shielded activity with publicly visible transactions.
Try It, Break It, Get Comfortable With It
If you’ve never used shielded transactions before, the best way to understand them is simply to try them with small amounts and see how the flow works in practice. Shielding, sending between shielded addresses, and unshielding again is much easier to grasp once you’ve gone through it yourself.
Features like this tend to feel abstract until they’re familiar. Wallet-level support makes experimentation low-risk and approachable, and that’s often how more advanced features slowly move from “interesting” to “normal”.
There’s also room for this to grow. Tezos already supports shielded transfers beyond tez itself, opening the door to future support for shielded token transfers, something we’ve already seen explored on platforms like Shield Bridge. Bringing similar capabilities into wallets over time would make private transactions even more practical across the ecosystem.
Personally, I’d also like to see more wallets and applications converge around shared shielded sets, rather than each tool creating its own isolated one. Privacy strength improves with activity and liquidity, and concentrating usage makes shielded transactions more effective for everyone.
Umami’s update doesn’t try to solve everything at once, and that’s fine. It gives users a clean entry point into of Tezos’ privacy. What comes next will depend on how many people decide to actually explore it, so don’t just read about it, go test it!
Shielded Tez Comes to Umami was originally published in Tezos Commons on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.
How Tezos Strengthened Its Walls Without Making a Sound
A Game-Theoretic Evolution
Tezos has been rebuilding its foundations quietly for years, not with a single dramatic overhaul, but through a sequence of deliberate upgrades that are still unfolding. By the time Paris arrived, the shift became undeniable: Tezos moved from a baker-only security model to a hybrid one where bakers and native stakers lock real stake directly in the protocol and secure the chain together.
This wasn’t just “more participation”, it strengthened the economic logic of the network. On Tezos, staking is literal, misbehavior is slashed, honesty is rewarded, and alignment is enforced by mathematics. More actors now carry real skin in the game, broadening distribution, tightening incentives, and increasing resilience even as the number of bakers decreased (I’ll expand on this later).
In this article, I’m going to explain why this shift was the right move and how it emerged across several upgrades.
Delegators, Stakers, and Bakers: How They Fit Together
Bakers
Bakers are the core operators of Tezos. They run the infrastructure, produce and validate blocks, and secure the chain. In the original LDPoS model, only their bonded stake provided real economic protection, the network’s security rested entirely on them.
Delegators
Most users are delegators. They keep their tez liquid but lend their voting weight to a baker. They help shape consensus without running infrastructure, but their capital isn’t at risk.
Stakers (post-Paris)
Paris introduced something new: native stakers. Instead of building a baking setup, they simply lock their tez directly in the protocol and ‘rent’ a baker’s engine for a small fee. When they do, it stacks onto the baker’s staked balance, strengthening that baker’s weight. The twist is that their rewards never pass through the baker, payouts come straight from the protocol, trustlessly. For the first time, users could earn more than traditional delegators while directly reinforcing network security. No middlemen, no manual payouts, just a clean, on-chain relationship where staking becomes a true first class way to protect the network.
Integrating Stakers Into Consensus
Before Paris, only bakers had something at stake. They were the only people walking around with real skin in the game. Delegators participated indirectly, but their capital wasn’t exposed. And while the model worked, it concentrated responsibility in the hands of a relatively small group.
After Paris, the story changed. Now, stakers, normal users who don’t want to run a node, can bond their funds directly and share responsibility with bakers. Their commitment carries real weight: bonded stake from stakers counts 3x more than delegated tez when it comes to governance, and hence earns about 3x more rewards than simple delegation. Suddenly, the vault has more honest and committed guards, each with something valuable on the line and a stronger voice in how the network moves forward. And more people with something to lose are always good for security.
This reshaped the social structure of Tezos:
Before Paris → only about 7% of the total supply was actually securing the network, coming exclusively from the bonds (stake) posted by bakers.
After Paris-Quebec-Rio-Seoul → Security is now shared between bakers and individual stakers, broadening participation, improving distribution, and strengthening overall resilience. As of today, this combined bonded stake is ~ 27%.
The Game Theory Foundations of Hybrid Proof-of-Stake
One of the most overlooked parts of Tezos’ evolution is how the staking model reshaped the incentives behind the network. Blockchains, at their core, are not just technology, they are economic machines. They only work when the people inside them are rewarded for doing the right thing and punished for doing the wrong thing. In other words: software becomes law, and incentives become gravity.
Tezos leans heavily into that logic. It doesn’t pretend to be Proof of Stake. It is Proof of Stake, in the literal sense: stake can be taken away. And with the introduction of an adjustable slashing mechanism, the protocol can calibrate penalties to the severity of misbehavior, amplifying the precision of its game-theoretic design. That single design choice changes everything.
To understand why, imagine a small town where everyone is responsible for guarding a shared vault. In some systems, the guards carry empty guns, symbolic tools that look serious but carry no actual consequences if someone breaks the rules. In Tezos, the guards carry fully loaded, real ones. And now, depending on the severity of the breach, the response can scale accordingly. If you break the rules, the penalty is not theoretical. It’s immediate, measurable, and tunable. Your “stake,” your contribution to securing the town’s vault, can be slashed, lightly or heavily, depending on the offense.
Economists call this credible penalties, and it’s the backbone of game theory. If breaking the rules is costly, most people won’t break them. If following the rules pays well, most people will follow them. The system doesn’t rely on trust, goodwill, or reputation. It relies on alignment, and Tezos adds the nuance of calibrated discipline.
Aligning Today’s Incentives With Tomorrow’s Tezos X Architecture
But incentive alignment doesn’t stop there. Faster cycles tighten the feedback loop. When rewards arrive sooner, penalties arrive sooner as well. It’s like giving the town a daily accounting instead of a monthly one, mistakes can’t hide for long. Good behavior is reinforced, and bad behavior is corrected almost immediately.
The Data Availability Layer (DAL) adds another dimension. It compensates participants for doing work that benefits everyone: storing and serving data reliably. Honest work brings more rewards, and careless work risks losing them. But there’s an additional layer of meaning here: bakers who support the DAL aren’t just earning rewards, they’re signaling belief in the long term direction of Tezos.
The DAL is not an optional accessory; it is a foundational component of the Tezos X roadmap, where a canonical rollup becomes the central scaling path. In other words, DAL participation isn’t just technical participation. It’s commitment. And the protocol rewards that commitment. Once again, the incentives line up perfectly: help the system, and the system helps you.
Defense by Commitment: A Castle Guarded by Skilled Committed Defenders
And here’s the surprising part: even though the number of bakers is lower than before, the network is more secure. Why? Because what matters in game theory is not the number of players, it’s how much they stand to lose. Today, more stake is bonded across more participants. The “security wall” around the network is thicker, higher, and shared.
It’s the difference between a castle guarded by many unarmed volunteers and one guarded by fewer, highly skilled and committed soldiers whose lives depend on defending it. The second castle is safer every time.
Some blockchains rely on reputation to maintain order. Others rely on foundation influence or informal social rules. Tezos relies on mathematics. The protocol itself administers the incentives. There’s no negotiation, no privilege, no exceptions. The rules apply equally to everyone, and the safest, most profitable choice, consistently and predictably, is to behave honestly.
A Faster, Smarter, and More Human Staking Experience
Across several upgrades, the network has quietly become sharper, faster, and far more user friendly, like a fortress that not only reinforces its walls but learns to move its gates with precision. Resilience improved first: inactive bakers are cycled out quickly and restored just as fast, creating a self-correcting guard rotation that rewards consistent uptime. Then came speed. Cycle times dropped from ~2.8 days to 1 day, turning staking updates, delegation changes, and unlocks into a smooth experience. And finally, the user journey was streamlined: Unstaking became effortless, and automated helpers (hello Finn) now handle the mechanics behind the scenes. The result is a staking system that feels modern, powerful internally, seamless externally.
In Summary
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Tezos didn’t reinvent its staking model overnight, it evolved through a long sequence of upgrades, each approved through on-chain governance and shaped by community input. These changes gradually shifted Tezos from a baker-only security model to a hybrid one where bakers and native stakers now secure the chain together. The result is a broader, healthier distribution of bonded stake, rising from ~7% to roughly ~27%, a level that now sits within industry standards for Proof-of-Stake security. And that number is still climbing quietly, as more participants choose to commit real stake, strengthen the network, and earn significantly better rewards than traditional delegators. Quietly, collaboratively, and mathematically, the network fortified its walls, and did so with the community steering every step of the process.
How Tezos Strengthened Its Walls Without Making a Sound was originally published in Tezos Commons on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.
يسعدنا أن نعلن عن الفائزين ببرنامج "مكافآت المجتمع" CRP لشهر نوفمبر 2025!
لمزيد من التفاصيل حول الفئات المختلفة، يرجى الرجوع إلى صفحة المكافآت على موقع تزوستس كومونز.
برنامج مكافآت المجتمع هو مبادرة من مؤسسة تزوستس كومونز تهدف إلى تعزيز الاعتماد ودعم نظام تزوستس البيئي. يتم مكافأة ما يصل إلى 5,000 tez كل شهر لأولئك الذين يتألقون في الجدارة ويتصرفون في مصلحة نظام تزوستس البيئي ككل.