Recently, industry leaders' opinions suggest that by 2026, the most intense competition in the blockchain space will likely revolve around "privacy." This is not unfounded—when various public blockchains reach parity in transaction speed and cost, privacy capabilities become the true differentiating competitive edge.

Why is that? Frankly, the biggest challenge facing institutions today is the protection of sensitive data. Think about it—when financial institutions and corporate users go on-chain, what are they most afraid of? It's the full transparency of business secrets and transaction information being exposed on the blockchain. Without native data access control capabilities, enterprises can only cling tightly to centralized systems. This directly stalls the process of large-scale institutional adoption.

The solution lies in programmable access control rules. Once this system matures, enterprises can confidently move sensitive operations onto the chain, and interoperability between systems can truly be realized.

Another key change comes from the communications sector. As the threat of quantum computing draws nearer, secure communication must upgrade—combining decentralized architectures to protect user independence with top-tier cryptographic hardware defenses. The core requirement is simple: users fully own their messages and identities, with no single entity able to control them, truly achieving autonomous communication sovereignty.

The logic behind this is clear: privacy is no longer an optional feature but a fundamental infrastructure that on-chain systems must possess. Whoever masters this thoroughly first will hold the initiative in the next round of development.