Telos, a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain known for its scalable EVM infrastructure, today announced a strategic engineering partnership with Protofire, a leading Web3 development firm. The collaboration aims to make on-chain privacy practical and production-ready—transforming it from a complex concept into a seamless developer experience that can power real-world blockchain adoption.
While many ecosystems treat privacy as an afterthought or a distant promise, this collaboration will focus on engineering it into the core developer experience. The partnership will establish the standards, tooling, and clear production patterns needed to build a new generation of privacy-enabled applications on Telos.
Protofire's Role in Enhancing Telos's Privacy Infrastructure
Protofire will serve as a core engineering partner, translating Telos's ecosystem vision into production-ready infrastructure. The joint initiative will deliver a builder-first privacy stack, including:
- •Production Patterns & Blueprints: Reference implementations that encode security and best practices from day one, removing the guesswork for developers.
- •Intuitive Tooling & DevEx: A streamlined developer experience with concise guides, starter kits, and clear migration paths for existing EVM projects.
- •User-Grade Privacy UX: Co-developing wallet experiences and standards that make private transactions frictionless for the end-user.
Expert Perspectives on the Partnership
Privacy isn’t optional if we want real adoption. Thousands of public blockchains offer full transparency - and most see little organic demand. Users expect privacy; it’s how real-world transactions work. Builders need privacy they can actually employ to create apps people will trust and use. This partnership is about making that the new standard.
Said Justin Giudici, Co-founder and Head of Product at Telos.
Our philosophy is simple: if builders can’t use it, it doesn’t exist. Our role is to eliminate the complexity that holds developers back. For Telos, we are not just providing code; we are forging a clear, repeatable path for building private applications. We’re creating the tools we wish we had when we started.
Said Luis Medeiros, Venture Studio Owner at Protofire.
Impact on Developer Growth and Application Diversity
By establishing clear standards and removing ambiguity, the partnership aims to increase weekly active developers on Telos and broaden the range of applications that can be credibly built with privacy as a native capability.
About Telos
Telos is an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain built for privacy, performance, scalability, and real-world usability. With sub-second finality, MEV resistance, and a deflationary token model, Telos powers applications across DeFi, gaming, and enterprise.
About Protofire
Protofire is a Web3 engineering firm that serves as a core development partner for leading protocols, architecting the critical infrastructure that drives on-chain value and ecosystem growth. Users can learn more at protofire.io