What is Shadow Exchange?
Shadow Exchange is a privacy-first decentralized exchange (DEX) built to empower users with true control and confidentiality in the Web3 space. At its core, Shadow offers trustless token swaps, stealth liquidity pools, and zero-knowledge integrations that ensure anonymity, transparency, and fairness.
Unlike traditional DEX platforms, Shadow Exchange leverages cutting-edge cryptography — including zero-knowledge proofs (zk-SNARKs) and stealth addresses — to protect user data and transaction history. It's ideal for users seeking privacy, regulatory protection, and long-term DeFi utility.
Shadow is fully non-custodial, meaning your assets remain in your wallet until a transaction is signed. It's built for traders, liquidity providers, DAOs, and privacy-maximizing protocols operating across Ethereum, Base, zkSync, and more.
Platform Features
Private Token Swaps
Trade any supported ERC-20 token using zk-routing and shielded pools. No addresses or balances are exposed on-chain.
Stealth Liquidity Pools
Add liquidity to cloaked pools and earn protocol fees, all while maintaining on-chain anonymity and LP stealth balances.
Multichain Support
Deploy across Base, Ethereum L2s, and zk-rollups with cross-chain liquidity routing and auto-bridge integrations.
DAO Governance
Vote with SHADOW tokens to influence protocol upgrades, fees, privacy policies, and treasury allocation.
Privacy at the Core
Shadow Exchange is engineered with privacy as its founding principle. In a time when DeFi data is publicly viewable by anyone, Shadow leverages:
- zk-SNARKs: To validate transactions without revealing sender, receiver, or amount.
- Stealth Addresses: Auto-generated addresses for each user per trade for maximum unlinkability.
- Private Analytics: No off-chain surveillance or wallet fingerprinting. All stats are aggregated and anonymized.
Shadow’s core vision is to restore financial privacy in a decentralized world — without sacrificing usability or speed.
Security & Audits
Shadow Exchange is audited by industry leaders and open-source by design. Our protocol incorporates:
- Time-lock mechanisms and multi-sig access for contract upgrades
- Bug bounty programs for white-hat discovery
- Immutable swap logic, verified on Etherscan
All smart contracts are deployed using secure frameworks and verified libraries. Users are in full control of their assets from start to finish.
