Web3 infrastructure firm Brevis and BNB Chain are deepening their collaboration into privacy-focused infrastructure, announcing plans to launch an “Intelligent Privacy Pool” on BNB Chain in the first quarter of 2026. The initiative is being developed in partnership with privacy protocol builder 0xbow.
This opens up use cases that weren't possible before:
— Brevis (@brevis_zk) January 15, 2026Private credential verification without exposing your wallet
The new pool builds on 0xbow’s existing Privacy Pools concept while adding advanced zero-knowledge (ZK) eligibility checks designed to enable compliant privacy.
Users will be able to prove that their funds meet onchain compliance requirements using the Brevis ZK Data Coprocessor, or link off-chain identity verification through zkTLS, all without revealing sensitive personal or transaction data.
Evolving Privacy Solutions in Blockchain
Developers behind the project say the goal is to move beyond first-generation privacy tools, which largely focused on obscuring transaction flows.
Early protocols such as Tornado Cash offered strong transaction privacy but little flexibility or compliance functionality. By contrast, modern ZK-based systems allow privacy to be programmable, selective, and policy-aware.
The Three-Dimensional Privacy Model
According to the teams, the Intelligent Privacy Pool is built around a three-dimensional model of privacy. The first dimension defines the privacy target, what is being protected, such as transactions, user attributes, or computational processes.
The second focuses on unmasking protocols, determining how and by whom information can be selectively revealed. The third defines the target users who are permitted to access the privacy mechanism.
Enabling New Use Cases
This architecture enables a range of use cases that were previously impractical on public blockchains. These include private credential verification without exposing wallet identities, compliant private transactions gated by verified associations, and prediction markets that run private algorithms while producing verifiable outputs.
The framework also opens the door to privacy-preserving datasets suitable for artificial intelligence training.
Reconciling Privacy with Regulation
The move reflects a broader shift in blockchain development toward reconciling privacy with regulatory and institutional requirements.
As networks like BNB Chain seek to attract more mainstream and enterprise adoption, projects such as the Intelligent Privacy Pool signal how zero-knowledge technology is reshaping what privacy can look like in decentralized systems.