The Rise of Private Compute
Apple's introduction of Private Compute services underscores a growing recognition of the importance of privacy in our digital world. However, while Apple has taken steps to address this issue for their direct community, Gateway is leaping ahead to create the future of global private computation.
Gateway isn't just a product; it's a universal protocol that reimagines how we approach privacy and computation in a connected world. While Apple's system is confined to its ecosystem, Gateway opens the doors for institutions, individuals, and more to participate in a truly decentralized, privacy-first computing network.Apple’s centralized architecture is limited to Apple devices, compute occurs on its servers, closed-source, and limited in scale by Apple’s infrastructure. Not to mention that Apple’s cloud compute is limited by predefined functions, as they employ Homomorphic-Encryption. To unlock the true value of data… compute must be dynamic and highly programmable.
Gateway goes beyond simple private computers. We're creating a programmable cryptographic framework that empowers developers to build the next generation of e2e privacy-preserving applications. Leveraging encrypted data storage and programmable garbled-circuits… for the first time we can natively respect user sovereignty. The possibilities are endless!
Here are a few:
Consumer Applications: Enabling targeted adsense, Recommendation engines, Rewards, Loyalty programs
Healthcare: Medical Research where encrypted, secure health data can provide valuable insights.
Identity Networks: User’s control their social and personal information to verify humanhood.
Financial AI Agents: Personalized bots based on your investments and preferences.
Energy Data Marketplaces: DePIN projects can allow for secure data sharing between providers and buyers.
In a world increasingly concerned with data ownership and transparency, Gateway puts control back in the hands of users. No trusting “the brand”. Trust a global audit trail, which generates proofs of all data interactions that occur across the network.
With Gateway’s Decentralized Private Computer, we're not just offering privacy; we're offering freedom. Freedom from ecosystem lock-in, freedom to innovate, and freedom to truly own and control one's digital life.
Interested in what a Universal Protocol looks like? Want to read about the world of programmable cryptography check out this piece by Vitalik, 0xParc, and top researchers: https://0xparc.org/blog/programmable-cryptography-1
