Private swaps
ALWAYS ONCross-chain swaps where the origin wallet and the routing path stay yours, while the payout settles publicly like any other transaction.
What are Confidential Intents?
Confidential Intents are a confidential mode of NEAR Intents, the multichain intent-settlement network. Instead of executing a swap where every hop is publicly observable, the swap is routed through a private NEAR shard running the NEAR Intents engine. Funds enter from the origin chain, solvers fill the intent inside the shard where outside observers cannot follow the routing, and only the final settlement lands on the destination chain as a standard public transaction.
Because the routing happens inside the shard, the origin chain and the destination chain are not linkable on-chain. Confidentiality applies to the origin and the route; destination settlement remains fully public and verifiable.
It is worth being precise about the scope: this is not private DeFi, and it does not obscure the destination. Once settled, a confidential swap and an ordinary one look identical from the destination’s side, and the payout stays auditable.
- STAYS PRIVATE
- The origin wallet, the routing path across chains, and the link between source and destination.
- STAYS PUBLIC
- The destination transaction, the asset and amount received, and the recipient address.
How a confidential swap flows
- 01
You create a swap intent
Same as any exchange here: pick a route, a recipient, and get a quote. Every quote is confidential — there is no public mode to choose between.
- 02
You send one deposit
Funds go to a unique deposit address, exactly like a standard swap. No wallet connection, no sign-up.
- 03
Execution runs in a private shard
The swap routes through a private NEAR shard running the NEAR Intents engine. The routing happens inside the shard, out of view of outside observers.
- 04
Settlement lands publicly
The recipient receives a normal public transaction on the destination chain. On-chain, the origin and the destination are designed to be unlinkable.
What stays private
A PUBLIC SWAP
- Origin and destination addresses visible on-chain
- Routing path observable hop by hop
- Sender and recipient linkable by anyone
A CONFIDENTIAL INTENT
- Origin wallet designed to stay private
- Routing kept inside a private shard, not a public mempool
- Origin and destination designed to be unlinkable on-chain
Either way, the destination side is a normal public transaction — your recipient receives funds on-chain, verifiable like any other transfer.
How this fits HoodExchange
Every route settles through intent-based execution. Confidential Intents extend that same intents stack with a private execution layer — one flag on the quote, the same deposit-address flow you already use.
It is always on: every quote is priced as a confidential intent and every order settles as one. There is no public mode, so nothing on-chain ties your deposit to the payout. If confidential routing is ever unavailable upstream, the quote says so instead of falling back to a public route.