Stellar Developers Meeting: expert discussion of confidential tokens. Alex Votto (SDF Product Manager, Privacy) and Jay Gang (SDF Core Engineer) answer 25+ developer questions on privacy design, compliance readiness, and technical architecture of SEP-41 tokens.
Stellar hosted a developer meeting featuring SDF experts discussing confidential tokens, which launched in developer preview on June 29. Alex Votto (Product Manager, Privacy) and Jay Gang (Core Engineer) fielded over 25 builder questions on privacy design principles. The discussion covered why confidential tokens hide transaction amounts while keeping sender and recipient addresses public for compliance, the choice to implement privacy at the application layer rather than L1, and how SDF provides cryptographic primitives and compliance tools for builders. Votto emphasized that privacy in payments is a right, not a risk indicator, and detailed how Stellar enables flexible privacy regimes without enforcing a single approach. The meeting reflected ongoing enterprise demand for Stellar payment systems with privacy safeguards.
