FAQ

Shade Privacy uses a two-wallet relay architecture. You send SOL to a pool wallet. A separate withdrawal wallet (with no on-chain link to the pool) forwards the exact amount to your destination. Anyone looking at Solscan sees your wallet → pool wallet, and withdrawal wallet → destination — but no direct connection between you and your destination.

Shade Privacy is a trusted relayer service, not a traditional mixer. Your funds are forwarded by our system from a separate wallet utilizing Helius RPC for reliable on-chain data. Multiple deposits can queue together to break timing analysis.

Any Solana wallet that supports wallet-adapter (Phantom, Backpack, Solflare, etc.). Connect via the "Enter" button.

You pay only the standard Solana network fee (~0.000005 SOL) for the deposit transaction. The forwarding fee is covered by the pool reserve — nothing is deducted from your amount.

When enabled, the relayer waits 10-40 seconds before forwarding. This prevents timing analysis that could correlate the deposit and withdrawal transactions.

Shade Privacy is ZK-proof inspired in its architecture — while we don't use zero-knowledge proofs on-chain, the separation between deposit wallet and withdrawal wallet mirrors ZK privacy: the withdrawal proves funds are valid without revealing the source.

Currently only SOL is supported. SPL token support is planned for a future release.

Shade Privacy provides privacy enhancements but does not guarantee complete anonymity. The two-wallet architecture breaks the direct on-chain link, but sophisticated analysis of timing, amounts, and network-level data could still reveal connections. Use at your own risk.

No. We store only the minimum data needed to process deposits (amount, destination, source tx). No IPs, no identities, no KYC.

The pool reserve covers forwarding fees. If reserves become low, the service pauses until replenished. Your deposited SOL is always safe in the pool wallet.