Horizen Documentation

Horizen is home
for privacy-first
onchain app developers.

Horizen is an EVM-native L3 on Base designed for private onchain finance and compliance-forward blockchain app development.

What is Horizen?

It adds what Base doesn't have

Privacy tooling

Compliance plug-ins

Base liquidity

Horizen adds what other EVM chains lack – a tight focus and supportive tooling for private onchain finance and regulatory-compliant blockchain application development, while retaining what other privacy blockchain projects left behind – familiar EVM architecture, composability, and developer ergonomics. No new language, no obscure tech stack.

Horizen is an EVM-compatible L3 built on base

Choose Your Path

EVM Developer

Already building on Base or Ethereum? Deploy on Horizen in minutes with the same tools you use today.

Privacy-First Builder

Building confidential DeFi, payments, or identity apps from scratch.

Compliance Engineer

Gate contract actions behind AML verification for regulated markets. No new toolchain needed.

Quick Setup

01Add Horizen to Your Wallet 02Get Testnet ETH from the Faucet 03View the Block Explorer

Start Building

#EVM

Deploy Your First Contract

Standard EVM deployment on Horizen. Done in minutes with the tools you already know.

#Vela

Your First Confidential App

Deploy a private transfer app inside a hardware-attested TEE. Vela runs your WASM logic in an AWS Nitro Enclave while balances, transfers, and history stay encrypted on-chain.

#BRIDGE

Bridge Assets to Horizen

Move ETH via the native OP Stack bridge, or bridge supported assets via Stargate.