As the global market nervously watches the red candle charts, the most important step towards definitive institutional adoption has just been taken at the heart of the Solana network. Today, February 10th, the Solana Privacy Hackathon has announced its winning projects, marking the beginning of the "Pragmatic Privacy" era.
Unlike previous cycles, the winners of 2026 are not focused on dark anonymity, but on the confidentiality necessary for businesses and retail. Here are the three projects that are redefining the intrinsic value of SOL.
🥇 First Place: CloakProtocol (Infrastructure and Finance): Allows companies to operate on the network without their competitors seeing their balances. The final bridge for banks to use Solana!
🥈 Second Place: ZK-Retail (Payments and Consumption): Imagine paying for a coffee with Solana Pay without the cashier seeing how much money you have in your wallet. Total privacy for the real world.
🥉 Third Place: ShieldNet (DePIN and Cybersecurity): Protects your smart devices (IoT) using the Solana network. Massive security in the era of AI.
Note: The success of this Hackathon demonstrates that Solana is no longer just competing to be the fastest network, but to be the most functional. The resilience of SOL today is no coincidence: it is the market recognizing that bank-grade privacy is the catalyst for the next big flow of capital.
"Today's technology is the support of tomorrow's price."
Which one do you find more useful?
A) Privacy for Banks 🏦
B) Privacy for my daily payments ☕
C) Security for my home 🏠
I read you in the comments. 👇
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