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Nillion Network

The Nillion Network allows developers to build applications and services that leverage privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) such as secure multi-party computation (MPC) to perform blind computations over private user data (without requiring that data to be revealed to the network or to other users).

Dual Network Architecture​

Nillion's dual network architecture diagram

The Nillion Network consists of two parallel, interdependent networks: a Coordination Layer and an Orchestration Layer.

  • The NilChain network coordinates payments for storage operations and blind computations performed on the network.
  • The Petnet harnesses PETs such as MPC to protect data at rest and to enable blind computations that can operate on that data.

The Nillion Network operates without a global shared state or consensus on order. Instead, its design is oriented around supporting storage of private high-value data and computation over that data while decentralizing trust among the nodes in the network.

Live Testnet​

Consistent with the dual network architecture described above, the Nillion Network testnet (or simply Nillion testnet) consists of two interdependent testnet instances: the NilChain testnet and the Petnet testnet.

NilChain Testnet​

The NilChain testnet is live! Follow our Testnet Guides to create a wallet connected to the Nillion testnet, use the testnet faucet, and send NIL testnet tokens.

Wallet Guide: Creating a Nillion Wallet

Petnet Testnet​

The Petnet testnet is also live! Builders can now build their blind applications and then connect them to the Petnet testnet to make them accessible to the whole community.

Local Devnet​

Builders that prefer to work locally can use the Nillion SDK to connect their blind applications to a local instance of the nillion-devnet. Builders have the option to connect these applications to the Petnet testnet once they are ready.