Your easiest guide to understanding COTI V2 through everyday things
Forget the jargon. Here’s how COTI works, with examples you already understand. Because blockchain doesn’t have to feel like brain surgery.
COTI as Your Pizza Order: Privacy without confusion
Imagine ordering a pizza from your favorite shop. You don’t want the entire neighborhood to know your exact order, your address, or how much you tipped the delivery guy. But the shop still needs to know enough to get you your pizza.
That’s what COTI V2’s Garbled Circuits do. They make sure your on-chain transaction details (who, how much, and for what) stay private, even while being validated and processed.
In Real Blockchain
Without privacy tools, everyone can see your transactions. What you ordered, how much you paid, where it went. That’s like a pizza shop shouting your order in public.
With COTI V2, it’s like your order goes into a sealed box with just the necessary info visible to make delivery work. Nothing more.
COTI as Uber: Speed and Smooth Logistics
Think of Uber. You tap a button, and a car shows up in minutes. It finds the shortest route, avoids traffic, and gets you where you want to go. Seamless.
That’s COTI V2's Decentralized Sequencers. They batch your transactions smartly, avoid network congestion, and make sure your data reaches the blockchain fast and efficiently, while keeping it private.
And just like Uber charges less during off-peak hours, COTI uses dynamic fees. When traffic is low, you pay less.
COTI as Whatsapp: Confidential But Compliant
WhatsApp encrypts your chats so no one can read them. Not even WhatsApp. But you can still share images, documents, and even location. COTI V2 is doing the same for payments, stablecoins, and even machine learning models.
You can:
- Train AI models without exposing private data.
- Pay someone or receive funds without revealing wallet balances.
- Build apps where only outcomes are revealed, not the inputs.
So you get privacy, without cutting off communication.
Bonus: What Makes It Better Than Others?
- ZK (Zero Knowledge) is great, but not flexible. It’s like being told “yes” or “no” but not knowing why.
- FHE (Fully Homomorphic Encryption) is powerful, but heavy and slow. Like running WhatsApp on a 1999 Nokia.
- COTI’s Garbled Circuits are 1,000-3000 times faster and 250 times lighter.
Use Cases (Real World)
- DeFi apps that don’t leak trade history
- Governments issuing CBDCs without spying
- Private AI apps that don’t need to own your data
- Private auctions and voting where inputs remain anonymous
So, Why Should You Care?
Because this isn’t just blockchain buzzwords. COTI V2 is building a world where you can use apps and dApps, send money, train AI, or vote, all without giving up your data or your privacy. It’s not science fiction.
It’s already live, fast, and way easier to build on than you think. And the best part? You don’t need to understand zero-knowledge math to know it’s a big deal. You just need to love pizza, Uber, and WhatsApp, and want more control over your digital life.
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Disclaimer: This analogy has been crafted solely to simplify and illustrate the core concepts of COTI in a more relatable manner. While every effort has been made to align it with the underlying technology, it should not be interpreted as a fully accurate or exhaustive representation. Certain technical details may be simplified or omitted for clarity.
