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A Monero investor raised a valid concern on $SAL smartcontracts #privacy:
Smart contracts usually leak intent through execution traces, even if balances are private.
@salvium_io answer is actually very interesting.
They’re not building Ethereum-style smart contracts.
They’re trying to extend the CryptoNote (Monero) model with protocol-level execution and async flows, designed to keep:
🟢 sender private
🟢 receiver private
🟢 amounts private
🟢 and execution hidden
So the goal is:
👉 add programmability without recreating transparency leaks
Monero solved this by avoiding contracts entirely.
Salvium is trying to solve it while enabling new functionality.
If they pull this off, this isn’t just an upgrade.
It’s a completely new category:
private programmable finance
And that could be a real game changer.
That concern is valid for traditional smart contract designs - but it assumes Ethereum-style transparency or exposed execution traces.
That’s not what Salvium is doing.
We’re extending the CryptoNote model (as used by Monero) with protocol-level contract execution (protocol_tx + async flows), built specifically to preserve sender, receiver, and amount privacy - without introducing a transparent execution layer.
We’re also not pretending DeFi is “free” from privacy trade‑offs. It isn’t. The difference is we’re designing around those constraints at the protocol level, rather than inheriting them.
So, the real question isn’t Monero vs smart contracts - it’s whether you can add expressive functionality to a privacy‑first UTXO system without recreating the visibility leaks of account‑based chains.
Monero sidesteps that surface entirely.
Salvium is working to minimize it - while still enabling new capabilities.
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