Phala Network

Phala Network is abandoning its Polkadot parachain for an Ethereum L2 after Intel's SGX sunset left their confidential compute infrastructure stranded. This migration represents a survival pivot rather than a strategic expansion, trading sovereignty for liquidity in the Ethereum ecosystem.

Phala’s Dstack, by merging Trusted Execution Environments with the transparent governance of Ethereum, is changing the rules for privacy-preserving AI. This approach ditches ‘just trust me’ for auditable, decentralized proof, letting developers and enterprises confidently build AI that’s both private and accountable.