EY launches EY Blockchain Privacy Sandbox, supporting the development of privacy-preserving smart contracts on the EVM chain.

Ernst & Young, one of the "Big Four" accounting firms, announced the launch of the EY Blockchain Privacy Sandbox, a web-based development environment designed to help enterprises and developers experiment with privacy-preserving smart contracts on public blockchains compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine. The sandbox environment is based on the open-source technology Starlight, allowing developers to convert standard Solidity smart contracts into privacy-preserving applications while retaining the original contract logic. It also provides explorable, replicable, and modifiable sample projects to accelerate proof-of-concept development. Currently, the EY Blockchain Privacy Sandbox is primarily used for experimentation and validation, supporting enterprises in assessing the feasibility of privacy-preserving smart contracts, testing functionality, and validating application scenarios. By providing an easy-to-use web environment, the tool lowers the technical barrier to conducting privacy experiments on public blockchains. Starlight, as the underlying ZKP compiler, is open-source, and developers can integrate privacy features through its GitHub repository. (PRNewswire)