Automation in trading often runs into the same challenges: how do you build agents that are both trustless and private? Traditional approaches force developers to either hand over control of keys or expose sensitive trading strategies to the chain.
zkAGI is addressing this with PawPad, a platform for private trading agents built on the Oasis Protocol. By combining the Sapphire runtime (confidential smart contracts) with ROFL (TEE-based offchain execution), PawPad enables secure, multichain wallet control and encrypted strategy execution—without relying on bridges.
The Problem: Trust and Fragmentation
Building multichain agents involves several pain points:
- Key Management: Users must trust that developers won’t misuse private keys.
- Confidentiality: Onchain execution risks revealing strategies to competitors.
- Cross-Chain Complexity: Each chain has its own SDKs, account formats, and signing flows.
PawPad tackles these issues by leveraging trusted execution environments (TEEs) to handle keys and logic securely.
The Solution: PawPad Architecture
PawPad integrates two key Oasis technologies:
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Sapphire (Confidential EVM)
- Provides an EVM-compatible runtime with end-to-end encryption.
- Supports confidential agent registries, event logging, and private state storage.
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- Runs agent logic inside TEEs with verifiable execution.
- Generates cryptographic keys across multiple elliptic curves:
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secp256k1(EVM chains, Bitcoin) -
Ed25519(Solana, Aptos) - Enables agents to control native wallets across ecosystems without bridges.
Together, this architecture ensures that:
- Keys never leave the enclave.
- Strategies remain encrypted.
- Users can verify execution through attestation rather than trusting developers.
Technical Capabilities
The zkAGI team is building core infrastructure on Sapphire and ROFL to support “sentient capital markets”:
- Agent Registry: Track and verify deployed agents.
- Event Logging: Confidentially store agent actions for auditability.
- Private Strategy Storage: Keep algorithmic strategies encrypted.
- Encrypted Portfolio State: Manage positions securely across chains.
- Cross-Chain Signing: Use ROFL’s key derivation to sign transactions natively on Solana, EVM, or even exchange APIs.
This creates a general-purpose framework for privacy-preserving, multichain agents.
Proof of Concept: Telegram Mini-App
As a first demo, zkAGI is building a Telegram mini-app powered by ROFL. It features a spin-the-wheel reward mechanism deployed on a Solana fork called Gorbagana.
This example demonstrates how Oasis TEE infrastructure can enable:
- Verifiable execution even on non-EVM chains.
- Trustless signing flows without external bridges.
- Easy integration into user-facing apps like Telegram bots.
Why This Matters for Developers
For developers, PawPad shows a practical path to building agents that:
- Maintain privacy: Confidential strategies stay encrypted.
- Reduce trust assumptions: Execution verifiability replaces reliance on developer honesty.
- Operate cross-chain: Native wallets can be controlled across EVM, Solana, and beyond.
zkAGI also plans to open-source contracts and provide references, making it easier for other developers to build privacy-preserving agentic applications on the Oasis stack.
Conclusion
By combining Sapphire’s confidential EVM with ROFL’s TEE-based offchain logic, zkAGI is creating a platform where agents can securely trade, manage portfolios, and interact across chains—all without exposing sensitive information or requiring bridges.
PawPad represents an important step toward “sentient capital markets,” where autonomous agents execute strategies transparently to users but privately to the world.
If you’re exploring agent-based systems or privacy-preserving DeFi, keep an eye on PawPad and the Oasis stack, it might give you the building blocks you need.
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