Hinkal, an institutional-scale, self-custodial protocol, that lets users take complete control of the on-chain assets, has recently announced the V2 release of its dApp. The latest update unveils Cross-Chain Shared Privacy as well as $hETH which is the 1^st ever $ETH derivative for liquid privacy, permitting stakers to remain liquid while getting yield for their assets committed to Shielded Pool.

Hinkal Releases $hETH to Increase Transaction Privacy on Shielded Pool

The platform disclosed that the users can benefit from the transaction privacy that the Shielded Pool enables. The critical thing for the stakers includes the staking of tokens on the Hinkal Smart Contract without slashing conditions. As a result of this, the users can transact as well as store assets without disclosing their identity on-chain. Shielded Pool enables this via a smart contract set.

It enables anonymous transfers. Nonetheless, the consumers contributing to the anonymity set time and again don’t get adequate benefits for participation. There are 3 chief issues in the case of Shielded Pool. They take into account deficiencies in direct compensation, free-loader problems, as well as narrow yield opportunities. When it comes to direct compensation, consumers don’t get direct rewards in return for improving the anonymity set. This results in low participation.

A few consumers leverage the anonymity that the others provide without any contribution. This can eliminate the overall privacy. Additionally, taking part in Privacy Pools restricts access to DeFi-related yield opportunities, minimizing capital efficiency. While revealing Hinkal V.2 at Standford-based BASS, Hinkal Nika Koreli’s co-founder and CTO also unveiled the Anonymity Staking concept.

Hinkal enables consumers to stake $ETH into the Shielded Pool along with getting returns in $hETH. By this, it efficiently aligns personal incentives with privacy. Hinkal begins with liquifying $ETH as it operates as the base position in the case of most wallets. Hence, it liquefies $ETH apart from developing liquid private $ETH with the issuance of $hETH. Thus, it can be utilized for lending, trading, or in the form of collateral across decentralized finance apps.

The Platform Also Imposes No Lockup Period on any $ETH Amount

Hinkal’s staking expands the privacy of its consumers. The flow of receiving and staking hETH plays a vital role in facilitating shared privacy. A significant advantage of the Hinkal-based Anonymity Staking includes putting any $ETH amount without any lock-up period. For this, the stakers can have complete custody over the original asset.